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World Service,17 May 1999,4 mins,

Surviving the Rwandan Genocide

My Century
Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

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"I started to have nightmares." Rwandan Tutsi Pierre-Celestine Rusengatabaro talks about the genocide of 1994 when more than three quarters of a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu extremists. He lost more than 20 family members and was forced to flee to Burundi. Pierre-Celestine describes the trauma of surviving the genocide. *This programme about the Rwandan genocide contains some scenes which some listeners may find upsetting.*

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