PHOTOS: Heads of State, other dignitaries arrive ahead of Kwibuka 30

As Rwanda marks 30 years of the commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi, several dignitaries from different countries have arrived in Rwanda to participate in the 30th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide starting on Sunday, April 7. Leaders who earlier travelled to Kigali for Kwibuka 30 include Czech Republic President Petr Pavel, President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. On Saturday afternoon South Sudan President Salva Kiir, who is also the chairperson of the East African Community, arrived in Kigali to attend the commemoration. Former US President Bill Clinton, the President of the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), Denis Sassou N'guesso, South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa, and Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President of the Central African Republic, jetted in on Saturday evening. President Isaac Hergoz of Israel reached at Kigali International Airport on Sunday morning, April 7. Others who arrived in Kigali on Saturday include Ugandan vice president Jessica Alupo, the Deputy President of Kenya, Rigathi Gachagua, Stéphane Séjourné, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, and Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Under Secretary General and Special Adviser to UN Secretary General on the Prevention of Genocide, among others.

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PHOTOS: Heads of State, other dignitaries arrive ahead of Kwibuka 30