HIGHLIGHTS | Grade 10 Moving Up
Our Grade 10 learners received their certificates of completion for the Middle Years Programme, a well-deserved celebration of two years of dedication, perseverance and hard work.
Special thanks to our GHA Alumna @AliceHigiro for joining us as our guest speaker and sharing inspiring and encouraging words with our learners.
Congratulations, Grade 10s, CP & DP is ready for you🎉
More than 4,000 people of Banyamulenge origin gathered in Washington D.C. on Monday, April 20, demanding international action to stop violence and a prolonged humanitarian blockade in Minembwe, eastern DR Congo.
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Today, more than 4000 Congolese from all States came to Washington DC to denounce the targeted violence, the blockade, the human rights abuse and an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Minembwe against the banyamulenge community. Over the last several months the Congolese army and the Burundian Army have decided to wipe out the Banyamulenge from the DRC map using every means possible including starving them to death. This is unacceptable in the 21st century. It is for situations like these that the UN charter was created in 1945. The international community should not sit idle while an entire community is being extinct due to thier ethnicity. Silence and inaction are irresponsibility. Enough is Enough
The Walk to Remember has begun at IPRC Kigali, formerly ETO Kicukiro, in tribute to the thousands of Tutsi who were killed at Nyanza��Kicukiro after being abandoned by the UN peacekeeping contingent.
The walk brings together survivors, families of victims, Kigali residents, government officials, representatives of different institutions, ambassadors accredited to Rwanda, and other dignitaries.
This walk is a moment of reflection. As participants move along the route, they are reminded of the suffering and torture endured by the victims at the hands of the killers. It invites each of us to pause, reflect, and honour their memory with dignity.
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April 7th is coming up soon, a date of remembrance.
The plan for the genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi and its execution were established by international experts mandated at the very time of its execution in 1994, and was definitively confirmed by the Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the United Nations.
We in Rwanda and around the world are approaching the commemoration of the genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi, planned by the regime of General Habyarimana, committed thirty-two years ago, with the full knowledge of its preparation by the international community. On 23th December 2003, the UN designated April 7th of each year as the International Day of Reflection on this Genocide, and to remove any doubt, on 28 January 2018, the UN established that this day should be called the INTERNATIONAL DAY OF REFLECTION ON THE GENOCIDE COMMITTED AGAINST THE TUTSI IN RWANDA IN 1994, in order to remove any doubt and name the crime and its victims. This historical truth is inconvenient for the perpetrators of the genocide and their sympathizers, such as the son of former Rwandan President Major General Juvénal Habyarimana, the planner of this genocide.
Let us recall some legal facts to revisit the history of the planning and execution of this genocide:
From June 9 to 20, 1994, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Ren�� Degni Segui, conducted his investigations in Rwanda and published his first report establishing the facts and their analysis on June 28, 1994. He concluded unequivocally that a genocide was being committed against the Tutsi population in Rwanda, stating it in stark terms: “The classification of genocide must already be applied to the Tutsi. The international community is witnessing a human tragedy that appears to be well orchestrated. The massacres are all the more horrific and terrifying because they are presented as planned, systematic, and atrocious.”
On July 1, 1994, the United Nations Security Council established a commission of three international experts in its resolution 935 with the clear mandate to present findings “regarding the evidence concerning serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of Rwanda, including possible acts of genocide.”
The Commission conducted an investigation in Rwanda from August 29 to September 17, 1994, and issued its preliminary report on October 4, 1994, concluding that there was “overwhelming evidence that acts of genocide were committed against the Tutsi group by Hutu elements acting in a concerted, planned, systematic, and methodical manner.” The experts also concluded that it was necessary to establish an international criminal tribunal to try the perpetrators and accomplices. The final report was submitted to the Security Council on December 9, 1994, confirming the same findings.
On November 8, 1994, the Security Council took concrete action and adopted Resolution 955, establishing an international criminal tribunal to try those responsible for genocide and other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in 1994 in Rwanda and in the territory of neighboring states. The Tribunal was established and operated for approximately twenty years. He issued several decisions, including judgments condemning 65 perpetrators of the genocide committed against the Tutsi, consecrating the agreement to commit genocide against Tutsi civilians and the perpetration of the same genocide.
Among other legal victories, on May 1, 1998, Jean Kambanda, Prime Minister of the genocidal government, pleaded guilty to eleven counts of genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. In his guilty plea, Kambanda clearly stated that he led a government tasked with carrying out a genocide against the Tutsi that had been planned in advance by the previous regime of General Juvénal Habyarimana.
On September 2, 1998, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda delivered its verdict against Jean-Paul Akayesu, former mayor of Taba Commune, who had not pleaded guilty. The tribunal established the facts of the genocide against the Tutsi in these terms: “It is now clear that the massacres that occurred in Rwanda in 1994 had a specific objective: to exterminate the Tutsis, specifically targeted because of their membership in the Tutsi ethnic group, and not because they were RPF fighters. This constitutes genocide, which was committed in Rwanda in 1994 against the Tutsi as a group.”
On June 16, 2006, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda definitively established the judicial finding concluding that it was "a matter of public record that between April 6 and July 17, 1994, a genocide was committed in Rwanda against the Tutsi ethnic group."
On April 16, 2014, the United Nations Security Council, in Resolution 2150, recognized the international nature of the genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi, the obligation of all states to cooperate in the arrest and prosecution of its perpetrators, and to combat its denial. Here are some excerpts to remind deniers of this genocide:
- "Recalling that between April 6 and July 17, 1994, a genocide was committed in Rwanda against the Tutsi ethnic group, that more than one million people were killed in this genocide, and noting with concern any form of denial of this genocide;
- Emphasizes the importance of learning the lessons of the genocide perpetrated in 1994 against the Tutsi in Rwanda;
" - Unreservedly condemns any denial of this genocide and urges Member States to develop educational programs to instill the lessons of the genocide in the minds of future generations, with the aim of preventing future genocides;
- Welcomes the efforts made by Member States to investigate and prosecute all persons accused of this genocide;
- Calls upon all States to cooperate with the ICTR, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and the Rwandan Government to arrest and bring to justice the nine remaining fugitives indicted by the ICTR, and also calls upon States to investigate, arrest, prosecute, or extradite, in accordance with their international obligations, all other fugitives accused of genocide residing in their territory, including the leaders of the FDLR.
When deniers like @JLHaby, @haby_haby2, @gmbonyumutwa and all deniers persist in denying the undeniable, falsifying the unfalsifiable, defending the indefensible, and so on, in an attempt to exonerate the criminal regime of Juvénal Habyarimana, the planner of the genocide against the Tutsi, one is legitimately led to wonder what kind of heaven they think they're rising from. The commemoration of this genocide, unique in the world, the first in Africa, which the world will soon commemorate in just a few days, must truly serve as a reminder so that prevention finally becomes the ultimate goal envisioned by every human being and every state.
Happy Women’s Day!
“I urge you to carve your character carefully, define your boundaries, advocate for yourselves and other women and girls, and protect your physical and mental health. And please, love yourself with the same gentleness you give others – the same gentleness you wish and deserve to experience from the world.” - First Lady Mrs Jeannette Kagame
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C’est la RDC qui devrait être sanctionnée et non le Rwanda. ENGLISH BELOW
La RDC (Congo) a déclenché ce conflit en persécutant les Tutsis congolais. Malgré la signature de nombreux accords, dont la résolution 2773 du Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies, la RDC refuse toujours de rompre avec les FDLR, qui constituent la plus grande menace sécuritaire de la région. Elle finance aussi les milices extrémistes Wazalendo qui sèment la terreur.
Et elle s’allie à des mercenaires étrangers pour massacrer sa propre population. Les bombardements contre des civils à Minembwe se poursuivent sans interruption depuis des mois. L'objectif final semble être d’attaquer le Rwanda.
Le corrompu président Tshisekedi (163ème sur 182 pays à l'indice de corruption) maintient sa population dans une misère extrême malgré l’immense richesse du pays.
Il est obsédé par l’idée d’une victoire militaire contre le M23, alors que son armée est incapable de combattre. Aujourd’hui, il recourt à des drones (pilotés par des mercenaires ?) pour lancer des attaques indiscriminées contre des civils.
Wake up, America !
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ENGLISH It is the DRC (Congo) that should be sanctioned, not Rwanda.
The DRC ignited this conflict by persecuting Congolese Tutsis. Despite signing numerous agreements - including UN Security Council Resolution 2773 - it still refuses to break ties with the FDLR, which remains the biggest security threat in the region. It also finances the extremist Wazalendo militias that spread terror.
RDC allies itself with foreign mercenaries to massacre its own population. Bombings targeting civilians in Minembwe have continued without interruption for months.
Ultimately, the objective appears to be to attack Rwanda. The corrupt President Tshisekedi (163rd out of 182 countries on the Corruption Perceptions Index) keeps his population in extreme misery despite the immense wealth of the country. He is obsessed with the idea of a military victory against the M23, even though his army is incapable of fighting effectively. Today, he resorts to drones (piloted by mercenaries?) to launch indiscriminate attacks on civilians.
Wake up, America!
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WATCH: Global retail giant @SparRwanda has opened its first SPAR Express store in #Kigali. This store located at @RUBiSEnergyRw Niboye filling station serves both passing traffic and nearby residents with high quality fresh produce, fast food, groceries, premium wines…etc