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 ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame attends a commemoration ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Kigali, Rwanda, on April 7, 2024. Something is happening in Rwanda right now that is ...

April 7 marks thirty years since the Rwandan genocide, in which a radical faction from the majority Hutu ethnic group launched a campaign to eradicate the ethnic Tutsi minority and other opponents, ...

(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 ...

When I joined the United Nations-backed International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda as a judicial legal advisor in 2007, I was filled with hope for justice and a safer future. We aimed to hold ...

THE RESIDENTS of Goma are no strangers to war. The largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has long been a refuge for those fleeing from violence elsewhere in one of the ...

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 ...

KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwandan President Paul Kagame blamed the inaction of the international community for allowing the 1994 genocide to happen as Rwandans on Sunday commemorated 30 years since more than ...

NYAMATA, Rwanda — Rachel Mukantabana was a teenager when the devastating genocide in Rwanda unfolded. "I was 15 years old and I knew exactly what was happening," she told NPR. "Even a five-year-old ...

In contemporary international relations, sanctions are often presented as principled tools of diplomacy: measures designed to defend human rights, preserve peace, or punish states accused of ...