The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) allows leaders of different Commonwealth countries to meet every two years in a different host country to “reaffirm their common values and agree actions and policies to improve the lives of all their citizens,” according to The Commonwealth website. The next event will be held June 20-25, 2022, in Kigali, Rwanda, and Prince Charles will attend to represent Queen Elizabeth. “Royal sources said it had been a long-held wish of the future king and head of the ‘family of nations’ to visit the African nation,” tweeted Rebecca English, the Royal Editor for the Daily Mail London. “It is one of a minority of nations in the world not visited by the Queen.”
English added that Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will step outside of their lavish lifestyle and are scheduled “to meet survivors and perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide, and have been advised [by] former professional footballer Eric Murangwa.” Murangwa was one of the most popular players for Kigali’s top football team when the 100-day genocide began in 1994 in Rwanda, according to the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust website. A Tutsi, Murangwa almost lost his life numerous times at the hands of Hutu rebels, who killed over 800,000 people during the conflict between the two ethnic groups.
English also tweeted, “It’s going to be a very moving visit to the reconciliation village and one the Prince of Wales personally asked to undertake.”
