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It is 35-40 kilometers from the Burundi border to the town of Butare. Over the entire route, I saw only four people, two on the road and two at a riverbank, about to do their washing. This, in what was formerly one of the most densely populated areas of the country. In the fields were unharvested beans and sorghum; banana groves had not been maintained; the coffee trees in flower had not received mulch; the harvest will be mediocre. The paths to each homestead were overrun by weeds. The destroyed homes of Tutsi or other “nuisances” Hutu opponents to the former regime or those who protected Tutsi appeared as gaping sores in the countryside.
Monique Mujawamariya (Sun,) studied this question.