President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame lit the Flame of Remembrance to mark the beginning of the 31st commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. On Monday, April 7, 2025, President Kagame and the First Lady joined Rwandans at the Kigali Genocide Memorial. They honored the more than one million innocent lives lost by laying a wreath and lighting the Flame of Remembrance, which will burn for the next 100 days. The flame symbolizes Rwanda’s enduring hope and determination to thrive for generations to come. In 2003, the United Nations General Assembly adopte

President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame lit the Flame of Remembrance to mark the beginning of the 31st commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. On Monday, April 7, 2025, President Kagame and the First Lady joined Rwandans at the Kigali Genocide Memorial. They honored the more than one million innocent lives lost by laying a wreath and lighting the Flame of Remembrance, which will burn for the next 100 days. The flame symbolizes Rwanda’s enduring hope and determination to thrive for generations to come. In 2003, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution designating April 7 as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. It encouraged "all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, and other relevant international organizations, as well as civil society organizations, to observe the International Day, including special observances and activities in memory of the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda."

The Flame of Remembrance will burn for the next 100 days.

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