East African Community readies to commemorate the 31st Anniversary of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi on 7th April, 2025

East African Community readies to commemorate the 31st Anniversary of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi on 7th April, 2025

Written on 06 April 2025. Posted in Press Release

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 6^th April, 2025: The East African Community (EAC), in solidarity with the Government and people of the Republic of Rwanda, will commemorate the 31st Anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi on 7th April, 2025.

This annual commemoration serves as a solemn reminder of the atrocities committed in Rwanda from April to July 1994 and reinforces the collective responsibility of the international community to combat genocide and its ideologies.

In 2014, the United Nations and the African Union designated 7th April as a day of remembrance for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The EAC stands united with the Republic of Rwanda and the international community to honour the victims and promote a culture of tolerance and peaceful co-existence across the East African region.

The EAC will host several activities, including a Walk to Remember, Lighting the Flame of Hope, and laying of a wreath of flowers at the Monument for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi at the EAC Headquarters.

The commemoration event will bring together leaders and staff of the EAC Organs and Institutions, Arusha Region authorities, regional and international organisations based in Arusha, students and representatives from religious denominations.

It is anticipated that the event will be graced by the Arusha Regional Commissioner and the EAC Secretary General, among other dignitaries.

Together, let us remember, reflect and reaffirm our commitment to preventing such atrocities in the future.

For more information, please contact:

Simon Peter Owaka
Senior Public Relations Officer
Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Department
EAC Secretariat
Arusha, Tanzania
Tel: +255 768 552087
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About the East African Community Secretariat:

The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of eight (8) Partner States, comprising the Republic of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Rwanda, the Federal Republic of Somalia, the Republic of South Sudan, the Republic of Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The Federal Republic of Somalia was admitted into the EAC bloc by the Summit of EAC Heads of State on 24^th November, 2023 and became a full member on 4^th March, 2024