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The popularity of basketball in Rwanda can be seen on courts around the country. Jacques Nkinzingabo for NPR hide caption
Rwanda's post-genocide transformation has been remarkable, but uneven. Jacques Nkinzingabo for NPR hide caption
Josephine Dusabimana says she rescued 12 people during the Rwandan genocide. Jacques Nkinzingabo for NPR hide caption
As a brutal genocide raged around her, Josephine smuggled 12 people to safety
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference in London on Monday regarding a treaty between Britain and Rwanda to transfer asylum-seekers to the African country. Toby Melville/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Paul Rusesabagina in 2019. Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The man who inspired 'Hotel Rwanda' is still taking risks for his country
Paul Rusesabagina in 2019. Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
His story inspired 'Hotel Rwanda.' Now he's speaking out against the government
Didas Kayinamura (left) and Rachel Mukantabana (right) talk about the legacy of the Rwandan genocide thirty years later. Jacques Nkinzingabo for NPR hide caption
In this Rwandan village, survivors and perpetrators of the genocide live side by side
Former US President Bill Clinton, left, and South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa arrive to lay a wreath at a ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, held at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, in Kigali, Rwanda, Sunday, April 7, 2024. Rwandans are commemorating 30 years since the genocide in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed by government-backed extremists. Brian Inganga/AP hide caption
The Nkamira Transit Center in western Rwanda is home to more than 6,000 refugees who fled violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Jacques Nkinzingabo for NPR hide caption
Azzam, 12, hugs a sheep, the only source of his family's livelihood in rural Damascus on Feb 21, 2022. Azzam and his family have experienced firsthand the harrowing impact of the conflict. In 2015, when Azzam was five years old, a shell fell on the building where he was sitting with his family. Hasan Belal for NPR hide caption
Protesters stand outside the Supreme Court in London on Wednesday. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
People believed to be migrants walk in Dungeness, a headland on the coast of England, on Aug. 16. Toby Melville/Reuters hide caption
These Rwandan women were imprisoned for having abortions, before they were pardoned and released in 2019. From left: Nyiramahirwe Epiphanie, 26, was sentenced to 15 years. Akingeneye Theopiste was sentenced to 10 years. Akimanizanye Florentine was sentenced to 10 years. Mushimiyimana Anjerike, 29, served more than five years for inducing an abortion using pills she says she bought at a pharmacy. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
These Rwandan women were sent to jail for having an abortion. Now free, they speak out
Paul Rusesabagina looks on as he sits with some of his co-accused at the Supreme Court in Kigali, Rwanda, on Feb. 17, 2021, where he denied charges of being associated with an armed group. On Friday, the Rwandan government said it commuted his sentence. Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A pilot gestures from the grounded EC-LZO Boeing 767 flight, initially meant to deport Rwandan asylum-seekers, at Boscombe Down Air Base in Boscombe Down, England, on June 14. The flight taking asylum-seekers from the U.K. to Rwanda was grounded at the last minute, after the intervention of the European Court of Human Rights. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
A soldier carries a child from a group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, England, by Border Force, following a small boat incident in the Channel, Tuesday June 14, 2022. Andrew Matthews/AP hide caption
A flight scheduled to take asylum-seekers, regardless of their nationality, to Rwanda awaits its passengers Tuesday at Boscombe Down Air Base, 80 miles east of London. The flight was halted by a court injunction. Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images hide caption
Sending asylum-seekers from Britain to Rwanda is human trafficking, an advocate says
Britain's Prince Charles arrives at a center for refugees fleeing the war in neighboring Ukraine, inside the Romexpo convention center, in Bucharest, Romania, May 25, 2022. Vadim Ghirda/AP hide caption
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by the RNLI, following a small boat incident in the Channel, Thursday April 14, 2022. Gareth Fuller/AP hide caption
Dr. Paul Farmer (right) and Dr. Sriram Shamasunder on the Butaro hospital campus in Rwanda on Feb. 17. Farmer died on Feb. 21. Courtesy of Chandler Villaverde hide caption
Paul Rusesabagina has been convicted on terrorism charges in Rwanda after a trial that he and his family say was unfair and politically motivated. He's seen here arriving at a court in Kigali, the capital, in February. Cyril Ndegeya/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Paul Farmer, an infectious disease specialist and cofounder of Partners In Health, is the 2020 recipient of the million dollar Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture. Desiree Navarro/Getty Images hide caption
Innocent Gasinzigwa lost his wife and seven children in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. He believes God allowed him to live so that he could lay the bodies of genocide victims to rest. Melody Schreiber hide caption