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Rwandan rebels have killed at least 50 civilians in May in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Twenty-two of them died in an attack Monday in the village of Kamananga in Sud-Kivu province, the United Nations humanitarian agency OCHA said, blaming the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebel
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Rwandan legislature recently approved a bill legalising abortion in cases of rape, forced marriage or incest. The government hails the move as the promotion of women's rights. Churches see it as a violation of the fundamental right to life. Abortion remains a sensitive issue in a country still recovering from the 1994 genocide. Some Rwandan women would like abortion to
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Kigali — Rwanda's Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal by opposition politician, Bernard Ntaganda, against a four-year prison sentence for allegedly stirring up ethnic hatred and undermining the country's security. Ntaganda, the president of Rwanda's Ideal Social Party, was convicted last year of endangering national security, inciting ethnic divisions and attempting to organise demonstrations without authorisation. Ntaganda's party was
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Kigali - The first genocide suspect to be transferred by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda made his debut appearance in a domestic court on Thursday. Jean Uwinkindi was told by prosecutor Ndibwami Rugamba that he faced charges for genocide and crime against humanity, a week after he was flown from the UN-backed tribunal in neighbouring Tanzania to the Rwandan
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The first genocide suspect to be transferred by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda made his debut appearance in a domestic court on Thursday. Jean Uwinkindi was told by prosecutor Ndibwami Rugamba that he faced charges for genocide and crime against humanity, a week after he was flown from the UN-backed tribunal in neighbouring Tanzania to the Rwandan capital. "You
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Rwandan prosecutors called for a life sentence Wednesday for opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, on charges including complicity in a terrorist group and denying the 1994 genocide. "We request a life sentence for Victoire Ingabire," Deputy Prosecutor General Alphonse Hitiyaremye said at the conclusion of her more than seven-month long trial in the capital Kigali. Judges are due to give their
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The first genocide suspect to be transferred by an international genocide tribunal to Rwanda has arrived in the country's capital. Rwandan officials said the transfer shows that the international community is confident that Rwanda's court system can provide a fair trial. The Tanzania-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda approved the transfer of Jean Uwinkindi, a pastor, who arrived in Rwanda
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Kigali - A top Rwandan opposition leader says she has withdrawn from a trial in which she faces charges of terrorism, citing a lack of judiciary independence. Victoire Ingabire said on Monday she has "totally lost trust" in the judicial system. She says she will not report to court any more to answer to charges she alleges are politically motivated.
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While Rwandan businesses were closed Friday to mark the end of the country’s official week of mourning for the 1994 genocide, the Supreme Court remained open and was expected to issue a ruling on the constitutionality of the country’s controversial genocide ideology law. Human rights groups and other critics have said the law is used to suppress political opposition, and
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Saturday accused unspecified Western countries of failing to stop genocide suspects on their territory as his country marked the 18th anniversary of a Tutsi massacre. "As we remember those we lost, some of those who killed them are still moving freely in some capitals of the so-called free world," said Kagame. "There is little effort
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Rwandans will today mark the 18th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, with a renewed sense of purpose to build a brighter future. This year's commemoration is held under the theme, "Learning from our history to build a bright future", a message that underpins the principle that has shaped the post-Genocide administration's agenda for the nation. Eighteen years
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Rwanda's supreme court reduced the prison sentences Thursday being served by journalists Agnes Uwimana Nkusi and Saidati Mukakibibi. Nkusi, editor of the Umurabyo newspaper, was last year convicted of defamation, causing divisions and denying Rwanda's 1994 genocide. Mukakibibi, the publication's reporter, was found guilty of inciting civil disobedience. The supreme court cleared Nkusi of genocide denial and promoting ethnic divisions,
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Kigali — Agricultural researchers in Rwanda have adapted a technology widely used in the mining sector to analyse the mineral content of food crops such as beans and maize, with a view to developing more nutritious crops. The team, from the Rwandan Agricultural Board (RAB), say the idea was inspired by a study published in the journal Plant and Soil
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A proposal to legalize abortion in specific circumstances has been sent to parliament for approval. This is likely to generate heated debate among the public (and lawmakers) since abortion is a divisive issue, with some seeking the moral high ground and saying "it is always wrong," while others argue that it should be allowed in certain cases. While Rwanda is
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Kigali - An explosion killed one person and wounded five others on Friday in northern Rwanda, a police spokesperson said, adding that a probe had been launched to determine the nature of the explosive device. The blast occurred on Friday evening at a bus park in the town of Musanze, around 90 kilometres north of the capital Kigali, Theos Badege
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High Court judges in Rwanda have partially suspended the trial of opposition leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza until the country's Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the genocide ideology laws she is challenging - laws that allow for the punishment of children as young as 12 years old. Victoire Ingabire launched a legal challenge in a Kigali court earlier this
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Kigali — The number of genocide convicts in Rwandan prisons amounts to 39.572, the Rwandan Correctional services (RCS) announced on Wednesday. Convicted perpetrators of genocide represent 67.7% of the overall number - 58,381 - of Rwandan prisoners serving their sentences in 13 different detention centers. Only 6% of the detainees are female. In the aftermath of the genocide, more than
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Rwandan opposition leader Charles Ntakirutinka vowed to remain critical President Paul Kagame's government as he walked free Thursday at the end of a 10-year prison sentence for incitement. "We thought it was time for Rwanda to have some political opposition so we formed a political party," said Ntakirutinka, who was arrested in April 2002 shortly after forming the Democratic Party
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Gold prospecting in the mineral-rich Western and Northern provinces have produced positive results, with the companies involved either having completed or are about to complete the first phase of exploration before they seek permits to begin actual mining. Although the quality and quantity of the gold quantity deposits are yet to be fully explored, early reports indicate that the Western
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President Paul Kagame has urged world leaders to support smallholder farmers if the world is to achieve sustainable agriculture productivity and environment protection. The Head of State made the call on Wednesday during the 35th session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) held under the theme, "Sustainable smallholder agriculture: feeding the world, protecting the
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Maternal health is very important and impacts not only the mother and child but the whole family. To highlight that importance, the United Nations put maternal health in its 8 millennium development goals, which focuses on proper care during pregnancy and delivery. The number of women dying while giving birth has been greatly reduced in Rwanda, mostly thanks to the
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France said Monday it had recalled its ambassador to Rwanda after authorities in Kigali refused to accept Paris's choice of a new envoy. "The Rwandan authorities refused to give this approval" and "we have recalled our ambassador (Laurent Contini) for consultations in order to study the situation," said a French foreign ministry spokesman, Vincent Floreani. Weekly Jeune Afrique earlier reported
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Kigali - Rwanda's high court has created an international crimes chamber to try extradited suspects, including those transferred from the UN-backed International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, a statement said on Thursday. The genocide-scarred African country has been seeking the transfer of suspects from other countries. The new chamber will have six judges, said the statement by the judiciary. The UN-backed
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HUNDREDS of fans Monday descended on Ishyo's basketball court in Kigali for a concert by Germany-based Nigerian star Nneka Egbuna. Nneka told a news conference that the performance was part of her East Africa tour, sponsored by Goethe-Institut, in connection with an invitation to the Sauti za Busara Festival in Zanzibar. Nneka's performance was great and it was indeed bound
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The proportion of Rwanda's population living in poverty dropped from 57 percent in 2006 to 45 percent in 2011, according to data released Tuesday. "We are happy with the valuable progress we have seen in these numbers," President Paul Kagame told the an attendance of around 500 diplomats, aid workers and officials gathered in Kigali to review the data. "But
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