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Genocide

21 Nov 2023

When History Repeats Itself: Rwanda, Congo, and the Scars of Genocide

Nearly thirty years after the 1994 Rwandan Genocide against the Tutsis, its legacy continues to impact the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Rwandan…

Human rights, Opinion, Reflections, Survivor stories
4 Nov 2023

Dissenting Survivors in Danger: Key Takeaways from HRW’s Rwanda Report

For quite some time, genocide survivors like me were spoon-fed the myth that the current Rwandan regime was our savior, the perfect protector of our peace…

Human rights, Reflections, Survivor stories
21 Sep 2023

UNESCO Recognition of Rwanda Genocide Memorials – What It Means for Survivors

The day has finally arrived. After a long advocacy campaign, the memorial sites of Bisesero, Nyamata, Gisozi, and Murambi now stand alongside Auschwitz-Birkenau on UNESCO’s esteemed…

Justice, Memory, Opinion, Rwanda
25 Aug 2023

The Curse of Bloodshed: Is Karma Catching Up With Rwanda’s Genocide Architects?

The Kinyarwanda proverb “amaraso arasama,” meaning “shedding blood curses the doer,” came to mind recently as I reflected on the uncertain fate of Rwandan genocide convicts…

Genocide fugitives, Justice
4 Aug 2023

Why Do My African Friends Know Nothing of the Rwanda Genocide?

It never ceases to astonish me how little many of my educated African friends know about the 1994 Rwanda genocide against the Tutsi. As someone who…

Be Inspired, Justice, Opinion, Survivor stories, Uncategorized
1 Aug 2023

A Wedding Shadowed by Genocide’s Ghosts

I recently attended the wedding of a fellow survivor of the 1994 Rwanda genocide against the Tutsi. As I watched the radiant bride walk down the…

Genocide Denial/ingengabitekerezo, Opinion, Reflections, Survivor stories
26 Jul 2023

Beyond 100 Days: The Complex Realities and Struggles of Rwanda Genocide Survivors

The stories we often hear about genocide survivors are ones portraying uplifting tales of resilience – accounts of how survivors have been able to move forward…

Be Inspired, Justice, Testimonies
31 Dec 2021

Igicumbi Kivuze Ibyo Abacitsekwicumu Bahishwe Ku Mpamvu Z’Ishingwa rya MINUBUMWE (Video)

Umuryango Igicumbi, Ijwi ry’Abarokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, uranenga ibyemezo byatangajwe na Ministeri y’Ubumwe, mu ijwi rya Minisitiri wayo, Jean D’amascene Bizimana. Uyu mutegetsi umaze kumenyerwa nk’igikoresho…

Justice, Survivor stories, Survivors welfare
20 Nov 2021

France Puts Former Driver On Trial Over Rwanda Genocide

Former hotel driver goes on trial in Paris on Monday, accused of complicity in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide by transporting Hutu militiamen who massacred hundreds of Tutsis.…

Genocide fugitives
19 Nov 2021

Igicumbi Kiratabariza Umuryango wa Rwigara

Human rights, Justice, Survivors welfare, Survivors’ security