Rwanda remembers, 4半期/4分の1 of a century after 集団殺戮

Dark past: Skulls of victims at the genocide memorial in Kigali. More than 800,000 people, most of them Tutsis, were slaughtered

Dark past: Skulls of 犠牲者s at the 集団殺戮 記念の in Kigali. More than 800,000 people, most of them Tutsis, were 虐殺(する)d

Rwanda on Sunday 祝う/追悼するs the 25th 周年記念日 of the 集団殺戮 in which at least 800,000 おもに Tutsi people were beaten, 切り開く/タクシー/不正アクセスd and 発射 to death in a hundred days of 虐殺(する).

A 4半期/4分の1 of a century on, the east African nation has 回復するd economically but the 外傷/ショック casts a long and dark 影をつくる/尾行する over the country.

On Sunday, as has become the tradition every April 7, the day the 集団殺戮 began, 大統領 Paul Kagame will light a remembrance 炎上 in the 資本/首都 at the Kigali 集団殺戮 記念の, where more than 250,000 犠牲者s are という評判の to be buried.

Timeline with maps of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda

Timeline with 地図/計画するs of the 1994 集団殺戮 in Rwanda

It 示すs the beginning of a week of 記念 activities, and the start of a hundred days of 国家の 嘆く/悼むing.

In the afternoon on Sunday, Kagame, who led the 反逆者/反逆するs that chased the genocidal 殺し屋s out of Rwanda and has been in 力/強力にする ever since, leads 記念の 記念s at a 儀式 at Kigali's main football stadium.

The Amahoro 国家の Stadi um -- "peace" in Rwanda's Kinyarwanda language -- was used during the 集団殺戮 by the UN to 保護する thousands of Tutsis from the 大虐殺s on the streets outside.

Josepha Mukaruzima, 70, a Tutsi woman whose entire family was killed

Josepha Mukaruzima, 70, a Tutsi woman whose entire family was killed

The Hutu 軍隊s, members of the old army and 民兵 軍隊s called the "Interahamwe", had been 元気づけるd on by 血-curdling anti-Tutsi 宣伝 that began on April 7 1994, the day after the 暗殺 of 大統領 Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu.

Kagame, then 36, was a 反逆者/反逆する general when he led the おもに Tutsi Rwandan 愛国的な 前線 (RPF) into Kigali on July 4, and drove Hutu 極端論者s out of the country.

- '驚くべき/特命の/臨時の' change -

Rwanda has changed nearly beyond all 承認 since then.

Growth: Rwanda is now one of Africa's top-performing economies

Growth: Rwanda is now one of Africa's 最高の,を越す-成し遂げるing economies

But Kagame's 権威主義者 支配する has been at the 舵輪/支配 of his nation ever since, steering the small, landlocked East African nation through 経済的な 回復.

Growth in 2018 was a heady 7.2 パーセント, によれば the African 開発 Bank (AfDB).

This にわか景気 has been 大部分は 上げるd by the help received from an international community 苦痛d by its 失敗s to stop the 集団殺戮.

"In 2 5 years, the things that we've been able to 遂行する are really 驚くべき/特命の/臨時の," said Bruce Muringira, a 24-year old working for an advertising 機関, and who like nearly two-thirds of Rwanda's 12 million people, was born after the 集団殺戮.

"I think we've 発展させるd very much in such a short time."

抱擁する challenges remain, but the people are 希望に満ちた.

"We still see today that it is not perfect," Muringira said. "But we're putting in the 成果/努力 to find a way to live harmoniously."

For a people left divided by the bloodiest of 遺産/遺物s, 仲直り has been 重要な.

Rwanda has banned any 言及/関連 to ethnicity in public life. It has prioritised 司法(官) for the genocidal 殺し屋s, 特に through the 集まり 活動/戦闘s of the community 法廷,裁判所s, known as "gacaca", in a 企て,努力,提案 to 再構築する relations between communities.

Wanted: A poster showing suspects at the headquarters of the Genocide Fugitives Tracking Unit, which 25 years later is still hunting perpetrators of the slaughter

手配中の,お尋ね者: A poster showing 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うs at the (警察,軍隊などの)本部 of the 集団殺戮 逃亡者/はかないものs 跡をつけるing 部隊, which 25 years later is still 追跡(する)ing 悪党/犯人s of the 虐殺(する)

But the 負傷させるs of the 悲劇 have not all not 傷をいやす/和解させるd. The 仲直り is far from perfect.

For families of 犠牲者s, forgiveness remains difficult, when the 団体/死体s of their loved ones have not been 設立する, and when many 殺し屋s still 避ける 司法(官).

- Success and 批評 -

Kagame is credited with 監督するing 早い 経済的な 開発 in Rwanda after the 集団殺戮.

His successes earned him the status of model leader.

However in time, his アイロンをかける-握りこぶしd 支配する -- seen as needed to 課す ord er from 大混乱 -- 伸び(る)d many critics.

Kagame's 権威主義 was seen by those in the West as 侮辱する/軽蔑するing freedom of 表現 and muzzling 対立.

対立 to Kagame was silenced, or driven into 追放する.

He was re-elected for a new seven-year 称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 in August 2017 with nearly 99 パーセント of the 投票(する).

憲法の 改革(する)s 可決する・採択するd by 国民投票 in 2015 would 潜在的に 許す him to stay in 力/強力にする until 2034.

Kagame, then 36, was a rebel general when he led the mainly Tutsi Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) into Kigali and drove Hutu extremists out of the country

Kagame, then 36, was a 反逆者/反逆する general when he led the おもに Tutsi Rwandan 愛国的な 前線 (RPF) into Kigali and drove Hutu 極端論者s out of the country

But times might be changing, a bit.

Kagame, now 61, has been seen to be 緩和するing 支配(する)/統制する somewhat, perhaps aware of the questions about what will happen when he, someday, leaves 力/強力にする.

Some 刑務所,拘置所d 対立 leaders have been 解放(する)d.

"Kagame sees it as 慎重な to shed off his old narrative of 存在 独裁的な and 極端に intolerant to 対立," said one Rwandan political commentator who asked not to be 指名するd. "Don't forget that as time goes by, he is becoming more cognizant of which 遺産/遺物 he wants to leave behind."

Frank Habineza's Green Democratic Party, became the first 野党 to enter 議会 last year, winning two seats in 選挙s.

"I think the 与党 is no longer 極端に intolerant to …に反対するing 見解(をとる)s. Over a period of time they have started listening to our 見解(をとる)s. Our manifestos have been now considered in 政府 事業/計画(する)s, not as before when they were ignored."

Se veral African leaders are 推定する/予想するd at the 儀式, while former 植民地の 支配者 Belgium is sending 総理大臣 Charles Michel.

But French 大統領 Emmanuel Macron is not …に出席するing, 特記する/引用するd scheduling problems. フラン, which Rwanda 告発する/非難するs of 存在 complicit in the 集団殺戮, is sending Herve Berville, a 29-year old Rwandan-born member of 議会 in Paris.

Perhaps most 目だつ by his absence will be former 同盟(する) Ugandan 大統領 Yoweri Museveni. Kigali now 告発する/非難するs Uganda of 避難所ing Rwandan 反逆者/反逆するs on its 国/地域.

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