RWANDA
The Missing
Rwandan authorities discovered the site of a possible mass grave in a valley dam near the capital, believed to contain about 30,000 bodies of victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the Associated Press reported Sunday.
The discovery has been labeled the most significant in years and comes just a few days before the East African nation marks the 26th anniversary of the genocide on April 7.
Officials said the dam was dug years before the genocide. So far, workers have recovered 50 bodies.
Information about the mass grave emerged after perpetrators of the genocide, who are being released from prison after serving their sentences, are offering up new information.
Survivors of the genocide say that there can’t be true reconciliation in the country if many of the convicted conceal information about missing victims.
The Rwandan genocide involved the mass slaughter of Tutsi, Twa and moderate Hutu in 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. It is estimated that between 500,000 and a million people were killed.
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