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On April 21, 1994, the United Nations disregarded the urgent calls regarding the escalating crisis in Rwanda as the UN Security Council amended the UNAMIR mandate and withdrew a portion of its troops from the country.
Kwibuka

April 21, 1994: UN ignores warnings, adopts resolution to withdraw some troops from Rwanda

Sunday, April 21, 2024
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr Vincent Biruta, and UK Home Secretary James Cleverly during the signing of a new migration treaty between in Kigali, December 2023. Mugwiza
Rwanda

Govt mulls legal provisions to implement Rwanda-UK migration treaty

Thursday, April 18, 2024
On April 18, 1994, President Theodore Sindikubwabo visited some places in rural Rwanda to plan further killings and incite the masses. Internet
Kwibuka

April 18, 1994: Interim president Sindikubwabo, Karemera incite the masses to commit genocide in rural Rwanda

Thursday, April 18, 2024
On April 16, 1994, Rukumberi, experienced horrific massacres that nearly wiped out the entire Tutsi population there. File
Kwibuka

April 16, 1994: The atrocious Rukumberi killings take shape

Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Mourners lay flowers on Lake Muhazi to pay tribute to thousands of Tutsi who were dumped in Muhazi during the Genocide against the Tutsi.
Kwibuka

April 15, 1994: Tutsi drowned in Lake Muhazi, children smashed onto walls

Sunday, April 14, 2024
On April 14, 1994, killings continued, with remote areas like Birambo in the former Kibuye Prefecture (now Karongi), and Kibeho in Nyaruguru feeling the onslaught. File
Kwibuka

April 14, 1994: Remote areas feel the onslaught of Genocidaires

Sunday, April 14, 2024
Mourners at Ruhanga Genocide Memorial site, the former Anglican Church in Rusororo sector in Gasabo district. File
Kwibuka

April 13, 1994: When churches turned into slaughter houses

Saturday, April 13, 2024
The United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu during an interview with The New Times in Kigali on April 8. Photo by Christianne Murengerantwari
Kwibuka

UN official echoes warning over risk factors for genocide, crimes against humanity in DR Congo

Friday, April 12, 2024
Interahamwe during one of their so-called political meetings a few months before the Genocide against the Tutsi.
Kwibuka

Role of so-called Hutu Power political parties in the planning of the genocide committed against the Tutsi

Friday, April 12, 2024
Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide lays a wreath to pay tribute to victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi at Kigali Genocide Memorial on Sunday, April 7. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Kwibuka

UN Genocide prevention chief to genocidaires: We are watching you!

Friday, April 12, 2024
A candle lighting session during the event in remembrance of the lives lost during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
Kwibuka

Kwibuka 30 commemorated in Sweden

Thursday, April 11, 2024
Belgian soldiers preparing to withdraw from ETO Kicukiro in April 1994. Thousands of people thronged ETO Kicukiro hoping that the UN peacekeepers would protect them but the Tutsi were abandoned by the peacekeepers. INTERNET PHOTO
Kwibuka

April 11, 1994: When Belgian forces withdrew from ETO Kicukiro and killers pounced

Thursday, April 11, 2024