Warm welcome and meaningful echanges with Finn Jarle Rode , Executive Chairman for the The Oslo Center.
Norwegians don’t just talk. They walk the talk. The #WordsMatter ! conference in the beautiful city of #Oslo was a unique gathering, open discussions and sharing of painful

.H.E. Dr. Joyce Banda , Former President of #Malawi speaking at the The Oslo Center during the #WordsMatter ! Conference:” Hatred has to be addressed and quickly! The leader of a country must be involved himself. We must do away with ethnicity. #Rwanda has done it. President Paul Kagame has

Today, the #WordsMatter ! conference is bringing together global leaders, researchers and community advocates to discuss and explore ways to combat hate speech, hate crimes, and the exploitation of youth.

In this Op-Ed titled 'We Commemorate For We Must; Genocide Is Not A Badge Of Honour' by Her Excellency Mrs. Jeannette Kagame, the First Lady delves into the imperative of truth, particularly as distortions of history emerge during the commemoration period of #Kwibuka30 :

#Kwibuka30 mu gihugu cya #Norway :
Edyassa Mihana, Geraldine Umutesi :
- “Abakoze genocide yakorewe abatutsi baradushenguye. Bari baziko dushize ariko RPF Inkotanyi yaraturokoye. Turiho kandi turatwaje kuko dufite igihugu. Abacu tubibuka buri munsi kandi kubibuka kwiza ni ugukora

This Kwibuka 30, the scar feels just as deep, and I will admit, it pains still. But our hope runs deeper, and the joy of seeing what the new generations will make of this freed Rwanda, outweighs the grief.

✍️: Jeannette Kagame (First Lady of Rwanda)

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“Rest assured; Rwandans may be grieving, but we’ll never be too tired to tell the truth, not when we know the deadly cost of lies of the kind that are still spread, across the region, today.”👏🏿👏🏿
We commemorate for we must; Genocide isn’t a badge of honour newtimes.co.rw/article/16149/…

The Urukundo Rwandan Organisation Association, the Rwandan community in Norway, and the Embassy, hosted the 30th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Oslo. The event drew 350 guests, including representatives from the Norwegian government, heads of missions, Members of

Hubert Shema, President of the Rwandan youth in Norway, spoke on the responsibility of the youth in carrying on remembrance of the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. He urged young people to actively participate in memorial services and raise awareness about the

Genocide survivor, Geraldine Umutesi shared a harrowing account of the horrors she endured during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Umutesi testified about her elder sister, Yvonne Ingabire, who heroically sacrificed her life to save hers. She said this act of bravery gives her the

'The world needs to learn from what happened in Rwanda and yet despite the promises of 'Never Again,' it is distressingly evident that the world has not fully absorbed or internalized the lessons that Rwanda has to offer.' - Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik, State Secretary of the

President of Urukundo Rwandan Organisation, Mr. Felix Muhigana extended gratitude towards the Norwegian government for their reception and support over the past 30 years. He particularly highlighted the commendable efforts made by Norway in facilitating the seamless integration of Rwandan

In a message of hope, youth, and children expressed gratitude to their parents for revisiting traumatic memories to educate and prevent future genocides.

President Kagame joined former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, former President Catherine Samba Panza of the Central African Republic, and Amujae leaders for the Amujae High-Level Leadership Forum. The Forum brings together three cohorts of Amujae leaders from across

“When we started this process of rebuilding, the thing we discovered we had to do was to change the thinking of our own people.

You could see our people were just sitting back and knowing that if there is hunger, somebody is going to bring food. If there is a disease, somebody

La ville de Ville de Rouen a honoré la mémoire de plus d’un million de victimes du génocide perpétré contre les Tutsis au #Rwanda .

Merci bcp M. Le Maire Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol pour ce lieu de recueillement offert aux rescapés qui habitent dans la Région Normandie

#Kwibuka30

.Jean-Luc Habyarimana mbere na mbere ndakwihanganishije kuko mfite ubumuntu 🙏🏾

Hanyuma nuba imfura wigire hino unsubize dore urakuze uzi amateka:

1. Imbaraga zifotora umurambo w’umubyeyi wawe wazikuye he mbere yo kumuririra!?

2. Kuki wihutiye kumva ko ugomba kwereka isi ibimenyetso

In his remarks at #Kwibuka30 in London, HC Busingye Johnston highlighted the concerning issue of alleged genocide perpetrators remaining at large in the UK.

#RwandaInUK