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Professor Susan Thomson discusses Rwanda on Academic Minute

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April marked the 20 anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. , author of , recorded a segment on the to commemorate the 20th anniversary.

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Thomson, an assistant professor of peace and conflict studies, also hosted a roundtable on post-genocide Rwanda at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø earlier in April. The event examined Rwanda’s social, political and economic successes and challenges since the 1994 genocide.

The panel included 51³Ô¹ÏÍø President Jeffrey Herbst, Thomson, David Himbara, Joseph Sebarenzi and Noel Twagiramungu. The latter three are all Rwandans, now exiled from the country, and they brought an insider perspective to the roundtable.

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