Three decades after the genocide in the East African country of Rwanda, a court in Paris has sentenced a former doctor to 27 years in prison. read more at BBC
Read moreGerman Africa policy: another “Never again!”
“Never again’ must become a reality.” This sentence is uttered more than once this Monday in Rwanda’s capital Kigali. Dieudonné Nagiriwubunta, director of the memorial site that commemorates the brutal genocide of Rwanda’s Tutsis in 1994, is giving Foreign Minister
Read moreIn landmark Rwanda visit, Macron acknowledges French part in genocide
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday recognised his country’s role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, as the two countries seek to turn the page on decades of diplomatic tensions over the bloodshed. While Macron did not formally apologise, he
Read moreFélicien Kabuga one step closer to a trial in Arusha
The Paris Court of Appeal has given a favourable opinion on the transfer of Félicien Kabuga to the UN Mechanism, based in Tanzania. It’s only the first step of a legal battle that is just getting started. continue reading https://www.theafricareport.com/…
Read moreUN Secretary-General António Guterres on the Anniversary of the 1994 Genocide
On 7 April, we recall the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda — when more than one million people were systematically murdered in just 100 days. The victims were overwhelmingly Tutsi, but also included Hutu and others who opposed the
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