genocide
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Gatwa moved to Scotland as a toddler when his family fled the Rwandan genocide.
From BBC
She panicked one night when classical music was played on the radio – similar to music played on Rwandan radio the night the genocide began.
From BBC
Despite publicly shaming a man as a “genocide supporter.”
The war in eastern Congo dates back to the Rwandan genocide in 1994 and generations of diplomats have tried and failed to secure lasting peace.
Asked about what he thinks of people claiming there is a "white genocide" in South Africa, he says he thinks they "have no real understanding of what a genocide is".
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