Coming Home: Rwanda’s Child Soldiers in DR Congo
By Geoffrey Mutagoma,
KIGALI - Ten years after the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, a generation of children continue to fight ideological wars against Rwanda from the Eastern parts of the Democratic Republic...
Revising History for Political Gains: Genocide Denial in London
As millions across the world and Rwanda itself were busy organising this year’s commemoration of Genocide against the Tutsi, for the twenty-third year, #Kwibuka23, a small group of people in London,...
Truth and Reconciliation: The Way Forward for Rwanda?
By Geoffrey Mutagoma,
KIGALI - On the eve of the year 2003 Rwandan president Paul Kagame issued a presidential decree which would see 18,000 prisoners released from Rwandan jails a month later.
The...
Ex-Rwandan Army Officer Arrested in Belgium
ARUSHA 15 May 2002 (Internews) The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has confirmed that a former colonel in the Rwanda Armed Forces, Leonidas Rusatira, was arrested today in Belgium.
Rusatira, 58,...
From Warriors to Peace Makers: The Women of ‘NDABAGA’
During the civil war in Rwanda in 1994, military units on both sides of the conflict included women among their ranks. The number of women in combat was 339. They had...
President Kagame Visits Flood Stricken Areas
President Kagame Assures Support to Disaster-Affected Residents in Rubavu District
In a compassionate gesture, President Paul Kagame visited the residents affected by a recent disaster on Friday, May 12th, and pledged unwavering...
Entrepreneurs Holdup District Development
Mayors have revealed that entrepreneurs play a big role delaying implementation of the performance contracts districts pledge when they delay to implement tenders they win.
During a provincial meeting with partners on...
A Year After the Release of Prisoners: HOW PEOPLE VIEW GACACA
KIGALI - In May 2003 thousands of prisoners who had confessed to genocide were released and returned home. A year since their release some have begun to take an active role...
Micomyiza Jean Paul Genocide Trail To Begin in June 2023
Mr. Micomyiza Jean Paul who had been sentenced in 2008 and 2009 to life imprisonment for the crimes of genocide has been pardoned after the special chamber for international crimes in...
Muhanga: Genocide Survivors Ask for Aid
Genocide survivors request their supporters to help them with something to do and save for the future instead of being given food that does not last.
The 1994 genocide against Tutsi survivors...
