The Kagame regime relies on significant foreign aid and a silenced opposition to leave behind the horrific 1994 Hutu-Tutsi conflict that shocked the world. There is no talk of ethnicity, but the old wounds still fester beneath the surface
April 7 marks 30 years since the start of a genocide that would see nearly 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus murdered in Rwanda. Scars on survivors' bodies remind Rwandans of the killings. A deep trauma also remains.