April 7 marks the U.N. International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. It was established to remember members of the Tutsi community, an African ethnic group, who ...
BUGESERA, RwandaBUGESERA, Rwanda — Anastasie Nyirabashyitsi and Jeanette Mukabyagaju think of each other as dear friends. The women’s friendship was cemented one day in 2007, when Mukabyagaju, going ...
LAKE KIVU, Rwanda — To be clear, there is nothing funny about genocide. Which is why it is particularly disconcerting to hear Josephine Dusabimana laugh out loud, repeatedly, as she recounts the ...
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HUYE, Rwanda (AP) — The diggers’ hoes scrape the brown soil, looking for — and often finding — human bone fragments. The women then wipe the bone pieces with their hands as others watch in solemn ...
The nuns' soft voices are about the only sound that breaks the silence at the Benedictine abbey of Maredret, a haven of religious solitude deep in the Ardennes forest of southern Belgium. Among those ...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda is preparing to mark the 30th anniversary of the East African nation's most horrific period in history — the genocide against its minority Tutsi. To this day, new mass ...
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Tutsi massacres were generalised and systematised

In the previous piece, it was shown that the assassination of President Juvenal Habyarimana was a crucial component of the genocide plan. His death created the emotional impact necessary for extreme ...
KIROLIRWE, Congo (Reuters) - A dissident Congolese Tutsi rebel commander said on Thursday he was ready to help Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to fight and disarm Rwandan Hutu rebels who ...