KIGALI: Rwandan President Paul Kagame began a week of solemn ceremonies on Sunday to commemorate the lives of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus murdered during the Rwandan genocide, a three-month-killing spree that began 25 years ago. Kagame laid a wreath at the Gisozi genocide memorial site, where over a quarter a million of people are buried, before the government began an afternoon of speeches and song. Emotions had to be put in a box,” Kagame said, his tall, thin form projected onto television screens around the nation. At Gisozi on Sunday, popular Rwandan artists sang songs like “Turabunamira twiyubaka,” meaning “honoring them as we rebuild”. At least 10 heads of state are attending, as well as Canadian Governor General Julie Payette and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

Source: Pakistan Today April 07, 2019 15:45 UTC