The Intelligence: Rwanda’s genocide 30 years on
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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The 1994 slaughter of hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsis completely reshaped the country. It also produced Africa’s most polarising leader, whose outsized power and regional influence is proving ever more divisive. How a shadow economy of gangs and clans is running Gaza (11:45). And a total solar eclipse is coming to America (20:01).
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| 1:21.4 | Grueling wars fuel desperation and Gaza is no exception. |
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