World Apr 09 Rwanda marks 30 years of reconciliation after genocide, but major challenges remain By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Simeon Lancaster
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. By Ignatius Ssuuna, Associated Press
World Apr 19 Rwanda report said France bears responsibility for ‘enabling’ the 1994 genocide The 600-page report says that France “did nothing to stop” the massacres, in April and May 1994, and in the years after the genocide tried to cover up its role and even offered protection to some perpetrators. By Associated Press
World May 16 Top fugitive in Rwanda’s genocide arrested in Paris KIGALI, Rwanda — One of the most wanted fugitives in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide has been arrested in Paris, authorities said Saturday. Felicien Kabuga, who had a $5 million bounty on his head, had been accused of equipping militias in the… By Ignatius Ssuuna, Associated Press
World Apr 05 Rwanda finds genocide grave that could contain 30,000 bodies A valley dam that authorities in Rwanda say could contain about 30,000 bodies has been discovered more than a quarter-century after the country’s genocide in which 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and Hutus who tried to protect them were killed. By Ignatius Ssuuna, Associated Press
Apr 07 Watch 9:03 Rwanda builds new national identity 25 years after genocide By Benedict Moran, Jorgen Samso The Rwandan genocide began 25 years ago today. In just 100 days, an estimated 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu were killed. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Benedict Moran and video journalist Jorgen Samso traveled to the east African country to speak… Continue watching