Minority groups. But this. These 2 little hit was the worst day of my life. Our neighbors came to our home and murdered my family their discrete. Up to 1000000 people were killed over the course of just 100 days. Most of this crowd werent even born yet theyre here today to audition for a t. V. Talent show. On show. It was the one of. The show is called east africas gone talent. Its similar to programs that are broadcast in europe and the us. In the simon is in charge of the auditions like many others here simon lost family members in the genocide who want as young people know the history of the massacre but on days like this they try to forget about it for a while still you know lets just say. Were moving on were moving along we dont want to be held by whats happened in the past we want to move on we want to look for the future and it doesnt buys you all know we are in the period of 100 days of calm the ritual and just this thing is part of it so we remember we are night and then didnt you so we have a new ourselves and this is part of the new york about. What one of my one people are called up to audition. And this one was a has come here with a friend who is an aspiring singer. Vanessa herself is too shy to sign up for the show shes a survivor of the genocide. Wiped out. By email and i think this show is great there arent many jobs for young people in rwanda but they all want to black can make their dreams come true this might give them a chance. That he could wind up what we would have won by giving us a. National and simon 1st met at a support group for genocide survivors. Hes become a surrogate father to her. The effects of the genocide are reflected even today in various aspects of rwandan culture the law. A performing arts group called rehearses a play that deals in. Card with bonuses story. All i have left this bloodstained. You witnessed cruelty the role of a knesset as played by my almost sang internet as parents died in the genocide when she was just an infant i dont know much about. What did you look like. Did i have your eyes. Your finger is. Perhaps even your smile. Shes such a confused young fragile child she represents a lot of the youth nowadays we have a lot of questions and thats basically what im doing in this scene with orson shes asking her mom about her history did you know its its difficult because her mom is new to the. Sound of. A singer named rosetta plays vanessas mother as the woman lay dying she asked the young girl to take the baby to safety. For tuesday evening. Did you know marie was a would too. Was. This is the real vanessa she was rescued by grace or. A hutu who was 13 years old at the time grace put her life at risk for saving the life of a tutsi. Grace and vanessa still live together today along with graces biological children and us. After the genocide life was hard for me because there were still tensions between the ethnic groups. Who. We tried to get along with each other but it wasnt easy john. People used to call me insulting names all the time on how good david cooley influenced. One of those names was cockroach a derogatory term the hutus often used to describe tutsis. If any could take one away have only one good things are different today at school the kids are taught that were all citizens of rwanda one could be saved and that there were no differences between us fit to gain a kind of calling at a point that. The name of the play is generation 25. 00 it tells the story of a nasa and several others who were born in the year that the genocide took place. By going to tell them. That. You have a lot of questions and were hungry for the truth you want to know whats up but its so hard to really get these questions obviously couldnt get it right the groups founder and artistic director hope says that genocide is a recurring theme and Rwandan Society. To be honest there are some questions regarding genocide that just have no answer. Because its a unique evil its a unique ideology that is written well and sometimes it just blows your mind that a human being just wakes up one morning and a human being in that class and walks out of them and the beast in them is in thrall. And how do we pop in for that beast so im just make wishing that this young generation can detect this beast and suppressed. The genocide came to an end in july 994. When a rebel group the Rwandan Patriotic front overthrew the government the r. P. S. Has led the country since then and has turned for wanda into a model african state Economic Growth is strong the streets are clean and corruption levels are low. But the r. P. S. Government has also imposed strict limits on Political Rights and Civil Liberties because the authorities claim that the country is still threatened by hutu militias. We are now on our way to eastern congo after r. P. Of troops put a stop to the massacres hundreds of thousands of hutus fled to the forests near the border because they feared reprisal attacks by rwandas tutsi led government. There are still occasional outbreaks of violence in the region. The United Nations is trying to stabilize the situation in eastern congo part of that effort involves offering sanctuary to rebels who agree to stop fighting. Those who want to surrender simply call our hotline rosa talks to a rebel who wants to turn himself in. Saying you have no weapons right. Where you are right now. Try to get to tongo we can perhaps pick you up there. Where it would be pandemonium ones out. Many fighters still fear that if they return to rwanda the authorities will punish them. Its 25 year old rwandan fighter has nothing to be afraid of he had nothing to do with the killings back then we tried to explain that to them. Even men who are now 30 were children during the genocide but the militia leaders are playing on the fears of those who fight for them 65. 00 days its. The 1st stop for those fighters who managed to escape is a un reception camp. Inside. Was a member of the rwandan Militia Group until he found out about the Un Resettlement Program and. Hes given a thorough medical examination perhaps the 1st one hes ever had. In saudi man and knows little about rwanda he was born in congo his parents fled there after the genocide. It was a long trip but im safe now and i hope the un will continue to help me my future will be different now. He says his parents would never consider going back to probe wanda. Talks to students about the various Militia Groups that are now operating in eastern congo. He asks the audience what is the primary function of these soldiers. The other students have a laugh at that remark. He rose and explains that the Militia Group. Whether they are from rwanda or congo are terrorizing the civilian population the f t l r is especially notorious in the region. This one is at the viva these rebels are taking advantage of the local residents feel. She is obvious the soldiers need meat they steal a coat from someone with a. Disease if they want a woman or a young girl. They take one from the very villages they say they are protecting says all. These oh please out rebels recruit local boys and teach them how to use weapons. Well those boys dont go to school either. We try to convince the locals not to support the rebel groups because it will bring nothing but trouble. After in something and another ex rebel hubby man im always finish their meal theyll be transported to rwanda as part of the governments reintegration effort. In joy im really happy right now if i had wings i would fly. Im going back to my home and i got away from the rebels and im glad i did i say. Have a man or was born in rwanda in 1994 the year of the genocide so hes part of generation 25. 00 his parents fled to the congo and took their infant son with them. Obviously these 2 young men had nothing to do with the massacre. The sons are paying a price for crimes committed by their parents to. Narration. As they cross the border it seems like theyre in a different world but pro wanton society is still dealing with the effects of the genocide. This former Catholic Church in the village of in toronto now serves as a memorial to the 5000 people who were killed here in just one day. That. The remains of genocide victims are still being found in rwanda once the bodies have been identified relatives can make funeral arrangements. This helps to give the families a sense of closure. A National Memorial service is held every year president paul kagame a spoke at the 21000. 00 of vent and issued a stern warning this will seem to have not seen enough of the myths i. Want to miss with this weather if he will from outside. I want to sit. With miss up with them big time big to. The speech was well received by could gum a supporters his threat against rwandas enemies was almost certainly directed against the congo based f t l r militia thanks. Here the Theater Group continues their herschel this part of the play deals with a young man whose father took part in the genocide how does he cope with the terrible legacy of those crimes theres no more. Open. She says. Most. But that shes seen most. Sometimes the truth cuts sometimes the truth sticks out somewhere but its the same thing that if youre driving a wound and for they want to hear you have to be true right you can no tough rabbit will have half kidding me so claiming to be so and sometimes is paying for my 2 needs to haiti we are all trying to rebuild a new image that is in an image of unity and a consolation prize hard as it may be i mean people still people still have you know everything is still sensitive but only one step at a time and yet people do so share their stories but not we dont come up saying and victim and perpetrator was killed. Meanwhile the 2 former rebels arrive at a reintegration camp in rwanda 7. Theyll take part in an extensive government run Training Program that aims to. Prepare them for civilian life so. That you know no ive been here less than an hour and i like it already this is a good place as well as. How the mana recognizes a few of his former brothers in arms. In recent years tens of thousands of former rebels have voluntarily returned to rwanda. At 1st some are skeptical about the free Integration Program but in any case theyre glad that they dont have to fight anymore. The next morning theres a special assembly. Theyre singing a song that praises the rwandan state its main themes are peace unity and reconciliation there are no longer any official distinctions between hutus and tutsis. There. Afterward a psychologist talks about how to deal with trauma he says it can help to talk openly about these experiences most of these men have never done that. There is no statute of limitations on crimes committed during the genocide those found to have taken part can still be prosecuted. No one knows why and silva manas parents stayed in congo he doesnt know where hes going to live after he leaves the reintegration camp perhaps with relatives. But how the money will soon meet members of his family. The manager of the facility was one of the soldiers who helped to end the genocide. Many of his relatives were killed in the massacres but now he believes that its essential to bring hutus and tutsis together. So talking about hutus and tutsis doesnt invalidate what but to hear he said we do talk about it. As. A way of. Teaching these people to go the is the or road we have already travelled on unity and it was. There but the rebel leaders in eastern congo continue to preach the ideology of genocide more. Or interests him that you may told us that they had killed people which is already and thats why they had to leave for a wonder one arch there thats all i know is it they didnt like to talk about it. And we keep 20 as they pass to get us through. Being caught by their ideology by war by climate but everything by talking it helps them. Just heal their own and look office about life. The next day camp officials give hubby manas some money and permission to visit his family for 3 days its an important part of the reintegration process but it will. Have. Hubby mana hasnt seen his mother for 10 years she returned to rwanda when he was a teenager he stayed with the rebels. Im so happy that my child has come back to me through and yet. Hes. One of the neighbors are glad to see him too some of them are hutus others are too it seems they tell him that its hard to make a living out here in the countryside and. I see the country give a shit when we were in the congo we always hoped that wed find gold but we never did well when the little guy threw in the call i wonder what sort of walk i can find here when they are what my future will be like you know even. Vanessa asks herself the same questions shed like to start her own business someday but right now she doesnt have the money to continue her education. Here she and her neighbors are taking part in the governments compulsory Cleanup Program which takes place once a month its called gunda which translates as coming together in common purpose. The perpetrators and victims of genocide work side by side but for vanessa its still difficult to discuss the events of that time in her life before a little smoke and. I always think that someone else has to speak fully now if it was me i cant express but i really feel. If i could id have a better life and id probably be able to find a job now what it was but i just cant get the way its done so i always have to depend on others to help me but. Weve come to the annual ceremony that commemorates the victims of the genocide its called. Which means to remember. Director hope azita and her Theatre Group are holding a final rehearsal before their performance where. The production manager is simon a young woman who earlier organized the auditions for the t. V. Show. The premiere of the play generation 25 will take place at the genocide memorial in could only 250000 victims are buried here that this is a place that forceful i want to buy detention this is split is special place that speaks to us so you if youre going to excel fuse and branded as a role and its not going to be you want its quite easy with the space but youre here for this Business Press is a very special space you do this but that does you are you here for me i listening to. Now you i would to go back. Its more like that yeah well yes but more than a 1000 people come to see the play and most of them are actually part of generation 25. To tell us about and extend it to satisfy some like the nasa may have experienced the horrors of the genocide firsthand others like the ex rebels may feel guilty about the crimes committed by their parents generation. That. Was. About it but. Whats whats left. But this play is just part of a long and difficult process of reconciliation. The formants is a big success not least because the cast addressed complex and painful issues that still dominate Rwandan Society 6. Never again is a really important slogan that suit should be kept because their stories are just so terrifying theyre terrifying and thats something that i wish one that will never experience never again read the Us Ambassador sends congratulations that was so wonderful at the white sure you have a cost cutting. 8 that you face if it was silly its a yes to say i have to say this in 5. Weve come to simon i. O. M. His home where he and his family are hosting a dinner for a few friends. Monday guest is vanessa she enjoys meeting other members of the survivors group. Simon met his future wife at a meeting of a similar support organisation these groups have been set up across the country and vanessa says they do a lot of good. Will and glad that i found this group. I like being around these people sound that. Same on to simon is like a father or brother to us hes older than we are im always happy to see him that we meet people from different generations and have a meal i really enjoyed. Some of simons relatives are also here along with a few members of his extended family of genocide survivors he says its important for them to meet regularly and provide support for each other. We all love different stories or have different experiences of dave and its its a vast gloopy katie and greatest human loneliness the secret is love and we try to use cards as well and of how we came before said but after dinner simons baby daughter your arena is formally introduced to the guests this ceremony is a tradition in many verbal and in families because it helps to promote a sense of community of the. Earth 25 years ago such traditions were very nearly destroyed and i wonder. Because you know that for many the psychological trauma of the genocide is still very real those who lived through it like the nasa are learning to cope but its a long and complex process. The nasa hopes to have children of her own one day. When she was the same age as rena she had a helpless next to her dying mother it but she survived. Was. The. To go bang lots of goes met with silence for the 2nd bundesliga match day empty stadium. Leaders by a munich trounce frankfurt. And have to beat local rivals. To go. Down 13 w. Dont miss our highlights. Programme on line w dot com highlights. Planes. Black. The city w. News live from berlin the w. H. O. Stops testing Donald Trumps treatment of choice for hope at 19 Un Health Agency suspended studies have hydroxy chloroquine made safety concerns truong and other heads of state the drug task tensional shell. Also coming up millions of children exposed to violence because of locked out a new study