Last remaining perpetrators of Rwandan genocide return to villages

Last remaining perpetrators of Rwandan genocide return to villages Africa

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Issued on: 21/04/2026 - 15:23Modified: 21/04/2026 - 15:24

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Thirty-two years after the genocide in Rwanda, the country is undetaking its most sensitive task yet: reintegrating the last remaining perpetrators into the very heart of the lands where they once committed murder. Those walking out of prison today are often those who have served their full 30-year sentences. The challenge is daunting: how can these men and women be transformed into productive citizens within a society that has changed so radically? Our correspondent Aurore Bayoud reports, with Tom Canetti.

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