Rwanda: Nation Honours Its Heroes

2 February 2016

Rwandans across the country yesterday celebrated National Heroes' Day, which is marked every year on February 1 to recognise acts of extra-ordinary courage and humanity that helped advance the nation.

Marked for the 22nd time since the end of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Heroes' Day was celebrated under the theme: "Strive for heroism: build a better future."

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