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Bridging Generations: Conversations for Healing Rwanda’s Future

2024-12-05T15:17:26+00:00September 30th, 2024|Rebuilding|

On September 27th, Aegis Trust organized and hosted an Intergenerational Dialogue at the Kigali Genocide Memorial under the theme: ‘Healing Across Generations: The Role of Youth and Elders in Rwanda’s Healing Journey’. This dialogue brought together Aegis boundary partners—researchers, teachers, parents, youth, and policymakers—to discuss their respective roles in Rwanda’s journey of healing from the [...]

Peace in Our Hands: Reflections from the International Day of Peace

2024-12-05T15:12:48+00:00September 24th, 2024|Outreach|

On September 21st, the Kigali Community Peace Center located at Kigali Genocide Memorial hosted the national celebration of the International Day of Peace. Organized by the Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement in collaboration with International Alert, Never Again Rwanda, Interpeace, and Aegis Trust, the event was themed “Cultivating a Culture of Peace” and [...]

Listening and Leading: The Art and Science of Peace, Resilience and Transformational Justice

2024-12-22T16:31:06+00:00September 7th, 2024|Peace education, Policy & Advocacy|

From July 26th to 28th, the Aegis Trust hosted an international conference titled "Listening and Leading: The Art and Science of Peace, Resilience and Transformational Justice" in Kigali. Co-hosted by the University of Rwanda, Tufts University, and the Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement (MINUBUMWE), the event brought together over 500 distinguished experts, internationally [...]

Message from President Clinton for Listening & Leading conference in Kigali

2024-09-06T10:33:14+01:00September 6th, 2024|Policy & Advocacy|

In a special video message, President Bill Clinton extended his warmest greetings to all participants in the peacebuilding conference hosted by the Aegis Trust in Kigali from 25th to 28th July 2024, ‘Listening and Leading: the Art and Science of Peace, Resilience and Transformational Justice’. Co-hosted by the University of Rwanda, Tufts University and Rwanda’s [...]

Art as a Vehicle for Peace: The ‘Cultivating Peace’ Exhibition at the Kigali Genocide Memorial

2024-12-06T06:26:29+00:00August 20th, 2024|Memorial|

From 9th to 16th August 2024, the Kigali Genocide Memorial hosted the 'Cultivating Peace' exhibition, a poignant showcase of art dedicated to fostering reconciliation and unity in Rwanda. Featuring a diverse array of artworks narrating stories of loss, resilience and hope, the exhibition included work by nine Rwandan artists who are part of Modern Art [...]

Central African faith leaders receive Aegis Award 2024

2024-12-22T16:41:31+00:00August 12th, 2024|Uncategorised|

The 2024 Aegis Award has gone to three remarkable Central African faith leaders, Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Apostle Nicolas Guérékoyame-Gbangou and Imam Omar Kobine Layama (Imam Layama receives the award posthumously, having passed away in November 2020). The Aegis Award recognises humanitarian actions that went beyond the call of duty and attempted to save people threatened by war, persecution or genocide, intervening in exemplary [...]

UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide holds media workshop with Aegis at Kigali Genocide Memorial

2024-07-26T09:40:24+01:00July 26th, 2024|Uncategorised|

Media stakeholders including journalists highlight their role in immediate efforts countering hate speech, urge policy support to address it (Kigali, Rwanda, 23-25 July 2024) Media stakeholders, including as journalists, editors, content creators, fact checkers, as well as watchdogs, can contribute to the dangerous spread and impact of hate speech, but also to addressing and countering [...]

Aegis hosts international peacebuilding conference in Rwanda

2024-07-26T09:24:36+01:00July 4th, 2024|Outreach|

In Kigali from 25th to 28th July, the Aegis Trust will host ‘Listening and Leading: the Art and Science of Peace, Resilience and Transformational Justice’. Registration for the conference is filling rapidly, but places are still available at event.aegistrust.org. The conference will be held at the Kigali Genocide Memorial (run by Aegis on behalf of Rwanda’s [...]

Aegis welcomes UNGA resolution for Srebrenica genocide remembrance

2024-05-24T13:18:32+01:00May 24th, 2024|Policy & Advocacy, Uncategorised|

The Aegis Trust welcomes the adoption on 23 May of the UNGA resolution commemorating the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and declaring 11 July as the International Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Srebrenica genocide. Adopted with 84 votes in favour, 19 against, and 68 abstentions, the resolution designates the 11th of July as the International Day [...]

How Memory of Genocide Builds Peace

2024-05-08T14:57:10+01:00May 7th, 2024|Memorial|

In this comment piece, Aegis Trust Founder and Deputy Chair Dr James Smith reflects on ways in which the memory of the Genocide against the Tutsi is helping to build peace through the Kigali Genocide Memorial and beyond. On 7 April 2024 – the 30th anniversary of the start of Rwanda’s Genocide against the Tutsi [...]