Rwandan President Paul Kagame has awarded medals to two retired senior officers of the Ghanaian army, who served in different peacekeeping roles during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in his country, APA can report on Wednesday.
The Ghanean senior officers who were awarded each the ‘National Order of Bravery’ “Indengabaganizi” as Rwanda last Monday marked the 28th anniversary of the liberation, include retired Major General Henry Kwami Anyidoho and Major General Joseph Narh Adinkra.
Retired General Anyidoho has been celebrated for his valour, humanity, and leadership during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda where he was leading a Ghanaian contingent deployed to serve in the then United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) under Canadian General Roméo Dallaire.
The escalation of the genocide in Rwanda pushed the UN securoty Council to call for the peacekeeping troops to be evacuated from the East African country.
However, General Anyidoho, was one of the few foreign peacekeeping troops who bravely refused to abandon Rwandans to their fate in defiance of the UNSC order to evacuate.
Lieutenant Colonel Joe Adinkra, was part of a small advance party of officers deployed prior to the peacekeeping contingent to handle operation and administrative matters that would facilitate the deployment of the main mission.
Later Joseph Narh Adinkra (Major General) worked as a Chief of Staff of the Ghana Army from 31 March 2009 to 4 April 2013.
Rwanda Liberation Day on July 4 is observed to mark the end of a period under a genocidal government and the beginning of freedom from oppression, a statement said.
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