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 Hudson Kuteesa
Hudson Kuteesa
Cancer patients at Butaro Cancer Centre in Burera District. According to RBC five new hospitals are expected to offer oral chemotherapy services. File
Health
How 5 key hospitals are injecting new impetus into anti-cancer fight
Cancer patients at Butaro Cancer Centre in Burera District. According to RBC five new hospitals are expected to offer oral chemotherapy services. File
Health
How five added hospitals will impact cancer care in Rwanda
On April 16, 1994, Rukumberi, experienced horrific massacres that nearly wiped out the entire Tutsi population there. File
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April 16, 1994: The atrocious Rukumberi killings take shape
Mourners lay flowers on Lake Muhazi to pay tribute to thousands of Tutsi who were dumped in Muhazi during the Genocide against the Tutsi.
Kwibuka
April 15, 1994: Tutsi drowned in Lake Muhazi, children smashed onto walls
On April 14, 1994, killings continued, with remote areas like Birambo in the former Kibuye Prefecture (now Karongi), and Kibeho in Nyaruguru feeling the onslaught. File
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April 14, 1994: Remote areas feel the onslaught of Genocidaires
Mourners at Ruhanga Genocide Memorial site, the former Anglican Church in  Rusororo sector in Gasabo district. File
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April 13, 1994: When churches turned into slaughter houses
Mutesa receives the award for his contribution towards human genetics.
Health
Rwandan doctor wins award for lifetime contribution in human genetics
Former Canadian military officer Roméo Dallaire, the force commander of UNAMIR. INTERNET PHOTO
Kwibuka
April 12, 1994: Gen Dallaire sounds alarm, Boutros-Ghali does nothing
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Kwibuka
The life and times of Rwabukwisi, founder of Rwanda’s first private newspaper
Belgian soldiers preparing to withdraw from ETO Kicukiro in April 1994. Thousands of people thronged ETO Kicukiro hoping that the UN peacekeepers would protect them but the Tutsi were abandoned by the peacekeepers. INTERNET PHOTO
Kwibuka
April 11, 1994: When Belgian forces withdrew from ETO Kicukiro and killers pounced
Ntarama Genocide Memorial site which is the former Catholic church in Bugesera District. Thousands of Tutsi were killed inside the church during the Genocide Against the Tutsi. SAM NGENDAHIMANA
Kwibuka
Kwibuka Timeline - April 10, 1994: Church sides with killers
On April 9, 1994; the day saw the launch of a French-led operation, codenamed 'Amaryllis', aimed at evacuating French and other foreign nationals from Rwanda.
Kwibuka
Kwibuka Timeline - April 9, 1994: France evacuates citizens amid escalating Tutsi massacres
Flags of the Commonwealth member states hoisted in Kigali during the CHOGM in June 2022. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Rwanda
Rwanda to host Commonwealth architects’ association conference
On April 8, 1994, the genocidal Government termed “Saviours government” had been established with Théodore Sindikubwabo as President, and Jean Kambanda as the Prime Minister.
Kwibuka
Timeline - April 8: President Sindikubwabo’s govt incites community, killings intensify
Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, delivers his remarks at the 30th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Kigali on Sunday, April 7.  Photo by Olivier Mugwiza for The New Times
Kwibuka
Kwibuka: World leaders, celebrities share messages of solidarity
Pictures of victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi inside Kigali Genocide Memorial. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Kwibuka
Timeline: April 7, 1994; Genocide spreads across the country
General Romeo Dallaire was the force commander of UNAMIR, a United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda in 1994 during the Genocide. Courtesy
Kwibuka
Kwibuka: General Dallaire lauds Rwanda’s level of forgiveness, grace
South Sudan President Salva Kiir, who is also current Chairperson of the East African Community, was received by James Kabarebe the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in Charge of Regional Cooperation on April 6. Courtesy
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President Kiir, Kenyan and Ugandan vice presidents jet in for Kwibuka30

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