English Premier League powerhouse Arsenal has joined Rwanda in commemorating the 31st anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
The Gunners, who partner with Rwanda through the ‘Visit Rwanda’ campaign—alongside French champions Paris Saint-Germain and Germany’s most successful club, Bayern Munich—shared a message of remembrance and solidarity.
As the nation reflects on this tragic chapter, Arsenal took to social media to honour the memory of over a million Tutsi lives lost within 100 days.
“‘Kwibuka’ means ‘to remember.’ Today we mark the 31st commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda,” the club posted on Monday.
Various players, administrators and technical team members from Arsenal have visited Rwanda over the past years and have been to the various genocide memorial centres from which they were able to learn about the tragic history that Rwanda went through until 1994.
In 2023, Arsenal right back Jurrien Timber visited Rwanda and, after visiting Kigali Genocide Memorial, he urged young Rwandan players to not only remember their loved ones but also work hard and achieve their dreams and shape the future of the nation.
