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French soldiers oversee the training of Interahamwe militia ahead of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. French forces on the ground were reported to have trained militia members and, in some instances, operated alongside genocidal forces in opposition to the Rwanda Patriotic Army. Internet
France fabricated reasons to stage Operation Turquoise
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
French soldiers in Rwanda, ten days after the start of Operation Turquoise. © HOCINE ZAOURAR ARCHIVES. AFP.
Passiveness and complicity: How the international community facilitated Genocide
Tuesday, April 07, 2026
Bisesero worriors Kayinamura(L) and Aron Gakoko were among the Tutsi who resisted repeated Interahamwe attacks during the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Karongi District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Bisesero: Stronghold of courage during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Bisesero Genocide Memorial. Accounts from the Bisesero resistance highlight the overwhelming imbalance between the number of killers and the victims, as well as the efforts by the Tutsi to resist. Sam Ngenda
Surrounded and outnumbered: Why resistance failed during the genocide
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Former UK Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region, Simon Mustard, during a tour of Kigali Genocide Memorial to learn the history of the Genocide against the Tutsi. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Tutsi massacres were strategised into phases marked by a timeframe
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
A visitor during a guided tour of Kigali Genocide Memorial to learn more about Genocide against the Tutsi. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana.
In executing the genocide against the Tutsi, human consciousness had disappeared
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
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The interim government perverted the state’s norms and values
Saturday, February 28, 2026
French troops trained the Interahamwe militia shortly before the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
Bureaucracy and key individuals orchestrated the genocide against the Tutsi
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
On April 8, 1994, an interim government was installed, headed by Théodore Sindikubwabo, with Jean Kambanda from MDR Hutu Power as prime minister. The cabinet consisted of ministers from extremist factions supporting the genocidal plot.
The role of Rwanda’s interim government in Genocide
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Mourners listen to a genocide survivor as she shares her testimony during a commemoration event at Murambi Genocide Memorial in Nyamagabe District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Tutsi massacres were generalised and systematised
Wednesday, February 04, 2026
Remains of the aircraft that was carrying former Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana. Courtesy
Habyarimana’s death was part of the genocide plan
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Visitors tour Kigali Genocide Memorial to learn more about Rwandan history. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Genocide masterminds played on people’s emotions
Friday, January 23, 2026
On April 6, 1994, the plane carrying Presidents Habyarimana of Rwanda and Cyprien Ntaryamira of Burundi was shot down near Kanombe Airport, just beyond Masaka Village.
Conspiracy theories: Habyarimana’s death became a subject of hot debate
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Pictures of the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi at Murambi Genocide Memorial in Nyamagabe District. Courtesy
When identity became a death sentence: The Genocide against the Tutsi
Thursday, January 08, 2026
Some of the 84439 bodies of genocide victims during a decent burial at Kicukiro-Nyanza Genocide memorial. Sam Ngendahimana
1994: How the term genocide was used in confusing manners
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Visitors during a tour of Kigali Genocide Memorial. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
How investigations uncovered the true scale of the Genocide against the Tutsi
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Former President of Rwanda General Juvenal Habyarimana
How the Habyarimana regime sustained colonial distortions
Tuesday, December 09, 2025
Grégoire Kayibanda
How Kayibanda’s regime made killings a political process
Tuesday, December 02, 2025

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