'To Forgive Doesn't Mean To Forget': A Rwandan Journey To Reconciliation

Victims and perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide live side by side three decades after the mass killings that tore the country apart. RFE/RL visited one of the reconciliation villages, an initiative supported by the government and NGOs. In 1994, when Hutu militias killed nearly 1 million Tutsis in just 100 days, Margaret Murekatete sought refuge at a church in Rukara, believing it would be a safe haven. Instead, dozens of her family members were killed there. Today, her neighbor, Karenzi Nasson -- who once took part in the attacks -- has built her a cowshed. Their journey to sitting together as friends in the backyard was a long and difficult one.