Liberation Day (Rwanda)

The military parade of the RDF during the Liberation Day celebrations in 2014.

Liberation Day (known locally as Kwibohora) is a public holiday in Rwanda which is celebrated on 4 July.[1] It commemorates the defeat of the previous Habyarimana regime and the Rwandan Armed Forces by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) in the Rwandan Civil War, thus ending the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda.[2] On 4 July 1994, the RPF secured the capital of Kigali while the end of the war only became official on 18 July with the liberation of the north-west territories. Liberation Day takes place a week after Independence Day, although it is more of a celebration rather than the national mourning period for the Rwandan Revolution on Independence Day.[3]

  1. ^ "In Rwanda, July 4 Isn't Independence Day — It's Liberation Day". NPR.org.
  2. ^ "Liberation Day 2022, 2023 and 2024 in Rwanda".
  3. ^ "Liberation Day in Rwanda in 2022 | by Office Holidays".