President Paul Kagame on Monday, November 11 received a delegation led by the AU Special Envoy for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities, Adama Dieng, who is on a tour of eastern and Central Africa. ALSO READ: Belgian lawyer on why genocide ideology doesn’t dissolve three decades after dispersion of genocidaires Dieng’s regional tour comes about six months after the African Union Commission Chairperson, Amb. Moussa Faki Mahamat, on April 7, announced his appointment as a AU special envoy, in line with avoiding a repeat of inaction observed during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. Faki made the announcement during the 30th commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. ALSO READ: UN Genocide prevention chief to genocidaires: We are watching you! The Senegalese jurist is a former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, a position he held from July 2012 to July 2020.
