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NIAS Area Studies
AFRICA MONITOR
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IN BRIEF
Anu Maria Joseph
Rwanda: Marks 30 years of genocide
On 7 April, Rwanda marked 30 years of the genocide in 1994. During the commemorating ceremony, President Paul Kagame blamed the international inaction in preventing the genocide which killed 800,000 people. Kagame stated: "Rwanda was completely humbled by the magnitude of our loss, and the lessons we learned are engraved in blood. But the tremendous progress of our country is plain to see and it is the result of the choice we made together to resurrect our nation.” US President, Joe Biden, commented: “We will never forget the horrors of those 100 days, the pain and loss suffered by the people of Rwanda, or the shared humanity that connects us all, which hate can never overcome.” UN human rights chief Volker Turk stated: “I urge states everywhere to redouble their efforts to bring all surviving suspected perpetrators to justice – including through universal jurisdiction – and to combat hate speech and incitement to commit genocide.” (“Kagame blames world's 'cowardice' as Rwanda remembers 1994 genocide,” Africanews, 7 April 2024)