The Akagera River, shown in this photograph taken at the historic Rusumo Border, forms part of the boundary between Rwanda (the side with eucalyptus trees) and Tanzania (the opposite mountainous side).
The river and the surrounding hills on the Rwandan side hold significant historical importance in Rwandaโs history. During the anti-Tutsi pogroms of the 1960s, some Tutsi were killed, and some of their bodies were thrown into the Akagera River.
Decades later, during the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the river was again used to dispose of the bodies of victims, many of whom were carried downstream through Uganda toward Lake Victoria.
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๐ค๐๐๐๐, ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ท๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐ก๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค (๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐ โ), by Zoe Norridge
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๐ค๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐: ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ธ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ , by Dady de Maximo Mwicira-Mitali (
@DadydeMaximo)
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