15 Years On: 100 Days that shocked the world (*much later*)

Mass Grave at the Kigali Memorial Centre, Kigali - Rwanda

It is hard to believe that today marks 15 years since all hell broke loose in Rwanda culminating in the brutal murder of 800,000 people in the space of 100 days. At the time, the international community seemed not to notice or care. Fifteen years later, the world seems more aware about what went on thanks to films such as Hotel Rwanda and Sometimes in April or books such as Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda. However, these were all too late for the victims of the genocide. This got me thinking. Has the world really learned any hard lessons from Rwanda? This morning on the BBC I heard a song by a Rwandan singer and the Ugandan girl group Blue 3 called "Never Again". Are there any guarantees that a genocide will not go almost unnoticed by the world EVER again?

I would recommend a virtual tour of the Kigali Memorial Centre online to learn about the genocide and read some of the harrowing stories from survivors.