NPR's Michael Skoler reports that as the civil war in eastern Zaire rages on, a large number of Rwandan refugees remain unable, and in some cases unwilling, to return home. Relief groups estimate there are some four hundred thousand Rwandan Hutus stuck inside Zaire, with as many as half of them missing. In one large camp, there are reports of at least thirty deaths a day from malnutrition and disease. Many among the refugees took part in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and do not want to return for fear of arrest.
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