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Rapper Ish Kevin (in black outfit) , poet Junior Rumaga and Ibyanzu perform "Ndacyababara" song during the 15th edition of “Our Past” event at Nyamara Memorial Garden on Thursday, April 9. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Music

32 years later, music still heals where it once harmed

Saturday, April 11, 2026
Participants at Rwanda Broadcasting Agency dialogue on May 10 discuss the media’s role in preventing genocide ideology and hate speech.
Kwibuka

Critical thinking, fact-checking in media "key to preventing Genocide ideology"

Saturday, April 11, 2026
BK Group officials along with other participants at the Friday commemoration pay tribute to victims at Kigali Genocide Memorial, on April 10, 2026 (courtesy)
Kwibuka

Honouring staff slain in Genocide, BK Group calls on youth to safeguard Rwanda’s future

Saturday, April 11, 2026
Young people are taking on the responsibility of challenging genocide denial and misinformation so that the atrocities of the Genocide against the Tutsi never happen again. Photos by Craish Bahizi

Beyond borders: Diaspora youth preserve genocide memory and challenge misinformation

Saturday, April 11, 2026
Thousands of mourners during "Our Past" commemoration event held at Kicukiro-Nyanza Genocide Memorial on Thursday, April 9. Photo by Craish BAHIZI

Kwibuka 32: When words become weapons of denial

Saturday, April 11, 2026
Mourners hold candles during a commemoration event dubbed "Our Past" at Kicukiro-Nyanza Genocide Memorial on Thursday, April 9. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Kwibuka

Rwandans reflect on commemoration and ways to confront genocide denial

Saturday, April 11, 2026
The New Times
Kwibuka

Malawi reaffirms global call of ‘Never Again’

Saturday, April 11, 2026
Diane Uwadede Isimbi, the daughter of Vincent Shabakaka a journalist who established Kiberinka newspaper, shares her testimony during the commemoration of journalists killed in the Genocide. Courtesy
Kwibuka

Daughter of journalist slain during Genocide recalls his last days

Friday, April 10, 2026
Thousands of youths during Our Past commemoration event, at Kicukiro-Nyanza Genocide Memorial on Thursday, April 9 at Nyanza -Kicukiro Genocide Memorial. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Others

Top nine ‘Kwibuka 32’ events blending remembrance and creative expression

Friday, April 10, 2026
A photograph of a list of leading contributors to RTLM, preserved in the archives at the Kigali Genocide Memorial. In 1994, the big powers that had the means to jam or disrupt broadcasts of the hate radio, RTLM, that fanned hate, spread genocide ideology and directed the killers, refused to do so on the grounds that it would be a violation of Rwanda’s sovereignty. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

When sovereignty is excuse for inaction

Friday, April 10, 2026
A convoy of the United Nations at Kisimenti in Kigali in 1994 after the Genocide against the Tutsi. Courtesy

Why core reasons for not stopping 1994 Genocide also explain today’s sanctions

Friday, April 10, 2026
Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva and Maj. Gen. Eugene Nkubito, the Commander of the 3rd Division in Western Province lay wreaths to pay tribute to the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi, at Ngororero Genocide Memorial on Friday, April 10. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Kwibuka

PHOTOS: PM Nsengiyumva urges unity at Genocide commemoration in Ngororero

Friday, April 10, 2026