Tag Archives: Rwandan Genocide
One may ask why rulers commit genocide, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing on the very people they rule. Although nothing would justify, heinous rulers always provide bizarre and incomprehensible justifications. The tyrants in Ethiopia, for example, say Amharas were … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa University, Amhara, Amhara people, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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By Nkem Ekeopara International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda: What has Biafra and the death of Thatcher got to do with it? Last week, the hazardous situation in North Korea and the death of the former British … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Nigeria, Op-ed, Rwanda, West Africa
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Tagged CHINUA ACHEBE, genocide, Hutu, Kofi Annan, Margaret Thatcher, Nigeria, Nigerian, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide
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By Allan Brian Ssenyonga, opinion First of all, let me start by pointing out that I have not received a cheque from Rwanda Development Board (RDB) to promote tourism in Rwanda much as I would not refuse it if it … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Rwanda
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Tagged East Africa, genocide, IndepthAfrica, Kabale University, Kampala, KIGALI, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi
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By: Aaron Niles Ryerson University held an event on Monday honouring both Holocaust Remembrance Day and Rwanda Genocide Memorial Day. Presented by the Azrieli Foundation, a Jewish philanthropy organization,”Write to Heal” brought survivors of the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide to … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Pan African News, Rwanda
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Tagged Canada, Holocaust, IndepthAfrica, Poland, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Ryerson University, Tutsi, University of Manitoba
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Last Sunday, President Barack Obama marked the 19th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. The President stated that the United States, “grieves with the Rwandan people” who survived the killings. “Nineteen years ago, Rwanda was torn apart by a great … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Rwanda
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Tagged Barack Obama, genocide, Hutu, IndepthAfrica, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi, United Nations, United States
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Beginning on April 6, 1994, Hutus began slaughtering the Tutsis in the African country of Rwanda. As the brutal killings continued, the world stood idly by and just watched the slaughter. Lasting 100 days, the Rwanda genocide left approximately 800,000 … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Rwanda
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Tagged Arusha Accords, Belgium, Hutu, IndepthAfrica, Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tanzania, Tutsi
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—By Gavin Aronsen Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), who enjoys an A rating from the National Rifle Association, took to Facebook on Thursday to warn Americans of the “evil consequences” of a national gun registry, comparing the dangers of expanded background … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Op-ed, Rwanda
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Tagged Hutu, IndepthAfrica, Joe Manchin, National Rifle Association, Nicole Brown Simpson, Pat Toomey, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi
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By Alyson Chadwick “One death is a tragedy, one million is a statistic,” Joseph Stalin Today is the anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide. In the span of 100 days, 800,000 people were murdered with machetes. That is … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Rwanda
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Tagged Bill Clinton, Chuck Todd, Clinton, IndepthAfrica, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi
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By Gasasira, Sweden Reliable Information obtained by Umuvugizi confirms that Kagame’s intelligence outfit continue to heighten their subversive activities of abducting Gen Stanislas Bigaruka, who was the in charge of combat operations in FDRL and deputy commander to General Sylvestre … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Rwanda, Special Reports
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Tagged Bigaruka Stanislas, Democratic Republic of Congo, Directorate of Military Intelligence, IndepthAfrica, Kigoma, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Sylvestre Mudacumura, Tanzania
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Why has there been no serious UN investigation into this crime? Nineteen years ago today the Falcon 50 Jet carrying two heads of state in Central Africa was shot down by a surface to air missile. Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed, Rwanda, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Burundi, Indepth Africa Magazine, Juvénal Habyarimana, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, United Nations
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The President and the First Lady lay a wreath at Kigali Memorial Center. (photo Village Urugwiro) In the next 100 days, Rwandans will the 19th time commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis which cost more than one million lives. … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Pan African News, Rwanda
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Tagged First Lady, IndepthAfrica, Jeannette Kagame, Kagame, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Stade Amahoro, Tutsi
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Nearly three years ago, international student Claudine Kuradusenge moved to Utah from Belgium and enrolled at Utah Valley University. She was just six years old when she moved from her home country of Rwanda to Belgium, only a few months … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Rwanda
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Tagged George Mason University, Hutu, IndepthAfrica, Kigali International Airport, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi, Utah Valley University
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Beatrice Munyenyezi had been given asylum but now faces up to 10 years in prison and deportation for making false statements. A Rwandan woman who won political asylum in the US after hiding her family’s role in the 1994 genocide … read more »
The Rwandan reality known to the world is the RPF version simply because it has not been challenged for 18 years. (Canada) – Yes, Rwanda is a normal country, a normal country with a tragic part of its history but … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Rwanda
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Tagged Bill Clinton, Democratic Republic Congo, IndepthAfrica, Kagame, KIGALI, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Rwandan Patriotic Front
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Matriarch of the Unholy Trinity Susan Rice, the current U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., has been waltzing (or should I say do-se-do-ing) with Africa’s slyest, slickest and meanest dictators for nearly two decades. More cynical commentators have said she has … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Juvénal Habyarimana, Prudence Bushnell, Rice, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Susan Rice, Yoweri Museveni
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(UPI) — Human Rights Watch said it had concerns that charges filed against an opposition leader in Rwanda were politically motivated. The High Court in Kigali this week found Victoire Ingabire, leader of the opposition FDU-Inkingi party, guilty of ties … read more »
Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire has been found guilty at her treason trial and sentenced to eight years in jail. The prosecution had requested a life sentence for the charges of threatening state security. The court also found her guilty … read more »
An opposition coalition has sent a letter to US government officials explaining the dangers of supporting the Rwandan Government. Friday September 21st starts the beginning of Rwanda Day in Boston, MA. The Minster of Foreign Affairs Louise Mushikiwabo is scheduled … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Rwanda
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Tagged Boston, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, IndepthAfrica, Kagame, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, United States
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Norway has set September 25 as the beginning of a trial involving Genocide suspect Sadi Bugingo who was arrested in Oslo last year, according to information from the Nordic country. Bugingo allegedly killed people at the Economat Général of Kibungo … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Rwanda, Spotlight
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Tagged Anders Behring Breivik, Democratic Republic Congo, genocide, Hutu, IndepthAfrica, Norway, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi
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The UN tribunal for Rwanda Tuesday handed a life sentence to a former army captain nicknamed the “Butcher of Butare” for his role in the 1994 genocide. Ildephonse Nizeyimana is the last member of the former Rwandan army who will … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, News, Rwanda
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, africa news today, African news, BBC Africa, bbc africa news, Butare, East Africa, Idelphonse Nizeyimana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, latest africa news, map africa, map of africa, news, news 24, news in africa, North Africa, Rosalie Gicanda, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, South Africa, south african news, travel to africa, Tutsi, Uganda, West Africa
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The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has for the first time transferred a genocide suspect back to the central African country to face trial. Genocide suspect Jean Uwinkindi arrived in Kigali late Thursday from Arushu, Tanzania, where the U.N. tribunal … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, News, Rwanda
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Arguin, Hutu, ICTR, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, KIGALI, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tanzania, Tutsi
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Washington – US President Barack Obama on Friday remembered the killings of 800 000 people in Rwanda, marking the 18th anniversary of the genocide by vowing to ensure such evil cannot triumph again. “The spectre of this slaughter of mothers, … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, News, Rwanda
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Barack Obama, Canada, Friday, Hutu, IndepthAfrica, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi, United States
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hat Press Conference on the 18th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda leading up to the observance of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda. Who Ms. Yamina Karitanyi, Charge d’Affaires a.i. Rwanda High Commission and … read more »
Posted in Miscellaneous, News, Press Releases
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Hutu, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, KIGALI, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi, United Nations
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Kigali – A Rwandan sought by the authorities in Kigali over the 1994 genocide and deported by Canada after a long legal battle, was charged on Thursday with plotting genocide, incitement and distribution of arms. Leon Mugesera, who had been … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Rwanda, Spotlight
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Tagged Canada, Hutu, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, KIGALI, Léon Mugesera, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi
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Police in Rwanda say they have arrested two suspects in connection with a grenade blast that wounded at least 10 people in the southern part of the central African country. The blast happened late Tuesday near a public transportation facility … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Rwanda
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Tagged Grenade, Hutu, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, KIGALI, Officer (armed forces), Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi
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A Rwandan man has been deported from Canada to Kigali where he faces charges of helping to incite the 1994 genocide. Leon Mugesera has been fighting deportation for 16 years with a series of appeals, even after the … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Refugees/Migrants, Rwanda, Spotlight
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Tagged Canada, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Léon Mugesera, Montreal, Mugesera, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Supreme Court of Canada, Tutsi
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A man facing deportation from Canada for allegedly helping incite the Rwandan genocide is now said to be in critical condition in a Quebec City hospital. Leon Mugesera is slated for deportation to Rwanda today to face criminal charges related … read more »
Responding to the French Judge Marc Trevidic’s technical report. (WASHINGTON D.C.) – On the 1st October 2011, I published a confession in which I stated that Paul Kagame, then overall commander of the Rwandese Patriotic Army, the armed wing of … read more »
A man accused of helping to incite the 1994 Rwandan genocide has lost his nearly two-decade battle to stay in Canada and is now set to be deported. Leon Mugesera’s request for a stay on his deportation order was rejected … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Rwanda, Spotlight
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Tagged Canada, genocide, Hutu, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Léon Mugesera, Montreal, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi
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Republic of Rwanda Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation French Judges release report on the plane crash used as a pretext to start genocide in Rwanda Kigali, 10 January 2012-The Government of Rwanda today welcomed the report of the experts … read more »
Posted in Miscellaneous, Press Releases
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Tagged Arusha, Hutu, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Juvénal Habyarimana, KIGALI, Kigali International Airport, press release, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi
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