Rwanda

Ten years after the genocide, in which between 800,000-1,000,000 were killed, the tension between justice and reconciliation continues. Those accused of leading the genocide are being tried in the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, whose work is hampered by bureaucracy and alleged corruption, and is consequently very slow. Meanwhile, suspects of lesser offences are tried in their communities by traditional gacaca courts, which often face the problem that witnesses remain afraid to testify. The return of ex-soldiers and refugees from the Congo, including some who fought for the genocidal regime, poses a short-term downside risk to the reconciliation

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