Kigali, April 8, 2014 (SPS) - Ambassador Mr. Habib Mahfud Boukhreis has represented the Saharawi Republic (SADR) at the 20th anniversary of the 1994 genocide carried out against the Tutsi in Rwanda, commemorated on April 6 of each year.
Many heads of state and government as well as dozens of delegations from different countries of the world participated in the remembering of this painful event in the contemporary history of the sisterly Republic of Rwanda.
The Saharawi ambassador took this oportunity to hold talks with various international delegates as well as top Rwandan officials.
In 1994, about 800,000 Tutsis were killed in Rwanda in what came to be known as the Rwanda genocide.
The UN has named April 7 of each year as the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide. (SPS)
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