Can COVID-19 help us address viral nature of man-made conflict?

Twenty-six years ago, Rwanda was plunged into one of the most rapid and brutal episodes of mass extermination of the 20th century.

Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured during a press briefing on the coronavirus, has been preoccupied with tending to consular and diplomatic issues in relation to the global pandemic. The memory of the Rwandan genocide, in which over 800,000 people lost their lives in the space of 100 days, risks being forgotten by the global community on the International Day of Reflection, which falls on April 7, writes Alexandrine Royer of the Foundation for Genocide Education. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ALEXANDRINE ROYER

April 7, 2020

Faced with an unprecedented pandemic, people across the world now have one thing in common: the fear of COVID-19. Everyone is now confronting a common enemy, presenting a sobering reminder for high-income countries that they are not immune to global health outbreaks.

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