 Frontline World  RWANDA - After the Genocide, December 2003 a
FRONTLINE/World Fellows project context portraits pacifique
mukeshimana Domina Nyirandayambaje Aloys Habimana Rwanda, a tiny
East African nation, is one of the world's poorest countries.
Colonized by Belgium 80 years ago, Rwanda's recent history has
been marked by political violence between its Hutu and Tutsi
ethnicities.  Rwanda's Neighborhood Africa's Great Lakes region
-- which includes Rwanda, Congo, Burundi, Uganda and Tanzania --
is one of the world's most intense conflict zones. A flare-up in
one country often spreads. After the 1994 genocide, many of the
perpetrators fled to Zaire (now Congo) and took refuge in camps
run by international organizations. In 1996, Rwanda invaded to
flush them out, setting off an African war that eventually led
to the downfall of Zaire's government and a continuing war that
has taken more than 4 million lives.  Gacaca courts, translated
literally as "grass" courts, were established to try more than
100,000 peo