Category: News
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Human Rights Commission visits Nyarubuye Memorial site
Workers of the National Human Rights Commission have recently visited Nyarubuye genocide Memorial site in Nyarubuye sector -Kirehe district where many 1994 genocide against Tutsi bodies were laid. Human Rights Commission visits Nyarubuye Memorial siteThe commission workers said that they came to visit this memorial site so as to know the history of the 1994…
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RUSIZI: 33 Remains of Genocide Victims Laid to Rest
Burying Tutsi victims in Memorial sites provided by the government is a way of giving them human value that they lost when they were killed, Oscar Nzeyimana the Mayor of Rusizi District said during the function to bury the remains of 33 genocide victims at Rusizi genocide memorial site on the 3rd.July.2012. RUSIZI 33 remains…
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Mpanga Prison Workers visits Murambi genocide memorial site
Workers of Mpanga prison said, Murambi genocide memorial site visit will give them an insight in their work after seeing the evidence of genocide and getting explanations about the history of how genocide was planned, perpetrated and its effects. Then were explained all about the history before and after the 1994 genocide Against Tutsi in…
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Nyamagabe: Action Aid workers visit Murambi Memorial Centre
Action Aid workers in Rwanda has recently visited Murambi 1994 genocide against Tutsi memorial centre in a move to honour the victims. During the visit, Action Aid workers were explained for history of Murambi memorial and witnessed survivors testify on how massacre was done in the place where the grave is built. The testimony entailed…
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Rwanda National Parks: Poaching Blamed on Lack of Water
During Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (GVTC) leaders meeting, it was found out that residents without access to water negatively affect the natural resources in the parks. This was revealed by conservation officers in Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo. Because it’s not easy for some residents in developing countries to have clean piped water; they are…
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ENVIROCLEANERS pay visit to Muyira memorial centre.
The whole staff of Envirocleaners has recently visited the memorial centre of Muyira in Nyanza District. Claude Niyonzima, The head of Environmental cleaners’ internationals, the cleaning company on the international level told the media that the reason why Envirocleaners came to visit the memorial centre is because some of its employees have survived there and…
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Game Rangers visit Ntarama Genocide Memorial Site
National park game rangers,SACOLA (Sabyinyo Community Livelihood Association) in charge of protecting mountain forests in Musanze district travelled to Ntarama Genocide Memorial Site to mourn victims of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsis. Leaders of SACOLA said that Genocide is the worst of human kind and every human being should do whatever it takes to say…
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Memorial Site Construction Needs Aid
Ibuka foundation in Rukara sector in Kayonza district is asking for help and support to finish building the genocide memorial site in the sector. In this site, more than 8.000 genocide victims who were killed in the Catholic Church and in its neighborhood are buried. Jean de Dieu Burakari the coordinator of Ibuka in Rukara…
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More than 500 Trees Planted at Gisozi Memorial Site
While Rwanda and friends of Rwanda await the 18 commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, members of the rotary club international this weekend planted more than 500 trees at the Kigali memorial site, located at Gisozi. The president of Rotary International Mount Jari Julien Kavaruganda said the tree planting is to conserve environment…
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KARONGI: Lake Kivu, Beautiful but dangerous for beginner swimmers
Kivu is a lake with crystal clean water that reflects the color of a cloudless blue sky especially in the sunny season, (best for swimmers); that you will with no doubt acknowledge its welcoming and natural beauty. The lake is known to have abundant natural methane gas and that’s not all: Kivu is home to…