Rwanda

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Rwanda tribunal to press Paris on those sheltered at embassy

AFP Global Edition 5 days ago

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is stepping up pressure on Paris to release the names of the people sheltered in the French embassy in Kigali in the first days of the 1994 genocide, court papers showed Thursday. In a note ...

Rwandan Hutu rebel leaders held in German jail: official

AFP Global Edition 6 days ago

A German judge ordered two Rwanda Hutu rebel leaders to be held in jail after they were arrested on suspicion of war crimes alleged to have occurred in the DR Congo, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Ignace Murwanashyaka, political leader of the Democratic ...

Rwandan Hutu rebel leaders 'held in German jail'

AFP Global Edition 6 days ago

A German judge ordered two Rwanda Hutu rebel leaders to be held in jail after they were arrested on suspicion of war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Ignace Murwanashyaka, political leader of the Democratic Forces for ...

Hutu extremist leaders arrested in Germany

AFP Global Edition 7 days ago

German police arrested two top Rwandan militia leaders Tuesday suspected of atrocities committed in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, prosecutors said. Ignace Murwanashyaka, 46, the leader of Rwanda's Hutu FLDR rebels, was seized in the western city of Karlsruhe on suspicion of ...

Top Rwandan Hutu rebels 'arrested in Germany'

AFP Global Edition 7 days ago

Two leading Rwandan Hutu rebels were arrested in Germany on Tuesday on suspicion of crimes against humanity and war crimes this year and in 2008 in DR Congo, prosecutors said. The pair, Ignace Murwanashyaka, 46, and Straton Musoni, 48, are the leader ...

Rwandan priest acquitted of genocide charges

AP News 7 days ago

Rwandan genocide court acquits priest of genocide charges and orders his release from jail A United Nations court on Tuesday acquitted a Catholic priest charged with genocide, murder and extermination in Rwanda's 1994 genocide after the judge said the prosecution had failed ...

Rwandan plane crashes at airport, kills 1 person

AP News 11 days ago

Rwandan plane crashes into lounge at airport during emergency landing, kills 1 person A passenger plane with a recent history of technical problems crashed into an airport VIP lounge in Rwanda's capital, killing one passenger, airline officials said Friday. Rwandair executive Jack ...

Rwanda Plane Crash

AP News 11 days ago

In this image made from television, people are seen next to a passenger plane which crashed into an airport VIP lounge at the airport in Kigali, Rwanda, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. The head of Rwanda's national airline says one person died after ...

Rwandan immigrant's genocide case delayed

AFP American Edition 12 days ago

A 37-year-old Rwandan immigrant arrested last week on suspicion of committing acts of genocide appeared briefly via video link in an Ottawa court room Thursday. Jacques Mungwarere was arrested last Friday by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) at the tail-end of an ...

'Butcher of Gitarama' goes on trial over Rwanda genocide

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

Former Rwandan government minister Callixte Nzabonimana, described by prosecutors as "the Butcher of Gitarama", went on trial Monday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Tanzania. Nzabonimana, who served as youth minister in the mainly Hutu government during Rwanda's 1994 ...

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