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Rwanda's leader is concerned over perceived US ambiguity about victims of the 1994 genocide
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Monday he was concerned by what he saw as a U.S. failure to characterize the 1994 massacres as a genocide against the country's minority Tutsis. Kagame told reporters that the issue was an “element of discussion” in...
Kagame blames the world's inaction as Rwanda commemorates the 1994 genocide with lingering scars
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan President Paul Kagame blamed the inaction of the international community for allowing the 1994 genocide to happen as Rwandans on Sunday commemorated 30 years since an estimated 800,000 people were killed by government-backed extremists. Rwanda has...
In a Rwandan reconciliation village, collaborative efforts among women give hope for unity
BUGESERA, Rwanda (AP) — Anastasie Nyirabashyitsi and Jeanette Mukabyagaju think of each other as dear friends. The women’s friendship was cemented one day in 2007, when Mukabyagaju, going somewhere, left a child behind for Nyirabashyitsi to look after. This...
Though Rwanda has come a long way since the 1994 genocide, scars of the past still haunt the nation
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda is preparing to mark the 30th anniversary of the East African nation's most horrific period in history — the genocide against its minority Tutsi. To this day, new mass graves are still being discovered across the country of 14 million people, a grim reminder of the...
New mass graves in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts, 30 years after the genocide
HUYE, Rwanda (AP) — The diggers’ hoes scrape the brown soil, looking for — and often finding — human bone fragments. The women then wipe the bone pieces with their hands as others watch in solemn silence. The digging goes on, a scene that's become all too familiar in a...
British government watchdog says UK's Rwanda deportation plan could cost nearly 500 million pounds
LONDON (AP) — The British government’s contentious plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda could cost nearly half a billion pounds, or about $630 million, plus hundreds of thousands for each deported person, a report said Friday. The National Audit Office...
