President Obama's statement:
"Eighteen years after the Rwandan genocide, we pause to reflect with horror and sadness on the 100 days in 1994 when 800,000 people lost their lives.
The specter of this slaughter of mothers, fathers, sons and daughters haunts us still, and reminds the nations of the world of our shared responsibility to do all we can to protect civilians and to ensure that evil of this magnitude never happens again.
The United States grieves with the Rwandan people, and we remember those whose lives were cut short.
And as we do, we also recognize Rwanda's progress in moving beyond this horrible tragedy, the strides it has taken to improve the lives of its people, and its contributions to protecting civilians from other nations in UN peacekeeping missions around the world.
The US government and the American people will continue to extend our friendship, partnership and support to the Rwandan people as they seek to build a peaceful and prosperous future."
****Please pray for healing and reconciliation for those affected. Pray that all inequity based on ethnicity might end. Pray that the Lord might bring justice and heal the wounds of those that did not receive fair treatment. And most importantly pray for true forgiveness as well as true repentance.
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