rwanda is silent.hen we are silent -- hereat i am wrestling with -- and i'm not naÏve in asking this because i know you have an answer for it -- what i am wrestling with though are the world leaders. world leaders who have celebrated rwanda leadership since this atrocity 20 years ago. i hear you telling me that according to the evidence that you have seen and others is that it is not much better. people have never sat down and explained what has been going on in rwanda. we didn't have an opportunity to sit down and talk about this. what was noticed is that after repeating this many times on my own behalf to many world leaders because i have traveled the whole world trying to educate and to be the voice of the and message about what is going on in rwanda and what it has been through and why -- in july of 2012, we served the international community is .tarting from the united states we saw them stopping there in , but the direct aid which is given to the government. we saw the united states stopping the

>> i think we have to put rwanda and the greater region in context. 20 years ago, rwanda was the epitome of a failed state. there were judgments that weren't viable as a nation going forward because of population density as well as the genocide. in 20 years, we have had great economic growth. the country has pulled itself together. as you mentioned a, ray, it's one of the safest, most orderly capitols in africa. on the other hand, there are concerns and i think friends of rwanda are -- should freely express those concerns about the political space within the country. the room for dissent, the room for social expression but we have to take in context, in rwanda aid dollars can be tracked on line. there are governance contracts that every government official has to meet performance metrics or he or she loses their jobs. next door in the democratic republic of congo, we have billions of dollars being lost, unaccountability. so, it's not justifying some of the things that nee has brought up. context. >> let me close with ian morely because you helped preside over a process that put the count

>> i think we have to put rwanda and the greater region in context. 20 years ago, rwanda was the epitome of a failed state. there were judgments that weren't viable as a nation going forward because of population density as well as the genocide. in 20 years, we have had great economic growth. the country has pulled itself together. as you mentioned a, ray, it's one of the safest, most orderly capitols in africa. on the other hand, there are concerns and i think friends of rwanda are -- should freely express those concerns about the political space within the country. the room for dissent, the room for social expression but we have to take in context, in rwanda aid dollars can be tracked on line. there are governance contracts that every government official has to meet performance metrics or he or she loses their jobs. next door in the democratic republic of congo, we have billions of dollars being lost, unaccountability. so, it's not justifying some of the things that nee has brought up. context. >> let me close with ian morely because you helped preside over a process that put the count

rwanda hopes to be a tech driven power. a thousand miles of fiber optic cables and last year signed a deal to cover 95% of the country with a 4g network. no one disputes how far the country has come economically in recent years and the elth nick violence that tore the country apart is a thing of the pass but the president's critics say he rules with an iron fist cracking down on internal dissent and supported rebel groups in neighboring congo. back at the ceremony, the secretary general of the united nations reminded everyone of the world's indifference 20 years ago. the silence in your hours of greatest need. united nations workers showed bravery. we could have done much more. we should have done more. >> why the world failed to act is a question being answered in the wider context of an africa still royal by political tensions. what can be learned from rwanda as it moves away from the dark past. rwanda 20 years after genocide on this edition of the program. why it happened, how it happened, and what its meant to the world

they are the seed from which the new rwanda grows. thank you for allowing your humanity and --to prevail over your grief and loss. thank you very much. [applause] fellow rwandans, dear friends. clarity is a duty of memory that we cannot escape. again,the words, never there is a story whose truth must be told in full. [applause] no matter who you are, and how uncomfortable. [applause] people who planned and were -- out the genocide but the history and a root causes go beyond this beautiful country. [applause] why rwandans continue to seek the most complete explanation possible for what happened. humility as a that nearly destroyed itself, but we are nevertheless determined to recover our dignity as a people. [applause] years, in short or long -- is a short or long, depending on where you stand. but it is no justification for false moral equivalence. notpassage of time should obscure the facts. orsen the responsibility turn victims into villains. [applause] people cannot be bribed or forced into changing their history. and no country is

he has written several books on rwanda, including, "the order of genocide: race, power, and war in rwandathessor straus significance of the u.s. response at the time not willing to call what was happening a genocide? >> the u.s. is one of the key actors at the time. the policy was clearly not to get involved in rwanda. but the u.s. plus actions were critical. the u.s. was not acting alone. great britain and belgian at that time and within the bureaucracy of the united nations, there was a real reluctance to get involved. >> and france as well, leading to the fight happening today with the delegation, high-level delegation pulling out of the genocide commemorations because of kagame sing the french were responsible. >> yeah, the french had a much more controversial history with rwanda both before the genocide and even during the genocide. france was the leading ally of the regime in rwanda, the regime that ultimately orchestrated the genocide. the controversy is, how much did they know, when today know, some accuse them of being involved in the preparations for genocide. nonetheless, they

in rwanda itself? >> there has been tremendous process, reckon sill suggests - they are -- reconciliations, they are living side by side, in the projects, where they camp together, farming, constructing houses for the people who lost their home, helping to reconcile the communities the communities that did not trust each other. a lot of people have been talking and saying to me that reconciliation - full reconciliation will be achieved by the post-genocide generation. there's too much bad blood and bad memories. what they are saying is that people are quit interested in peacefully. it's an amazing achievement. they don't really trust each other. it will only take a consideration for ta trust. >> that's katherine joining us live from south of the rwandan capital. >> to other news now and u.s. president obama congratulated afghanistan about the landmark presidential election. afghan leaders praised the turn out describing the vote as success. 7 million people braved threats from the taliban to cast their

over the decades rwanda transformed itself.ts people have been divided before the genocide, beginning after belgium colonized rwanda in 1916. it introduced identity cards, classifying people according to their ethnicity, when the minority tutsis became on elight over the hutus. it caused ventment. in 1959 more than 20,000 tutsis were killed. hutus took control after independence in 1962. ethnic fighting continued until a peace agreement was signed in 1993. the agreement was broken the next year, in 1994, after a plane carrying the president of rwanda was shot down, it's unknown who was behind the assassination. fighters began to kill tutsis and moderates. 18,000 were mass angered in 100 days. many tutsis took refuge in a school, guarded by belgium soldiers who abandoned it. leaving number at the mercy of hutu soldiers. that school is now a memoriam. >> i'm at the technical school here, a place that has come to symbol ice the failure of international community to come to rwanda's help at the hour of its greatest need. that was w

>> well, rwanda changed in many, many ways sips "94.isit scores that go there now would not believe it was a country practically destroyed by genocide. the country was devastated. it has come a long way in terms of development and economic growth and rebuilding grur. a lot has been achieved. in terms of respect for fundamental, civil and political rights, there's not been a similar progress, and roou wanna today is a country ruled by fear. it's a -- rwanda today is a country ruled by fear, where there is restrictions on frood om of expression and -- freedom of expression and no democracy. on one level a lot has been achieved. on another, there's a long way to go before people can feel themselves. >> do you get the impression that there's a lot of demand more democratic freedoms, or most of the population is grateful that the dark days are behind them and they are at peace? >> well, they are certain are, obviously, releave the that the period of extreme violence is behind them. it's difficult to know what the majority of rwandans think b

aljazeera, rwanda. >> let's get more from rwanda's president about the comments that so angered france. he said 20 years later, the only thing you can say against them in their eyes is that they didn't do enough to save lives during the genocide. he said that's a fact but hides the main point, the direct role of belgium and france in the political preparation of the genocide and the participation of the latter in its very execution. jacki roland has more from paris. >> france's decision not to take part in this 20th anniversary commemoration i think really reflects the surprise and disappointment that the french people as a result of these statements. from the french point of view, they felt that relations with rwanda were entering a new, more positive phase. of course, there was a very cold period where there were no diplomatic relations, but since they were reestablished in 2010, some particularly with the verdict by a french court, just last month to convict one of the perpetrators of the rwanda genocide and sentence him to 25 years in prison, the french felt these are really positi

joining me is the first lady of rwanda, her excellency jeannette kagame and grace hightower.such an honor to be in the presence of both of you. your excellency, part of your journey has been to empower your people and to help the orphans, the widows and the many who are left after the genocide. i know it it has to be heartwarming to have people like grace and others reach out and say we are there to help uplift this country. what is the challenge you face now? >> at the moment, of course, after inheriting such a devastated country where the infrastructure was totally destroyed, human and physical, everything was a priority, understandably and currently really what the country is trying to work on is to sustain the recovery that we've -- that we are experiencing now. we are seeing a constant growth of 8% for the past ten years now which is quite exciting and the challenge is to sustain these and be less and less aid dependent. >> you heard the president speak at a state dinner, the president of rwanda and he said the country needs trade not aid and that's what inspired you to

first let's get more from rwanda's president. who said 20 years later, the only thing you can say against them in their eyes is they didn't do enough to save lives in the genocide. he went on to say that's a fact, but it hides the main point, the direct role of belgium and france in the political preparation of the genocide and the participation of the latter in its very execution. >> let's go live to paris where jacki roland joins us. >> what's been the reaction in paris to the rwandan president's accusation? >> the french recognize the role of france in operation turquoise was flawed, but they say it's because they were deployed very late in the genocide, the killings already going on for weeks. they point out they didn't have enough men. they are saying that the french and the belgians and a few other nations that contributed are very critical to other countries in the world, didn't actually deploy soldiers on the ground at the time. their reaction is that they've been very disappointed that they say is a result of his remarks

how can it be applied in rwanda?ident rwanda has turned to south korea for help with the broad band network. rwanda's ambition is leap frog the rest of the region and become a high speed technological harbor. 3,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable have been laid down, part of a strategy delivering 8% growth and reducing the inequality gap. >> rwanda's progress was remarkable. that comes at a price, some claim has been shut down whether at home or a board. those allegations took me thousands of miles away to tennessee in america. this is a widow living here with her two sons. their father patrick, a former rwanda intelligence chief was murdered in south africa last new year's eve. >> that's your husband. that's president kagame there. >> friendly she, her husband and the former president had been, a relationship that continued in rwanda. >> i know that's clinton and paul kagame, the president. there's your husband. >> her husband fled to exile in south africa. she blames rwanda authorities for his murder. that's a view

never again, looking back at rwanda's painful past, one survivor's story. ♪ ♪ >>> today is equal paydayo highlight the gap between what men and women get paid. women having to work this long in 2014 to make what a man already made in 2013. the president signing two executive orders today designed to close the gap for women who work for federal contractors saying this country does not have second-class citizen. >> america should be a level playing field. a fair race for everybody. a place where anybody who is willing to work hard has a chance to get ahead. and retouring that opportunity for every american, men and well, has to be a driving focus for our country. >> now, even when it comes to income disparity, not all women are created equal in louisiana, they are treated worse. robert reyes is in baton rouge, how is the gender pay gap affecting women there? >> reporter: del, good afternoon. the gender pay gap is a major issue here in the state of louisiana and nationally, as we know, but people here, women and children and families, are losing out on income, their health care is looking

>> well, it's a work in progress here in rwanda. when you ask whether enough reconciliation has been done, we can tell that you we're living side by side, that ms. is huge progress give what has happened in this country 20 years ago. what the government has done was try to bring together jus justie and reconciliation of those who had their families killed or were hurt themselves. and they came face to face with the perpetrators of the genocide and had to forgive them. however, there is a tribunal for rwanda that tries to bring to justice about 100 people. but at the cost of $2 billion. a lot has happened, but still this country is traumatized. >> mohammed, they're pushing for the french to admit their role in the genocide. is his sentiment shared across rwanda as well? >> yes, this is something that most rwandaens hold. they believe that the french supported the government, the hutu extremist regime here that perpetrated the genocide, and feel the french widely armed the soldiers, some of who took part in the genocide, and in the la

is rwanda a success story in your eyes, 20 years after the genocide. >> in some ways rwanda is a success story. the scene today is remember, reunit and do. the scene is important. the potential for conflict will be there unless you remember the consequences. they have done a tremendous amount on mcrae economic re -- macroeconomic reform. social reform. i'd like to add education. they have done a lot to ensure women and girls are educated. they have come a long way. the remembrance is important. we all have to remember the inhumanity to man that can happen. >> the country's president, paul kagame. you hear all kinds of things about this man - a progressive lever or an authoritarian? >> i see two kagames. a progressive leader, he done a lot on social sector reform, but is moving towards more authoritarian rule. that's a criticism that you hear. you don't have enough freedom of expression, and i think that that, over the long term, we need to pay attention to. >> i want to ask you a question. one of the things i want to do with the program is connect u.s. policy, u.s. action, u.s. inaction

the ugly legacy of its genocide still haunts rwanda 20 years later. >> the polls closed in afghanistan where the country held its first democratic election today. in a few days we'll know who will succeed current president hamid karzai. there has been an increase in deadly violence as the deadline loms for n.a.t.o. -- looms for n.a.t.o. troop withdrawal. bernard smith has more. >> the queues formed before the polling stations open. despite the taliban threats to target the election, people wanted to vote. in afghanistan's 5,000 year history, it marks the first democratic transfer of power. the people here have been eager to seize the chance. >> we don't care about the taliban. you can see everyone coming here. i don't have a threat from the taliban, for me. >> 12 million were eligible to vote. in parts of the country polling stations are closed. this is repeated at polling sessions. people dip their finger in indelible ink to stop them voting twice, pick up their papers and cast their ballots in the boxes here. blue for presidential, green for provincial. the presidential vote is easy,

that's why hopps of rwanda are pegged on the young people. every month they are happy to discuss issues that expect them. e-, patriotic moving the country forward. >> the youth are important. for them it looks at future. first of all, they are not so much tied to their past, iraq the older generation. in schools, the history of genocide is a mandatory part of the curriculum. every child born after the mass anger knows what happened. >> these children know all about the history of their country, about the genocide, what caused it. they know about the importance of reconciliation and the power of tribal divisions. many saying this is crucial, ensuring what happened in 1994 never happiness again. the boys say talking about the genocide helps to make it more reel, and not something that happened a long time ago. >> we talked about the fears of 1994 and all the bad things that happened. >> that message is one that they constantly mass on. a hutu protected his wife from killers by bribing them. he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing oth

the general sithe in rwanda the 20 -- the genocide in rwanda, the 20th anniversary of which we mark this week, provided us with one of our most painful examples of our failure to act. not americans alone, mr. speaker, the entire civilized watched, lamented, but did not stop the genocide. america and much of the world waited far too long to become involved in rwanda and even then, international peace keepers were not given aba mandate or the resources to stop the killing. i'm sure many of us, mr. speaker, saw the movie "hotel rwanda." nick nolte played the blue-helmeted colonel who was in .harge of the u.n. unit when carnage was occurring and colonel -- and the colonel that nolte was playing was watching, someone asked, why aren't you doing something? and his response was, because that is not our mandate, it is to report. i will say in a minute that thousands of lives were saved by the blue helmets. and by others. but the u.n. mandate was not to stop it. but to report it. president clinton has expressed regret that the united states did not act in time to save lives, saying last year, and

that was rwanda.fish richelle carey joins us with more on this sad story. >> today somber memorial service john offered the people the chance to reflect the pain rwanda went through and the healing still taking place. the controversy, current rwandan president accused one nation of having a direct role in the genocide. thousands of people packed rwanda's sport stadium to remember those who died 20 years ago. dancers reenacted the slaughter lying life isless on the ground -- lifeless on the ground. some had to be carried out the pain too much to handle two decades later. the mass murder started april 7th, 1994. one day after the plane carrying rwanda's then president was shot down as it approached the capital. the killing sparked three months of massacres. with the attacks against the tutsi population against the majority hutus. secretary-general ban ki-moon. we should have done much more. we should have done much more. >> paul kagami was a rebel in 1994 to stop the genocide. >> the people who carried

rwanda has laid a plan for its future where none existed before. education for all children and zero tolerance to corruption, to embracing information technolo technology. they are facing the future with the knowledge that looking backyard is simply not an opti option. >> the tragic event of the genocide of 1994 will always remain in our memories, but they can't stop us from moving forward and build a bright future. that is the legacy we have of leadership. >> rwanda's progress is partially due to aid from western countries. people are hard at work developing software and placings. they say through technology rwandaens can pull themselves out of poverty, one of the things that caused the genocide in the first place. [♪ music ] >> well, it looked like spring had finally sprung. now we turn to al jazeera for the latest on the forecast. can i expect this good weather to stay? >> meteorologist: it's a beautiful day, but unfortunately we'll have to deal with rain next week cookin across the nor. let's take a look at the map behind me. the central plains

the toolbar rwanda is asked to predict easy breezy. with that kilos and kilos of their jobs underarm. underfunded to be doing an injustice. two of this of my bones. just ask points that the uft the yugoslav skills each other for events that happened in the fifteenth century to the start of the meal in any moment it is or is it was due to the charm future topics. so i did this we will grow from. watching more than a dozen nice view or is of me. i went to the trial will the cost of scenic walk. he's the first wanted to be tried on french soil. this happened just months ago. i was surprised by the radio. to you is is in denial but seem to just do not even denies that there will be in the bustling been using the garden. the goal is three months. one of us know their bodies. on the net for and i went in. this was the son and you wouldn't do it. dude to get one today the stench. under woodson and movies that were under the video is when someone does the roasted visible. but come the is up to my mom did it for fernando and executed the genoci

when the plane of rwanda's president was shot down killing all aboard. that led to the worst yen owe psych e-side in history. now glshes genocide in history. >> it took years after the genocide before she could walk along this path in eastern rwanda. that's where she was attacked. and it took many more years to bring herself to embrace the man who cut off her hand in a ma chemachete, and left her for de. convicted and served eight yoars in prison. -- years in prison. >> i went down on my knees and raised my hands to beg her for forgiveness. >> forgiving him kept me sane. >> people here still have weekly community work sessions and group therapist. 45,000 died in this district. in this day they're clearing land to build houses for five homeless families. projects like this one have been set up across the country. hutus and tutsis work together. for some here question whether 20 years is enough to say that people are really reconciled. >> people have a clear understanding of the fant that they have to live together. i think that's been achieved. you might

how can this be applied in rwanda? rwandas no accident that has turned to south korea to help with its broadband network. its ambition is to leapfrog the rest of the region and become a high-speed technological hub. 3000 kilometers of fiber-optic cable have been laid down so far. it's all part of an economic strategy that is already delivering eight percent growth and reducing the inequality gap. wanda's remarkable progress was simply unthinkable 20 years go. critics say that achievement did come at a price. it iscal opposition says shot down whether at home or abroad. >> those allegations to me thousands of miles away, to tennessee in america. this widow lives here with their two sons. their father, patrick, a former rwandan intelligence chief turned critic, was murdered in south africa last new year's eve. andf this was your husband that is the president there. >> blair told me how friendly she come her husband, and the future rwandan president had been when they all three group in exile. out and herl husband fled in

rwanda 20 years later, marking a grim anniversary of genocide.scalation, pro-russian protests in eastern ukraine, death of a priest, remembering the rely house heard who refused to leave syria. and 100 days held in egyptian prisons, the calls from around the world to free three al jazeera journalists. ♪ >>> we begin tonight with a promising lead in the search for flight 370, u.s. navy equipment on board an australian ship has picked up signals twice. signals consistent with the black boxes. lisa stark has the latest. >> reporter: it is being called the most promising lead yet. the ocean shield has picked up what may be the pinging sound from the two black boxes on board the jumbo jet. they are using a locater from the u.s. navy, and they heard the pinging sounds for more than two hours. official in australia are urging caution, saying quote, we have not found the aircraft yet. >> i would like to find some wreckage, because that will basically help solve the mystery. and i would ask you to -- to respect that, fundamentally without wreckage we can'

he doesn't trust the tutsi dominated government. >> the rwanda government killed my parents. also some people my age who have returned have been forced to come back to congo and fight as rebels and killed. >> the transit center in rwanda, she is determined her move is for the better. in days, she'll be taken back to her village. she's one of many who feel they can rebuild a normal life. for others still living at refugees, the turmoil of the 1990's and its legacy goes on. aljazeera in the democratic republic of congo. >> the ballot counting has started in afghanistan, voter turnout high. almost 60% have eligible voters took part in yesterday's election. aljazeera is in kabul with more. >> in the end, afghanistan's presidential election passed off comparatively peacefully for this country. the deployment of 400,000 security personnel will have helped with that. there have been comparatively few allegation of fraud, so the votes are being counted, but it's going to be several weeks before there's an official declaration of the winner, but the winner needs to win more than 50% e

he sent us -- in rwanda. he sent us his impressions of the day's events in kigali. >> the commemoration was something between commemoration and future. it showed that the reconciliation process has not been finalized. during a theater play in the stadium which showed the genocide in 1994, dozens of people elapsed and needed to be brought out of the stadium. the president swore to construct the country for the future. he promised new laws and better technology, and he promised to be there at a local level to help the people, to empower them to build the country. but the role of france is not yet clear yet. he accused france again of not taking responsibility for their role in the genocide. the u n secretary-general, ban ki-moon, acknowledged that his ordination -- the u.n. secretary-general, ban ki-moon, acknowledged that his organization did not do enough. >> you can visit our website, dw.de/rwanda. >> months after the spectacular discovery of his treasure trove of art, cornelius gurlitt has reached an agreem

he's become one of rwanda's nouveau reach. going to show you the other place where we've been pals since that's where we started out as a weapon. incense best housing estate is growing by the place former rwandan president hubby aaron on the plane was shot down sparking the genocide. today at eighty seven brand new houses. vince and is extremely proud of his achievements. to see. he grew up in in burundi. like many thousands of others. he came back to rwanda in nineteen ninety four through the truth even when you call the fact that it's like that happens genocide. it's amazing with those who survive in together to develop the country. you can do when one is filled with joy that the killing is over and that we are dedicating ourselves to rebuilding our country. when cool. welcome to visit. this is how the rwandan government has to be built and sold president will become a division of fatigue on the ultra modern world tuesday. bart's put together this ambitious amount of time fatigue on a bike two thousand and fourteen the dream

do you recognise rwanda, is it slightly resembling the rwanda when you were there? >> absolutely not. >> compared to now you how it was before for me growing up. it's different and a lot of things changed. >> in a good way. >> in a good way. for survivors, tas long journey. -- it's a long journey. we have wounds that need to be heeled. >> i'm trying to get my head around understanding what it's like in rwanda. 20 years aftftftfter people in country killed in a horrible way, how much that hounts everything that country does, how much that brought up in day to day conversations. is it something that is always in the back of everyone's minds? >> it has beeeen really difficu for a lot of people to have a conversation, of course. we had to live side by side with the people. >> exactly. the awkwardness of that alone. >> it has been hard. it depends. some people have forgiven, for those that have murdered their loved ones. >> have you forgiven? >> i think i did, yes. i think i did. >> you are not convinced? >> i did. the reason i am where i am is because i don't carry hatr

it's been 20 years since rwanda's genocide began, when 800,000, ethnic tute says were killed. ecuador is on high alert 95 miles south of the capital. it has erupted sporadically for the past 15 years. and what you can expect this weekend in weather? >> as you said earlier, it's a beautiful day in the north-east, it's extending back across portions of the great lakes into the plains. there's a little snow to contend with. that is pushing across portions of upstate new york. the whether is going to be lovely. in chicago highs of 50, down in memphis, cooler air pushing in. 63 our high. we'll look across the north-east, where we can see cloudy skies towards the interior at the coast. beautiful day across new york city. a little on the windy side on the back side of the front. snow to contend with. by this evening in tomorrow, it will clear on out of there. that's a major role in temperatures. toronto, winds gusting out of the west. philadelphia winds gusting up to 23. a little breezy with the winds pushing in out of the north. it's cooler across albany and montreal. look at the wa

--s are rise in rwanda prized in rwanda. having a cow is very important for us, says monique. a lot culture, cows bring of advantages. every family has to have a cow. -- withouthave milk a cow, you do not have milk. for us, it is a sign of prosperity. are an and consulate example of how reconciliation can succeed. the neighbors live happily together without the need for court verdicts or government directives, though it was not easy for monique to forgive. monique says when she first came to me and asked me to forgive her, i asked her if she thought of what exactly she was asking of me, and she said she had. i believed her, but i asked for time to think before i really forgave her. another challenge looms on the horizon for the two women -- 2hat will happen when counsel a -- husband gets out of prison? she believes everything will be ok. >> he, too, will asked for forgiveness, and he said it was the right thing for her to give money. how far rwandaof has come in the reconciliation process over the last two decades. the country wants to present itself as modern and focused on t

rwanda stepped up to check on us which were held in older vintages wall. yesterday tried to put him in the end of the hopping knew that the song says you are there when reagan was a massive phenomenon it's all in all it lasted for ten years with the baton was installed on these courts are aimed at mission of making people who committed genocide on it. and that's what they have gutted the well built and then they could be given reduced sentences and regained their freedom quite fun to work towards and that means that today some people who are known to have taken on to genocide. i once again acknowledge our need to sit there. sometimes living beside the families of the victims and have people to get in each of us don't grow on you has the stomach feeling of rancor and wanda says that it's difficult to stop for the good reason that the current rwandan government has decided to stop distinguishing between hutus and tutsis when talking about genocide and conceal that they're in speeches you just don't hear that distinction very often. and it's even become a tab

rwanda were ignored when they were most needed. the shame still clings. >> the stadium was filled with fortune heads of state who watched as john know -- genocide survivors spoke of it. >> the passage of taoeuplime should not obscure the fact, lessen the responsibility, or turn victims into villains. people cannot be bribed or forced into changing their history history, and no country is powerful enough even when they think they are, to change the past. >> a stinging reproach which was read by many as a direct swipe at france. the french ambassador to rawanda was notable by his absence, the invitation revoked heighting tensions against paris for its alleged complicity for the genocide accusing french soldiers of murdering rwandan civilians. a diplomatic row. >> the french prime minister at the time of the genocide is among those who hit back. he saeudid accuseing france is a self-serving lie on his part and french military leaders have protest protested pointing out there were no french troops in rwanda at the time. as it remembers

rwanda enjoys stability. mohammed has more from kugali >> reporter: this is the genocide memorial, a place for the nameless dead. dpft,000 people died in the genocide when tutus killed mostly tutus. so they would be save from the militia. it was a trap. now, there are only the remains of the dead to remind the living of what happened. >> this site represents the crisis of humanity. it's easy to say it happened in a small african country. it has nothing to do with me. in fact, this site is a representation of the failure of the world. >> here, in the rooms, there are bodies of victims. >> gus muqui is one of a few people who survived the massacre but his parents and eight brothers and sisters were murdered. today, he walks as the site's curator. it's by choice, his way of dealing with what happened. >> i am feeling proud to serve as a guide to the genocide memorial site because i feel at this my responsibility. i am concerned. i am feeling the voice of my dad and mom and other brothers and sisters who can not

the author of rwanda says each crisis is different.here's no set formula for fixing the situation. >> i don't see any solution at the moment. the only party we can figure out is to stop the regime. is russia. he has no knengs of doing that, nothing will stop the mixed bad, men terrorists, from keeping up the opposition. no one can stop him from doing that. i regard syria with a broken heart. not only is it possible. it's impossible to stop - i know who could stop c e.r. is any number of republics by sending in troops. that will not work. i don't know what we'll do about it. we'll have 150,000 killed, 2 million refugees, we in north america can barely conjure with, nothing will stop it. >> how can he be convinced that the rwandan genocide could be stopped. >> each case is different. rwanda with a small country, the genocide army was really tifl small... >> we are jumping now to the taped piece there to go live to australia where we are expected to hear any moment from authorities there. this is the first time they'll speak after a chine

when i went back to rwanda after six years i had my own fears because my last memory of rwanda was, dead bodies. but the idea of being able to see my mom again was a lot stronger than any other feelin feelings. [ crying ] >> through my mother, i was able to see certain things, and learn about stories of hutus and tutsis getting back together, trying to figure out how to live in the same villages. the government because they couldn't prosecute all the cases, they revived this traditional justice system called gachacha. gachacha is based on, rather than punishing somebody, make him a member of the community by forgiving him. it's a shame that i had to go through what i went through in order to get here. but looking back, at 20 years and away i've personally become. if i had not gone back to rawntd and reconnect, i feel like i should -- rwanda and reconnect, i feel like i should be angry. i don't have nightmares anymore. i've forgiven and that has helped me to have a better life. >> on his life. a church reborn, hopes this celebration could be the sign of a new chacht. new -- chapter. >> an

and because of -- the tion, rwanda imate is cooler in rwanda, subsaharan africa, and the greenery is like that of no other place in africa, and it will rival even some of the beautiful spots in the caribbean. it is also a fabulous place, the people of rwanda thought, for god to come to rest. well, in a country of seven million at least in 1994, who knows what the population is today after many of the atrocities, but the people believed that god could rest there in this beautiful, this receiving and welcoming land without being interrupted. ow all cultures, all religions choose to elevate its land or its people. for example, jewish people understandably refer to the sea of galilee as a sea. oggra se who know ge gee if i know that the sea is a lake. the jordan river, i envisioned the jordan river something comparable to the mississippi river or the missouri river, which is about 2,000 miles across the country. the truth of the matter is there are certain points of the jordan river that i actually jumped over and it flows down into the dead sea, which is again, not a sea, but another la

the world. >> rwanda's turnaround story is positive. infrastructure mains and obstacle for foreign investment. -- remains an obstacle for foreign investment. >> let's look at a few other stories. isnce foreign minister taking charge of the trade portfolio of the french government. that is a first in the history of france. the news was announced after rumors of a power struggle. wantede foreign minister the portfolio in connection with a government reshuffle. theian energy company says size of ukraine's gas bill has risen to $2.2 billion. tuesday, they announced they would raise the price of gas exports to ukraine. the chief executive of lufthansa said he is hoping for a quick resolution to the standoff with the pilots. it comes during a three-day walkout from pilots. it expects the strike between wednesday and friday to lead to 3800 cancellations altogether. it seems as if the patient's of travelers will be tested at least for one more day. >> thank you very much, marcus carlson. 21 minutes past 9:00. we will look at what is making wave

let's return to rwanda now. marking 20 years since the genocide there. 800,000 people killed in that genocide. let's go to george who joining us from there. 20 years on, the anger and shame about events, george, still continues. >> reporter: it certainly does, tim. i saw one of the parts of the assembly still going on. the president of rwanda, paul kagame is speaking now. one of the moments the stadium reverberate to cries and screams of people to which the memory was too much. 20 years on, the country is trying to move on. for some, that memory is all too strong. >> in terms of national reconciliation, and i was there after the genocide when they were letting certain members back. how successful has that been in small villages to bring those groups who were massacring each other together? >> reporter: tim, the president has just sat down which is why you hear that applause. the process of reconciliation has not just gone on at the national level. it's gone on at the village level. one of the ways they did it wa

cows are prized in were one to -- are prized in rwanda. having a cow was very important for us, says monique. in our culture, cows bring a lot of advantages. every family has to have a cow. without one come you do not have milk or dung to put on the field. for us, it is a sign of prosperity. they are an example of how reconciliation can succeed. the neighbors now live happily together, without the need for or government directives. still, it was not easy for monique to forgive. monique says when she first came to me and asked me to forgive her, i asked if she thought about exactly what she was asking of me. she said she had. , and i asked for time to think before i really for gave her. another challenge looms on the horizon for the two women. what will happen when her husband gets out of prison? she believes everything will be ok. she says that he will also ask for forgiveness and said it was the right thing for her to give monique the cow. back in kigali, many people are proud of how the country has come so far in the reconciliation proce

this after fresh accusations by rwanda's president of france was actively involved in the atrocities because i kept external reports that the weather. this is an accomplice to perpetrate up according to poll could only the acceptable criticism for paris has always been different on me it's going to the mall to see the lights it's a fox says the woman president in an interview published this weekend the mosques the whole truth the involvement of belgium and france in the political drama to the genocide in the polls the separation of prawns in its execution. in a light to the president's fresh accusations from announced it would not take part in the twentieth anniversary commemorations so monday since it's these comments are nothing new today's prices being accused in the front of the area knowing she is the gospel. go make the same for twenty years and doesn't come as a surprise for those who know him well. polk county's first visit to paris since the genocide took place in two thousand and eleven. it's so important in establishing peace that he would refuse to shake the president's h

rwanda's u.n. ambassador welcomed the decision but says it needs to be followed with action. >> the horrific since coming from the central africa, syria, south sudan, will, in some cases convince many that the u.n. is still grappling to match with realities on the ground, and that preventing mass atrocities still has a long way to go. >> while the legacy of the rwandan genocide is felt in many ways, including continued esentiment towards the media -- resentment towards the media. >> in 1994 it was used to create division. now there's a private tv station, and men are skeptical about the role of the media. we have this report. >> of the small studios of rwanda's tv station, journalists are preparing for the main news bulletin of the day. it's the first and only private television station. it's a year old, and still facing challenges. >> when we stop, it was in february 2013. only three people in the staff had experience with tv - only three people. so most of our staff, they learn by doing, by pract

rwanda has laid up for its future where none existed before. for all children and enforcing a zero tolerance for corruption, embracing information technology. with the knowledge that looking backward is simply not an option. >> the genocide of 1994 will always remain in our memories, but they can't stop us from moving forward and build a bright future. this is the legacy of with one we have of leadership. >> rwanda's progress is partly due to financial aid from western countries. people are hard at work developing software and computer applications. they say that through technology rwandaens can pull themselves out of poverty. one of the things that caused the genocide in the first place. >> joining us live from the capitol. no doubt a very somber day right across the country today, but how is the nation marking the 20th anniversary of the genoci genocide? >> reporter: well, indeed, a very somber mood here in rwanda as people mark the death of nearly a million people. 20 years ago, what happened in 1994 kicks off this afternoon with the lightin

the genocidal slaughter in rwanda the country thousand ethnic tutsis and moderate hutus now my guest today the on screen and was built as ambassador to rwanda in a tragic years from nineteen ninety to nineteen ninety four. he says he saw the stage set free national tragedy on the eve of the genocide. but he maintains that neither he nor other diplomats like to sell at the time could possibly have foreseen the scale of the massacre that was the calm. two decades on he still haunted by some very basic unanswered questions how did so many people turn so radical so violent and so extreme so fast. laid a trap cool in the death squads that proved so brutally efficient with their machetes thanks for not being with us today. former accident. on that. you want with their just before the genocide. you saw everything you say you saw all of that the iphone is being lined up so to speak the fbt treated to radio stations and preaching a sneaky inciting people to attack each other. politics falling apart in the country no reconciliation no peace twenty due to warn the world you would think you were