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World Service,11 Dec 1997,29 mins

Refugee Massacre in Rwanda

This Week and Africa

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Refugee massacre in northern Rwanda leaves hundreds of people dead. The Tutsi refugees were attacked with machetes and sticks and many of their tents were burnt down. Also on the programme, General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua dies in Nigerian prison and a report on health in the Nuba region of Sudan.

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