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 United States is "concerned" about human rights violations that occurred before recent presidential elections in Rwanda.
Rwanda President Paul Kagame secured another seven-year term on Wednesday after being declared landslide winner of the country’s election.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame celebrated an election victory by dancing with thousands of supporters into the pre-dawn hours on Tuesday.
Rwandan leader Paul Kagame was set for a second seven-year term in office after provisional results on Tuesday showed he had won 93% of the vote.
Rwandans elect a new president on Monday with incumbent Paul Kagame set for a landslide win in the country’s second poll since the 1994 genocide.
The Rwandan Patriotic Front has won much credit for rebuilding the country after the 1994 genocide, but political violence and suppression continue.
Rwanda’s regulatory body has suspended about 30 media organisations, Reporters sans Frontières reported on Tuesday.
With the opposition frequently harassed and the press stifled, hopes of a free election are fading.
Rwanda’s foreign minister on Monday vehemently denied the government was involved in three recent high-profile attacks on opponents.
Average Rwandans suffer as government cracks down on political opposition and journalists, writes <b>Susan Thomson</b>.
President Paul Kagame will face three challengers in Rwanda’s August 9 presidential elections, the electoral commission announced on Wednesday.
As Rwanda’s election approaches, critics fear President Paul Kagame’s government is smashing dissent.
Police are investigating a case of attempted murder in the shooting of an exiled Rwandan general who is accused of terrorism in his homeland.
With an election looming, an opposition leader detained and newspapers closed, Paul Kagame defends accusations against of suppressing dissent.
Nicolas Sarkozy admitted that France made mistakes during the 1994 genocide but stopped short of apologising during his visit to Rwanda on Thursday.
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/ 28 September 2009
Attackers threw a grenade into a market in a small town in Rwanda, killing four people and wounding 47 others, Rwandan police said on Monday.
DRC President Joseph Kabila met his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on Thursday for the first official bilateral talks between the states in 13 years.
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/ 20 November 2008
A top official has been transferred to France in connection with the death of Rwanda’s former president
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/ 15 November 2008
Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame, has accused the United Nations of betraying a pledge to combat Hutu extremists in eastern Congo and then blaming his country for the failure of a costly peacekeeping mission to end years of conflict. In an interview with the Guardian, Kagame dismissed accusations that Rwanda is backing the Tutsi rebel leader, […]
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/ 12 November 2008
Rwanda asked the German ambassador to leave Kigali on Tuesday in a growing row over Germany’s arrest of a senior aide to President Paul Kagame.
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/ 2 November 2008
AU chairperson Jakaya Kikwete on Sunday said he was involved in intensive diplomatic efforts ahead of a summit next week on the situation in the DRC.
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/ 2 November 2008
Thousands of civilians displaced by conflict languished on the roads of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Sunday.
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/ 30 September 2008
Last week world leaders gathered at the UN to assess midway progress towards achieving targets known as the Millennium Development Goals.
We trust them, because in our schoolbooks, in our newspapers, in all media, more space is dedicated to their ideas and lives than to anything else.
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/ 15 September 2008
Rwanda held an election on Monday but with hardly any opposition candidates standing, President Paul Kagame is expected to tighten his grip.
Zimbabwe’s neighbours closed ranks against Robert Mugabe on Thursday as violence against opposition supporters intensified and spread to new areas.
African National Congress president Jacob Zuma and Britain made a united call on Wednesday for an end to the election stalemate in Zimbabwe, stepping up pressure on President Robert Mugabe to release results. Zuma, who has become the most outspoken African leader on Zimbabwe, held talks in London with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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/ 19 February 2008
After seeing graphic reminders of the Rwandan genocide, United States President George Bush on Tuesday called for increased international efforts to help Darfur. Bush visited a memorial to the 1994 genocide, in which 800 000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were murdered by Hutu extremists.
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/ 16 February 2008
President George Bush set off on Friday on a five-nation tour of Africa, touting American compassion for the poor on a continent where he already basks in high approval ratings. Bush aims to use the week-long Africa voyage, likely his last as US president, to bolster his legacy and highlight efforts to resolve regional disputes.
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/ 29 January 2008
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon kicked off a landmark trip to Rwanda on Tuesday with a visit to the genocide memorial, amid simmering resentment over the world body’s failure to prevent the 1994 massacres. Ban paid homage to the victims of the massacres, which left about 800 000 people dead, mainly from the Tutsi minority of President Paul Kagame.
French police have arrested a former officer in the Rwandan army, Marcel Bivugabagabo, accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide, an association of legal plaintiffs said on Wednesday. Bivugabagabo (53) is on the list of war criminals wanted for trial by the Rwandan government.