How Bugingo, 25, overcame deadly cancer type

Karen Bugingo, a genocide and cancer survivor. [Photo: Standard]

At 19, Karen Bugingo was diagnosed with Stage 4 Burkitt lymphoma, the fastest growing human tumour. At 25, she is cancer free. She speaks to JACQUELINE MAHUGU about it.

On April 8, 1994, in a quaint house in Kigali Rwanda, a man and his wife were going about their usual business, oblivious of the danger that lay moments away. If they had known of the impending doom, they would probably have drawn out every minute together, held on to each other a little longer.