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Rwanda Joins Commonwealth of Nations

Rwanda becomes another country outside of the sphere of the Commonwealth of Nations to join it. The first country was Mozambique in the 1990's. Louise Mushikiwabo who is the Information Minister is content and talked about the country's progress during the last 15...

Plane Crashes Into Airport VIP Lounge In Rwanda: One Person Dead

A commuter plane operated by RwandAir has crashed on takeoff into the wall of a VIP lounge at the international airport in Kigali, Rwanda. The 57-seat Bombardier CRJ100 plane owned by JetLink Express was headed...

Victimization of Tamil Peopel must stop - Elie Wiesel

Holocaust surviver, Jewish icon, and Nobel laureate, Professor Elie Wiesel stated that victimization of Tamil people must stop, and they should be able to live in peace in their homeland. " TAMIL PEOPLE STATEMENT:...

Ex-Rwanda minister jailed for genocide

A UN Court has given a 30 year jail sentence to a former minister in Rwanda, Callixte Kalimanzira for the 1994 genocide. He was accused of tricking thousands of minority Tutsis people to hide on a...

Responsibility to Protect - Ambassador Rice

In her statement made at the Ambassador Susan E. Rice at the International Peace Institute Vienna Seminar, June 15, 2009, she stated the willingness of USA to work with the international community ending...

Barack Obama means "never again"..but

When asked regarding his visit to concentration camp in Buchenwald, as follows: "since the Holocaust, a constant refrain in the United States has been “never again,” but U.S. President after U.S. President has...

Désiré Munyaneza Convicted of Rwanda War Crimes in Quebec Court

Désiré Munyaneza has been found guilty of committing war crimes in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The decision was announced at a Quebec court in Montreal on Friday morning. Munyaneza is the first person to be convicted under Canada's recently adopted Crimes Against Humanity...

Repeating Rwanda: The Consequences of Euphemizing Genocide

It is a very serious misrepresentation of the situation in Rwanda to describe the killings simply as 'the slaughter of civilians' or 'the mass killings,' without explaining who is killing whom. The vast majority of the hundreds of thousands of killings in Rwanda have been...

Rwanda in making in Sri Lanka; So called 'Safe Zone' turns into..

Rwanda in making in Sri Lanka; So called 'Safe Zone' turns into Tamils killing Zone (Opinion) By Jeyez   Another Rwanda situation is making in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government forces announced 'Safety...

Fragile Hope For Peace in Congo After Arrest Rebel Leader Nkunda

With the capture of Laurent Nkunda, the hope for stability and peace in the north east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has grown. Nkunda, the notorious rebel leader who caused havoc and despair in the north...

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...

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...

UN: Gen Laurent Nkunda blamed for war crimes in Congo

Overwhelmed by thousands of refugees in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo who are flocking towards overcrowded camps,  the UN mission in the country (MONUC) has accused Gen Laurent...

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