April 7 marks the U.N. International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. It was established to remember members of the Tutsi community, an African ethnic group, who ...

The Africa Alliance partnered with the Rwandese Community Association of Maine and Ibuka Maine, a community of genocide survivors, to put together the daylong observance. April 7 was the International ...

To truly understand the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and help combat genocide ideology, we compiled a selection of books that document the events, testimonies, and aftermath of one of the darkest ...

As the Ministry of Education held a commemoration event to honor 77 of its former employees who were killed in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Egide Kayitare shared a testimony about the ...

For those of you who may not be aware, in Kinyarwanda – the national language of Rwanda – the word “Kwibuka” means “to remember”. The importance of remembering is why “Kwibuka” has become the official ...

It is one of the most shameful stories of the post-Cold War world. One million Tutsis were slaughtered by the Hutu majority in Rwanda while the West turned a blind eye. As the U.N.ís Genocide ...

Rwanda's High Commissioner to Kenya Martin Ngoga and other government officials during the 31st commemoration of the Rwanda genocide. [File Courtesy] The United Nations now says the 1994 genocide ...

The slaughter of more than 180 Tutsi refugees at a U.N. camp in Burundi adds to a climate of instability in Central Africa. The dead were mostly women and children who had fled fighting in the ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame, a Tutsi, won an overwhelming re-election victory this week in his Hutu-dominated nation. In 1994, Kagame, a rebel general, overthrew the murderous Hutu government ...