Fly food for love this Valentine’s Day
Show LOVE this Valentine’s Day 900,000 people are under siege. Will you show love this Valentine’s by helping the Aegis Trust and Kigali Genocide Memorial airlift food to Bangui today? We need your help to get wheels off the ground on the first plane … TODAY. Donate Now What’s happening in Bangui? Bangui is […]
Imam Layama’s passing spurs urgency of peacebuilding in CAR
“The whole team at the Aegis Trust joins with Central Africans in mourning Imam Omar Kobine Layama following his untimely death on Saturday November 28th,” says Dr James Smith, Chief Executive of the Aegis Trust. “A brave and humble leader, his shoes will be hard for anyone to fill, but he leaves behind a legacy […]
Watch this powerful message from Jeff Koinange – and join the KGM team LIVE this Sunday
Watch this powerful message from Jeff Koinange – and join the KGM team LIVE this Sunday Get tickets NOW for Sunday’s webcast – you’ll experience an Aegis workshop on forgiveness which has seen participants in conflict zones lay down weapons and give up plans for revenge: CLICK HERE to register now for Sunday “The best […]
From Hate to Humanity: September webcast series
If people can reconcile after genocide, they can reconcile after anything. That’s the hope born from Rwanda. In ‘From Hate to Humanity’, a live three-part webcast series this September, the Aegis Trust and Kigali Genocide Memorial will unpack how that hope is becoming a reality, not only in Rwanda, but way beyond its borders. BOOK TICKETS […]
Genocide survivors in Rwanda join 25th Srebrenica Genocide Commemoration
On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica in Bosnia, survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda are among those who have marked the occasion at the Kigali Genocide Memorial by lighting candles, observing a minute’s silence, and recording a short video message for Bosnian survivors: https://youtu.be/N-eLpOrs50M All […]
Justice closer for Darfur with Ali Kushayb in ICC custody
Wanted on 51 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, former Janjaweed commander Ali Kushayb is now in the custody of the International Criminal Court. According to an ICC statement, Kushayb voluntarily handed himself over in the Central African Republic. “Kushayb’s prosecution will be an important step towards justice for Darfur, especially […]
Félicien Kabuga’s arrest welcomed by genocide survivors
Today’s arrest of Félicien Kabuga in Paris has been warmly welcomed by genocide survivors in Rwanda – and by genocide scholars internationally. One of the alleged architects of Rwanda’s 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, in which a million people were murdered, Kabuga is accused of funding the import of arms and machetes used in the […]
LIVE EVENT: join us 30 April in global vigil for peace
Join us, Thursday 30 April, as #TogetherWeRemember. At 1.00pm in Rwanda (midday London, 7.00am New York) The Kigali Genocide Memorial, the UK’s National Holocaust Centre and the Aegis Trust will take part with 50 other organisations and thousands of people from 20 countries around the World in a unique 24-hour global vigil marking the end […]
The Aegis Trust needs YOU
Through peace education developed at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda, Aegis changes communities and saves lives. In countries like the Central African Republic and South Sudan, it enables people to give up revenge, lay down weapons and champion humanity. Today, like many parts of the world, Rwanda is in lockdown. So too are social […]
Remember with Rwanda
https://vimeo.com/405064667?fl=pl&fe=cm As the Kigali Genocide Memorial hosts the launch of Kwibuka 26 – the 26th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi – the Aegis Trust urges people worldwide to #RememberWithRwanda by lighting a candle, giving a message of hope, and showing their support for the Memorial online. In a brief ceremony this morning, […]