The family who sheltered me was, by any measure, participating in genocide: they were killing Tutsi every day. They were also, in their own logic, maintaining a family, going to work, returning home, sitting down to eat. These things coexisted
In the ruins of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, Nelson Gashagaza survived by becoming someone else’s child. In this two-part series as Rwanda commemorates Kwibuka32, he tells a personal story on a performed kinship, ordinary horror and the meaning of belonging
And yet, too often we are confronted with the shameful reality that the world has not learned the lessons of the 1994 Rwanda genocide.
In the 25 years since the genocide, the world has witnessed countless crimes fuelled by the same politics of demonisation and tactics of exclusion
Although many years have passed, the Rwandan genocide still has much to teach us about the centrality of media in cases of state violence
Theodore Tabaro, 49, was sentenced by the Stockholm district court for ‘genocide’ after he was convicted of murder, attempted murder, and kidnappings
Recent examples from Africa alone show that the country is entering extremely dangerous territory
Our readers write in about Doron Isaacs and Paul Kagame
Interethnic tensions in the region surge in the wake of massacres that have killed hundreds of civilians
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/ 18 December 2010
Prosecutors said two senior Rwandan Hutu rebel leaders have been indicted for allegedly masterminding from Germany atrocities in the DRC.
Several dozen civilians were killed last weekend in eastern DRC during attacks blamed on Rwandan Hutu rebels.
The UN peacekeeping force in the DRC on Wednesday dismissed media reports it was working with a former rebel leader facing war crimes charges.
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/ 11 February 2009
Rwandan government radio reported on Wednesday that Rwandan and Congolese troops have destroyed the main bases of Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern DRC.
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/ 21 January 2009
More than 1 500 Rwandan troops have crossed into eastern DRC, joining Congolese forces in an effort to oust the Hutu rebels.
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/ 9 December 2008
Hutu rebels operating in the eastern DRC warned on Monday that any attempt to disarm their forces could spark a ”long and dreadful war”.
Rwanda formally accused senior French officials on Tuesday of involvement in its 1994 genocide and called for them to be put on trial.
Kenya has rebuked the UN tribunal for Rwanda over its claims that Nairobi is sluggish in detaining Rwandan genocide fugitive Felicien Kabuga.