The Bisesero Genocide Memorial, near Karongi-Kibuye - Western

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

, which commemorates the

Rwandan genocide The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed Hutu ...

in 1994. 40,000 people died here.

Location

The memorial is on a hill at the small settlement of Bisesero which is about 60 km by road from

Kibuye, Rwanda Kibuye is a city in Karongi District, and the headquarters of the Western Province in Rwanda. Location The city lies on the eastern shores of Lake Kivu, between Gisenyi and Cyangugu, approximately , by road, west of Kigali, the capital and larg ...

History

Bisesero Genocide Memorial - Near Karongi-Kibuye - Western Rwanda

Genocide against the

Tutsi The Tutsi (), or Abatutsi (), are an ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region. They are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group and the second largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi (the other two being the largest Bantu ethnic grou ...

began in April 1994. 40,000 people died in the area around Bisesero. Unusually these people offered some defense and they appealed to French peace keeping troops for assistance. The troops had no mandate to intervene and they withdrew from the carnage. 40,000 Rwandans died around Bisesero.Bisesero: The Hill of Resistance
Noam Schimmel, 2012, Huffington Post, Retrieved 3 March 2016 This memorial centre is one of six major centers in Rwanda that commemorate the 1994 Tutsi genocide. The others are the Kigali Memorial Centre, Murambi Memorial Centre and

Ntarama Genocide Memorial Centre Ntarama Genocide Memorial Centre ( rw, Urwibutso rwa jenoside rwa Ntarama, french: Mémorial du génocide à Ntarama) is one of six genocide museums in Rwanda. Five thousand people were killed here in the Catholic church. Location Ntarama is loca ...

and others at Nyamata and Nyarubuye.Sites mémoriaux du génocide : Nyamata, Murambi, Bisesero et Gisozi
UNESCO, Retrieved 2 March 2015

References

External links

{{commonscat, Bisesero Genocide Memorial Centre
Genocide Archive of Rwanda
Buildings and structures in Kigali Rwandan genocide museums Museums in Rwanda Rwandan genocide