Prince Harry meets President Kagame and pays tribute to genocide victims during an unannounced trip

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Prince Harry meets President Kagame and pays tribute to genocide victims during an unannounced trip

12:28 CAT | 24 Aug 2022

President Kagame received Prince Harry, who visited Rwanda as part of his work as President of African Parks (image credit: @UrugwiroVillage/Twitter)

The Duke of Sussex, 37, recently visited Mozambique and Rwanda as President of African Parks.

The nonprofit manages 20 national parks and protected areas in 11 countries, including Mozambique and Rwanda.

Prince Harry has met the president of Rwanda during an unannounced trip to Rwanda.

The Duke of Sussex, who recently travelled to Mozambique and Rwanda as President of African Parks, is welcoming and co-hosting a group of U.S. officials, conservationists and philanthropists as they tour protected wildlife and nature areas.

READ: Mozambique: Prince Harry spent three days in Vilankulo – LiveNews48

African Parks collaborates with governments and local communities to take over the “complete responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks. In 2017, Harry became president of the non-profit conservation organisation after working with them for many years.

The nonprofit manages 20 national parks and protected areas in 11 countries, including Mozambique and Rwanda, per African Parks’s website.

According to reports, the Government of Rwanda has agreements with African Parks to manage Akagera and Nyungwe national parks. The 20-year agreement signed in 2020 allowed the organisation to manage Nyungwe National Park, home to a quarter of Africa’s primates – 13 species, including chimpanzees and the extremely rare Hamlyn’s and L’Hoest’s monkeys, The New Times reported.

The President’s official Twitter account posted: ‘President Kagame received Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, who visited Rwanda as part of his work as President of African Parks.

‘The Government of Rwanda has agreements with African Parks to manage Akagera and Nyungwe National Parks.’

Following his meeting with the president, Harry went on to visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial to pay respects to the victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

At the site, Prince Harry praised Rwanda’s ‘incredible show of unity and resilience’ saying, “I am profoundly moved by what I have witnessed. What an incredible show of unity and resilience we now see.”

‘Thank you for showing us all the way to healing and forgiveness. You are setting an example across the world,’ he added.

Kigali_Memorial shared several pictures of the royal on Twitter with the caption: He paid his respects to victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi.”

By Victor Oluwole

While in Rwanda, Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex paid his respects to victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi at the Kigali Genocide Memorial. pic.twitter.com/uivskKKavq

— Kigali Genocide Memorial (@Kigali_Memorial) August 22, 2022

President Kagame received Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, who visited Rwanda as part of his work as President of African Parks. The Government of Rwanda has agreements with African Parks to manage Akagera and Nyungwe National Parks. pic.twitter.com/P1WPIYSyVg

— Presidency | Rwanda (@UrugwiroVillage) August 22, 2022