28th Commemoration of Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda New Delhi, 07 April 2022
On 7 April 2022, the India Africa Trade Council jointly with the High Commission of Rwanda in New Delhi organized physically the Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The Commemoration was attended by an estimate of 150 people, mostly members of the African diplomatic corps, Government Officials from the Ministry of External Affairs of India and Government of Delhi and members of the academia and business community. The Commemoration ceremony was marked by lighting 28 candles by the diplomatic community including Ambassadors/High Commissioners and diplomats from various African and non-African countries followed a minute of silence. The program was conducted at Niryat Bhawan, New Delhi where a documentary on the Genocide against the Tutsi was shown along with mourning songs. Dr. Asif Iqbal, President of the India Africa Trade Council, set the theme and elaborated on the UN and AU legal ground of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. He recom...