Now that Rwanda’s Gacaca courts has completed their mandate, the fear that has so far kept the peace must give way to trust, writes Jan Hofmeyr.
A new book remembers 15 horrendous events that have been conveniently swept under the carpet.
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/ 10 February 2012
If you do not understand the politics, you do not understand the basics of the concept.
The ICC says it is reporting Malawi to the UN Security Council for refusing to arrest Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir, wanted by the court for genocide.
Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic, on trial before an UN court for genocide has been hospitalised with pneumonia.
Wartime Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic on Friday denounced genocide and war-crimes charges against him as "obnoxious".
Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic has been placed in custody in The Hague to await trial for war crimes after almost 16 years on the run.
Serbian judges on Tuesday rejected an appeal by genocide accused Ratko Mladic against his transfer to a United Nations court.
Serbian authorities on Tuesday prepared to rule on genocide accused Ratko Mladic’s appeal against a transfer to a United Nations war-crimes court.
Bosnian Serb war-crimes suspect Ratko Mladic was to appeal against his transfer to a United Nations court on Monday.
Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic will face trial on genocide charges in The Hague following his arrest in Serbia after 15 years on the run.
Serbia announced the arrest of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic on Thursday, ending a 16-year manhunt for the man accused of genocide.
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/ 9 September 2010
The UN urged Rwanda on Wednesday not to end its peacekeeping operations in Sudan as it sought to defuse rising tensions over a leaked UN report.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Rwanda in the midst of a major dispute over a leaked UN report on war crimes allegedly committed by Rwanda.
The UN has accused Rwanda of wholesale war crimes, including possibly genocide, during years of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rwanda says it is ready to withdraw its UN peacekeepers from Sudan if the UN publishes a report accusing its army of possible genocide in the 1990s.
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International asked Rwanda on Tuesday to review its laws on "genocide ideology".
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir arrived in Chad on Wednesday, his first visit to a full member state of the ICC, which wants his arrest for genocide.
Radovan Karadzic took the stand at his war-crimes trial on Monday to reject responsibility for some of Europe’s worst atrocities since World War II.
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/ 14 December 2009
A former journalist was sentenced to life in prison for her role in inciting genocide in Rwanda, local groups said on Monday.
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/ 24 November 2009
Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota has described calls for former president Thabo Mbeki to be charged with genocide as irresponsible.
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/ 2 November 2009
Radovan Karadzic sanctioned the shelling of Sarajevo civilians and the massacre of Srebrenica’s Muslims, a court was told on Monday.
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/ 30 September 2009
An ex-Rwandan minister charged with genocide held meetings ”to spread the gospel of genocide” ahead of a massacre in 1994, a court heard on Wednesday.
A UN court trying masterminds of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide on Monday gave a 30-year jail sentence to a former interior minister.
A Rwandan man living in the US was arrested on Thursday in connection with the 1994 genocide in his home country, the US Department of Justice said.
Mass murder is now being described as ‘a preservation of national sovereignty’.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged Sudan not to expel foreign aid agencies after an arrest warrant was issued for President Omar al-Bashir.
Sudan vowed on Wednesday not to work with the International Criminal Court in protest against the arrest warrant facing President Omar al-Bashir.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir told the ICC on Tuesday to ”eat” the arrest warrant it is expected to issue against him.
President Omar al-Bashir is seeking to rally the Sudanese people behind him ahead of a decision by the ICC on whether to seek his arrest.
The ICC will announce on Wednesday whether it will issue a warrant for the arrest of Sudan President Omar al-Bashir for alleged war crimes in Darfur.
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/ 20 February 2009
South Africa is trying to persuade the ICC to delay its indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on genocide charges.