Rwanda remembers its ‘deep darkness’

Twenty years ago, it is said, one person died every 10 seconds over 100 days as genocide gripped Rwanda, says Hannah McNeish.

SITTING very still, hands folded and with a soft voice, Jean-Bosco Rurangirwa relives the trauma of seeing his family hacked to death as they sheltered with thousands of others in a church.

Twenty years ago, it is said, one person died every 10 seconds over a period of 100 days as genocidal government troops joined by armed militia swept through the country.