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Rwandans remember 1994 genocide with somber events

Dignitaries listen as Rwanda's president Paul Kagame, at podium, speaks at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda Thursday, April 7, 2022. Rwanda on Thursday commemorated the 28th anniversary of the country's descent into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. (AP Photo/Muhizi Olivier) Rwanda's president Paul Kagame speaks to survivors and dignitaries at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda Thursday, April 7, 2022. Rwanda on Thursday commemorated the 28th anniversary of the country's descent into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. (AP Photo/Muhizi Olivier) Rwanda's president Paul Kagame, left, and his wife Jeannette Kagame lay flowers at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda Thursday, April 7, 2022. Rwanda on Thursday commemorated the 28th anniversary of the country's descent into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. (AP Photo/Muhizi Olivier) Rwanda's president Paul Kagame speaks to survivors and dignitaries at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda Thursday, April 7, 2022. Rwanda on Thursday commemorated the 28th anniversary of the country's descent into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. (AP Photo/Muhizi Olivier) Rwanda's president Paul Kagame, left, and his wife Jeannette Kagame, center, light the flame of remembrance at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda Thursday, April 7, 2022. Rwanda on Thursday commemorated the 28th anniversary of the country's descent into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. (AP Photo/Muhizi Olivier) FILE - Flowers are laid on top of a glass case containing the skulls of some of those who were slaughtered as they sought refuge in the church, kept as a memorial to the thousands who were killed in and around the Catholic church during the 1994 genocide, inside the church in Ntarama, Rwanda, on April 5, 2019. Rwanda on Thursday, April 7, 2022 commemorated the 28th anniversary of the country's descent into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) FILE - Family photographs of some of those who died hang on display in an exhibition at the Kigali Genocide Memorial centre in the capital Kigali, Rwanda on April 5, 2019. Rwanda on Thursday, April 7, 2022 commemorated the 28th anniversary of the country's descent into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) FILE - The skulls and bones of some of those who were slaughtered as they sought refuge inside the church are laid out as a memorial to the thousands who were killed in and around the Catholic church during the 1994 genocide in Ntarama, Rwanda, on April 4, 2014. Rwanda on Thursday, April 7, 2022 commemorated the 28th anniversary of the country's descent into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Rwandans remember 1994 genocide with somber events