Rwanda's president leads commemorations to mark 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed over 1 million people, vowing to prevent such conditions from happening again.
Everything to know about the April 8 eclipse in Atlantic Canada | SaltWire #eclipse | SaltWireKIGALI - Rwanda 's president on Sunday led commemorations to mark 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed more than 1 million people and said the conditions that led to the slaughter would never be allowed to exist again in his country's politics.
More prominent suspects have since been caught after decades on the run, and Rwanda's own internal justice system has handled another nearly 2 million cases. Kagame has been president since 2000 but effectively in control since his rebel force the Rwandan Patriotic Front marched into Kigali in 1994 to end the genocide. He said his country had taken great strides in the last 30 years.
But he has also faced mounting criticism for what human rights groups say are the suppression of political opposition and the muzzling of independent media, an accusation he and the government denies.
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