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The Rwandan Genocide
On 7 April 1994, the mass killing of minority ethnic Tutsis in Rwanda began. That morning, Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana and her family sought shelter with neighbours.
The mass killing of minority ethnic Tutsis in Rwanda began on 7 April 1994. Early that morning, the Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana and her family, sought shelter with neighbours. Hear from the prime minister's daughter, Marie-Christine Umuhoza, and from one of those neighbours - a UN aid worker.
(Photo: Refugees flee the killing in Kigali. Credit: Associated Press)
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