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France played an active role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the Rwandan Government said in a report unveiled overnight, naming French political and military officials it says should be prosecuted.
Rwanda accused senior French officials Tuesday of involvement in the 1994 genocide that killed 800,000 people, naming late President Francois Mitterrand, former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and others.
Cindy McCain and Mike Huckabee are among a bipartisan group headed to Rwanda next week to see how U.S. investments have helped some of the world’s poorest people and what steps the next president can take to fight global poverty.Former Senate Majority...
A Rwandan accused of involvement in his country’s 1994 genocide has been arrested in Frankfurt, and German authorities are considering his extradition to Rwanda, a prosecutor said Wednesday.Callixte Mbarushimana was arrested Monday at Frankfurt airport...
In a June 9 story about travel delays during a U.N. Security Council trip to Africa, The Associated Press reported erroneously that members of the delegation paid $20,000 in cash to a jet fuel company to refuel a U.N. aircraft in Rwanda. A list of...
Two U.N. war crimes tribunals appealed to the Security Council on Wednesday for support in pressuring Serbia and Rwanda to do more to hunt down their most-wanted fugitives.Judge Dennis Byron, the Rwanda tribunal’s president, and prosecutor Hassan Jallow...
At a ceremony marking the 14th anniversary of the mass slaughter in Rwanda, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pledged to step up efforts to prevent another genocide.Hanging over the commemoration at United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday was...
A U.N. tribunal has extended the sentence of a priest to life in prison after upholding his war crimes conviction for ordering militiamen to burn and bulldoze a church with 1,500 people inside during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.The International Criminal...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has launched a global campaign to intensify efforts to end violence against women, specifically calling on men to combat the problem.”At least one out of every three women is likely to be beaten, coerced into sex or...
President Bush offered encouragement and help Thursday to lift this shattered country from years of ruinous fighting as he concluded a tour of Africa and turned toward other global problems.In Liberia, the final stop on Bush’s five-country trip, almost...
President Bush said Thursday that the United States is committed to helping restore lives of “hope and peace” to Liberia, a poor African nation that ties its founding and its renewed freedom to America.Bush landed in Monrovia, the capital city named...
Alphonse Maniriho, a 23-year-old unschooled guy from Rwanda has designed a cycle that doubles up as an ultra-customized bike taxi. The young guy has used a watch set in an old shoe polish can to probably indicate the time, and has got the cycle...
The infamous 1994 genocide in Rwanda, where thousands of Tutsis were killed by the notorious Hutu force – the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), one of the most dreaded terrorist outfits in Africa, is far from over as the war is...
Perceived as East Africa’s most prosperous country and a role model for violent African neighbours, Kenya is in a state of shock and fear as ethnic and tribal violence rages throughout the country after last month’s disputed and controversial...
The Rwandan radio, once a medium of killing, has now become a symbol of reconciliation in the ethnically divided African country. The radio broadcasts an immensely popular soap opera by the name of ‘Musekeweya’ or ‘New Dawn’, which reflects on...
After writing numerous articles on Africa’s growing problems and the effects of those seemingly endless conflicts on the civilian population, today I have got a rare pleasant opportunity to share a unique reconciliation fact in the African country of...
Deep ethnic division has been cited as the most prominent cause for Congo’s military an political mess, but there is more to it than just ethnic rivalry. The bleak situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC)is a perfect example of old African ...
Congo’s problems are on the rise and the poor civilian population has no other option but to flee the curse of conflict there. According to UN estimates about 1.2 million people have been displaced by the violence in eastern Congo which seems to be...
The Congolese conflict involving neighboring Rwanda is another illustration of armed African conflict resulting from ethnic hatred and greed. It is surprising that in this era of globalization the continent of Africa is still plagued by human...
Hotel heiress Paris Hilton is having a harder time getting to Rwanda. Socialite Hilton’s much-hyped forthcoming trip to Rwanda has been postponed. Hmm! Now Rwanda will have to wait for Paris’ help!
Hilton was due to make a charity visit to the...
Party bird Paris Hilton is fed-up of being portrayed as a dumb blonde. Now she wants to change her image and this time please take her seriously. And for this, Paris is heading to Rwanda to take her philanthropic efforts to a new level.
Paris is...
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