Rwanda
Kigali cancels talks with Belgium over 'Hotel Rwanda' verdict
Belgium's Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes said that despite repeated appeals from Brussels, "Rusesabagina did not benefit from a fair and equitable trial;...
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'Hotel Rwanda' hero sentenced to 25 years on terror charges
He was convicted by a high court in Kigali of involvement in a rebel group blamed for deadly gun, grenade and arson attacks in Rwanda in 2018 and 2019.
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'Hotel Rwanda' hero convicted on terror charges
Rwandan prosecutors have sought a life sentence for Paul Rusesabagina, the 67-year-old former hotelier credited with saving over 1,200 lives during the country's 1994 genocide, and whose actions inspired the Hollywood film.
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'Hotel Rwanda' hero to learn verdict in terror trial
Rwandan prosecutors have sought a life sentence for Rusesabagina, the 67-year-old former hotelier credited with saving hundreds of lives during the 1994 genocide, and whose actions inspired the Hollywood film.
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Opposition figure held for rape in Rwanda
Former Kigali journalism school lecturer Christopher Kayumba faces allegations from several people, including a former student, according to the Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB).
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Rwanda leader defends terrorism trial of genocide hero
He said Paul Rusesabagina, now a prominent Kagame critic whose detention and trial has raised global alarm, was in the dock not because of his fame but because people had died as a result of his later actions.
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Popular Rwandan rapper Jay Polly dies in custody
Jay Polly, whose real name was Joshua Tuyishime, was being held on drugs charges and had found out on Wednesday that he was due to stand trial in December -- eight months after his arrest.
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Verdict in trial of 'Hotel Rwanda' hero set for 20 September
Initially a decision in the highly watched case against the 67-year-old Paul Rusesabagina had been due on Friday but it was delayed without any reason given.
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Ramaphosa listed as target for phone surveillance - report
New evidence uncovered by The Pegasus Project has revealed that the phone numbers for 14 heads of state, including Ramaphosa, French President Emmanuel Macron, Pakistan’s Imran Khan, were selected as people of interest by clients of spyware company the NSO Group.
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'Hotel Rwanda' activist's daughter targeted by spyware: report
Numbers of more than 3,500 Rwandans appeared on the leaked records, "indicating that they were potential targets of the software", the inquiry said.
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Rwanda locks down capital as COVID cases surge
Rwanda has up until now avoided the worst of the pandemic by enforcing some of the strictest containment measures on the continent and implementing a rigorous regime of testing and contact tracing.
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Rwanda sends 1,000 troops to insurgency-hit Mozambique
Islamic State-linked jihadists have been terrorising the impoverished Cabo Delgado province since late 2017, stoking fears that the violence could spill over into neighbouring countries.
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Rwanda cancels weddings as COVID-19 cases surge
Rwanda has, up to now, avoided the worst of the pandemic by enforcing some of the strictest containment measures on the continent and implementing a rigorous regime of testing and contact tracing.
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Life sentence sought for 'Hotel Rwanda' hero
The 67-year-old former manager of Kigali's Hotel des Mille Collines was made famous by the 2004 Hollywood film that told how he saved more than 1,000 people who sheltered in his hotel during the genocide a decade earlier.
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Rwanda police arrest YouTuber for alleged genocide denial
Aimable Karasira, 40, a former university lecturer, runs a popular YouTube channel with over 62,000 subscribers, from where he launches regular attacks against the Rwandan government.
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'We are suffering': Congo volcano spells misery for Rwanda too
Gisenyi, on Rwanda's northwestern frontier, is separated by an international border from Goma, the eastern Congolese city in the shadow of Nyiragongo, and most at its mercy.
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France genocide acknowledgement a 'big step' says Kagame
Emmanuel Macron, during a historic visit to the east African nation this week, recognised France's role in the killing of 800,000 mostly Tutsi Rwandans and said only the survivors could grant 'the gift of forgiveness'.
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Macron recognises France's 'responsibility' in Rwanda genocide
Emmanuel Macron is the first French leader since 2010 to visit the East African nation, which has long accused France of complicity in the killing of some 800,000 mostly Tutsi Rwandans.
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Macron visit could boost French-speaking in Rwanda
Macron's trip, the first by a French leader since 2010, follows a quarter-century of diplomatic tension between the two countries over France's role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
