Paris, France | AFP | When Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga was arrested at his home on the outskirts of Paris in mid-May, it marked an abrupt end to a quarter of a century on the run. Without the coronavirus pandemic, which forced his children out of the shadows to help …
Read More »Lawyers for Rwanda genocide suspect push for French trial
Paris, France | AFP | Lawyers for Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga have called on UN prosecutors to end their international case and allow him to be tried in France where he was arrested. Described as Africa’s most wanted man, Kabuga is accused of financing the 1994 Rwanda genocide and was arrested at his home …
Read More »Rwanda genocide suspect Bizimana dead: UN tribunal
The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | Former Rwandan defence minister Augustin Bizimana, one of the top suspects wanted over the country’s 1994 genocide, has died, the UN tribunal said Friday. He is believed to have died around August 2000, “based on the conclusive identification of Bizimana’s remains in a grave site …
Read More »East African Radio Services (EARS) seeks to crack financial puzzle for local radio stations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For a very long time, financing for local radio stations – especially those outside the capital city – has been a puzzle that many have struggled to crack. Now a new Organisation, the East African Radio Services (EARS), seeks to help these radio stations …
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