30th Commemoration Of The Rwandan Genocide - Paris

30th Commemoration Of The Rwandan Genocide - Paris

Laurence Patrice, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of remembrance and the fighting world, Jean-Marc Germain, project manager at INSEE and spouse of Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, Marcel Kabanda President of IBUKA France, Anne Hidalgo mayor of Paris and Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Secretary of State for Development and International Partnerships during a commemoration ceremony to mark the 30th Anniversary of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, in Paris, France on April 7, 2024. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/ABACAPRESS.COM

30th Commemoration Of The Rwandan Genocide - Paris

30th Commemoration Of The Rwandan Genocide - Paris

Jean-Marc Germain, project manager at INSEE, Marcel Kabanda President of IBUKA France, Anne Hidalgo mayor of Paris, Laurence Patrice, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of remembrance and the fighting world and Dominique Sopo, President of SOS RACISME during a commemoration ceremony to mark the 30th Anniversary of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, in Paris, France on April 7, 2024. Photo by Karim Ait Adjedjou/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes Banel E Adama Screening DB

Cannes Banel E Adama Screening DB

Sonia Maliza Kabanda attends the "Banel E Adama" red carpet during the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 20, 2023 in Cannes, France. Photo by David Boyer/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes Banel E Adama Screening DB

Cannes Banel E Adama Screening DB

Sonia Maliza Kabanda attends the "Banel E Adama" red carpet during the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 20, 2023 in Cannes, France. Photo by David Boyer/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes Banel E Adama Screening DB

Cannes Banel E Adama Screening DB

Sonia Maliza Kabanda attends the "Banel E Adama" red carpet during the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 20, 2023 in Cannes, France. Photo by David Boyer/ABACAPRESS.COM

UN pays tribute to 8 peacekeepers in DRC helicopter crash

STORY: UN pays tribute to 8 peacekeepers in DRC helicopter crash DATELINE: April 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:17 LOCATION: GOMA, DR Congo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the ceremonySOUDBITE 1 (French) JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping OperationsSOUDBITE 2 (French) GILBERT KABANDA, DRC minister of Defense STORYLINE: UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) paid a final tribute Saturday to the eight peacekeepers who died during a helicopter crash Tuesday in northeastern DRC. The memorial service took place this Saturday in Goma, capital of North Kivu province, in the presence of the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix. SOUDBITE 1 (French) JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations "It is essential that the circumstances of this tragedy should be thoroughly investigated and that responsibilities should be determined. Actions to strengthen our ability to carry