Rwanda News

Roaming bands of government supporters heckled, harassed or threatened people into voting in a runoff election Friday in which President Robert Mugabe was the only candidate, ensuring he will remain in power ...

'Hypocrisy is a tribute vice pays to virtue," said the 19th-century French aristocrat le Duc de la Rochefoucauld.

Kenya has rebuked the United Nations tribunal for Rwanda over its claims that Nairobi is sluggish in detaining Rwandan genocide most wanted fugitive Felicien Kabuga, according to official documents.

WHEN human-rights activist Monique Mujawamariya was smuggled out of Kigali in the early days of 1994's Rwandan genocide, she made a beeline for the United States.

Dubai World Africa, leading large scale investments in Africa's eco-tourism under Nakheel International, highlighted its commitment to the continent's conservation efforts and to the protection of its ...

Jun. 21 - Rwanda names 20 gorillas in colourful ceremony to help preserve the habitat of the endangered apes.

Hirondelle News Agency Arusha Rwandan Military Court Wednesday decided to retain in custody four Rwanda Patriotic Front soldiers accused of having played a part in the murder in June 1994 of 13 clergymen, ...

Kenya's authorities clarified on Sunday that they did not arrest elusive Felicien Kabuga, a Rwandan fugitive who was suspected the mastermind of the 1994 Rwanda genocide.

Rwanda, the land of one thousand hills and 'hundreds attractions' is an extraordinary place where serene scenery and placid people greet you at every juncture.

Some Rwandans have reportedly welcomed as a step in the right direction the arrests of four army officers accused of war crimes.

Rwanda has for the first time arrested senior army officers accused of war crimes while battling to end the 1994 genocide orchestrated by the country's previous government, Rwanda's military said on Thursday.

Macie Mae Hanson, 3, watches her grandfather Roger Gentilhomme, 99, at her home in Loudon.

The Serena Hotel is Rwanda's only four-star resort, offering air conditioning, satellite television and the temptation of imported cheese at every meal.

A former Rwandan official who is alleged to have planned the killing of up to 25,000 Tutsis during the country's 1994 genocide today pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him at the United Nations ...

France's ambassador to the UN Jean-Maurice Ripert talks to the press in Goma on Sunday KIGALI: Top UN ambassadors were forced to hitch a bus ride from Democratic Republic of Congo to Rwanda on Sunday after a ...

By EDITH M. LEDERER The Associated Press Updated 06/09/08 - 12:32 PM It was supposed to be a quick return flight to Congo's capital after a U.N. Security Council delegation visit to the country's restive east.

The U.N. Security Council renewed a push for civilian rule in Congo's militia-plagued east on Sunday as efforts continue to disarm rebel groups and finally restore peace to the ravaged region.

The country's hilly eastern border area _ the scene of the worst fighting and a humanitarian crisis in the Central African nation _ has been lawless for so long that citizens have given up on any sort of government, France's U.N. Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert said as the group toured Goma, a major eastern city.

President Paul Kagame has repeated his call for more efficient regional blocks as an effective measure for Africa to increase domestic investment and spur economic growth and development on the continent.

The United Nations, European Union and United States on Thursday condemned a Rwandan rebel attack on a refugee camp in east Congo as a "terrorist act" and said those responsible must be brought to justice.

France is transferring to a U.N. court a former Rwandan official accused of coordinating the massacre of thousands of people during the 1994 genocide, the Justice Ministry said on Thursday.