Rwandan genocide

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Rwanda Opposition In Uphill Battle Against Powerful Kagame

On the impeccably clean streets of Rwanda's capital, where a skyline of gleaming new buildings pokes through undulating...

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Rwandan Forces Killing Suspects Without Trial

The soldiers came at dawn to Fulgence Rukundo's house in a village in western Rwanda, and accused him of stealing a...

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Rwanda Clears Two Candidates To Run Against Kagame

Rwanda's election commission on Friday permitted two opposition candidates to run against President Paul Kagame in...

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‘Climate of Fear’ Ahead of Rwanda Vote

Two decades of attacks on Rwanda's opposition, journalists and rights groups have created a "climate of fear" ahead of...

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NGOs File Rwanda Genocide Lawsuit Against French Bank BNP

Three non-governmental associations said Thursday that they had filed a lawsuit against BNP Paribas accusing the bank...

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Rwanda Ex-Minister Genocide Conviction To Be Reviewed

A UN tribunal has agreed to review its appeals judgement against a former Rwandan minister found guilty of genocide...

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Rwanda Genocide Shaped Me, Congolese Ex-Rebel Tells Court

A former Congolese rebel commander told war crimes judges Wednesday the "horrific events" he saw during Rwanda's 1994...

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Red Cross Urges Release of Staff Kidnapped In DRCongo

The International Committee of the Red Cross on Thursday urged the release of two of its staff kidnapped after armed...

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Rwanda Poll Body Can’t Curb Social Media Use

Rwanda's media regulator has said the election body does not have the mandate to regulate social media use by...

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Rwanda To Control Presidential Candidates’ Social Media Use

There will be no spur of the moment Twitter rants by Rwanda's presidential candidates, as the election commission has...

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Rwandan Court Hands Ex-Hutu Militia Leader Life Sentence

Former Hutu militia leader Bernard Munyagishari was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Kigali Thursday for...

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Push For Legislative Reforms

The Second Lady, Mrs Samira Bawumia, has charged women to rise up to their challenges by pushing for legislative and...

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Lessons of War –Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings Writes

This week marks the 23rd anniversary of the Rwanda genocide and our prayers are with the people of Rwanda whose...

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Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings Writes

This week marks the 23rd anniversary of the Rwanda genocide and our prayers are with the people of Rwanda whose...

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Lessons of War

By Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings This week marks the 23rd anniversary of the Rwanda genocide and our prayers are with...

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Ghana Government Told As Rwanda Marks 23rd Anniversary

The government of Rwanda has entreated Ghana to learn lessons from the ethnic cleansing which claimed the lives of...

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Pope Begs God’s Forgiveness For Church Sins In Rwanda Genocide

Pope Francis on Monday begged for God's forgiveness for "the sins and failings of the Church and its members"...

International

Exiled Rwandan Opposition Leader Forms ‘rival Government’

Thomas Nahimana intended to run for president in August An exiled leader of the Rwandan opposition, Thomas Nahimana,...

International

UN Demands Release of Rwanda Case Judge

Aydin Sefa Akay is part of a panel of UN judges reviewing the case of a former Rwandan minister A UN legal body has...