Hero who saved hundreds of children during Rwandan genocide dies aged 61

Orphanage run by Damas Gisimba and his brother became refuge from militias during genocide that killed 800,000 Rwandans

Damas Gisimba, who sheltered and saved the lives of hundreds of people during the Rwandan genocide, has died. He was 61.

In 1994, Gisimba and his brother were running an orphanage founded by their parents in Kigali, the Rwandan capital.