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Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, center, and First Lady Jeannette Kagame, right, arrive at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda Sunday, April 7, 2019. Rwanda is commemorating the 25th anniversary of when the country descended into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

25 years after genocide, Rwanda’s Kagame is praised, feared

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame answers questions from the media at a press conference at a convention center in the capital Kigali, Rwanda, Monday, April 8, 2019. Rwanda on Sunday commemorated the 25th anniversary of when the country descended into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

25 years after genocide, Rwanda’s president praises healing

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA - Associated Press

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, center-left, First Lady Jeannette Kagame, center, and son Ivan Cyomoro Kagame, right, prepare to lay a wreath at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda Sunday, April 7, 2019. Rwanda is commemorating the 25th anniversary of when the country descended into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

The Latest: Rwandan genocide survivor recounts horror

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From left to right, Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, Rwanda's First Lady Jeannette Kagame, and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, light the flame of remembrance at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, Sunday, April 7, 2019. Rwanda is commemorating the 25th anniversary of when the country descended into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Rwanda somberly marks the start of genocide 25 years ago

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA - Associated Press

In this photo taken Thursday, April 4, 2019, genocide survivor Laurencia Mukalemera, left, a Tutsi, is offered a cup of water by Tasian Nkundiye, right, a Hutu who murdered her husband and spent eight years in prison for the killing and other crimes, before being interviewed at Nkundiye's home in the reconciliation village of Mbyo, near Nyamata, in Rwanda. Twenty-five years after the genocide the country has six &quot;reconciliation villages&quot; where convicted perpetrators who have been released from prison after publicly apologizing for their crimes live side by side with genocide survivors who have professed forgiveness. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

25 years after genocide, can Rwanda heal? 6 villages try

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA - Associated Press

The names of those who were slaughtered as they sought refuge in the church, many with the same surname indicating a family, are written on a memorial to the thousands who were killed in and around the Catholic church during the 1994 genocide, outside the church in Ntarama, Rwanda Friday, April 5, 2019. Rwanda will commemorate on Sunday, April 7, 2019 the 25th anniversary of when the country descended into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Macron calls for probe into French role in Rwanda genocide

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FILE - In this May 23, 1994, file photo, a Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) rebel walks by the plane wreckage in which Rwanda's President Juvenal Habyarimana died April 6, 1994, in Kigali, Rwanda. Twenty-five years ago Rwanda descended into violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Boujou, File)

AP Photos: 25 years ago, images exposed Rwanda’s genocide

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Uganda denies backing Rwandan rebels as tensions grow

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

** FILE ** A Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) rebel walks by the the site of a April 6 plane crash which killed Rwanda's President Juvenal Habyarimana in this May 23, 1994 file photo in Kigali. French authorities have dropped a sensitive, long-running investigation into the plane crash that sparked Rwanda's 1994 genocide, citing lack of sufficient evidence. Several people close to Rwanda's current president, Paul Kagame, had been under investigation in the case. The cause of the crash has been a contentious issue. The plane had a French crew, and Rwanda has long accused France of complicity in the genocide, which France denies. (AP Photo/Jean Marc Bouju)

France drops probe of air crash that led to Rwandan genocide

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

German court overturns Rwandan’s war crimes conviction

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FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 6, 2017 file photo, former Rwanda presidential candidate Diane Rwigara is escorted by policemen to a court where she denied charges of insurrection and forgery that she says are linked to her criticism of the government's human rights record. As she waits for a judge to pronounce her fate on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, the Rwandan opposition leader accused of inciting insurrection and forgery says no amount of pressure will silence her. (AP Photo, File)

Rwandan court drops all charges against opposition figure

By BY IGNATIUS SSUUNA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 6, 2017 file photo, former Rwanda presidential candidate Diane Rwigara is escorted by policemen to a court where she denied charges of insurrection and forgery that she says are linked to her criticism of the government's human rights record. The former Rwandan presidential challenger was freed on bail Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 after more than a year behind bars. (AP Photo, File)

Rwandan ex-presidential challenger Rwigara freed on bail

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA - Associated Press

Cartoons that ‘humiliate’ officials in Rwanda now a crime

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA - Associated Press

Uganda charges ex-police chief who fell out with president

By Associated Press - Associated Press

India’s Modi arrives in Rwanda, seeking to promote trade

By Associated Press - Associated Press

Rwanda defends $39 million sponsorship deal with Arsenal

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA - Associated Press

In this Feb. 5, 2018, photo, leading textile conservationist Julia Brennan holds a scarf from a victim of the former Khmer Rouge as she inspects artifacts at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. As a leader in her field, Brennan has worked to preserve many glamorous and historic articles of clothing. Her profession, however, has also brought her into contact with humanity’s darkest moments, including the genocide in Rwanda and now Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian genocide documented in victims’ preserved clothes

By SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, photo, Eritrean migrant Yohannes Tesfagabr, one of the tens of thousands of African migrants Israel has targeted for deportation, recounts his journey to The Associated Press in Kampala, Uganda. His case highlights the predicament of tens of thousands of Africans in Israel who face jail if they do not accept an offer, allegedly without further assurances of safety, to relocate to an unnamed African country. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)

AP Exclusive: Migrant recounts his deportation from Israel

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, photo, Eritrean migrant Yohannes Tesfagabr, one of the tens of thousands of African migrants Israel has targeted for deportation, recounts his journey to The Associated Press in Kampala, Uganda. His case highlights the predicament of tens of thousands of Africans in Israel who face jail if they do not accept an offer, allegedly without further assurances of safety, to relocate to an unnamed African country. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)

AP Exclusive: Migrant recounts his deportation from Israel

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016 file photo, Uganda's long-time President Yoweri Museveni adjusts his hat, as he attends an election rally at Kololo Airstrip in Kampala, Uganda. The neighboring East African countries of Uganda and Rwanda have faced years of uneasy relations and in 2018 tensions have risen over claims of forced repatriation and torture. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Rwanda, Uganda trade claims over treatment of refugees

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA - Associated Press