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Veneranda Mukamubano and her children at a transit centre in Rwanda after returning from Uganda on a UNHCR-organised convoy.
© UNHCR/B.Heger

The UN has declared April 7 as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda. Ten years ago,over 900,000 Rwandans were killed during a 100-day period between April and July. The mayhem produced a massive refugee crisis and left almost 100,000 children orphaned.

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