Listen to Hour Two of the Rwanda two-part series, featuring two Rwandan women, Rangira Bea Gallimore and Chantal Kiyatesi.
Ten years ago this month, the horror now known as the Rwandan Genocide began. More than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by extremists in Rwanda, killed in their homes, on the streets, and in churches.
The rivers themselves were choked with bodies. Romeo Dallaire was at the center of that frenzy of death as the U.N. commander of peacekeeping in Kigali. He pleaded with his superiors at the United Nations for more troops; but his requests were denied. Since then, Dallaire has lived his own private hell as both a witness to those massacres, and as the man whose mission was doomed to failure by global indifference.
Retired General Romeo Dallaire, force commander of the U.N. Assistance Mission for Rwanda, and author of "Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda"
An interview with General Dallaire from 10 years ago. listen
Dallaire explains his suprise 10 years ago today, at the U.N.'s withdrawal. listen
