COLUMBIA — In April of 1994 in the central African nation of Rwanda, an ethnic genocide had just begun. In only 100 days, an estimated 800,000 to 1 million people would die at the hands of their neighbors, death squads and the military, with the rest of the population to be subjected to violence, rape, displacement and fear.
When two weeks in Africa changed my life
Study-abroad program shows MU students the effects of Rwanda genocide
Sunday, December 13, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CST
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