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Rwanda, 7th April 2017: H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat commemorated the 23rd Anniversary of the Rwandan genocide together with the people and government of Rwanda at a different events organized for the day . The remembrance is annually comemorated on the 7th of April as a reaffirmation of the continents resolve to prevent and fight genocide. This years event was organized under the theme “ Remember the Rwanda Genocide- Fight Genocide Ideology –Build on our Progress”.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 07 April 2017: The African Union Commission’s Department of Political Affairs in close collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, commemorated today the 23rd Anniversary of the Rwanda Genocide under the theme “Remember the Rwanda Genocide-Fight Genocide Ideology-Build on our Progress”.

Harare, Zimbabwe 5 April 2017- A ministerial conference of State Parties to the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention), has adopted the first action plan for the implementation of the Kampala Convention.

The Kampala Convention, adopted in the Ugandan capital in 2009, came into force in December 2012 and has been signed by 40 member states of the AU, with 25 ratifications to date.