John Kerry at Kigali Genocide Memorial: “Thank you for your work in prevention and healing.”
https://youtu.be/uJOeva3UdzQ On Friday 14 October, US Secretary of State John Kerry visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda to honour the memory of the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Established by the Aegis Trust in 2004 at the request of the Rwandan Government and Kigali City Council, the Kigali Genocide Memorial continues […]
Jesse Jackson at Kigali Genocide Memorial: “May God save us from evils”
On Monday 14 June, a group led by Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the famous American civil rights activist, visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda to learn more about the history of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and to pay respects to the victims. Established by the Aegis Trust in 2004 at the request […]
How lessons from Rwanda are saving lives in South Sudan
https://youtu.be/7w7J2482EIk During a recent visit to the UK to speak at a conference in London, Nicholas Aru Maan – co-founder of the South Sudan Youth, Peace and Development Organisation (SSYPADO) paid a visit to the UK’s National Holocaust Centre, birthplace of the Aegis Trust, and gave an on-camera interview about the life-saving impact of partnership […]
Kwibuka22: Kigali Genocide Memorial hosts Rwanda’s national commemoration
The Kigali Genocide Memorial today hosted the 22nd Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. More than 500 guests included international leaders, dignitaries, survivors and their families and representatives of survivor organisations. The commemoration period is known as ‘Kwibuka’, the Kinyarwanda word for remembrance. As part of the commemoration, the President of […]
Kigali Genocide Memorial goes solar
Last week a solar system developed by Centennial Generating Co. became operational at the Kigali Genocide Memorial. Established by the Aegis Trust in 2004 at the request of the Rwandan Government and Kigali City Council at the site where some 250,000 victims of the genocide against the Tutsi lie buried, the Kigali Genocide Memorial continues […]
Aegis’ new Educational Tour Programme in Rwanda hosts University of Manchester students
The Kigali Genocide Memorial has hosted a group of international students from the University of Manchester (UK) as part of the Aegis Trust’s new Educational Tour Programme. The programme takes students and teachers across Rwanda to visit important historical sites, communities and policy leaders to give an understanding of the Genocide against the Tutsi, post-genocide recovery […]
Darfur crisis in spotlight during Holocaust Memorial Day speaking tour by Mukesh Kapila
Holocaust Memorial Day – 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp – is observed in the UK each year as a day of remembrance for victims of the Holocaust and other instances of genocide. This year, Dr Mukesh Kapila – the Aegis Trust’s Special Representative on Crimes Against Humanity and […]
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) pays respects at Kigali Genocide Memorial
On November 12, 2015, leading officials from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial and paid their respects to the more than one million victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi. The visit is part of a series of events honouring the victims of the Genocide and marking the completion […]
Rwandan survivors commemorate Srebrenica genocide
Rwandan survivors yesterday gathered at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in the country’s capital, where some 250,000 victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi lie buried, to commemorate a genocide which took place two decades ago on another continent – in Srebrenica, Bosnia, in July 1995. Coming together on the eve of the official […]
A dozen countries join inaugural Ubumuntu Arts Festival at Kigali Genocide Memorial
The first ever Ubumuntu Arts festival, a two-day event at the Amphitheatre of the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda, starts tomorrow – with participants drawn from Rwanda and another dozen countries around the World. Inspired by and created for the sake of humanity, the festival slogan is, “I am because you are, you are because […]