25 Years After The Rwandan Genocide, How Is The Country Healing?; Israeli Prime Minster Vows to Annex Occupied Territory if His Party Wins Elections; Food Mondays: How To Make Sausage Sustainable

Rwandans sitting in the stands hold candles as part of a candlelit vigil during the memorial service held at Amahoro stadium in the capital Kigali, Rwanda Sunday, April 7, 2019. Rwanda is commemorating the 25th anniversary of when the country descended into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history.
Rwandans sitting in the stands hold candles as part of a candlelit vigil during the memorial service held at Amahoro stadium in the capital Kigali, Rwanda Sunday, April 7, 2019. Rwanda is commemorating the 25th anniversary of when the country descended into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. Ben Curtis / AP Photo
Rwandans sitting in the stands hold candles as part of a candlelit vigil during the memorial service held at Amahoro stadium in the capital Kigali, Rwanda Sunday, April 7, 2019. Rwanda is commemorating the 25th anniversary of when the country descended into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history.
Rwandans sitting in the stands hold candles as part of a candlelit vigil during the memorial service held at Amahoro stadium in the capital Kigali, Rwanda Sunday, April 7, 2019. Rwanda is commemorating the 25th anniversary of when the country descended into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. Ben Curtis / AP Photo

25 Years After The Rwandan Genocide, How Is The Country Healing?; Israeli Prime Minster Vows to Annex Occupied Territory if His Party Wins Elections; Food Mondays: How To Make Sausage Sustainable

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On today’s show:

  • Rwanda marks 25 years since its 1994 genocide with a 100-day period of mourning. 
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to annex territory in the West Bank occupied by Israeli settlers if his coalition wins the national elections this coming Thursday.
  • Applegate Farms’ New Food Collective is making a more sustainable sausage.