President Barack Obama joins Rwandans in commemoration

President Barack Obama has extended his sympathy to the Rwandan people as they mark the 18th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Obama’s message was delivered today through Office of the Press Secretary as the U.S Embassy to Kigali facebook wall reads.

“Eighteen years after the Rwandan genocide, we pause to reflect with horror and sadness on the 100 days in 1994 when 800,000 people lost their lives.

The specter of this slaughter of mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters haunts us still, and reminds the nations of the world of our shared responsibility to do all we can to protect civilians and to ensure that evil of this magnitude never happens again.

The United States grieves with the Rwandan people, and we remember those whose lives were cut short. And as we do, we also recognize Rwanda’s progress in moving beyond this horrible tragedy, the strides it has taken to improve the lives of its people, and its contributions to protecting civilians from other nations in UN peacekeeping missions around the world.

The U.S. government and the American people will continue to extend our friendship, partnership, and support to the Rwandan people as they seek to build a peaceful and prosperous future.” The President message read

President Barack Obama has often sympathized with Rwandans each time they mourn the country’s million massacred innocent Tutsis.