The government of Rwanda has entreated Ghana to learn lessons from the ethnic cleansing which claimed the lives of millions of Rwandans in 1994. Chairman of the Rwandan Community in Ghana, Bernadin Gatete says failure by Ghana to embrace its ethnic and cultural diversity could plunge the country into similar atrocities. Between April and June … Read more
President Paul Kagame was angered when France reopened an inquiry into events leading up to the kill Rwanda has opened a formal investigation into 20 French officials it says are suspected of involvement in the genocide of 1994. Chief prosecutor Richard Muhumuza said French authorities had been contacted and full co-operation was expected. Relations between … Read more
“…until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens of any nation; That until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; That until the basic … Read more
Pascal Simbikangwa, the first person to be found guilty in France in connection with the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, has returned to court to appeal his 25-year jail sentence, BBC Afrique reports. In 2014, a French court found Simbikangwa guilty of genocide and complicity in crimes against humanity. The sentence came at a time that … Read more
Mr Kagame was a rebel leader when the plane was shot down Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has warned of a showdown with France following an announcement by French investigators that they would reopen a probe into the assassination of ex-leader Juvenal Habyarimana. The shooting down of Mr Habyarimana’s French-crewed plane in 1994 helped trigger the … Read more