The United Nations marked Monday, April 7 as the 31st anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, in which a million men, women, and children from the Tutsi tribe were slaughtered, along with members of the rival Hutu tribe who spoke out against the bloodbath.
Rwanda marked on Friday the 29th anniversary of the 1994 genocide of ethnic Tutsis, a nationwide massacre that lasted 100 days and killed over 1 million people.
The U.N. prepared a troubling report on the insurgency in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this week, warning that the conflict is intensifying and putting more civilians, including children, at risk of abduction, rape, and torture.
A Rwandan court on Monday sentenced Paul Rusesabagina — portrayed in the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda — to 25 years in prison on charges of terrorism.
(AFP) — The French government on Wednesday ordered the opening up of significant state archives concerning the genocide in Rwanda, on the 27th anniversary of the start of the slaughter that still casts a shadow over France.
Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was shot and killed on Monday after armed assailants ambushed his U.N. convoy as he traveled in eastern DRC, the Italian foreign ministry confirmed in a statement.
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Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, head of Rwanda’s intelligence agency, has been arrested in the UK on behalf of Spain for an array of crimes allegedly committed following the end of the 1994 genocide that left 800,000 dead. Rwanda is calling the arrest an “atrocity” and “unacceptable” attempt by Europe to “degrade Africa.”
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