Johnathan Paoli
President Ramaphosa joined a procession led by Rwandan President Paul Kagame for a wreath-laying ceremony at the Kigali Genocide Memorial on Sunday that will be followed by a National Commemoration Ceremony at the BK Arena, marking 30 years since the Genocide against the Tutsi, which began on 7 April 1994.
Kagame hosted African heads of state, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and the President of the European Council.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir, Czech Republic President Petr Pavel, President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, former South African president Thabo Mbeki, French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné and Israel’s President Isaac Herzog were among the visiting dignitaries.
The ceremony commemorated the launching of a 100-day “killing spree”, in which members of the Tutsi minority and Hutu moderates were slaughtered.
The assassination of Hutu President Juvenal Habyarimana on the night
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