from the bbc
Rwanda is marking the 10th anniversary of the genocide in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu militias.
The slaughter was triggered by the shooting down of a plane with Rwanda's Hutu President Juvenal Habyarimana onboard on 6 April 1994.

It ranks alongside the Holocaust of the Jews as one of the worst atrocities of the 20th Century.
another pause to reflect on inhumanity!

An 'ex'-worker from my building called in today with her 5 month old baby.
Cuddling the child gave me hope amidst all the gloom. The clouds, both those above and of world events were eclipsed by the joy of life. Sadly, rain still has not arrived in Canberra, the dark clouds blew away this evening. "Possible" thunderstorms are forecast locally but I think the only real thunder is the ongoing barrage of war.