Tanzania, April 11 -- The East African Community (EAC) is exploring the possibility of establishing an annual commemoration for the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, slated for April 7th each year, as an official EAC Day, the regional bloc revealed in a statement on Tuesday.

According to the statement, EAC Deputy Secretary General Andrea Aguer Ariik Malueth made this pledge during the recent genocide commemoration ceremony on Sunday.

Malueth affirmed that a formal request would soon be presented to the EAC Council of Ministers for consideration, underscoring the EAC's determination to take a leading role in preventing the recurrence of such atrocities anywhere in the region.

In a show of solidarity with Rwanda's government and peop...