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Rwanda Study Trip

Only two decades ago, Rwanda endured a genocide that claimed the lives of 800,000 people – followed by local conflict and more violence. Today, Rwanda is recognized for its reconciliation process.

How does a society regain stability and restart development on a background of neighbors killing one another? This study tour examined into the history of the genocide, the reconciliation and the present course of Rwandan development.

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Rwandan Genocide Memorial 

The program included visits to sites of the genocide, a seminar at the national genocide memorial in Kigali, meetings with Rwandan writers, civil society activists, international diplomats, an excursion to the border of DR Congo with a special meeting on the unresolved refugee question, a visit to a special pygmee minority location and all through the study tour an ongoing debate about the fate of Rwanda and its genocide – and more. A special session, headed by the Polish writer Konstanty Gebert reflected on the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide.

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