- Ndora
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Ndora — Village — Location in Rwanda Coordinates: 2°36′12″S 29°50′1″E / 2.60333°S 29.83361°ECoordinates: 2°36′12″S 29°50′1″E / 2.60333°S 29.83361°E Country Rwanda Province Butare Province District Ndora District Time zone CAT (UTC+2) Ndora is a village and commune/sector[1][2] in Butare Province, southwestern Rwanda, located roughly 10 kilometres east of the city of Butare. It is a farming community inhabited mainly by Hutu people.[2] Pauline Nyiramasuhuko was born in Ndora in 1946.[3] Callixte Kalimanzira, head of the Ministry of Interior and Communal Development, met in Ndora on June 7, 1994 and warned the people that the Rwandan Patriotic Front ([RPF) were using small children who should also become targets.[4]There is said to be an iron-smelting furnace in Ndora.[5][6]A number of Hutu women in the village were widowed during the Rwandan Genocide.[2]
References
- ^ African Rights (Organization) (2000). Witness to genocide. African Rights. http://books.google.com/books?id=JZoPAQAAMAAJ. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ a b c African Rights (Organization) (1995). Rwanda, not so innocent: when women become killers. African Rights. p. 35. ISBN 9781899477050. http://books.google.com/books?id=dRouAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ Sjoberg, Laura; Gentry, Caron E. (2007). Mothers, monsters, whores: women's violence in global politics. Zed Books. p. 160. ISBN 9781842778661. http://books.google.com/books?id=MdIEqP3sz6kC&pg=PA160. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ Lasting Wounds. Human Rights Watch. p. 7. http://books.google.com/books?id=GYjZzcVFtGIC&pg=PA7. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ Briggs, Philip; Booth, Janice (1 November 2006). Rwanda, 3rd: The Bradt Travel Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 6. ISBN 9781841621807. http://books.google.com/books?id=L2Sq4S3P5fQC&pg=PA6. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ Fage, J. D. (1975). The Cambridge History of Africa: From c. 500 B.C. to A.D. 1050. Cambridge University Press. p. 367. ISBN 9780521215923. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZTNTz3POoZUC&pg=PA367. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
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