Belgian Peacekeepers Memorial, Kigali

A piece of history. I've never experienced war in my life, but to see what has happened in Rwanda 🇷🇼 Never again! Peace and dialogue and respect for one another is always better . Nobody gets better with wars, it only produces set backs These officers that died in this were very young officers who were on peace keeping duties. These pillars represents each of the fallen soldiers

A space to reflect, learn and pray. The brutality meted out to the Belgian peacekeepers and former prime minister demonstrates how low we can sink as human beings. But contrast that with the restoration going on in the nation today, which is a tribute, at least, to what those who lost their lives were working for. May Rwanda continue to find it's humanity again and reach the Godly potential we all have.

Yet another reminder of how much hatred, can be like a world fire, engulfing anyone in it's path, regardless of origins or intentions. This is the place where, on 7 April, 1994, the then Rwandan Prime Minister and 10 Belgian Commandos/ UN Peacemakers, detailed to protect her, were cornered and shot dead ...

Here's another sad story worth learning about. Yes we wrote tribute and took beautiful pictures in the stones. It's free entry and it's next to the Kigali exhibition and cultural village

This is a MUST see in Kigali, Rwanda. I found the visit to Belgium Camp Kigali memorial site where the ten Belgium peacekeepers were murdered at the start of the 100-day Rwandan genocide very heart-rending because the barracks are preserved in the exact condition it was in on the day of the massacre. It is almost as if time has stood still for the past 24 years from that fateful day on the 7 April 1994. Poignant also maybe for me because I was a soldier once and could read into the concealed signs of the conflict and feel the anguish of the ten young cornered Belgium peace keepers before their slaughter. Directions Travel south from the KN2 round-a-bout on KN3 Avenue pass the Gorilla statue, the Mariotte and Serena Hotels until the road makes a 90-degree right turn. There is a small sign on wall of the Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village pointing left, proceed for 50 metres and turn right into Belgium Peacekeepers Memorial.