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Rwandan Genocide suspect Vincent Murekezi arrested in Malawi

December 9, 2016 Global Authorhutu, Paul Kagame, Rwanda National Prosecution, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsis, Vincent Murekezi

BLANTYRE(AGV): Malawi police have arrested Rwandan businessman Vincent Murekezi who is accused of participating in the 1994 genocide in his home country. According to impeccable sources, Murekezi was arrested Thursday morning. Read More

Fragile Burundi Casts a Wary Eye on Rwanda

August 4, 2015 Global AuthorBurundi, democracy, FDLR, Flip Reyntjens, Genocide, hutu, Kagame, Rwanda, Tutsi, war

A rally for President Pierre Nkurunziza in Cibitoke, Burundi, near the border with Rwanda. Mr. Nkurunziza’s aides accuse Rwanda of tacitly aiding his enemies.CreditTyler Hicks/The New York Times KIGALI, Rwanda — Burundi and Rwanda can seem deceptively like conjoined twins. They share a common history, geography and language, and their populations are divided ethnically between Hutu and Tutsi. Both were devastated by some… Read More

Rwanda reacts to UK arrest of top spy chief Karake: “lunacy”

June 23, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergGenocide, hutu, Rwanda, Spanish warrants, spy chief, Tutsi, UK

File photo (2001) of Col Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, in Pweto, Rwanda with UK Col British Army Colonel Simon Caraffi (r) AFP PHOTO/MONUC By Laura Angela Bagnetto Rwanda’s foreign minister reacted swiftly on social media on Tuesday, saying the arrest of the director general of Rwanda’s National Intelligence and Security service was “lunacy”. Rwanda: Arrest of Emmanuel Karenzi Karake … Read More

Rwanda: The Victims Who Weren’t Commemorated

May 13, 2014 Global Author1994, 20th anniversary, Commemoration, Genocide, hutu, Kagame, murder, Rwanda, Victims

By Andy Piascik. A solemn ceremony was held in Rwanda last month to mark the 20thanniversary of the mass killings in that country in 1994. Corporate media from the United States and the rest of the world covered the event in some depth, underscoring the horrible deaths of hundreds of thousands killed by the state and Hutu civilians. Dignitaries and… Read More

Rwandan Genocide: Not the first nor last in Africa

April 9, 2014 Global AuthorAfrican Union, Belgium, Bill Clinton, German, hutu, Malawi, Rwanda, Tutsi, US

Exactly 20 years ago today, things had fallen apart in Rwanda, for the next 100 days after 7 April, 300 people, mostly Tutsi’s, died per hour. The final tally: about a million dead, rape ruled so did the Machetes. To sum it quickly, The Hutus came to Rwanda before the Tutsis, The Hutus are darker and shorter while the Tutsis are taller... Read More

20 years on, France confronts Rwandan genocide

February 5, 2014 Global AuthorCaptain Pascal Simbikangwa, France, French Trial, hutu, kigali, Paul Kagame, Rwanda Genocide, Tutsi

The first French trial of a Rwandan accused of involvement in the genocide of 1994 opened in Paris on Tuesday. The Rwandan justice minister called it a “positive sign”, while the plaintiffs hailed it as a “historic” event. He appeared in the court room in his wheelchair. 54-year-old Pascal Simbikangwa (pictured, above), a paraplegic since 1986, is charged with complicity... Read More

Kagame’s Mass Atrocities in Rwanda and the Congo

January 9, 2014 Global AuthorBurundi, congo, hutu, ICC, Michael Hourigan, Paul Kagame, Robert Gersony, Rwanda

On 17th August 2012 counsel for several Rwandan and Congolese (DRC) political and civil organizations, delivered a complaint to the Prosecutor of the ICC concerning crimes allegedly committed by the current President of Rwanda Paul Kagame which are within the jurisdiction of the ICC. (3) The complaint filed included UN reports dating back to 1994 concerning Kagame’s mass atrocities in... Read More

“We sacrifice more than people realize for this cause”

December 2, 2013March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergBurundi, Gerald Gahima, hutu, RNC, RPF, Rwanda, Tutsi

A conversation with Dr. Gerald Gahima By Jennifer Fierberg Recently at a conference sponsored by the Royal African Society in London and organized by Dr. Phil Clark, Professor at London University, numerous academics presented research works on a variety of topics regarding the state of Rwanda under twenty years of post-conflict governance under the Rwandan Patriotic Front since the 1994… Read More

When two Presidents are murdered and the UN remains silent

April 6, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg1994 Genocide, Cyprian Ntaryamira, hutu, Juvenal Habyarimana, Paul Kagame, Tutsi, UN

By: Jennifer Fierberg Nineteen years ago today the Falcon 50 Jet carrying two heads of state in Central Africa was shot down by a surface to air missile. Presidents Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda and Cyprian Ntaryamira of Burundi were both killed along with their aides and the French crew members. Theories and testimonies of how and why this happened have… Read More

RPP: THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE 18TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE

April 6, 2012 Global Author1994, Genocide, hutu, john karuranga, Rememberance, Rwanda peoples party, Tutsi

Gothenburg, Sweden, 2012/04/07 Our ref: RPP/01/18ARG/R01/2105/JVK/07A12-GS Fellow Rwandan and friends of Rwanda today is 18 years since the 1994 genocide that visited our country and people. This is not a week for a political statement but for the Rwandan people to display unreservedly their unified strong stand in denouncing the grim horror of the 90 days of relentless and… Read More

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