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Rwanda commemorated the 28th anniversary of the Genocide against the Tutsi on Thursday (7 April). to the Tutsi ethnic group, were massacred by Hutu extremists. This is the worst moment in the life of the Rwandan nation. Many thought she would not recover given the scale of the massacre considered one of the greatest killings of the twentieth century. But by visiting today the capital Kigali and other localities of the country, it is clear that Rwanda has changed and is more than ever on the ramps of emergence. “The lessons we have learned as Rwandans should never be wasted. Over the years, we become much stronger and better,” President Paul Kagame told several guests at the Gisozi Memorial where more than 250,000 victims are buried. On his arrival at the site with his wife, he observed with the participants a minute of silence before lighting the Flame of Remembrance which will burn for one hundred days. “Till today, I am still amazed to see how Rwandans and survivors in particular choose to be stronger every day despite what they have seen and experienced,” added the Head of State who led the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) rebellion before he came to power in 2000. While several genocide participants have been tried and convicted, the trials seem endless. Rwanda, which has been reconciled with France in the meantime, has in fact created more than 12,000 courts so that no one escapes their share of responsibility. For its part, the international tribunal set up by the UN has helped to prosecute the highest officials and that a dozen Western countries have also conducted a few symbolic trials. “On behalf of the AU, I join the Rwandan people as friends and brothers in remembrance of April 7, 1994, marking the beginning of the tragic genocide against the Tutsi. Never again ! tweeted Macky Sall, Senegalese head of state and new current president of the African Union.

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