The commemoration that took place in Ouagadougou city at Hotel Laïco Ouaga 2000, this week was attended by over 100 participants including Rwandans in Burkina Faso, officials, envoys representing their countries to Burkina Faso and friends of Rwanda.
The representative of the Rwandan community in Burkina Faso, Fulgence Habiyaremye highlighted that commemorating genocide should be the responsibilities of all countries.
He reminded that remembering the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi should go hand in hand with supporting genocide survivors to nurture their resilience.
Rwanda’s ambassador in Burkina Faso, Stanislas Kamanzi with residence in Nigeria took participants through the history of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi which took lives of over 1 million victims killed of torture.
He said preparation and execution of genocide were made possible by bad leadership and politics that promoted discrimination.
Amb Kamanzi said that Rwanda has overcome the dark past and gained strength to rebuild and experience unity as a community striving for common progress.
“Offended survivors willingly forgave killers who repented. Rwanda is led by visionary leadership offering equal sharing of opportunities to all Rwandans from wherever,” he noted.
Amb Kamanzi highlighted that Rwanda promotes inclusive development respecting stakeholders in all areas.
Burkina Faso Minister of State for Energy, Porgo Mamadou commended Rwandans for their efforts to rebuild the country after the genocide.
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