{"id":53854,"date":"2025-04-13T16:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T16:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/genocide-ideology-remains-a-regional-threat-warns-rwanda-s-envoy-to-uganda\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T16:58:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T16:58:45","slug":"genocide-ideology-remains-a-regional-threat-warns-rwanda-s-envoy-to-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/genocide-ideology-remains-a-regional-threat-warns-rwanda-s-envoy-to-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Genocide ideology remains a regional threat, warns Rwanda\u2019s envoy to Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sombre ceremony was marked by prayers led by different religious leaders, testimonies from Genocide survivors, as well as the laying of wreaths on mass graves at the site.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda\u2019s High Commissioner to Uganda, Amb. Joseph Rutabana told thousands of mourners that the same ideology which fuelled the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda continues to spread in neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe currently see it in the Eastern DRC, where local populations are mobilized to kill Congolese Tutsi (whom they relate to Tutsis in Rwanda). This is coupled by hate speech and other precursors of genocide incitement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rutabana emphasised that education remains one of the most powerful tools to preserve the memory of the victims and to combat the ideology that led to their deaths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important to reflect on the root causes and consequences of the Genocide so that not only Rwandans, but the world at large, take the necessary steps to punish the crime of genocide and prevent it from happening again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Grief filled the air as mourners\u2014mainly youth and a delegation from the HUMURA Lake Victoria Warakoze Genocide Survivors\u2019 Association\u2014sat in the tents, remembering the brutal and inhumane ways their loved ones were killed during the Genocide.<\/p>\n<p>Alice Kaboyo, Uganda\u2019s State Minister for the Luwero-Rwenzori Triangle and the guest of honour, noted that the rise of misinformation and hate speech, particularly online, poses a serious threat to social cohesion and peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEducation must therefore be at the forefront of our efforts to combat these dangers. By fostering critical thinking, promoting human rights education, we can equip Africa\u2019s youth to reject division and violence and build a more inclusive society. Schools and universities must serve as spaces for dialogue, reconciliation and mutual respect,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 10,983 victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi are buried in various memorial sites across Uganda. Kasensero Genocide Memorial site in Rakai District is the resting place of 2,875 victims; Lambu Genocide Memorial site in Masaka District holds 3,337 bodies; and Ggolo Genocide Memorial site in Mpigi District is home to 4,771 victims.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85553 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/ug_photo1.png\" alt=\"The guest of honour, Alice Kaboyo\u2014Uganda&#039;s Minister of State in charge of the Luwero-Rwenzori region (centre)\u2014joins the Head of the Diplomatic Corps in Uganda, Amb. Mohammed Suleiman (far right), Rwanda&#039;s High Commissioner to Uganda, Joseph Rutabana (second left), and his wife (far left), in lighting a flame in memory of the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi buried at the Ggolo Genocide Memorial Site in Mpigi District, Uganda.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85554 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ug_photo2.jpg\" alt=\"Mourners attending the commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi at the Ggolo Genocide Memorial Site in Mpigi District, Uganda.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85556 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-13_at_4.28_41_pm_1_.jpg\" alt=\"The sombre ceremony was marked by prayers led by different religious leaders, testimonies from Genocide survivors, as well as the laying of wreaths on mass graves at the site.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85557 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-13_at_4.28_41_pm.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85555 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2025-04-13_at_4.28_42_pm.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 31st Commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi was held on Friday at the Ggolo Genocide Memorial site in Mpigi, Uganda, with renewed calls to end genocide ideology both regionally and globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000085558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000085558,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-13-apr-2025-04-58-pm-1079.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-13-apr-2025-04-58-pm-1079.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-13-apr-2025-04-58-pm-1079.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-13-apr-2025-04-58-pm-1079.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-13-apr-2025-04-58-pm-1079.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-13-apr-2025-04-58-pm-1079.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000085558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53854"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53854"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}