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 has warned of a possible “genocide” in neighboring Burundi if the Central African country fails to stop ethnic violence.

Rwandan rebels in the Congo have been given a six-month recess by African nations fighting them there to contemplate disarmament.

Rwanda’s former spy chief has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for being involved in the 1994 genocide.

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.

The initial tally in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali has put President Kagame’s Rwandan Patriotic Front (PRF) in the lead by a wide margin.

The military in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has accused Rwandan forces of ‘kidnapping’ one of its officers in the Congolese city of Goma.

The initial tally in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali has put President Kagame’s Rwandan Patriotic Front (PRF) in the lead by a wide margin.

Rwanda's foreign minister has indicated in social media that Rwandan troops could enter Congo.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says Rwanda is the key to ensuring peace and stability in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Three people have been confirmed dead after a four-storey building under construction collapsed Tuesday afternoon in eastern Rwanda.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.