Rwandan genocide: Born of rape

Women were brutally raped during the Rwandan genocide and the children they bore have now come of age. The teens share their stories as they struggle to come to terms with their identity.

TWENTY years ago on April 6, a plane crash in Rwanda touched off the deadliest genocide anywhere in the world since 1945: three months of killing that left an estimated 800,000 dead, ignited an entire region in a generation of war and brought about a new western internationalist credo: that military intervention to save lives is not just an option but an imperative. During the carnage as many as 500,000 women were raped. Up to 20,000 children were born as a result. This generation is now coming of age. Here are some of their stories: