30 Years after the genocide, mass graves are still discovered

Exactly 30 years ago, a genocide commenced in the Central African country Rwanda. In just a hundred days, over 800 thousand Tutsis and moderate Hutus were murdered. For de Volkskrant newspaper, photographer Sven Torfinn and I made a tour through the country to find out: is there reconciliation? What does the discovery of a mass grave do to a community? And why is the government so strict when it comes to who can and cannot be remembered during the annual Kwibuka commemoration? The answers to these questions can be found by tapping on this link. Or listen to the Elke Dag podcast.

Ethnic violence has returned to Darfur

Executions of tied up young men, children murdered with axes and mass attacks on groups of fleeing civilians - these are just some of the terrible stories that Darfuris refugees told us in eastern Chad.

Hundreds of thousands have crossed the border in recent months. The vast majority of people moved to the camp that emerged next to Adré, a sleepy border village that has since been transformed into a gigantic humanitarian hub.

But the humanitarian support in the camp is still inadequate: the rest of the world is busy with other crises, the situation in Adré is dire. Although malnourished children are helped to regain their strength, they run the risk of becoming malnourished again when they are discharged from the clinic. There is simply not enough of everything in the camp.

Our report on the violence in Darfur, which is strongly reminiscent of the ethnic cleansing of 20 years ago, is on the front page of the Volkskrant today, with beautiful images by photographer Sven Torfinn.

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