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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
In Nyaruguru, many Tutsi sought refuge at Muganza Catholic Parish after their homes were burned and their lives threatened. Courtesy
Kwibuka

April 15, 1994: Bulldozer used to crush Tutsi refugees in Nyange

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, a Canadian military officer who was force commander of the UN peacekeeping mission for Rwanda.
Kwibuka

April 12, 1994: ‘The signal for genocidaires to move toward the apocalypse’

Saturday, April 12, 2025
The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean-Damascène Bizimana, speaks during the 31st commemoration ceremony at Kigali Genocide Memorial on Monday, April 7. PHOTO BY DAN KWIZERA
Kwibuka

Speech by the Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement at the 31st commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi

Tuesday, April 08, 2025
Jean-Michel Marlaud, France’s ambassador to Rwanda in 1994 and Colonel Theoneste Bagosora

Genocide: Was Marlaud France’s envoy or Bagosora’s puppet?

Tuesday, April 08, 2025
FDLR’s Brig Gen Ezechiel Gakwerere was a top leader within the ranks of the genocidal group and directly has a hand in the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda.
Editorial

DR Congo crisis: Rwanda continues to be vindicated

Monday, March 03, 2025
The Court of Appeal in France upheld the life sentence for Philippe Hategekimana a Genocide convict. Courtesy
Law

‘Justice served’: Minister Bizimana on Philippe Hategekimana’s Genocide verdict

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
The Court of Appeal in France will deliver its verdict on December 17 in the case of Philippe Hategekimana, a former deputy commander of the Gendarmerie in Rwanda, who was tried for genocide.
Crime

Genocide: French appeals court to decide Philippe Hategekimana’s fate

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Catholic nuns who are genocide convicts Maria Kizito Mukabutera and Gertrude Mukangango. Mukangango was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Belgium while Sister Kizito was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Kwibuka

May 5, 1994: Catholic nun’s letter leads to massacre of Tutsi refugees at Sovu Monastery

Sunday, May 05, 2024
Gen Romeo Dallaire,the force commander of UNAMIR, a United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda in 1994 when the Genocide against the Tutsi was taking place. Courtesy
Kwibuka

April 25, 1994: UN avoids labelling Tutsi killings as genocide

Thursday, April 25, 2024