Niyigena Radjabu is a professional Rwandan journalist with three years of experience in the media industry, specializing in investigative reporting on public affairs and Rwanda-related topics. He currently works as a journalist for Umunota.com, one of Rwanda’s leading digital news platforms.
May 9, 1994, marked the third day of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, a day when civilians were abandoned while French forces evacuated foreign nationals.
The National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB) has reported that Rwanda generated over Frw 13.8 billion from agricultural and livestock exports within just four days, underscoring the sector’s growing contribution to the country’s export revenues.
Madamu Jeannette Kagame emphasized that remembering the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda is not only an act of commemoration but also a commitment to live fully for oneself and for those who perished.
A former United Nations peacekeeper, Gen. Aboubacar Faye, has detailed how early warnings of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi were dismissed, despite clear evidence that mass killings were being planned.
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Chaloka Beyani, said the international community turned a blind eye to clear warnings and failed to act during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Rwanda’s Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean Damascène Bizimana, has urged the international community to end what he described as silence and inaction over the continued spread of genocide ideology associated with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the armed group FDLR.
On April 8, 1994, just one day after the Rwandan Genocide against the Tutsi began, violence intensified nationwide. Every Tutsi became a target, hunted by soldiers, gendarmes, and Interahamwe militias determined to exterminate them.
President Paul Kagame has commended the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) for its decisive role in ending the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, emphasizing that no sanctions or external pressures can diminish the integrity, credibility, and professionalism of Rwanda’s security forces.
Rwanda has raised concerns over the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) ongoing integration of the FDLR militia, composed of remnants of the forces responsible for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi into its national army, FARDC, while MONUSCO is reportedly turning a blind eye.
Rwanda on April 7, 2026, joins the world in marking the 32nd commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, with the Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement (MINUBUMWE) outlining a detailed programme for the national mourning week.
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