Southern Africa: SADC Troop Withdrawal From DR Congo Long Overdue

Rwanda: Kabuga Arrest Puts UK's Attitude Back in the Spotlight

Andrew Mitchell, a British Conservative Party politician and former secretary of state for international development, is among the voices now again urging legal authorities in his country to act on five genocide perpetrators living in the UK, "not in hiding but in plain

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Rwanda: Report - 25 Community Mediators Convicted for Corruption

A report by the Senatorial Committee on Governance and Political Affairs has revealed that months to the end of their mandate, 25 members of community mediation committees locally known as Abunzi have so far been convicted of corruption related

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Rwanda: Over 10,000 Remains of Genocide Victims Could Not Be Buried Due to COVID-19

The remains of over 10,000 victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi that were exhumed from different parts of the country have not been able to be to be given a decent burial due to

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Tanzania Expects Tourism Boom After Lifting Flight Ban

Dar es Salaam — Tanzania expects tourists from at least four countries to start arriving in the country anytime from this month to July, the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) announced

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Rwandans will want Félicien Kabuga tried at home. Why this won’t happen

In 1997, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda – an international court established by the UN in 1994 to judge people responsible for the genocide – indicted Kabuga for his

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Burundi: Nkurunziza Leaves a Mixed Legacy

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza, who died of a heart attack aged 55 according to an official statement released on Tuesday, has left behind a mixed

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Rwanda: Court to Rule on Genocidaire Kabuga's Extradition on June 3

A French court will rule on genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga's extradition on June 3 after his bail request was denied on May

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Kabuga to be tried in Arusha, judge rules

The alleged financier of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, arrested this month in France after 25 years on the run, will be transferred to the war crimes tribunal in Arusha, Tanzania, once conditions allow it, a judge in The Hague has

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Rwanda: Youtuber Detained Over Fraud, Impersonation

Dieudonné Niyonsenga, the owner of popular YouTube channel Ishema TV was on Thursday denied bail by the Kagarama court in Kigali and remanded to 30-day

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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: Kabuga's Arrest Highlights Improved France-Rwanda Relations

The arrest of the most wanted genocide suspect of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Félicien Kabuga, 84, in a Paris apartment last week, highlights renewed French commitment to improve relations with Rwanda, long injured by allegations against each other on the

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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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Concerns over cargo at Dar, Kenya ports

Rwandan importers are pushing for talks to resolve a longstanding problem of cargo that has overstayed at Tanzanian and Kenyan ports, and now face imminent auction to clear charges and penalties accrued due to delays attributed to the

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Thomas-Greenfield, Linda (1952- )

Born in Baker, Louisiana circa 1952, Linda Thomas-Greenfield graduated from a segregated high school in 1970. The first in her family to graduate from high school, Thomas-Greenfield saw the local Peace Corps training center, which trained volunteers for work in Somalia and Swaziland, as influencing

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Rwanda: Sibomana Set to Join SC Kiyovu on Two-Year Deal

Former league champions SC Kiyovu are targeting Patrick 'Pappy' Sibomana and he could 'soon sign' a two-year contract until July 2022, Times Sport has

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Rwanda: From Hawking Clothes to Owning a Boutique - Entrepreneur's Journey

As a young boy, Clement Gutunga always knew he would one day become a business person, just like his

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Rwanda: COVID-19 - How Recovery Funding Will Be Disbursed

According to a letter by the Central Bank to all the 16 local banks as well as Limited Liability Micro-finance institutions, the fund will be disbursed through local financial

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Rwanda: Belgian Court Upholds Sentence for Genocide Convict Neretse

A Belgium court has upheld the 25-year sentence handed to Genocide convict Fabien

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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Concerns Raised Over Inconsistent Water Supply

By 7am on Tuesday morning, youth volunteer Onesphore Nzayisenga was already working at Nyabugogo Taxi

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Rwanda: Kabuga Arrest Reignites Calls for UK to Rein in Genocidaires

Andrew Mitchell, a British Conservative Party politician and former secretary of state for international development, is among the voices now again urging legal authorities in his country to act on five genocide perpetrators living in the UK, "not in hiding but in plain

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Bring Kabuga home to face trial, say survivors

Masengo sentiments represent those of survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, through the Umbrella lobby Ibuka, who want France and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), to extradite Felicien Kabuga to

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NDERITU: One Burundian lesson for East Africans in enduring

In September last year, Doudou Diene, chairman of the commission of inquiry set up by the UN on Burundi, said the country was primed for

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Rwanda: UN Prosecutor - Intensify Efforts to Locate Genocide Fugitives

The Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) Serge Brammertz has called for an intensification of efforts in locating and arresting fugitives wanted for their participation in the 1994 Genocide against the

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Covid-19 shock dims earnings prospects for EA banks

East Africa’s listed banks have reported either flat or reduced profit for the first three months ended March 31, setting the pace for a year of subdued performance as the Covid-19 pandemic stifles economic

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Africa: COVID-19 in Africa - As Cases Rise Along With Economic Hardship, Countries Grapple With Safely Easing Lockdowns

Some four months after the first COVID-19 case in Africa was reported in Egypt, countries on the continent are beginning to ease public health and social measures, such as lockdowns and curfews, imposed to curb the spread of the

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Rwandan Genocide (1994)

Beginning on April 7, 1994 and lasting until mid-July of the same year, the Rwandan Genocide was the government-mandated killing of Tutsis and Hutu political moderates. Having commenced in the capital city of Kigali, the violence spread rapidly throughout the Rwandan countryside where, in less

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Rwanda: After Kabuga's Arrest in Paris, How Many Rwanda Genocide Suspects Remain?

The arrest of Félicien Kabuga, one of the alleged financiers of the Rwandan genocide, has been welcomed by victims and survivors organisations that have pushed for justice for the 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus who were killed in

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Kenya coronavirus: 3,860 cases; corruption probe on donations, funds

Total confirmed cases = 3,860

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Rwanda: Central Bank Reinstates Mobile Money Charges

After three months of free mobile money transactions, charges will be reinstated on Monday 22nd June according to an announcement by the Central

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Rwanda: Drought-Hit Farmers to Get Solar-Powered Irrigation

Farmers who were counting losses due to dry spells for years could start harvesting vegetables- pepper, eggplants and French beans- thanks to a multi-million solar-powered irrigation along Lake Cyohoha in Bugesera

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