Rwanda

‘Connecting with God by caring for the environment’: Franciscan monk in Kenya shares Christmas message

December 24, 2020

Pope Francis's teachings about the moral urgency of the climate crisis are being spread from the Vatican all around the world by the Global Catholic Climate Movement.

Global Politics

Biden pick to lead US mission at UN will 'rebuild ties with our closest allies,' says former amb.

The World

November 24, 2020

With over three decades in the US foreign service, Linda Thomas-Greenfield hopes to chart a new course for the US in the halls of the United Nations. Marco Werman speaks to her colleague, former Ambassador Johnnie Carson, about how the adversity that Thomas-Greenfield faced in her career has prepared her for this role.

Top of The World

European students return to class; King Salman sacks Saudi commander; Hotel Rwanda figure arrested abroad

The World

September 01, 2020

With summer break coming to an end, schools across Europe are reopening. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has sacked the commander of his country’s troops in Yemen. And Paul Rusesabagina, who helped hundreds of his countrymen survive the Rwandan genocide, was arrested on terror-related offenses.

Business

International flights resume in East Africa

The World

August 10, 2020

COVID-19 lockdowns in East Africa brought air travel to a halt for months. Now, airlines in the region are returning to the air.

Justice

A 26-year manhunt for Rwandan genocide fugitive ends

The World

May 18, 2020

“Félicien Kabuga has always been one of the most wanted fugitives,” said Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. “He has always been considered as being one of the masterminds in relation to the genocide” in Rwanda.

Lessons from the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda, 25 years after the genocide it failed to stop

The Conversation

September 09, 2019

The UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda seemed straightforward at first. But as the mass killings began, the UN ordered its blue helmeted troops to evacuate foreigners — but not intervene to save the Tutsis from slaughter.

Health

Abortion pardons in Rwanda leave rights activists hopeful

The World

April 12, 2019

Kagame pardoned 367 women who were jailed because they had an abortion. The order was widely praised by women and human rights activists.

Thousands of ISIS fighters sit in prison. Kurdish leaders call for a special tribunal.

GlobalPost

March 29, 2019

ISIS fighters committed heinous crimes. Thousands are now locked up in camps and prisons across northern Syria. But the evidence against them is flimsy and the cost of justice, high. What should happen to them?

Rwanda, US eye trade war over $1 billion used clothing market

Reuters

May 24, 2018

Selling America's used clothing — much of it donated to charities and the bulk of it originally made outside the United States — is a nearly $1 billion industry. Exports typically end up in poor nations. Africa is a key destination. But Rwanda wants to grow its own textile industry, and those used clothes are an obstacle.

Culture

Remember that you have to die

The World

October 31, 2017

Halloween is the candy-coated version of a longtime tradition of celebrating the inevitability of death. Photographer and author Paul Koudounaris has traveled the world to document ossuaries and charnel houses — rooms filled with, and often decorated with, human skulls and bones. Who knew death could be so beautiful?

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