Jonathan M. Hansen is a Harvard historian, currently at work on a new book titled “Mission Impossible: Paul Kagame and the Rise of Post-Genocide Rwanda.” Something is happening in Rwanda right now ...

In 1994, Rwanda was the site of one of the most devastating genocides in history. Over the course of just 100 days, nearly 1 million mostly ethnic Tutsi, were slaughtered by Hutu militias in a ...

Rwanda is holding observances to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the genocide in that East African nation that took one million lives. Rwanda has won praise for rebuilding efforts, but democratic ...

A complaint has been filed against the Banque de France, the country’s central bank, for having authorised wire transfers ...

(Nairobi) – Human Rights Watch announced today that it is releasing a series of archives highlighting the extraordinary efforts of human rights defenders in Rwanda and abroad, to warn about the ...

FILE – A boy who survived a massacre in the village of Karubamba in April and whose leg was wounded by a machete, rests on his crutches at a hospital near Gahini, in Rwanda, May 13, 1994. The ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame, background left and his wife, first lady Jeannette Kagame prepare to lay a wreath, during a ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, held at the ...

Bank accused of authorizing financial transfers that may have been used to purchase military equipment leading up to 1994 ...

April 7 marks the U.N. International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. It was established to remember members of the Tutsi community, an African ethnic group, who ...

The violence broke out after a plane carrying then-Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana was downed by two surface-to-air missiles over Kigali at night, killing the president, his Burundian ...

More than 800,000 people were murdered when violence erupted. ROME -- Remembrance ceremonies began around the world this week to mark the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. For nearly 100 days ...

Faustin Nsabumukunzi lived quietly in New York. In his home country, prosecutors say, he helped author one of the 20th century’s bloodiest episodes. By Santul Nerkar As vast swaths of Congolese ...