ITOPITO NEWS

Inspector General of Police Emmanuel Gasana and his Singaporean counterpart during their meeting (Courtesy Photo) KIGALI - The Rwandan and Singaporean police forces have agreed to boost their cooperation in the areas of capacity building and sharing of...

Ambassador James Kimonyo (R) during a recent commemoration event in the United States (Courtesy Photo) USA - The Rwandan Ambassador to the US, James Kimonyo, has called upon the international community to be aware and fight Genocide denial, which he said,...

RUSIZI – Youth in Kamembe Sector, Rusizi District, have censured their parents’ participation in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. On Tuesday, at a night vigil at the sector, all youth interviewed also criticised the then government for planning and...

Thousands of residents at the Nyamata Memorial site yesterday. Bugesera/Rwamagana - As the commemoration week concluded, yesterday, residents of Nyamata in Bugesera District paid respects to Genocide victims massacred in Nyamata Parish Church. Thousands...

Students arrive at NUR after a ‘Walk to Remember’ in Butare town HUYE - Students at the National University of Rwanda (NUR) were challenged to pull efforts in changing the country’s dark past into a brighter future. The call was made, yesterday, by the...

The president of IBUKA, Dr. Jean Pierre Dusingizemungu, has said that this year’s commemoration period recorded fewer cases of trauma compared to previous years. Ibuka is the Umbrella organization of Genocide Survivors’ associations. Dusingizemungu made...

Employees of the Ministry of Education, Tuesday night, held a commemoration event for colleagues who fell victim to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The ministry revealed that 64 employees were killed during the Genocide. The event, held at the Ministry’s...

Hundrends of mourners carry remains for burial in Eastern Province. More remains were interred yesterday in the Western Province KARONGI - The remains of 956 victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi were yesterday accorded a decent burial in various...

Youth and women entrepreneurs will be among the prime beneficiaries of the recently mooted Trade Finance Facility (TFF) of the East African Community. Speaking to The New Times yesterday, the EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of Planning and Infrastructure,...

Today, as the mourning period ends with a ceremony at the Rebero Genocide Memorial, I have to ask; “What have we, as a society, taken from this sad period; what are the lessons that our history taught us; and most of all, why do we remember the 1994 Genocide...