3270: Reflection on the Rwanda Genocide Offers Lessons for South Sudan

On the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Rwanda Genocide, Radio Miraya hosts William Ngambor-Ziza, Chairperson of the Rwandan community in South Sudan, to explore how Rwanda’s journey of healing and national rebuilding offers critical lessons for South Sudan. Ngambor-Ziza emphasizes that Rwanda’s recovery was not accidental but the result of deliberate choices centered on unity, accountability, and visionary leadership under President Paul Kagame. He describes how Rwanda commemorates the genocide through nationwide acts of remembrance, reconciliation, and renewal—symbolized by the theme 'Remember, Unite, Renew'—and highlights the practical implementation of reconciliation, where survivors and perpetrators now live and work together. Drawing parallels between Rwanda’s past and South Sudan’s current challenges, Ngambor-Ziza stresses that lasting peace must begin at the community level, with citizens embracing diversity, rejecting hate speech, and fostering mutual respect. He calls on South Sudanese to participate in commemorative events across the country and to internalize the values of humility, accountability, and shared responsibility as foundational to national unity and development.