Bangui, Central African Republic | AFP | A damning United Nations report on Tuesday alleged horrific crimes in the Central African Republic including rape, murder, torture, kidnapping and the use of child soldiers, which could amount to war crimes and even genocide. The UN said “appalling” crimes over 12 years …
Read More »Rwanda Ambassador in Uganda tells youth to reject divisive ideologies
Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Uganda Maj.Gen (rtd) Frank Mugambage has rallied young people to be wary of divisive ideologies like genocide, warning that it’s such that led to the destruction of Rwanda in 1994. He made the remarks while speaking to over 100 young people from Uganda and Rwanda that …
Read More »Finally, Rwanda gets the apology it is owed
The church had refused to acknowledge, let alone apologise for, its notorious role in setting the stage for, enabling and ultimately participating in the genocide By Gerald Caplan April 7 marked the 23rd anniversary of the genocide of Rwanda’s Tutsi by the country’s Hutu majority, and the Roman Catholic Church …
Read More »Rwanda can’t be shaken
Kagame targets those working against nation in Kwibuka speech President Kagame has said that those struggling with understanding their responsibility and creating problems for Rwandans will not stop the country from progressing. Speaking on April 07 during events to mark the beginning of the mourning week, President Paul Kagame said …
Read More »Rwandan court hands ex-Hutu militia leader life sentence
Kigali, Rwanda | AFP | Former Hutu militia leader Bernard Munyagishari was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Kigali Thursday for his role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide. The high court of Kigali judged Munyagishari guilty of “crimes of murder and genocide” but acquitted him of rape. He …
Read More »Kigali Genocide Memorial reflects the mood of the times
The traffic to Kigali Genocide Memorial in Gizozi is now considerably big, considering the fact that this is a time several family members and friends visit the memorial site to lay wreaths of flowers on the graves, and pray for loved ones who lost their lives during the genocide. The …
Read More »UK says South Sudan violence amounts to ‘genocide’
Entebbe, Uganda | AFP | Targeted killings of specific ethnic groups in South Sudan’s civil war amount to “genocide”, according to Britain’s International Development Minister Priti Patel. “It’s tribal, it’s absolutely tribal, so on that basis it’s genocide,” Patel told reporters in Uganda this week, according to a ministry press officer …
Read More »Rwanda makes history
Kagame becomes first African leader to address powerful Israel lobby group President Paul Kagame hailed Rwanda-Israel friendship in an address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference. He was the first African head of state ever to address the pro-Israel forum that brings together thousands of activists, …
Read More »Pope meets Kagame, Church sorry about Rwanda genocide
Pope begs God’s forgiveness for Church sins in Rwanda genocide Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | Pope Francis on Monday begged for God’s forgiveness for “the sins and failings of the Church and its members” implicated in the 1994 Rwanda genocide that killed around 800,000 people. The pontiff “conveyed …
Read More »UPDATE: Namibia demands $30 bln for colonial era German genocide
Windhoek, Namibia | AFP | Namibia is to launch a 30-billion-dollar (28-billion-euro) lawsuit against Germany over genocide committed during colonial rule, when tens of thousands of people were killed, according to documents seen by AFP on Friday. The Namibian government has previously avoided demanding financial compensation, but it changed its stance …
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