African heads of state commemorate 30th anniversary of Rwandan genocide
African heads of state gather at Kigali Sunday as Rwanda marks 30 years since the genocide including Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed and South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa, FRANCE 24's Olivia Bizot said, reporting from Kigali. In keeping with tradition, April 7 – the day Hutu militias unleashed the carnage in 1994 – will be marked by Rwandan President Paul Kagame lighting a remembrance flame at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, where more than 250,000 victims are believed to be buried.
African heads of state gather at Kigali Sunday as Rwanda marks 30 years since the genocide including Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed and South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa, FRANCE 24's Olivia Bizot said, reporting from Kigali. In keeping with tradition, April 7 – the day Hutu militias unleashed the carnage in 1994 – will be marked by Rwandan President Paul Kagame lighting a remembrance flame at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, where more than 250,000 victims are believed to be buried.
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