Rwanda

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

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Selling America's used clothing — much of it donated to charities and the bulk of it originally made outside the United States — is a nearly $1 billion industry.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?

Conflict

Pentagon looks at stepping up its role in Africa to counter ISIS

Agence France-Presse

October 24, 2017

The United States is considering a stepped-up military presence in Africa to pursue ISIS jihadists looking for new havens after the fall of their "caliphate," American officials say.

Conflict

Niger raid highlights US military's growing role in Africa

Agence France-Presse

October 21, 2017

The killing of four American special operations soldiers in Niger has highlighted the increasing role elite units are playing across Africa, where their mission is to counter the advances of a slew of jihadist movements, including al-Shabab in Somalia, ISIS affiliates in the Sahel region and Boko Haram in Nigeria.

Conflict

How Rwanda is aiding women widowed by the country’s 1994 genocide

News Deeply

October 13, 2017

Unlike many other post-conflict African nations, Rwanda is working to support aging women widowed by the country’s 1994 genocide. With the establishment of care homes and other initiatives, the country’s elderly widows can finally find peace.

Justice

Israel has developed a system for pushing out refugees it doesn't want

The World

July 05, 2017

A year-long investigation by Foreign Policy magazine reveals Israel's secret system for shuffling out African asylum-seekers, via Rwanda or Uganda, into third countries, where they are no longer anyone’s responsibility.

Conflict

These women run a cafe by day, and risk their lives to report on their government’s killings by night

The World

March 02, 2017

What happens when a president makes journalists his public enemy number one and drives them out of the country? Meet the three women who, through a secret WhatsApp network and with dogged determination, risk their lives to operate in exile.

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Conflict & Justice

Children born of the Rwandan genocide

The World

February 19, 2008

Thousands of Rwandan women became pregnant as a result of mass rape during the Rwandan genocide. The children born of those pregnancies are now coming into adolescence -- on the margins of Rwandan society. The World's Jeb Sharp reports.

Conflict & Justice

Bringing justice to Rwanda's rape victims

The World

February 20, 2008

Many thousands of Rwandan women were raped during the 1994 genocide, and their cases have been languishing in Rwanda's broken court system, so now some are proposing to try these genocide rape cases in informal community courts

Arts, Culture & Media

Gorilla cell phone game

The World

April 23, 2008

The World's Clark Boyd reports on "Silverback," a cell phone-based video game designed to raise awareness about the threats facing mountain gorillas in Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.

Conflict & Justice

Aid groups face moral dilemma

The World

June 06, 2008

International humanitarian aid groups sometimes face moral dilemmas when they work in countries run by authoritarian regimes, as Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Nicolas de Torrente

Global Politics

Rwanda implicates France in 1994 genocide

The World

August 05, 2008

Rwanda is accusing France of direct complicity in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and the Rwandan government has listed 33 French officials it says should be prosecuted for their role in the carnage, as The World's Jeb Sharp reports.

Global Politics

Author Philip Gourevitch discusses Rwandan genocide report

The World

August 05, 2008

Philip Gourevitch is the author of "We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda." Gourevitch says the report released today adds more detail to previous investigations.

Environment

Google to invest in Internet start-up

The World

September 09, 2008

Google has announced it will invest in a start-up that's looking to offer Internet services in the developing world via satellite. The World's Clark Boyd reports.

Global Politics

Rwanda to switch from French to English

The World

October 16, 2008

Rwanda has decided to change the language of instruction for its entire educational system from French to English. The World's Jeb Sharp explains.

Business, Economics and Jobs

Geo answer

The World

October 17, 2008

For our Geo Quiz, we wanted the name of a small African country on the shores of Lake Kivu. The answer is Rwanda. Reporter Judy Goldberg has an update on the rare partnership between Macy's department store and an association of women weavers from Rwanda.

Arts, Culture & Media

Global Hit

The World

December 03, 2008

The World's Marco Werman has details on the 15-year sentence handed to Rwandan singer Simon Bikindi for his role in the country's 1994 genocide.