20111220 AFP The chief prosecutor at the international war crimes court on Monday appealed its decision to drop charges against Rwandan rebel leader Callixte Mbarushimana and order his release.
20111215 Reuters DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A U.N. appeals court on Wednesday reduced the life sentence of a former army colonel who has been accused of masterminding the slaughter of 800,000 people during the Rwandan genocide to 35 years.
20111203 Reuters (Reuters) - A Rwandan journalist, who was living as a political refugee in Uganda's capital, has been shot dead in a bar, police said.
20111001 Reuters DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - The U.N. war crimes tribunal for Rwanda on Friday acquitted two former ministers of genocide charges, making them among the most high-profile officials to be found not guilty of playing key roles in the 1994 slaughter of about 800,000 people.
20110929 Reuters NAIROBI (Reuters) - The appeals chamber at the U.N. war crimes tribunal for Rwanda upheld the 25-year prison sentence on former military officer Ephrem Setako for genocide crimes and crimes against humanity, the tribunal's news agency said on Wednesday.
20110913 Reuters PARIS (Reuters) - France and Rwanda looked to turn over a new leaf in relations on Monday after years of tension over Rwanda's 1994 genocide.
20110726 Reuters GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rwanda handed over six orphaned gorillas to the Democratic Republic of Congo after poachers smuggled them out of the country to sell as exotic pets, or for consumption as bush meat.
20110707 Reuters THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A Dutch appeals court sentenced on Thursday a Hutu man to life imprisonment on war crimes charges during Rwanda's 1994 genocide.
20110624 Reuters KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Thursday the central African country was not under any security threat, a day after police arrested suspected terrorists allegedly linked to exiled generals.
20110601 Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man U.S. authorities accused of being involved in genocide in Rwanda was convicted of visa fraud in federal court in Kansas on Tuesday but jurors split over whether he lied about his role in the mass killings.
Kigali — President Paul Kagame, is set to become the first African leader to appear on Youtube Worldview, an online interview platform that has featured prominent world leaders.
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda sentenced a former top civil servant to life imprisonment on Tuesday for genocide and extermination, the court's affiliated news service said.
20110218 Xinhua KIGALI, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda's Minister of Sports and Culture Joseph Habineza has been forced to resign after photos circulating on internet over the last few days show that he was in infatuation with young women, the official sources said here Thursday.
KIGALI (Reuters) - The sentencing of a Rwandan opposition politician to four years in jail for inciting ethnic division was a sign the country was using the judicial system to stifle criticism, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Saturday.
Kigali — The High Court, yesterday, sentenced two journalists of the weekly tabloid, Umurabyo, Agnes Nkusi Uwimana, the editor and her co-writer, Saidath Mukakibibi, to 17 years and 7 years in jail respectively.
KIGALI (Reuters) - A grenade attack killed two people and wounded at least 28 in Rwanda's capital Kigali during the Friday evening rush hour, the police said on Saturday.
Kigali — For years, the various campaigns for sustainable use of forests just passed Pascal Segatashya by. But Rwanda's ambitious Forest Conservation Project eventually found him - and it has transformed his life and livelihood.
KIGALI (Reuters) - A Rwandan military court sentenced on Friday four exiled military officers, including former army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, to 20 years in prison for threatening state security.
The 8th National Dialogue (Umushyikirano), ended, yesterday, on a high note with President Paul Kagame calling for renewed efforts to achieve the targets set during the two-day meeting.
