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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.

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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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HRW calls on Burundi to halt deportation of refugees

afrol News, 16 October - The International Human Rights body, has urged the Burundian government to stop forced deportations of Rwandan asylum seekers under false pretences that their refugee status has been denied.

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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.

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Former Rwandan intelligence officer handed to ICTR

afrol News, 6 October - The former senior Rwandan military officer indicted by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for his role in the 1994 genocide was handed over to the court today after being on the run for nearly nine years.

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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.

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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).

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Former Rwanda official pleads guilty to war crimes

afrol News, 17 September - A former top Rwandan official today pleaded guilty to war crimes at the UN war crimes tribunal set up in the wake of the mass killings that engulfed the small African nation in 1994.

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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.

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Young people’s needs put into action plans

afrol News, 24 August - Experts in adolescent reproductive health from ten African countries converged today to share information and harmonise programming that can improve the lives of young people.

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British funding to secure land peace in Rwanda

afrol News, 6 August - The British Department of International Development (DFID) has committed £20 million that will support a land registration programme for Rwanda.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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» 15.07.2009 - Rwanda joins East Africa customs union
» 02.06.2009 - Stop biasness, Rwanda Tribunal told
» 28.05.2009 - Gays mistreated in Rwanda - AI
» 20.05.2009 - Multi million construction projects unveiled in Rwanda
» 19.05.2009 - Rwanda signs $24 million grant for broadband connectivity
» 14.05.2009 - Rwanda refugees in Uganda flee repatriation
» 12.05.2009 - Authorities ready for BBC suspension talks
» 12.05.2009 - Comprehensive strategies critical for Kivu peace, ICG says
» 06.05.2009 - Rwanda seeks neutral country trial for Nkunda
» 28.04.2009 - Rwanda issues alert for swine flu
» 27.04.2009 - Rwanda suspends BBC broadcast for being bias
» 23.04.2009 - Rwandan refugees to be repatriated by July
» 21.04.2009 - Nkunda not illegally detained - court
» 17.04.2009 - Rwanda ministers pledge US$200 each to genocide orphans
» 16.04.2009 - Kigali to improve water treatment and management

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