Today the conference was only for half day. Afternoon was dedicated for excursion. We were taken to the Kigali genocide memorial museum. Before we kicked off our tour we were asked to put one group flower at the mass burial place and have a minute of silence to remember the victims of the genocide.
Then I learned amazing story from our tour guide inside
the museum. Many years ago the two tribes (Tutsi and Hutu) lived together in peace under
different clan until the colonialist came to their land. Then the
colonialist used their divide and rule strategy and created hater between the
two tribes by making the Tutsis as an elite tribe than Hutus. The colonialist
favored the Tutsis in many way, like giving them local power etc. That rooted a
deep hate between the two tribes, which then grown up inside and start
exploding in early 1990s and eventually leads to the astonishing bloody
genocide atrocities in 1994.
Main gate!
Putting the flower for the group!
About the response of the international community for the
1994 genocide atrocities is elaborated inside the museum. The museum also has
pictures from Nazi, Bosnia, and Cambodia genocides.
Then the group was taken to the country's hightech network connection center. This time we were accompanied by high level government officials. At that center I witnessed that the country's networking is manipulated by Japanese.
Then the group was taken to the country's hightech network connection center. This time we were accompanied by high level government officials. At that center I witnessed that the country's networking is manipulated by Japanese.
This the building where the high-tech facility is located!
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