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1998 Spot News; Trek of Tears -- An African Journey:
The line of refugees reached to the horizon, a legacy of centuries of war between Africa's Hutu and Tutsi tribes.
"People would flee together as a village," said Martha Rial, yet "many children were separated from their families." In January, 1997, Rial followed the refugees in Tanzania for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The story had a personal angle for Rial. Her sister, Amy, was a nurse with the International Rescue Committee in Tanzania. Rial's pictures showed her sister caring for malnourished children; they showed a Hutu woman who had been raped by Tutsi soldiers and Tutsi woman who had adopted a Hutu child.
The stream of refugees had been walking for almost 24 hours. "They were trying to flee, to go deeper into the bush." But troops forced them back to Rwanda. |