Abstract
- In Rwanda, the emergency airlift for refugees in the Zaire border area is due to start today. There are already 200,000 Rwandans massed in this sector and another 6,000 are expected. For everyone, of course, food is needed, medicine is needed.
- During this time, some civilians remained behind the lines and did not flee from the advancing rebel armed forces. They are currently trying to rebuild a life in very difficult conditions.
- They call the Kigali stadium "the armored vehicle". This is where they took refuge to escape the militiamen who wanted to kill them. They have not returned home because they no longer have a home.
- In a locker room crowded with several families, a single woman with two children nine months and three years old. She found them before she got here. Their parents had just been murdered, the maid had managed to escape with the two little ones. For two months they lived in hiding in the marshes. They had to escape those who were tracking the Tutsi: adults but also children. Valentine Gatabazi: "There are children who accompanied the militia, who were armed and who were responsible for killing children their age. A 10-year-old child chose another 10-year-old from the group. killing him, he was doing it. In the end they enjoyed it".
- When the RPF conquered this part of the capital, Valentine left the marshes with the two children to come to the stadium. She offered her nursing services to the military. Three months ago Valentine lost her husband and her own children, all massacred. Today, she is trying to rebuild a new family.