Rwanda Security Forces in Mozambique and with Mozambican security organs and friends of Rwanda marked the 31st commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, in an event that took place in the town of Mocímboa da Praia, on April 13.

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Speaking on behalf of the Government of Mozambique, the Administrator of Mocímboa da Praia District, Sérgio Cipriano, said that what happened in Rwanda must be a lesson for the whole world and should not happen anywhere else again.

Cipriano also thanked Rwanda Security Forces for their dedication in bringing stability and fighting terrorism in Cabo Delgado province.

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Rwanda Security Forces Commander, Maj Gen Emmy Ruvusha, stated that the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi resulted from an ideology that developed from ethnic divisions introduced by Belgian colonisers, who manipulated existing social classes. These divisions, fuelled by decades of bad governance culminated in the Genocide that claimed more than one million lives.

Ruvusha added that Rwanda Patriotic Army, the military wing of the RPF-Inkotanyi fought to liberate Rwandans and stopped the genocide while the international community failed to intervene at a time when Rwandans were in desperate need of protection.

He reminded the participants that Rwandans have committed to maintaining peace, unity and stability to make sure that what happened in 1994 never happens again.