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latest news & developmentsBecoming umwana – a son: Part 2
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…
Becoming Umwana – a son
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…
World has failed to learn from Rwanda’s genocide
And yet, too often we are confronted with the shameful reality that the world has not learned the lessons of the 1994 Rwanda genocide.
Rwanda: 25 years after genocide, politics of demonisation as dangerous as ever
In the 25 years since the genocide, the world has witnessed countless crimes fuelled by the same politics of demonisation and tactics of exclusion
Debating media’s role in driving Rwanda’s genocide
Although many years have passed, the Rwandan genocide still has much to teach us about the centrality of media in cases of state violence
Swede jailed for life over Rwanda genocide
Theodore Tabaro, 49, was sentenced by the Stockholm district court for ‘genocide’ after he was convicted of murder, attempted murder, and kidnappings
Counter rise of violent rhetoric in SA
Recent examples from Africa alone show that the country is entering extremely dangerous territory
Letters to the Editor: May 25 to 31
Our readers write in about Doron Isaacs and Paul Kagame
Crowd lynches and burns two Hutu women ‘militants’ in east of DR Congo
Interethnic tensions in the region surge in the wake of massacres that have killed hundreds of civilians
Rwandan Hutu rebel leaders indicted in Germany
Prosecutors said two senior Rwandan Hutu rebel leaders have been indicted for allegedly masterminding from Germany atrocities in the DRC.
Dozens of civilians killed in DRC rebel attacks
Several dozen civilians were killed last weekend in eastern DRC during attacks blamed on Rwandan Hutu rebels.
UN denies working with alleged DRC war criminal
The UN peacekeeping force in the DRC on Wednesday dismissed media reports it was working with a former rebel leader facing war crimes charges.
Joint operation destroys Hutu rebel bases
Rwandan government radio reported on Wednesday that Rwandan and Congolese troops have destroyed the main bases of Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern DRC.
Rwandan troops enter DRC to battle Hutu militia
More than 1 500 Rwandan troops have crossed into eastern DRC, joining Congolese forces in an effort to oust the Hutu rebels.
DRC Hutu rebels warn against use of force
Hutu rebels operating in the eastern DRC warned on Monday that any attempt to disarm their forces could spark a ”long and dreadful war”.