International Day for Reflection
of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
Thirty years ago, the genocide of between 800,000 to 1,000,000 Rwandans, mostly ethnic Tutsis with moderate Hutus, were massacred by the Hutu-based government. Today (7th April, 2024) a ceremony commemorating the 30th anniversary of that event was held at the Reconciliation Monument in Ottawa to remember those killed so that it hopefully never occurs again….