Rwandans pause to mark 28th anniversary of genocide against Tutsi ethnic group at a nationwide remembrance ceremonies to honour nearly one million people killed in 100 days
Rwandans have held a solemn commemoration of the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu who tried to protect them were killed.
Some rights groups have accused Kagame's soldiers of carrying out some killings during and after the genocide in apparent revenge, but Rwandan authorities strongly deny this allegation."Imagine people being hunted down day and night for who they are. Also imagine if those of us who were carrying arms, if we had allowed ourselves to pursue those who were killing our people indiscriminately," he said.
But he is also praised by many for presiding over the relative political stability allowing Rwanda's economy to grow. He hailed Rwanda for its "spectacular" reconstruction and reconciliation efforts over the past almost three decades.
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