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“I shook hands with the devil. I have seen him, I have smelled him, and I have touched him.”

28 years later, remember. #Kwibuka Image
In October 1993, the United Nations established a mission to aid the peace process between the Hutu-led government of Rwanda and the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front.

Then Brigadier-General Roméo Dallaire was the UN Force Commander. Image
Rwandan radio stations had been transmitting anti-Tutsi messaging, inciting neighbours against neighbours.

The messages repeatedly dehumanized Tutsis, describing them as “cockroaches” and “snakes.” Image
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Rwanda, the NST-1 and the ENEMY Within!
(parts of this thread are a personal experience, with evidences)

Outline:
Rwanda then
Rwanda now
Rwanda tomorrow 2017-2024
A disturbing socio-cultural factor(s) to achieve NST-1
Recommendation to my fellow Umunyarwanda.

A Thread.
Paul Kagame beginning in 1990, as commander of the forces of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), led the struggle to liberate Rwanda. The RPF halted the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, which claimed over a million victims. The hallmarks of President Kagame’s administration...1
...are peace and reconciliation, women’s empowerment, promotion of investment and entrepreneurship, and access to information technology.

Less than 40days ago, graves were dug up to reveal victims of the genocide, in Nyabihu district, less than 10KM from where I sit to write...2
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