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Rwanda Genocide

Mutsinzi Report On The Rwandan Genocide Reveals Assassination Was A Coup

newyorker.com | Philip Gourevitch | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

I have obtained, and am posting here, the first English-language copy of a massive new report by a Rwandan investigative commission into the assassina...

Why The Right Is Wrong On Ft. Hood

Azam Nizamuddin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Azam Nizamuddin

In the Ft. Hood aftermath, we shouldn't allow right-wing hooliganism, wherever it stems from, to dictate how we view tragedies and interpret human beings with cultures and religions separate from our own.

In Support of the Struggle for Democracy in Burma

JosƩ Ramos-Horta | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
JosƩ Ramos-Horta

The new officer corps emerging in Burma should know that they have a historic opportunity to save their country and restore Burma's place in the world.

On a Hillside in Rwanda, Orphans Find Semblance of Normalcy

Judy Flumenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Judy Flumenbaum

For one week in May, we lived and worked at the beautiful Agahozo Shalom Youth Village in rural Rwanda. The youth village houses 125 teenagers who were orphaned by the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Tharcisse Renzaho, Ex-Rwanda Governor, Sentenced To Life For Genocide By UN Tribunal

AP | SUKHDEV CHHATBAR | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

ARUSHA, Tanzania — A U.N. war crimes tribunal sentenced a former governor in Rwanda to life in prison Tuesday after finding that he was one of t...

Callixte Kalimanzira Sentenced To 30 Years For Rwandan Genocide

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

A U.N. court trying masterminds of Rwanda's 1994 genocide Monday gave a 30-year jail sentence to a former interior minister accused of tricking thousa...

The US Senate Apologized for Slavery. But We Ain't Gettin' 40 Acres and a Mule!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Yvonne R. Davis

We can all feel relieved there is an official acknowledgment that something terrible was done to black people. Yet the reality is way too much time has passed for this apology to really mean anything.

Genocide Prevention Rather Than Response Gains Favor In Policy Circles

Huffington Post Contributor | John Heffernan | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Last week, the United Nations Security Council traveled to Ethiopia, Rwanda, Congo and Liberia to discuss Africa's hotspots -- areas that are threaten...

Rwandan War Crimes Verdict Issued In Canada; First Of Its Kind

AP | AMY LUFT | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

MONTREAL — A Rwandan man was found guilty Friday of war crimes during his country's 1994 genocide, becoming the first person convicted under a n...

Not the Time to Declare Victory

Jean-Marie Guehenno | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Jean-Marie Guehenno

Policy making must not be based on wishful thinking. Congo has not yet reached a strategic turning point.

The Next Catastrophe in the Congo

Colin Thomas-Jensen | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Colin Thomas-Jensen

The U.N. will undermine its already limited credibility with frustrated Congolese civilians if this offensive against the FDLR goes ahead as planned.

A New Hope to End Genocide

Andrew Slack | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Andrew Slack

Does the Obama administration plan to commemorate the Rwandan genocide by letting another innocent 1,000,000 Africans die?

Rwanda 15 Years Later: A Survivor's Reflections

Jacqueline Murekatete | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Jacqueline Murekatete

I ask myself what, if anything, the world had learned in the 15 years since the Rwandan tragedy? How close are we to fulfilling the vow of "Never Again" that was promised over 60 years ago?

Stars Light 'Candles For Rwanda' For Genocide Survivors (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Susan Morgan | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Susan Morgan

On this tragic anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, 10,000 candles are being lit in Kigali. The ceremony is the beginning of a mass global remembrance, which will continue for a hundred days.

Remembering The Rwandan Genocide 15 Years Later (SLIDESHOW)

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Georgianne Nienaber

The images in this report are atrocious and in some cases obscene. But, they speak the truth of what happened during 100 days in 1994.

Rwanda 15 Years After Genocide

Ellis Cose | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Ellis Cose

If there is one lingering impression I have of Rwanda, it is of a beautiful yet tortured country, trying very hard to manage its pain.

Genocide in April

Heidi Kingstone | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Heidi Kingstone

I mention April because that month kept coming up as I toured room after room in the genocide museum. One by one 20th century genocides, like the stacks of the bodies of their victims, piled up.

Hope in Rwanda

Margee Ensign | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Margee Ensign

In fifteen years, the government and people of Rwanda have written a constitution, established free education for all children, and are rebuilding their economy. Rwanda is demonstrating a new model of development.

Emmanuel Rukundo Convicted Of Genocide

AP | SUKHDEV CHHATBAR | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

ARUSHA, Tanzania — A U.N. tribunal convicted a former Rwandan military chaplain Friday of attempted rape and genocide for crimes that included k...

Goucher Professor Accused Of Genocide In Rwanda Arrested

AP | SARAH BRUMFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

TOWSON, Md. — A Maryland college professor accused of genocide in his home country of Rwanda has been arrested for being in the U.S. illegally, ...

Justice Threatens Peace in Congo & Rwanda

Olivier Kamanda | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Olivier Kamanda

In recent months, a number of warrants, arrests, and prosecutions have provided African countries with an opportunity to test the international criminal legal regime.

The Inauguration and the Historical Spectre of Genocide

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Raymond J. Learsy

The sea of joyous humanity on the Mall in Washington gave us a snapshot of what a million people looked like. It gave us some inkling of the sheer size of what was perhaps humanity's greatest crime.

Rwandan Massacres Planner, Theoneste Bagosora, Convicted Of Genocide

AP | SUKHDEV CHHATBAR and DONNA BRYSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

ARUSHA, Tanzania — A former Rwandan army colonel was convicted Thursday of genocide and crimes against humanity for masterminding the killings o...

Rwandan Musician Convicted of Genocide for Making Songs of Hate

Sean Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Sean Jacobs

The New York Times reports that a famous Rwandan musician, Simon Bikindi, has been convicted of incitement to genocide.

Exclusive: Christiane Amanpour On Her Genocide Documentary, International Reporting and New Media

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Hanna Ingber Win

CNN's Christiane Amanpour has spent much of the last 20 years covering conflicts in every corner of the world. Her new documentary, Scream Bloody Murd...