Rwanda genocide

Police arrest Rwandan genocide leader on Long Island for immigration fraud

Throughout his applications for a green card and citizenship, he is accused of lying to immigration authorities by denying any involvement in the genocide, the government explained. 

Relatives assist a distressed victim of the genocide at a mass-grave site in Kigali
 THE WRITER spends time with some Rwandan friends at the ‘Kwita Izina’ ceremony in September 2022. Rwanda’s recovery illustrated the nation’s remarkable transformation through unity and a profound connection to nature, the writer says.

30 years since Rwanda’s genocide, and reflections on October 7's atrocities - opinion

 Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks during his visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, in this handout picture released on January 8, 2024.

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 A HOLOCAUST survivor lights a torch at Yad Vashem at the state ceremony marking the beginning of Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance, on Monday night

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Alleged senior leader of 1994 Rwandan genocide confirmed dead

He was alleged to have been a senior leader of the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi population.

Rwanda Remembrance Day

A journey to Rwanda, land of a thousand hills

Rwanda is a small, landlocked country located in the heart of Africa, bordering Burundi, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

Fog covers the land of a thousand hills.

France's highest court upholds decision to drop Rwanda investigation

The assassination of politician Juvenal Habyarimana sparked 100 days of violence in Rwanda, mainly by Hutus against minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus, in which some 800,000 people were slaughtered.

General view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France

Rwandan genocide 'kingpin' Bagosora dies in Mali prison

Theoneste Bagosora was serving a 35-year sentence after being found guilty of crimes against humanity by the then International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

Rwanda Remembrance Day

Rwandan genocide suspect transferred to detention in The Hague

Kabuga, who was on the run for 22 years until his arrest in France in May, will soon be brought before a judge

International Criminal Court, The Hague

Rwandan ex-politician handed life jail term for genocide role

About 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus were killed during the genocide.

UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Arusha, Tanzania

UN prosecutor: Remains of Rwandan war crimes suspect found in Congo

The remains of a fugitive major suspect in Rwanda's 1994 genocide have been identified in a grave in the Republic of the Congo, a United Nations war crimes prosecutor said on Friday.

 Readers look at a newspaper June 12, 2002 in Nairobi carrying the photograph of Rwandan Felicien Kabuga wanted by the United States. The United States published a "wanted" photograph in Kenyan newspapers of the businessman accused of helping finance the 1994 killings in Rwanda.

'He wouldn't say a word' - How a Rwanda genocide fugitive lived incognito

Rwandan genocide fugitive Felicien Kabuga, whose arrest on Saturday ended 26 years on the run, was a frail, elderly man who said little to neighbors.

 Readers look at a newspaper June 12, 2002 in Nairobi carrying the photograph of Rwandan Felicien Kabuga wanted by the United States. The United States published a "wanted" photograph in Kenyan newspapers of the businessman accused of helping finance the 1994 killings in Rwanda.

Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga arrested in France after decades on the run

Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of funding militias that massacred about 800,000 people, was arrested on Saturday near Paris after 26 years on the run.

 Readers look at a newspaper June 12, 2002 in Nairobi carrying the photograph of Rwandan Felicien Kabuga wanted by the United States. The United States published a "wanted" photograph in Kenyan newspapers of the businessman accused of helping finance the 1994 killings in Rwanda.

Everything you need to know about the 1994 Rwandan genocide

Here are some facts about one of the darkest chapters in human history.

A labourer works next to a wall showing names of those buried at a mass grave at the Kigali Genocide Memorial grounds as the country prepares to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide in the capital Kigali April 2, 2014

Exclusive: Former Israeli officials helping Rwanda join OECD

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is the 36-member club of the world’s most developed economies.

President of Rwanda Paul Kagame speaks as he delivers a joint statement with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in Jerusalem July 10, 2017