Historic sites

Kigali Genocide Memorial

Rwanda Kigali Kigali

Kigali Genocide Memorial
Photo: Yamen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The memorial to the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, in which over a million people were killed, with mass graves of more than 250,000 victims and a moving exhibition.


Entry is free. Kigali is one of Africa's cleanest and safest capitals.

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