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A lottery organized by his son and a Senegalese national had failed, and millions of Rwandan francs had disappeared into thin air. Scandals like this only served to discredit the regime and reinforce popular discontent. Famine had raged in many parts of the country since 1988. People were dying of hunger and diseases associated with malnutrition. The impoverishment of the countryside was so severe that theft, both of crops and personal property, was rampant. Those in charge seemed incapable of stopping this plague.
Other women were less lucky and had died in childbirth for lack of any help. I also came across the wife of Bizimana Laurent. It was she who told me that the rebels had killed Laurent and Kazimana. She tried to hold back her tears while telling me how he had died, and I did the same to keep her from crying even more. She had her two little girls with her. The elder was the very image of her father. It was also on this road that I learned, from her daughter, that Nyirarukwavu had been killed. With the offensive of February 1993, the RPF controlled almost all of Byumba prefecture.
9 For her, these women, young and old, who carried their children on their backs were not to be pitied. They were Interahamwe because they came from the North. They deserved neither her compassion nor her help. When I remarked that these women and these children were probably unaware of the political struggles that were tearing the country apart and that they did not understand why they were in this situation, the young hairdresser replied: “Anyhow, it is the Hutus’ turn to suffer. ” For her it was fitting that these women and children suffer in their turn the anguish of exile.
