became U.S. ambassador to Rwanda. He was no stranger to U.S. complicity in slaughter or to the region itself. In 1988, when he was deputy chief of mission in Somalia, the U.S. delivered $1.4 million worth of arms to the dictator, Siad Barre. The June 28, 1988 shipment,...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame (L) and his wife Jeannette Kagame lay a wreath at the Kigali Genocide Memorial during the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan genocide against Tutsi, in Kigali, capital of Rwanda, on April 7, 2019. (Xinhua/Office of the President of Rwanda)...
Villagers walk past houses of Mbyo unity and reconciliation village in Eastern Province, Rwanda, April 7, 2024. Rwanda on Sunday began a week of national mourning and 100 days of commemoration to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. There are several reconciliation ...
He realized that in order for the trials to take place, a committed advocate had to join the State Department to promote the project. In 1994, President Clinton signed the Cambodian Genocide Justice Act. That same year, the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda killed 800,000 Rwandans. The ...
Rwanda on Sunday begins 100 days of mourning for more than 800,000 people slaughtered in a genocide that shocked the world, a quarter of a century on from the day it began.President Paul Kagame will start a week of commemoration activities by lighting a remembrance flame at the...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame addresses the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of his country's genocide at Amahoro Stadium April 7, 2014 in Kigali, Rwanda.Getty The FDLR's vision of a shared government between Kagame's Tutsi-dominated RPF party and the historically Hutu FDLR is an unrealistic...
Rwanda Genocide of the Tutsi. The commemoration event was organized by a partnership that included Vilnius’s Genocide Center and the Embassy of Rwanda. Among the participants was the ambassador of Rwanda, HE Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe, resident in the Hague, whose remit includes also Lithuania...
“I feel responsible for my kids. I want them to grow up in a different environment to me.” When asked about the state of media freedom beyond the promotion of positive messages he is careful with his answer. “I always like to call Rwanda a very young country. It is building...
"There are 365 days in a year. Give us that day, April 7, and then you can have the rest 364 days to blame us every day for everything you do not like about us," Kagame said. Rwanda began observing a week of national mourning and commemoration on Sunday to mark the 30th anniversar...
As part of weeklong commemorations, flags flew at half-staff and public places across Rwanda were told to keep entertainment quiet. Rwandan authorities also face questions over how to present commemoration activities in a way that acknowledges the efforts of some Hutus to protect their Tutsi neighbo...