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AMAHORO STADIUM - A PART OF RWANDAN HISTORY

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Stade Amahoro, or Amahoro Stadium, means 'Peace Stadium'. This multi-purpose venue serves as the national stadium for events such as soccer and athletics. It also hosts music events and sometimes memorial ceremonies for the victims of the Genocide. Amahoro actually served as a safe haven for as many as 12,000 Tutsis fleeing the barbaric massacres that took place across Kigali in 1994. It was being used as a base by UN troops from Bangladesh at the time and thousands of refugees survived due to their protection. Sadly over a million Tutsis did not.The military head of the UNAMIR (UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION FOR RWANDA) mission, Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire, describes the Stadium in his book ‘Shake Hands With the Devil’:"When the war started the place filled up and at one point we were up to 12,000 in here. Twelve thousand people trying to live in here. So you get this latent smoke that...

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Wandering up the Volcano

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Two friends and I were hiking up Visoke (ca. 3700 m) with the rangers of the park. The weather tends to change quickly and the volcano range is often clouded as seen here. Bring good hiking boots and a waterproof gore tex jacket as well as good physical condition. Pack as light as possible or hire a porter before mounting. Gauntlets for your pants are also to be considered.

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