UN Advisor on Prevention of Genocide: We will keep Kwibuka flame burning outside Rwanda

Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide, was among the many foreign dignitaries and leaders who travelled to Kigali to stand with Rwandans on the occasion of the 30th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, on April 7. The next day, The New Times’ Moise Bahati got to interview her.
In the interview, Nderitu talked about, among other things, her reflection of Rwanda’s journey of reconciliation and keeping the memory, as well as the what her office is doing to counter the denial of the Genocide against the Tutsi.
She tackled the question of genocide denial, revisionism, and the continued presence in eastern DR Congo of the FDLR, and especially the genocidal militia group’s collaboration with the Congolese Government. Nderitu also talks about risk factors for a genocide in eastern DR Congo, where the Congolese Tutsi and Banyamulenge communities are persecuted.