Tag Archives: Tutsi
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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By Simon Kent ,Toronto Sun TORONTO - It didn’t have to end in utter shame for the United Nations, but then old habits die hard – if you’ll pardon the pun. Exactly 19 years ago members of the rival Hutu and Tutsi … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Pan African News, Rwanda
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Tagged Hutu, Khmer Rouge, Kofi Annan, Mozambique, Rwanda, Stephen Harper, Tutsi, United Nations
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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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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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by ANDRE VLTCHEK In the three Western outposts of the eastern part of Africa – Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya – the opposition had either been totally smashed or is rotting in jail. Alternatively, it has ‘ceased to exist’. In East … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Op-ed, Rwanda, Uganda
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Tagged Congo, Goma, Indepth Africa Magazine, Kenya, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Tutsi, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza
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The Immigration Appeals Board (UNE) was defeated in Oslo District Court following judges’ decision against sending seven-year-old Nathan Eshete and parents Asfaw and Zinash back to Ethiopia. They will not be What has been a high-profile case due to extensive … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Abbas, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Norway, Norwegian Campaign, Oslo District Court, Rwanda, Strasbourg, Tutsi
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By Mahmoud A. Suleiman This article comes against the backdrop of the tenth anniversary by 26 February 2003 when the two Darfuri rebel groups the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and Sudan Liberation Army/Movement (SLA/M) had to take up arms … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Blue Nile, Darfur, IndepthAfrica, Justice and Equality Movement, Khartoum, NCP, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan, Tutsi
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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 »
KIGALI — Rwandan ex-politician Leon Mugesera, who is on trial for incitement to genocide, on Tuesday questioned the authenticity of a recording in which he allegedly described Tutsis as “cockroaches”. The audio, which is the prosecution’s only evidence against him, … read more »
Why the celebrated Rwandan president really deserves an indictment. When Rwandan-backed rebels recently took Goma, the biggest city in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Paul Kagame had every reason to think the world would give … read more »
Members of the Rwandan Community in North America have petitioned the Unites States President Barack Obama over the Eastern DRC crisis. In a letter dated December 11, 2012, they explain to Obama the origin of the Congo crisis and accuse … read more »
Posted in DR Congo, East Africa, Letters & Interviews, Rwanda
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Tagged Barack Obama, Democratic Republic Congo, DRC, Great Lakes Region, IndepthAfrica, Rwanda, Tutsi, United Nations, United States
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By Judith Verweijen The recent fall of Goma has starkly highlighted the shaky foundations of the ‘peace architecture’ that was built in the wake of the Second Congo War (1998-2002). Briefly, it once again seemed that the entire house of … read more »
Posted in Article, Central Africa, DR Congo, Rwanda
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Tagged Democratic Republic of Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, Kinshasa, Kivu, Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Second Congo War, Tutsi
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On Thursday November 15th‘M23’ – the rebellion movement which was created earlier this year – launched a major attack on the city of Goma which, after a quieter day on Friday, culminated in a very stressful weekend. The question on … read more »
Posted in Article, Central Africa, DR Congo
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Tagged CNDP, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, North Kivu, Rwanda, Tutsi
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Economist VICTOIRE INGABIRE returned to her native country in 2010 to compete in presidential elections after 16 years in exile in the Netherlands. She became the leader of an opposition party, United Democratic Forces, challenging the incumbent, President Paul Kagame. … read more »
(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 »
KIGALI — Rwanda’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a suit filed by a leading opposition figure challenging one of the laws being used to prosecute her for allegedly denying the 1994 genocide. Victoire Ingabire, who has been in custody for … read more »
Antoine Roger Lokongo 1. INTRODUCTION It is true that the DRC is hundreds of times bigger and richer in natural and mineral resources than Rwanda. Rwanda may one day discover its own minerals. But for the time being, feeling cheated … read more »
While many of the drivers of conflict in eastern DR Congo lie within its borders, an analysis that ignores the role of Rwanda in recent years is inadequate to the task of disassembling the cycles of violent insurrection. Eastern Congo’s … read more »
Posted in Article, Rwanda
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Tagged Bosco Ntaganda, CNDP, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica news, Kivu, Laurent Nkunda, Rwanda, Tutsi
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Muganwa is known to espouse radical anti Kagame views and has refused to go into exile unlike most opposition politicians who have preferred to flee rather than languish in prison without hope of release. Andrew Muganwa photo: inyenyerinews.org (WASHINGTON DC) … read more »
One of them, whose escape has been facilitated by Amnesty International, is seeking asylum in Europe. The other recently returned to Kenya but the death threats continued and he is now in a neighbouring African country. Kabuga was allegedly instrumental … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Democratic Republic Congo, FDLR, ICTR, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kabuga, Rwanda, Sylvestre Mudacumura, Tutsi
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Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been accused of fresh atrocities, including the execution of recruits trying to escape rebel ranks. A spokesperson for Human Right Watch told the BBC that one woman had been gang-raped by M23 … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, DR Congo, News
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Tagged bbc, Bosco Ntaganda, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Hutu, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Rwanda, Tutsi
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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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James Wizeye ,The Guardian Under Paul Kagame Rwanda has become a bulwark of good governance in a troubled region. Dino Mahtani speculates that the rationale behind the west’s development aid to Rwanda is still overwhelmingly guilt at the west’s failure … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, News, Rwanda
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Tagged Bosco Ntaganda, Democratic Republic Congo, Great Lakes Region, Guardian, IndepthAfrica, Laurent Nkunda, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Tutsi
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Good news from Africa: after two decades of bloody anarchy, Somalia is finally on the mend. There is something resembling a government coming into being in Mogadishu, with much help from African Union troops – although the country’s most popular … read more »
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, African Union, Democratic Republic Congo, Gwynne Dyer, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Paul Kagame, reuters africa news, Rwanda, Tutsi, United States
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Good news from Africa: after two decades of bloody anarchy, Somalia is finally on the mend. There is something resembling a government coming into being in Mogadishu, with much help from African Union troops — although the country’s most popular … read more »
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African Union, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, map africa, map of africa, news, news in africa, North Africa, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, South Africa, travel to africa, Tutsi, United States, West Africa
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