damas dukundane,MD

I am a father , a husband , a physician from Rwanda.

[Le Monde De Mongi 🇷🇼🇸🇳 @mongi_writes]

A few years ago, 🇫🇷 recognised its “overwhelming” share of responsibility in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. That step had seemed almost impossible just a decade prior.

Too often people in our ✋🏿✋🏾✋🏽 parts of the world are denied even the mere possibility of healing, through a refusal to facilitate its most essential steps: there can be no good treatment to any ailment without an accurate diagnosis of what problem occurred, how it occurred, and why it occurred. It’s likely that if suffering is observed but purposefully unacknowledged or diminished, it is because its onlooker considers this suffering justifiable and therefore defendable. A scary thought. But when you have power (whether in relative influence or full military authority), the crimes you defend are crimes you enable. Silence altogether, as some wanted of President Macron, is a coward’s favourite tool of complicity.

President Macron chose otherwise, and offered recognition instead. It was an important pivot, but the machinery dedicated to protecting the genocidal order and rehabilitating genocidal ideology was [and is] very much alive. It fought to prove its existence, across traditional and social media, after the publishing of the Duclert report and Macron’s speech in Kigali, where the French President asked for forgiveness from survivors.
Publicly, and one would suspect behind closed doors as well, there were those who condemned President Macron for this truthful step or worse yet, this humane approach. Some, of banal racism, simply suggested that Africans were unworthy of the decency of a deserved apology. But there is no comfortable middle ground when it comes to dehumanisation and genocide, particularly when the power to prevent catastrophe sits within your grasp. Faced with the persecution of a people, fence-sitting is, in fact, taking a stance. You either oppose the killers and those who prepare the ground for them, or you help clear their path so they can march ahead, machette in hand, abetted.

As President @EmmanuelMacron inaugurates the Quai d’Orsay Memorial to the Genocide against the Tutsi, the hope remains that those who have chosen principle and sincerity regarding their involvement in our past, are succeeded by people with the integrity to adopt the same posture toward the future, because the warning signs did NOT disappear after July 1994.

There are STILL people in this region being persecuted for reasons disturbingly similar to those that drove the attempted annihilation of every Tutsi in Rwanda in 94. There are STILL political entrepreneurs in the region invested in scapegoating entire populations for problems they did not create, to justify their murder and erasure, to distract populations as to real problems. Lacking the capacity or legitimacy required to inspire genuine allegiance grounded in shared ambition, trust or love, some “leaders” wager instead on manufacturing hatred of others into partisan loyalty - a common purpose to rally frustrated populations behind them.

The political toolkit is the same across the world. There are still those working to make exclusion, persecution, and violence more palatable to the public by wrapping hatred in the language of security, patriotism, or justice for one’s “stolen wealth”.

And so there is still responsibility to be taken. The responsibility to recognise the signs and refuse their trajectory BEFORE the graves have to be dug and the memorials have to be built….The responsibility to ensure that future generations are not left inaugurating monuments to tragedies that today’s leaders had every opportunity to prevent.

Despite the silver linings, there’s a soft ache here. I think we want to go to France for the gorgeous terrasses, cheese, croissants, and much more. Not in mourning of innocent people whose loss the country had “overwhelming responsibility” in facilitating.

This is a step. But it’s just a step. There’s a long way ahead with many, manyyy more.

[Rwanda Is Open 🇷🇼 @RwandaisOpen]

Rwanda is proud of you, Claire Akamanzi. You wish this moment had come many years ago, but today we celebrate it fully. Thank you for bringing opportunities home and elevating African basketball to the world. Keep going, the continent is proud of your leadership at NBA Africa.

[First Lady of Rwanda @FirstLadyRwanda]

Dans cet éditorial intitulé “Le Rwanda Commémore: l’audace d’un peuple d’exister, 32 ans après”, Son Excellence Mme Jeannette Kagame revient sur la persistance des discours de haine et la nécessité d’y répondre avec vérité, lucidité et résilience.

“Nous savons que les spasmes de la haine continuent en cette période de Kwibuka. Nous connaissons désormais le rythme.
Nous y répondons par la vérité, avec la même énergie.
Nous résistons en portant plus haut le flambeau, car il est de ces lumières que rien n’éteint: ni la haine, ni le temps, ni le mensonge.”

Lisez l’intégralité de l’Op-Ed: https://t.co/E6kbMbxf58

#Kwibuka32

[Olivier Gatete @OlivierGatete6]

Muri Gicurasi(5) 1994 i Kabgayi Interahamwe n'Abasirikare bo kwa Habyarimana bazaga gutwara Abatutsi mu nkambi, abandi ntibamenye aho babajyanye! Nyuma haza kumenyekana ko babicaga ! Mubagerageje gutabara harimo Soeur Bernadette na Augustin wambwiye Croix Rouge.
@DrDamascene @TomNdahiro

[✒️ @Literariium]

— Hunter S. Thompson

[Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 @AbiyAhmedAli]

This evening, I broke bread with 128 fellow Rwandan medical practitioners pursuing specialty training in Ethiopia, alongside more than 400 colleagues from across Africa.

They are part of a growing community of African physicians dedicating themselves to the kind of expertise and excellence our continent’s healthcare future demands, within institutions helping shape the next generation of African medical leadership.

Through shared learning and purpose, we continue building a healthier Africa together.

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

am thrilled to sign the African Medicine Agency @AUAMA -@WHO Framework Agreement for Collaboration alongside my sister, Delese Mimi Darko. Together, we will work to enhance access to quality medicines throughout Africa, reinforcing our commitment to #HealthForAll. Continental institutions play a vital and complementary role alongside global organizations, and WHO will continue to provide both financial and technical support.

[damas dukundane,MD @DamasDuke]

Be Big enough to gulp pain and find Peace.

[✒️ @Literariium]

— Unknown

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

“We sunk to the lowest point a human being or a country has sunk to. To the point that the only place we had to go was now up. So we have been going up and we don’t want to stop. I am sure the great people in this room want to go up, so let’s go up together.” President Kagame | BAL Investor Summit

[First Lady of Rwanda @FirstLadyRwanda]

“Urugendo rwo gukira ibikomere twanyuzemo ntitukibeshye ko rwarangiriye muri Gacaca, cyangwa se ko rwarangirira mu gusangizanya ubuhamya bw’akaga abantu banyuzemo muri Jenoside.
Ese ukuri kudakurikirwa cyangwa kutajyana no gukiza ibikomere kwaba ari ukuri koko? Gukira ibikomere bitajyanye no kuvuga ukuri nabyo ntibyaba ari ukuri kuzuye.
Twabonye ubutabera bwunga, hashyizweho inzibutso zidufasha kwibuka abacu no kubika amateka, n’ibindi byadufashije guhagarika Jenoside no kwiyemeza ko itazongera kubaho ukundi, ariko mu muryango niho turerera, twigira kandi twigishiriza ababyiruka ko nta kiza cy’urwango n’amacakubiri, umunsi ku wundi tudacogora.
Nk’Abanyamuryango ba @UnityClubRw, umurage tuzasiga ntuzabe gusa ko twarokotse Jenoside cyangwa twagize uruhare mu rugamba rwo kuyihagarika. Umurage wacu uzabe ko twubatse ubumwe butanyeganyezwa, n’u Rwanda ruzira kongera kuzima.” - Nyakubahwa Madamu Jeannette Kagame mu nama nyunguranabitekerezo ku mateka ya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi n’urugamba rwo kuyihagarika | Kigali, 22 Gicurasi 2026

Mushobora gusoma ijambo ryose hano: https://t.co/nnsBz5m7oX

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

“For Africa, energy is not simply a development issue. It is the foundation of industrial growth, and competitiveness. At the centre of this endeavour, is the question of investment. Too often, investors hesitate because they perceive many risks in Africa. We must work to strengthen regulation, ensure consistency and accountability, in order to build confidence and attract long-term capital.” President Kagame | Opening of the 2nd Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa #NEISA2026

[AVEGA-Agahozo @Avega_Agahozo_]

#ubudaheranwa

[U.S. Embassy Kigali @USAmbRwanda]

Twishimiye gutangaza isinywa ry’Amasezerano y’ubufatanye mu gukoresha ingufu za nikereyeri. Aya masezerano ni intambwe ikomeye mu gushimangira imikoranire hagati ya Amerika n’u Rwanda. 🇺🇸🇷🇼#InnovatingTogether #USAinRwanda @StateACN

[Yolande Makolo 🇷🇼 @YolandeMakolo]

President Kagame:

“Rwanda is strong and strong enough in our own circumstances, precisely because we consider ourselves vulnerable to ideologies of violence, of violent ethnic extremism, particularly when they benefit from direct or indirect state support. 

We have made a promise to ourselves to never go back to the dark days, that darkness. We can't go back, and that is not something we will waver from.”

[damas dukundane,MD @DamasDuke]

@pgMedicine Acromegaly

[Paul Kagame @PaulKagame]

Great match between Visit Rwanda partner teams @Atleti and @Arsenal.

Congratulations to Arsenal FC on the win and qualification for the UEFA Champions League Final. May the best #VisitRwanda partner team win!

[damas dukundane,MD @DamasDuke]

Kaduha _Nyamagabe _Bunyambilili April 21 1994 ---April 25th 2026.
"Iminsi irasa ariko ntihwana"
*Scars of Dawn*

[damas dukundane,MD @DamasDuke]

"Grief is love that has no place to go" RIP My Brother Magwigwi.

[Ntabwoba Jules @Ntabwobajules]

Today, 24th, April,2026, with heavy hearts, we gather to bid our final farewell as we lay Afande Oscar Magwigwi’s body to rest. He leaves behind a powerful legacy as a father, a true Inkotanyi, a loyal friend, a wise counselor, and a devoted mentor. He was the very definition of a man who lived his life with happiness and a constant smile. Though he is no longer with us, his memory will remain forever in our hearts. May his soul rest in eternal peace.

Family and friends, please stay strong during these difficult times.

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Uyu munsi, dufite agahinda kenshi, twateraniye hamwe ngo dusezere Afande Oscar Magwigwi bwa nyuma, tumushyira mu buruhukiro bwe bwa nyuma. Asize umurage ukomeye, nk’umubyeyi mwiza, inkotanyi nyawe, inshuti y’ukuri, umujyanama w’umunyabwenge, ndetse n’umurezi w’indashyikirwa. Yari ishusho y’umuntu wabayeho ubuzima bwe yuzuye ibyishimo n’akanyamuneza. N’ubwo atakiri kumwe natwe, azahora mu mitima yacu. Imana imwakire mu mahoro.

Umuryango n’inshuti ze, mukomeze kugira imbaraga muri ibi bihe bikomeye.

[Tom Ndahiro @TomNdahiro]

To survive genocide is not to be spared; it is to be condemned to memory. Because surviving genocide does not end suffering. It begins a different kind of life—a life of carrying, managing, negotiating the unbearable.
https://t.co/R9LKnvRo8T

[Rwanda Broadcasting Agency (RBA) @rbarwanda]

🚨AMAKURU MASHYA🚨

U Rwanda rwasinyanye na Sosiyete yo mu Busuwisi ikora imiti, Sandoz, amasezerano y'imikoranire, yo gukora no kuruha imiti itandukanye irimo ibinini n'ivura kanseri.

Aya masezerano yashyizweho umukono na Minisitiri w'Ubuzima, Dr. Nsanzimana Sabin n'Umuyobozi ushinzwe ibijyanye n'Amavugurura muri Sandoz, Simon Goeller.

Sandoz izatangira iha u Rwanda ubwoko bw'imiti bugera kuri 60, mu cyerekezo cyayo cyo kwagukira no ku yandi masoko muri Afurika. #RBAAmakuru