Viviane Umulisa

PhD fellow, Climate Change Specialist, GlobE Traveller 🌍 and flowers 🌺 lover!

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

@Bruchimhabaim @Jemimaslm @PaulKagame It seems you are Congolese and you want to educate me about who killed me and who saved me!

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

@jamesnorth7 @kambale @congofriends @JCMaswana It is globally known that President Kagame is allergic to nonsense. Soooo... 😅

[Glory Iribagiza @glory_iribagiza]

Hello @RIB_Rw,
I would appreciate answers to these critical questions that stemmed from your shocking response to my appeal to @PaulKagame regarding my case.

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

@CharityKeza Cyane, kuko niko kuri! ntabwo abantu bose bahize!

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

@glory_iribagiza @PaulKagame Take heart and keep your courage. One thing is sure, it might delay but you will see justice

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

@RIB_Rw She was never informed, and the prosecutor seemed insensitive toward her. That says everything about the so-called ‘lack of evidence’ in the medical report.

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

@CharityKeza I listened to her and what an inspiration?

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

@SamuelBaker_B Last time I checked your posts, you were talking about ‘double genocide’ and one-sided commemoration. Now you’ve shifted to criticism and freedom of speech. Just stop—especially this week. We get that you’re unwell, but there’s a place for that.

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

Thank you for sharing ur memory. It’s a powerful example of how to commemorate without denying or justifying what happened—by honoring the victims, staying true to the facts, and committing to a Rwanda where no ethnicity defines any Rwandan @EmmaClaudine

[Emma Claudine @EmmaClaudine]

I remember April 1994 as if it were yesterday.

This short testimony goes to the youth, but especially to those who dare to speak of a “double genocide.”

I was not hunted.
But I remember how Tutsis were hunted.

I remember conversations with my Tutsi peers.
Fear in their eyes.
Total despair.
Wondering where to hide.

I remember Tutsi neighbours trying to return to their places of origin, hoping to find safety, and never making it.
Some were killed on the way.
Others were killed when they arrived, in places they believed would protect them.

I remember churches becoming places of animosity.
Places of slaughter.

And I remember not understanding how people could suddenly become so cruel.

There was a roadblock near our home.

People were stopped and asked to present their IDs.
If your ID said Tutsi, you were to die.
If you had children, they were to die, no matter their age.
If you were pregnant, the unborn child was to die first.

The unspeakable had become normal.

There was a nearby forest.
Killers had given it a name, CND.

And we would hear them say they had taken people to CND.

That is how death was spoken about.
Casually. As if it meant nothing.

No one questioned it.
Those who could ask were the same ones killing or giving the orders.

At no point during the Genocide against the Tutsi did I hear of Hutus being hunted for being Hutu.
Tutsis were hunted. Systematically. Ruthlessly.

Yes, some Hutus were killed because they were mistaken for Tutsi.
Yes, some Hutus were killed because they refused to kill, or because they chose to hide and protect Tutsis.
Yes, many Hutus died on the way to exile, mostly from cholera.

But they were never hunted to death for being Hutu.

Let us not distort history.
Let us not equalise what was never equal.

To the youth, Rwanda was once dead.
What you see today did not exist.

And yet, we rose.
We rebuilt.
We chose unity over division.

Today, Rwanda stands strong, among the fast-developing nations, guided by visionary leadership under H.E. Paul Kagame.

Under Inkotanyi, who stopped the genocide when the international community failed to act.

Our dignity was restored.
Today, amahanga aratwubaha.

This is not something we can ever take for granted.

We must stand together to protect our country and our leadership.
We must stand together to fight any harm against Rwanda.

We must stand together against any form of genocide ideology.

We must stand together against denial, so that “Never Again” becomes a reality.
Today and forever.

As our President said, Rwanda cannot die twice.

#Kwibuka32

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

@JonSmoke5 @EmmaClaudine Thank you for sharing ur memories. It’s a powerful example of how to commemorate without denying or justifying what happened—by honoring the victims, staying true to the facts, and committing to a Rwanda where no ethnicity defines any Rwandan

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

@SamuelBaker_B I never insult people, but u r such an idiot. We all wish we were called hutus during the genocide. This history isn’t a debate game—it’s a tragedy that deserves seriousness.

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

@jeune_afrique @gateteviews Meanwhile, ordinary Rwandans chose unity (Tutsi, Hutu, and Twa) and results have been short of a miracle,a true model of reconciliation, peace and prosperity. So when Paul Kagame says he won’t drop defense measures, it’s about one thing: #ensuring history never repeats itself#

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

@jeune_afrique @gateteviews If you don’t understand the threat Rwanda faces, see the picture below. It’s ideological as much as military. 32 yrs later, extremist Hutu still reject coexistence with Tutsis, even proposing a two-state Rwanda.

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

@MarioNawfal allegedly?????

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

@TheLongFormRw @RwandaSteve Powerful,eye-opening conversation. I salute his strength! My key tkaway: 1. start educating kids from 11 yrs old. 2. "I thought I was strong to be addicted"! Rick W once said, anyone is capable of the worst under the right circumstances.Steve learned d hard way&now stays alert.

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

@Mr_Husky1 Well, I am here to be my daughter's best friend and if she is misbehaving I will correct her in private.

[Ingabire Egidie Bibio @EgidieBibio]

“Between March & December this year, there have been 50 Air attacks in South Kivu, no one is speaking about this!
👉🏾I will appreciate a situation another day if we can be told, this dint happen!!!
✍🏾 We (Rwanda) have raised this in this Chamber with some members of the Council …. Nothing was done
✍🏾Rwanda has not been silent

@UN, @UNDSS
👇🏾
⁉️ Hasn’t the Security Council been aware of this situation
Or
⁉️This situation didn’t merit its (security council) attention!?” @martin_ngoga
Rwanda’s Permanent Representative @RwandaUN

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

@RwandaUN @martin_ngoga very well done 👏

[Viviane Umulisa @VUmulisa]

So so proud of @martin_ngoga for only speaking facts 👏. " I survived to do so"

[Permanent Mission of Rwanda to The United Nations @RwandaUN]

12 Dec | This morning, Amb. @martin_ngoga addressed council members during the #UNSC briefing on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and #MONUSCO.

📺Watch the full intervention below: