Rwanda admitted to the Commonwealth association
01 Dec 2009: The Government yesterday welcomed Rwanda as the newest member of the Commonwealth. The African nation, scarred by the 100-day genocide of 1994 which left 800,000 people dead, becomes the 54th member of the association. It was admitted following a meetingWhy Rwanda said adieu to French
17 Jan 2009: France has long claimed Rwanda as part of its francophone fold even though there is only one language common to all citizens of the tiny central African nation — the indigenous Kinyarwanda — and only a minority of the population speak passable French.Rwanda probes French role in genocide
24 Oct 2006: A Rwandan government-appointed commission is to investigate allegations that French troops supported militias behind the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Paul Kagame, Rwanda's president, whose Tutsi government came to power after the genocide, has accused France ofCanal body 'was Rwandan minister'
23 Dec 2005: A decomposed body found in a canal in Brussels is that of a Rwandan former minister facing charges of genocide, the Belgian justice ministry has said. Juvenal Uwilingiyimana, 54, a former minister for parks, went missing from his home in the city on 21Rwandan priest to deny genocide
01 Nov 2005: A Roman Catholic priest charged on four counts of genocide in Rwanda is due to start his defence at the war crimes tribunal in Arusha, Tanzania. Father Athanase Seromba denies telling some 2,000 ethnic Tutsis to seek shelter in a church and sendingGenocide arrest of Rwanda general
06 Sep 2005: An army general has been arrested at the order of a Rwandan local 'gacaca' court collecting evidence about the 1994 genocide, a court official says. Maj-Gen Laurent Munyakazi denies accusations by witnesses that he was involved in killing people takingRwanda rebels massacre women, children
11 Jul 2005: Rwandan rebels have killed more than 30 civilians, mostly women and children, in a raid on a village in eastern Congo, burning young mothers alive in their huts in one of the worst massacres in the area for months, a medical charity has said. A CongoleseRwandan militias targeted by UN
05 Jul 2005: United Nations peacekeepers have started an operation to disarm and drive out Rwandan rebels based in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Guatemalan special forces and attack helicopters are being used against the militias based in eastern DR Congo. TheRwanda award for 'sewage' cooking
03 Sep 2009: A Rwandan prison project, which reduces cooking fuel bills by using methane gas from inmates' toilet waste, has won a global environment award. The Kigali Institute of Science and Technology has helped prisons cut their firewood spending by $44,000Rwandans sentenced over genocide
30 Jun 2005: Two Rwandan businessmen convicted of war crimes and murder during the 1994 genocide have been given long prison sentences by a Belgian court. Half-brothers Etienne Nzabonimana and Samuel Ndashyikirwa were jailed for 12 and ten years respectively. TheyEAST AFRICA: Rwanda may join regional body soon, leaders say
15 Jun 2005: DAR ES SALAAM, 30 May 2005 (IRIN) - Rwanda could be admitted to the East African Community (EAC) by the end of this year, according to a directive by the heads of state of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda at a two-day extra-ordinary summit, which ended onBurundi, Rwanda Violate International Obligations - UN Refugee Agency
15 Jun 2005: June 14, 2005 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today charged that the governments of Burundi and Rwanda were in violation of their obligations under international conventions on refugees, after some 5,000 Rwandan asylum seekers inRwandan Hutus 'forced back home'
13 Jun 2005: Monday, 13 June, 2005 Several thousand Rwandan Hutus are being forced home from Burundi against their will, the United Nations fears. They have fled into Burundi since April saying they face persecution by village courts over the 1994 genocide. The UNRwandan Hutu Rebels Denounce Genocide, Halt War
30 Mar 2005: Thu Mar 31, 2005 09:30 AM ET By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Rwanda's main Hutu rebel group announced Thursday they were ending their war against Rwanda and for the first time denounced the 1994 genocide of Tutsis that has been blamed on many of theirRwandan denies genocide charges
31 Jan 2005: Monday, 31 January, 2005, 14:02 GMT Defence lawyers for the first woman to be charged with genocide at the international tribunal for Rwanda have begun presenting their case. The ex-minister for women and the family, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, is standingslashnews
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The wretched scandal of Gaza
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Microsoft Bing in search deal with China’s
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Microsoft has signed a deal with China’s top search engine, Baidu, to provide the site with censored web search services in
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