Uganda forcibly returned 1 700 Rwandan asylum-seekers and refugees, the United Nations said on Friday.
Anne Marie fled the Rwandan genocide in 1994. But her new life in South African was shattered in the 2008 xenophobia attacks.
President Paul Kagame will face three challengers in Rwanda’s August 9 presidential elections, the electoral commission announced on Wednesday.
Kigali has summoned SA’s ambassador to voice concern over the probe into the shooting last month in Johannesburg of a Rwandan general.
Eight hours west of Lusaka in the rural town of Mongu, Zambia, about 2 500 children come together to watch World Cup soccer on huge screens.
The Rwandan refugee was walking home one night when four men jumped him and put him in a stranglehold. He lay still, pretending to be dead.
As Rwanda’s election approaches, critics fear President Paul Kagame’s government is smashing dissent.
The justice department was investigating whether SA should consider an extradition request for former Rwandan General Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa.
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.
Women occupy some of the most important government ministries and make up 56% of the country’s parliamentarians, including the speaker.
The Rapid SMS scheme is being tested in the Musanze District in Rwanda where 432 health workers have received cellphones.
Two hand grenade attacks in the Rwandan capital Kigali have killed one person and wounded 28 others overnight.
Former Hutu rebel Epiphany Mukamana did a little jig when she told of her pleasure at being able to escape her one-time base in a dense DRC forest.
Rwanda has a plan to prevent any return to the genocide of 1994: connect 100 000 children to the outside world with their own laptops.
Homa Khaleeli writes that 15 years after a bloody genocide, Rwanda is well worth schlepping to.
Nicolas Sarkozy admitted that France made mistakes during the 1994 genocide but stopped short of apologising during his visit to Rwanda on Thursday.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Rwanda on Thursday for a landmark visit aimed at mending ties with Kigali.
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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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/ 30 November 2009
Rwanda wants to "clear up the diplomatic climate which has been poisoned since 1994" with France, the Kigali government said on Monday.
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/ 25 November 2009
Military operations have failed to contain Rwandan-Hutu rebels in the DRC and action is needed to restrict their financing, says a report by the UN.
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/ 19 October 2009
As Rwanda reintegrates into East Africa and more Kenyans are drawn there, Lloyd Igane is amused by the resulting culture clash.
A Rwandan former intelligence officer suspected of playing a key role in the 1994 genocide has been arrested in Kampala, sources said on Tuesday.
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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.
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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.
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/ 3 September 2009
Alfred Mukezamfura was sentenced to life in prison for inciting hatred during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, state radio said on Thursday.
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/ 1 September 2009
A former Rwandan Baptist pastor went on trial in Finland on Tuesday, accused of genocide in the African country’s 1994 massacres.
DRC President Joseph Kabila met his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on Thursday for the first official bilateral talks between the states in 13 years.
Percy Zvomuya interviews the original dub poet — Linton Kwesi Johnson — ahead of his SA tour.
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.
Fifteen years after the Rwandan genocide — in which about 800 000 died — prosecutors say hundreds of suspected perpetrators are still at large.
A report has found that the remains of genocide victims buried in mass graves in Uganda have been exhumed to be used in witchcraft.