Srebrenica: the 'town of ghosts'

More than two decades after the genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Srebrenica is called a "town of ghosts," or a "forgotten town," where reconstruction has been very slow, investments are rare, and unemployment runs high.

More than two decades after the genocide, Bosnia and Herzegovina's Srebrenica is called a "town of ghosts," or a "forgotten town," that today remains divided by its history.

Only 7,000 people are registered in the municipality which once had 37,000 inhabitants, and only hundreds actually live in the town.

The reconstruction is very slow, investments are rare, unemployment high. In Srebrenica, there is no cinema, no theater, no bakery, no butcher's shop, no cobbler, no watchmaker.

And while most people try to leave the town, Haris and Radomirka Alic, despite of all difficulties they face for being a mixed couple, decided to stay and open a pastry shop.It's 23 years since the genocide in Srebrenica, a Bosnian town that today remains divided by its history. These days the town is mostly populated by Bosnian Serbs, and some of them believe the crimes committed against Bosnian Muslims have been exaggerated. Caitlin McGee sent us this report

TRT World's Caitlin McGee sent us this report

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