April 7 marks the U.N. International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. It was established to remember members of the Tutsi community, an African ethnic group, who ...

Most of us might be accustomed to the 1994 Rwandan genocide popularized by the Hollywood movie Hotel Rwanda in which the shooting down of President Juvenal Habyarimana’s plane was used as a signal to ...

Nearly 25 years after the genocide against the Tutsi of Rwanda took the lives of up to one million victims, the offspring of Tutsi survivors, who weren't even born at the time, are among those most ...

Throughout this month, The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed to the shaping of African history.The Bahutu Manifesto, drafted by nine Rwandan Hutu ...

Rwanda will begin commemorating 30 years on Sunday since the 1994 genocide that left 800,000 people dead, most of them from the Tutsi ethnic minority. For three decades, researchers have been ...

10 years ago this Wednesday, on April 7, 1994, the newly Christianized African nation of Rwanda erupted into unprecedented ethnic slaughter. Where was the church then? And how can it help Rwandans ...

Thirty years since the genocide against the Tutsi of Rwanda, survivors Faina Iligoga and Aubert Ruzigandekwe plan to create a permanent documentation and healing centre in their adopted home of ...

From 1959 to the genocide the Hutu leaders, put in place by the Belgian rule in a last ditch attempt to maintain their presence in Rwanda, implemented a policy of establishing a Hutu power without the ...

In 1994, Rwanda, a country renowned for its breathtaking scenery and vibrant culture--descended into one of the most horrific episodes of human history. In just 100 days, over one million Tutsi men, ...

Rwandans living in Dakar, Senegal, joined together on Saturday, June 24, for a 'Walk to Remember' in commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The event aimed to honour the victims of the ...