A Mai-Mai rebel soldier shows off his guns at a checkpoint near the Mugunga refugee camp in Zaire; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

Hundreds of thousands of refugees stream along the main road in Gisenyi, Rwanda, after crossing the border from Mugunga refugee camp in Zaire; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

Rwandan refugees celebrate with song and prayer in a church in Kabiza, Rwanda, after returning from Mugunga camp in Goma, Zaire, for the first time in more than two years; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

A baby sits next to his mother, who became gravely ill during their journey from Gisenyi, Rwanda, to Kigali, the capital; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

A Rwandan refugee passes by the body of a Hutu militia soldier killed during fighting with Zairian rebels; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

Crowds of refugees near Ruhengeri, Rwanda, desperately try to get on trucks taking them to Kigali, with a great deal of pushing and screaming; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

Rwandan refugees pass by the remains of a person who died; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

An unaccompanied child cries while waiting at a transit camp in Gisenyi, Rwanda; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

Mary Dunne, a nurse with the Irish aid agency Concern, hugs an unaccompanied child at a transit camp in Gisenyi, Rwanda; 1996. Aid agencies took care of hundreds of children without parents upon their arrival in Rwanda amongst the hundreds of thousands of returning refugees. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

P. Jeau Chaptal from White Fathers carries an ill and exhausted Rwandan refugee to a makeshift clinic in the Mugunga camp as refugees make their way toward Rwanda; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

Rebels hold a victory rally in Goma, Zaire. A very young rebel soldier stands watch over the crowd; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

A Rwandan refugee is greeted by a man in the village of Kabiza as thousands return home; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

A refugee pleads for help in a transit camp in Gisenyi after crossing the border; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

A woman cries with exhaustion after she was unable to get on a truck to Kigali, Rwanda; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

Thousands of refugees line the road in Sake, Zaire, waiting for transport to Rwanda after their long exodus. About 5,000 refugees were on the road; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

A Rwandan refugee receives IV fluids at a makeshift dispensary in Mugunga, a transit station for refugees coming in from the mountains; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

A Rwandan refugee lies moaning on a path in the bush as a priest and a member of Doctors Without Borders comfort her. She was gravely ill with malaria; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

Thousands of refugees line the road in Sake waiting for transport to Rwanda after their long exodus; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

Rwandan refugees try to board a bus in Sake to transport them to the border; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

Rwandan refugees try to board a bus in Sake to transport them to the border; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

Jean Baptiste Maniraguha, 15, is hugged by his grandmother, Pascasie Myiramiruho. His parents died during the war. The Red Cross transported him back to his commune after his arrival from Zaire when he was taken to Gisimbe orphanage while his family was traced; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)

Nyirandinabo Nzungu, 12, does a backflip off an old tire at Gisimbe orphanage in Kigali. She is a refugee who lost her mother after fleeing from Katale camp in Zaire. Her father was killed in the war; 1996. (Photo by Carol Guzy/The Washington Post)