Politics | Society | Human rights
Former priest acquitted on genocide
afrol News, 18 November - The United Nations court has acquitted Former Catholic priest, Father Hormisdas Nsengimana, who was facing charges of the infamous Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. Father Nsengimana, had been imprisoned for seven years since his 2002 arrest in Cameroon. Read more
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Human rights | Society
Rwandan tea baron jailed over genocide
afrol News, 5 November - The former head of the government office that controlled the Rwandan tea industry was today sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty by a UN tribunal over his role in the country's 1994 genocide. He is to have assisted slaughtering more than 1,000 Tutsis.
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Politics | Society | Human rights
Nizeyimana pleads not guilty before ICTR
afrol News, 15 October - The former second in command, in charge of intelligence and military operations in Rwanda, Idelphonse Nizeyimana, has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him, when he made his first appearance today before Judge Khalida Rachid Khan. Read more
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Politics | Society | Human rights
ICTR's trial of Ngirabatware commences
afrol News, 24 September - The trial of the former Rwandan minister, Augustin Ngirabatware, began today in Tanzania before Trial Chamber II composed of Judges William Sekule, presiding, Solomy Balungi Bossa and Mparany Rajohnson. Read more
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Politics | Society | Human rights
Rwandan fugutive handed to ICTR
afrol News, 23 September - A high-level Rwandan rebel indicted by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for his role in the 1994 genocide has been handed over to the court after being arrested in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Read more
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Politics | Economy - Development | Human rights | Society
Rwanda gets $8 million recovery grant
afrol News, 28 August - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors have approved a US$ 8 Million Emergency Recovery Grant for the Second Emergency Demobilisation and Reintegration Project (SEDRP) for Rwanda. Read more
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Politics | Economy - Development
Rwanda approved for further $1.8 million support
afrol News, 3 August - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved Rwanda for a further disbursement under the three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF), with the country given an immediate access to at least US$ 1.8 million. Read more
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Society
Rwandan child detainees get UN support
afrol News, 29 July - More than 600 children in prisons throughout Rwanda will have access to legal assistance under a new programme launched by the Ministry of Justice and supported by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
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Politics | Economy - Development | Society
Rwanda’s Commonwealth accession questioned
afrol News, 21 July - Rwanda has suffered yet another blow after its application to join the 53-member English-speaking Commonwealth bloc was questioned over its alleged bad human rights record and media repression. Read more
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Society | Environment - Nature
Rare gorillas flee to DRC
afrol News, 20 July - The Rwandan wildfires that gutted the Volcanoes National Park over the weekend have forced hundreds of animals including rare mountain gorillas to flee to Democratic Republic of Congo for safety, wildlife officials have said. Read more
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