Rwanda marks 25 years since the genocide

RWANDA began 100 days of mourning yesterday to mark the 25th anniversary of the genocide that killed 800,000.

President Paul Kagame, who led a rebel force that ended the slaughter, lit a flame at a ceremony attended by world leaders in the capital Kigali.

The 1994 massacre, which lasted 100 days, saw the deaths of mostly minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus at the hands of ethnic Hutu extremists.