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Genocide suspect Dr. Sosthene Munyemana.
Crime

Genocide: French court set to begin appeal trial of “Butcher of Tumba”

Saturday, September 13, 2025
Members of Interahamwe during a march in 1990s. In 1992, violence against the Tutsis was concentrated in Kibuye prefecture.

A look back at impact of Habyarimana’s use of violence as political strategy

Thursday, August 21, 2025
On May 1, 1994, perpetrators intensified efforts to hunt down and kill Tutsi who had managed to survive the initial weeks of slaughter.
Kwibuka

May 1, 1994: Interahamwe hunt down Tutsi in Karama, Nyundo hills

Thursday, May 01, 2025
On April 30, 1994, a large number of Tutsi were massacred in a swamp known as “CND,” located between Ntarama, Rulindo, and Mugina in the former Gitarama prefecture
Kwibuka

April 30, 1994: A day of coordinated massacres of Tutsi in Ntarama, Gisenyi, Rusizi, and Huye

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
On April 26, 1994, Tutsi employees at Rwanda Agriculture Research Institute (ISAR Rubona) in Huye and other Tutsi from neighbouring areas were massacred.
Kwibuka

April 26, 1994: When ISAR Rubona Tutsi employees were massacred

Saturday, April 26, 2025
Gatwaro Genocide Memorial in Karongi District. File
Kwibuka

April 25, 1994: As Genocide raged, the world looked away

Friday, April 25, 2025
On April 24, atrocities were committed throughout the former Gitarama Prefecture—now the districts of Muhanga, Ruhango, and Kamonyi.
Kwibuka

April 24, 1994: Women raped, victims burned alive in Kabgayi massacres

Thursday, April 24, 2025
A genocide memorial for former students, staff of the Universite Nationale du Rwanda in Butare.
Kwibuka

April 23, 1994: Lured to safety, slaughtered in cold blood

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Ruhango District has embarked on building a Genocide Museum expected to be complete by 2026. Courtesy
Kwibuka

Ruhango Genocide Museum to be completed by 2026

Monday, April 21, 2025
April 20, 1994, was the day Queen Rosalie Gicanda was murdered in Butare, as the Genocide against the Tutsi raged across the country.
Kwibuka

Genocide Timeline; April 20, 1994: Queen Gicanda murdered, massacres escalate in Butare

Sunday, April 20, 2025
A resident exhuming the bodies of the victims from a mass grave. Today, on April 19, 1994, Tutsi in Kamonyi were forced to dig their own graves, Sindikubwabo mobilises the public to kill. FILE
Kwibuka

Today on April 19, 1994: Tutsi in Kamonyi forced to dig their own graves, Sindikubwabo mobilises public to kill

Saturday, April 19, 2025
On April 17, 1994, several Tutsi, including patients, their caretakers, and other people who had taken refuge at Kigali University Teaching Hospital (CHUK), were attacked during the Genocide against the Tutsi. Courtesy
Kwibuka

April 17, 1994: Rwanda hospitals become sites of genocidal slaughters

Thursday, April 17, 2025