Still seeking justice

Rwanda is still coming to terms with the bloody aftermath of its horrific recent history.

This week the country marks the start of the 15th anniversary of a genocide in which an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and Hutu moderates were killed, mainly by ethnic Hutus.

The current president, Paul Kagame, will lead the principal commemorative event in the capital, Kigali, close to the spot where thousands of men, women and children were slaughtered by extremist Hutus following the withdrawal of United Nations peacekeepers.

To find out how the survivors and relatives of the victims are coping after 15 years, Akwasi Sarpong spoke to Mary Kayitesi Blewitt who lost 50 members of her family in 1994 and went on to become the founder of the Rwandan Genocide Survivors Fund.

He began by asking which of her closest relatives she lost in the killings.