Aegis Trust

Peace-building in Rwanda goes mobile

15 May 2013 – From this week, the Aegis Trust’s peace-building education programme in Rwanda will no longer be limited to the Kigali Genocide Memorial; it’s going mobile – starting in Rubavu, Rwanda’s Western Province, where it is being hosted by Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle (VGN), with support from GIZ (the German ...

Rwanda’s cycling star invites all to join charity ride from London to Paris

14 May 2013 - Speaking to a full house at Thursday night’s sold-out London charity premiere of ‘Rising from Ashes’ – the award-winning documentary about Team Rwanda, Rwanda’s national cycling squad – Olympic rider Adrien Niyonshuti told the audience he’d soon be back. He is aiming to return at the end of Aug...

Darfur whistleblower launches memoirs in Geneva

25 April 2013 - Ten years ago, British diplomat Mukesh Kapila became head of the UN in Sudan. Within a year of taking the post, he would publicly declare the Sudanese Government guilty of ethnic cleansing in Darfur.

  At the Geneva Press Club, 17.30 – 19.30 on Thursday 2 May, the whistleblower who first brought Darfur to...

USC Shoah Foundation integrates Rwandan genocide testimonies secured by Aegis

19 April 2013 – Aegis’ American partner the USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education – has added a collection of testimonies of survivors and rescuers from the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi genocide to its Visual History Archive. Holding over 52,000 filmed Holocaust survivor testimonies, this mar...

Aegis takes Darfur debate to Rome

10 Apr 13 – Aegis’ Special Representative on Crimes against Humanity, Professor Mukesh Kapila, has continued the international tour for his new book, “Against A Tide of Evil”, in a series of lectures at Rome’s Universities. Giving his insider account as the UN Sudan chief who blew the whistle on ethnic cleansing...