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Rwanda’s Health Achievements After Genocide ‘Unbelievable’

Rwanda’s Health Achievements After Genocide ‘Unbelievable’

The World Health Organisation Regional Director for Africa Dr. Matshidiso Moeti has described Rwanda’s achievements in the health sector after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi as “unbelievable.” Matshidiso made the remarks while visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre in Gisozi yesterday, where she alongside other officials was taken through the story of the genocide […]

Does Declassified Documents Pin France On Rwanda’s 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi

Does Declassified Documents Pin France On Rwanda’s 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi

It has been 23 years since the start of the Genocide against the Tutsi. Pope Francis this year begged forgiveness for the Church’s role in the Rwandan tragedy, nineteen years after then US President Bill Clinton’s apology. But France, accused of complicity in the Genocide, refuses to apologise, often slamming Rwandans for distorting history. However, […]

Zambian MPs Pledge to Help Rwanda Bring Genocide Suspects to Book

Zambian MPs Pledge to Help Rwanda Bring Genocide Suspects to Book

Members of the Zambian Parliament, who are in Rwanda for a study tour have pledged to press for Rwandan Genocide fugitives living in Zambia to be brought to justice. Led by Patricia Mwashingwele, the seven lawmakers yesterday met with their Rwandan counterparts, including Speaker Donatile Mukabalisa. She explained that Rwanda’s history offers lessons to the […]

Rwandan Women Drumming Away the Trauma of Genocide

Rwandan Women Drumming Away the Trauma of Genocide

For Marta, joining Rwanda’s first female drumming troupe, Ingoma Nshya — a co-operative of formed 10 years after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi — has helped her cope with the trauma of losing her husband in the killings. Ingoma Nshya means a new drum or new kingdom. Marta’s remarkable recovery is captured in Sweet […]

Canada Deports Jean Claude Seyoboka After 20 Years On The Run For 1994 Genocide

Canada Deports Jean Claude Seyoboka After 20 Years On The Run For 1994 Genocide

Jean Claude Seyoboka’s 20-year run from justice finally came to an end after Canada deported him to face the law for his role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The National Public Prosecution Authority (NPPA) yesterday welcomed the latest decision by Canadian authorities. Seyoboka, 50, is the second Genocide suspect to be deported by […]

Rwanda Names 22 French Army Officers It Accuses of Aiding Genocide

Rwanda Names 22 French Army Officers It Accuses of Aiding Genocide

Rwanda has released a list of 22 senior French army officers it says knowingly aided the planning and execution of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis. The list released by the National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide (CNLG) is likely to escalate the tiff between Kigali and Paris, in the wake of the reopening […]

French Youth Leaders Visit Widows of the 1994 Rwanda Genocide

French Youth Leaders Visit Widows of the 1994 Rwanda Genocide

French youth leaders and their other European colleagues, yesterday, visited widows of the 1994 Genocide, as part of an outreach programme to commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The youth are members of the European Grassroots Antiracist Movement (EGAM). Valerie Mukabayire, the president of Avega Agahozo, an association of Genocide widows, said such visits […]

Rwanda and Zambia Close To Reaching Extradition Treaty

Rwanda and Zambia Close To Reaching Extradition Treaty

Rwanda and Zambia are in close to reaching an extradition treaty that would pave the way for the extradition to Rwanda of fugitives linked to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, both governments have said. This was announced yesterday at a joint media briefing by the Foreign affairs ministers of the two countries in the […]

Burundians fear a return to war at third-term run

Burundians fear a return to war at third-term run

Any move by Burundi’s president to run for a third five-year term risks undermining a peace deal that has kept the African nation calm since civil war ended a decade ago and could stoke tensions in a region blighted by ethnic conflict. GASHORA, Rwanda — Like many of those taking refuge at the Bugesera Transit […]

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