Rwanda Schools Face Tricky Task Teaching Genocide History
"Who can tell us what the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi was all about?" teacher Josephat Arinetwe asks his pupils ...
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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 hills, few ...
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 ...
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 elections due on August ...
‘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 next ...
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 of "complicity" in ...
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 crimes, ...
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 genocide shaped ...
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 ...
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 presidential ...
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 ruled ...
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 his role ...
Push For Legislative Reforms
The Second Lady, Mrs Samira Bawumia, has charged women to rise up to their challenges by pushing for legislative and ...
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 ...
Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings Writes
This week marks the 23rd anniversary of the Rwanda genocide and our prayers are with the people of Rwanda whose ...
Lessons of War
By Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings This week marks the 23rd anniversary of the Rwanda genocide and our prayers are with the ...
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 millions ...
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" implicated ...
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, says he ...
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 ...