Introduction : through the eyes of field teams' members -- From the persecution of Kinyarwanda speakers in Uganda to the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis -- Rwandan refugee camps in Tanzania and Zaire 1994-95 -- The new Rwanda -- Refugees on the run in war-torn Zaire 1996-97 -- Epilogue : the effectiveness of aid in the face of repeated mass atrocities.
Throughout the 1990s, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) faced the challenges posed by the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis and a succession of outbreaks of political violence in Rwanda and in its neighbours. One of the authors, a doctor, participated in MSF's Rwandan operations during the 1990s. The other, a sociologist, has been an assiduous researcher into humanitarian action and its context since 1994
