30 years after the genocide, Rwanda is a success story. However, Paul Kagame rules with a strict hand. In the areas of health and hygiene, Rwanda is a role model for many African countries. Corruption is practically non-existent and education
Read moreDocumentation: Colonialism and the genocide in Rwanda
This documentary is the first to examine the role played by German and Belgian colonialism in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. In the documentary, Rwandan director and filmmaker Samuel Ishimwe sets out in search of the origins
Read moreGenocide in Rwanda and Germany remained silent
It is now proven that the genocide in Rwanda was meticulously planned. The German embassy in Kigali also had knowledge of the pogroms and massacres at the time. Contemporary witnesses accuse Germany of ignorance, disinterest and inaction. As early as
Read moreHutu militia from Rwanda in the DR Congo
The remaining Rwandan genocide perpetrators have joined forces with Congo’s army. “Morale is better than it has been for a long time,” says one deserter. In the border region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, there have been several shootouts
Read moreGerman Africa policy: another “Never again!”
“Never again’ must become a reality.” This sentence is uttered more than once this Monday in Rwanda’s capital Kigali. Dieudonné Nagiriwubunta, director of the memorial site that commemorates the brutal genocide of Rwanda’s Tutsis in 1994, is giving Foreign Minister
Read moreFélicien Kabuga one step closer to a trial in Arusha
The Paris Court of Appeal has given a favourable opinion on the transfer of Félicien Kabuga to the UN Mechanism, based in Tanzania. It’s only the first step of a legal battle that is just getting started. continue reading https://www.theafricareport.com/…
Read moreUN Secretary-General António Guterres on the Anniversary of the 1994 Genocide
On 7 April, we recall the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda — when more than one million people were systematically murdered in just 100 days. The victims were overwhelmingly Tutsi, but also included Hutu and others who opposed the
Read moreRwanda – the long path to reconciliation
The Genocide claimed the lives of nearly a million people within not more than 100 days. Radical Tutsi agitated their own people to kill the minority Tutsi… See the full documentary in German here: Weltspiegel-Reportage | Das Erste
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