Nyamata, Rwanda--Sarah Uwumugishan, a 19-year old Rwandan, was born two years after the genocide that ripped her country apart but she says she is scarred for life.
"I feel I have lived through the genocide," said Sarah, who is swept up in grief, horror and torment when commemorations are held in April to remember those killed in the most brutal of ways.
Around 800,000 people -- mostly members of the minority Tutsi community -- were slaughtered in a 100-day orgy of violence, largely by Hutus.
Every year, mental health professionals receive hundreds of Rwandans too young to have witnessed the killings but who show the same symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder of those who witnessed and survived.
They report intense anxiety or obsessive visions related to horrific scenes and events that took place before they were born.
AFP
