Rwandan envoy: Genocide was product of ignored intolerance
Uganda, April 11 -- The government of Rwanda has said societies should watch out for 'ignored' intolerance between people of different backgrounds if the world can prevent future genocides.
From the calamity of 30 years ago, the Rwandan government says it learnt a bitter lesson after successive authorities ignored entrenched intolerance.
Rwanda's High Commissioner to Kenya Martin Ngoga told an audience on Tuesday that the 1994 genocide should serve as a powerful reminder to confront hatred, discrimination, and division wherever it may arise.
"Genocide is not an isolated event but a consequence of a society that has allowed prejudice and intolerance to take root," he told an audience of diplomats, Rwandan in diaspora, and government off...
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