A delegation of 120 religious and traditional leaders from South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, where they paid tribute to victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and renewed calls for peace across the Great Lakes region.

Beatha Muteteri, a survivor of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Nyanza ya Kicukiro, has shared a chilling account of the atrocities she witnessed, including the killing of her mother and her own narrow escape after a machete attack.

Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Amb. Olivier Nduhungirehe, has accused the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of supporting actors linked to genocide ideology, warning of what he described as a broader agenda that threatens Rwanda’s security.