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The management and members of staff of The New Times visited the Ntarama Genocide Memorial in Bugesera District on Wednesday, July 2, as part of the 31st commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the ...
To suggest that the Nyiginya dynasty or Batutsi heritage is responsible for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi is to fundamentally misunderstand--and dangerously misrepresent--Rwanda's history.
The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean Damascène Bizimana, has said that several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that emerged before the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi ...
Foreign minister says Friday’s agreement has given ‘huge impetus’ for peace, but talks with M23 militia are critical ...
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decadeslong ...
Above all, they share a similar colonial history and a deep legacy of war that shapes their political histories and foreign policies. Burundi’s ruling Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie ...
While the United States celebrates its Independence Day on July 4th, this date holds significance for other nations as well.
Bad recent history: When former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko fell in 1997, war erupted throughout Congo. A series of peace agreements -- U.N. blessed -- purportedly ended the Great Congo War in 2003.
Speaking before the Security Council Friday, the Head of the UN Mission in Congo Bintou Keita called the agreement a major ...
It’s one of several attempts to end the deadly conflict in the troubled eastern DRC. Will it work where others failed?
The Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East & Africa (CAMEA) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), in ...