{"id":31013,"date":"2026-04-07T15:12:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31013"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:12:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:12:47","slug":"au-commemorate-rwanda-genocide","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/au-commemorate-rwanda-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"AU commemorate Rwanda genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The world should never be silent when atrocities are committed in any country across the globe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">That&#8217;s been a key message from various speakers at the 32nd commemoration\u00a0of\u00a0the genocide against\u00a0the\u00a0Tutsi in Rwanda.<br \/>\nThe event\u00a0was\u00a0organised by the African Union alongside the Rwandan diplomatic mission in Ethiopia.<br \/>\nIt provided\u00a0a moment to honour the memory of over one million Tutsi killed in 100 days during one of the darkest chapters in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A solemn occasion to pay homage to all those who were killed during the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.<br \/>\nThe African Union uses the day to stand in solidarity with survivors and reaffirms Africa&#8217;s collective commitment to preventing genocide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-cKEWNlbeqU?si=nadPLtPVyV6Rt4BE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16200,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-31013","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Rwanda genocide","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31015,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31013\/revisions\/31015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}