Initial results of a referendum in Rwanda point to overwhelming voter support for the extension of ruling President Paul Kagame’s term, the director of the electoral commission has said.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Friday angrily condemned a US decision to impose sanctions against his country for allegedly backing rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo who recruit child soldiers.
The United States says it has blocked military aid to Rwanda for backing M23 rebels, who are active in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and use child soldiers in their fight against Kinshasa.
Rwanda has sent an extradition request to the Netherlands, asking the Dutch officials to deport a suspected Rwandan national for his role in the African country’s 1994 genocide.
President Paul Kagame’s Rwandan Patriotic Front (PRF) has won a landslide victory in parliamentary polls by gaining the majority of the votes, officials announce.
Nearly two decades after the Rwandan genocide, thousands of refugees living in a camp in Uganda say they fear being forced to return to their home country.
Rwanda's justice minister said Thursday his government will not hinder the transfer of the warlord Bosco Ntaganda from the U.S. Embassy in Kigali to the International Criminal Court.
Rwanda has won a seat at the United Nations Security Council despite a leaked UN report accusing the country of fueling a rebellion in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
20120818 AFP Opponents of Rwanda's long-time President Paul Kagame asked the International Criminal Court Friday to pursue him over war crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year.
20120728 AFP As a terrified small boy, Adrien Niyonshuti was forced to hide in small holes in the ground as he fled the horrors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide which left an estimated 800,000 people dead.
20120704 AFP Rwanda's prosecutor general called for a change in strategy and tougher UN measures to track down fugitive genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, one of Africa's most wanted men.