Rwanda: Kabuga to Appear in Court on June 1

Africa: 'Africa is plagued with tribalism': U.S-based Sierra Leonean lawyer, Sorie Tarawally, writes

That meant, as a Mende-speaking Southeasterner from Bonthe District, I was serving at one of the highest position in the Northern Province/Temne-speaking dominated APC government, and I dared to be criticising the APC government's use of its apparent principal political

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'French allowed Rwanda genocide perpetrators to flee'-Report | Africanews

The telegram reveals the French army deployed under the UN peacekeeping mission, established a safe humanitarian zone, believed to caution and shield forces behind the planned killing.

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Rwanda: Remains of 900 Genocide Victims Recovered at Kabgayi Hospital

[New Times] By Friday last week remains of 906 Genocide victims had been discovered where the maternity ward is set to be constructed at Kabgayi Hospital in Muhanga District, Naphtal Ahishakiye the Executive Secretary of Ibuka, the umbrella body for associations of Genocide survivors told The New

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Rwanda: Genocide Architect Félicien Kabuga Arrested in France

Félicien Kabuga, one of the leading architects of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda has been arrested, the International Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) said on Saturday, May

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Malawi: Chakwera Reaches Out to Kagame As Kenya's Uhuru Pledges to Help Malawi President

[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera has disclosed that he has spoken to Rwanda President Paul Kagame and hopes to tap from his strategies to rebuild the nation and give it economic transformation.

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Rwanda court sentences ex-mayor to life for role in genocide

Rwanda's High Court on Thursday sentenced a former mayor to life in prison for his role in the country's 1994 genocide, which included leading attacks that resulted in the deaths of around 25 000 ethnic Tutsis in his

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Rwanda's Most-Wanted Genocide Suspect Felicien Kabuga Arrested in France

He was wanted for alleged crimes during the Rwandan

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Davion Pilgrim says There is Still Time for Unity; 16-year Old Talks About the Power of Peace in Protest

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Hotel Rwanda hero charged

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - A Rwandan court yesterday charged Paul Rusesabagina, whose story inspired the film Hotel Rwanda, with terrorism, complicity in murder, and forming an armed rebel group.Rusesabagina declined to respond to all 13 charges, saying some did not qualify as criminal offences and

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Rwanda: French Journalist 'Discovers' Three Top Genocide Suspects Living Scot-Free in France

[New Times] Three suspects under the 'first category' of perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi live in France, unhindered, according to an expose by French online publication, Médiapart.

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Felicien Kabuga's lawyers fight extradition

The court on Thursday May 21, decided to delay until next week the hearing on whether to hand Kabuga to the UN’s International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals based at The

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Rwanda

In response, the Tutsi rebel force, the Rwandan Patriotic Front, swept across the country in a 14-week civil war, routing the largely Hutu government. Despite horrific reports of genocide, no country came to the Tutsis assistance. The UN, already stationed in Rwanda at the time of the

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Rwanda: UN Prosecutor Says Telephone, Financial Data Led to Kabuga Arrest

Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (RMICT), has said his team of investigators in collaboration with other organs relied on telephone and financial data, among others, to eventually arrest Félicien Kabuga this past

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Tanzania: Arusha It Is for Kabuga, Judge Rules

Aruling that the trial of Félicien Kabuga, the alleged top financier of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, will be held at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) in Arusha, Tanzania, has broken the hearts of survivors who wanted him tried in Rwanda where he is said to

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Africa Day and Its Discontent

Founded in 1963, the aim of the Organization of Africa Unity, the precursor of Africa Union (AU) was to safeguard the interests and independence of all African states, encourage the continent's development, and settle disputes among member

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Rwanda: Who Concealed the Information on Genocide Victims at Kabgayi?

[New Times] As construction workers landscaped the field where the maternity ward at Kabgayi Hospital in Muhanga District, they discovered remains of victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi.

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Tunisia: Sidi Bouzid-Accident - Eight Injured Discharged From Hospital

AllAfrica publishes around 800 reports a day from more than 140 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every

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Rwanda: Fresh Details Emerge on How France Helped Genocide Masterminds Escape

[New Times] A French newspaper has seen a document that reveals how, during the Genocide against the Tutsi, 27 years ago, instead of arresting ring leaders of the mass murders, French troops helped them flee.

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Rwanda: Rusesabagina Was Not Kidnapped - Kagame

[New Times] President Paul Kagame has refuted claims that Paul Rusesabagina, the alleged founder of an outfit linked to terror attacks that killed Rwandans, was "kidnapped" as different international media organisations have been claiming.

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Rwanda: Ladislas Ntaganzwa Gets Life Sentence for Genocide Crimes

The High Court Chamber for International Crimes in Nyanza on Thursday, May 28, 2020, sentenced Ladislas Ntaganzwa to life in prison for Genocide crimes he committed during the 1994 genocide against the

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Headline-Making Missteps Put Focus on Newsroom Diversity

Nobody anticipated it would lead to a staff revolt and become a national story, part of an extraordinary week where the news media’s sluggishness in building diverse newsrooms became part of the national

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Rwanda police arrest YouTuber for alleged genocide denial | News24

Rwandan authorities on Monday said they had arrested a highly critical YouTuber on charges of denying the 1994 genocide, which could land him in jail for over a decade if he is found guilty.

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Overview of Belgian African Colonies

Belgium is a small country in northwest Europe that joined Europes race for colonies in the late 19th century. Many European countries wanted to colonize distant parts of the world in order to exploit the resources and civilize the inhabitants of these less-developed countries. Belgium gained

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Rwanda: What's at Stake in the Kabuga Trial

[JusticeInfo.net] What are the consequences of the arrest last May in France of Félicien Kabuga, considered to be one of the main perpetrators of the 1994 Rwandan genocide? French sociologist André Guichaoua, a former expert witness for the prosecution at the International Criminal Tribunal for

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Rwanda: Goodbye to 'Old Order' - of Kabuga and the Friends Who Loved Him

Rwandan fugitive Felicien Kabuga, one of the masterminds of the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, appeared in a Paris court on Wednesday, and denied he killed

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Reggie Bush

Name at birth: Reginald Alfred Bush II

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Rwanda: President Macron to Name Envoy to Rwanda "Next Week"

[New Times] French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to name an ambassador to Rwanda on his visit next week.

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Rwanda: Kagame Meets Duclert Commission Members, Ex-French Military Officers

[New Times] President Paul Kagame on Tuesday met members of the Duclert Commission together with retired French military officers who served in Rwanda between 1990 and 1994, as the parties sought to address historically damaged relations between the two countries.

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The Best and Worst of African Conflict War Movies

The many conflicts, war, and rebellions that have occurred in Africa are sort of forgotten by most of the world. Everyone knows Vietnam and World War II, but ask about a war that occurred in Africa and most people might simply be able to name the Sudan, without really knowing what the war was

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