20 years after genocide, Rwanda remembers, renews, and unites

Abstract

The commemoration of genocide on April 7 in Rwanda marked 20th anniversary of a brutal slaughter, in which close to one million people were murdered within 100 bloody days. African heads of state, foreign dignitaries and former leaders from around the world joined the Kwibuka20 events in Kigali, beginning with a ceremony of wreath laying and lighting of the Flame of Mourning at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center.