April 7th 2024 marks the start of Kwibuka 30, the 30th commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi, which began on April 7th 1994. The Kigali Genocide Memorial will be a focal point as the Flame of Remembrance is lit and dignitaries place wreaths at the mass graves. The Memorial is normally closed to the public for part of the day on April 7th, with attendance at the lighting of the flame by invitation only, but this page will be updated in due course with further information for those planning to visit during memorial week, April 7th-14th. In and around …
Paul Kagame and the unbearable hardness of being…
by Gatete Ruhumuliza Nyiringabo “Between 1997 and 1998, cadres of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) revolted”, writes Author Jean-Paul Kimonyo. As it turns out, some senior cadres had brought with them nasty habits picked up in exile and proceeded to replicate them in the new Rwanda. Horrified, young cadres turned to Paul Kagame, then Vice-President and Minister of Defence, but with no leadership role in the party: “This is not what we signed up for!” They said to him. “We trust you. If you are not with them, then you must act”. At the time, Kagame famously declared: “I am ready …