A French appeals court has upheld a 23-year prison sentence handed to Dr Eugène Rwamucyo after finding him guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Dr Jean Damascene Bizimana, has said that colonial administrators and missionaries disrupted Rwandan cultural values, weakening social cohesion and contributing to long-term divisions in the country.

June 29, 1994 marked the 84th day of the 100-day Genocide against the Tutsi, as thousands of survivors remained in hiding while the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF-Inkotanyi) continued advancing across the country, liberating territories and rescuing civilians from ongoing massacres.

Canadian authorities have arrested a 68-year-old Rwandan man suspected of involvement in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, after he allegedly lived in Canada for nearly three decades under a false identity.

June 25, 1994 marked one of the darkest moments in the history of the resistance mounted by Tutsi survivors in Bisesero during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. On that day, Aminadabu Birara, a revered community leader who helped organize the defense of thousands of Tutsi seeking refuge in the hills of Bisesero, was killed by genocidal forces after months of leading a determined struggle for survival.

Private sector actors in Rubavu District have provided support to vulnerable survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi through the construction of houses and the donation of livestock.

June 24, 1994, the 79th day of the Genocide against the Tutsi, stands out as a day when thousands of Rwandans publicly rejected the presence of French troops in Rwanda, accusing them of failing to protect Tutsi facing extermination.