Rwandan singer Simon Bikindi gets 15 years for role in genocide

The genocide in Rwanda and the death of President Juvenal Habyarimana have received more media coverage recently. This time, a UN court has sentenced Rwandan singer Simon Bikindi for inciting with his lyrics the...

Angola says it will send troops to Congo

As the international community has not reacted quick enough to prevent a humanitarian crisis, another move has taken place. Angola has announced it would be sending troops to Congo. Such intervention has...

UN: Congolese troops raped, pillaged villages (Updated)

" UPDATES: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made a fresh plea for 3,000 more peacekeepers to be sent to the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In New York, Mr Ban also called for a ceasefire so aid...

Rwanda 'expels German ambassador'

Expressing its anger over the detention of its Chief of Protocol, Rwanda´s government decided to expel the German Ambassador. It also claimed that the arrest was a violation of its sovereignty. " Rwanda will...

Germany: Rwanda Chief of Protocol arrested for death of Habyarimana (UPDATED)

"  Updates: Rwanda has protested to Germany over the arrest of a high level official in connection with the death of a former president that triggered genocide in the central African nation. Kigali...

'Genocide lawyer' quits tribunal

"A Rwandan lawyer wanted on genocide charges has resigned from the international tribunal set up to try those behind the 1994 killings."

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