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Rwanda politician prompts row over genocide memorial

A row has erupted in Rwanda about the genocide memorial not reflecting the plight of Hutus in the 1994 massacres.

During the 100-day genocide, Hutu militias systematically killed about 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus.

But opposition politician Victoire Ingabire, who has returned to Rwanda for the first time since the genocide, says Hutus were also killed by Tutsis.

Read entire article at BBC