World Aug 28 Rwanda says 7 deportees arrived from the U.S. in August under agreement with Washington The Rwanda government said Thursday the deportees arrived in mid-August. Rwanda said earlier in August it would accept up to 250 deportees from the U.S.
Politics Aug 05 Rwanda agrees to take deportees from the U.S. after a previous migrant deal with the UK collapsed The U.S. is seeking more deals with African countries to deport people they say entered the country illegally.
World Apr 05 New mass graves found in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation, 30 years after the genocide Every new discovery of a Rwandan mass grave traumatizes survivors all over again. The head of a prominent genocide survivor's group and several other Rwandans said the discoveries underscore that more needs to be done for true reconciliation.
World Aug 08 Rwanda genocide survivors criticize UN court’s call to indefinitely halt elderly suspect’s trial His trial, which started last year at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, was halted in June because his dementia left him unable to participate in proceedings.
World Mar 24 Rusesabagina of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ fame to be freed from prison, Rwanda says Rwanda’s government has commuted the sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of countrymen from genocide but was convicted of terrorism offenses years later in a widely criticized trial.
World Sep 20 Man who inspired ‘Hotel Rwanda’ convicted of terror charges Paul Rusesabagina boycotted Monday's announcement after declaring he didn't expect justice in a trial he called a "sham."…
World May 27 France’s Macron admits some guilt for Rwanda’s genocide In a key speech on his visit to Rwanda, French President Emmanuel Macron said he recognizes that France bears a heavy responsibility for the 1994 genocide in the central African country.
World Sep 06 Rwanda’s president says ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero must stand trial Rusesabagina is credited with saving 1,200 lives during Rwanda's 1994 genocide by letting people shelter in the hotel he was managing during the mass killings. Now he is accused of supporting rebel violence in Rwanda and his family complain that…
World Aug 31 ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero, Paul Rusesabagina, arrested Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed in the film "Hotel Rwanda" as a hero who saved the lives of more than 1,200 people from the country's 1994 genocide, has been arrested by the Rwandan government on terror charges, police announced on Monday.
World Jun 09 Burundi says President Nkurunziza has died of heart attack Burundi's government says President Pierre Nkurunziza has died of a heart attack at age 56. A statement says the president was admitted to a hospital overnight Saturday after not feeling well.