Rwanda News

Rwanda military push against the Rwandan Hutu rebels has ended with scant results.

A Rwandan national accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide will be extradited from Sweden to Rwanda to face trial, the Swedish government said on Thursday.

The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo , MONUC, has denounced a coalition formed by Congolese militia, the Mayi-Mayi, and Rwandan Hutu rebels of the Forces dmocratiques pour la libration du Rwanda , targeted by the national army in the eastern provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame urged leaders of the Group of Eight on Monday to consult poor nations more, saying some in the developing world were skeptical of economic recipes handed down by rich countries.

An investigator for the defence team shields the face of AimA©e Solange Rwagafilita, DA©sirA© Munyaneza's wife, as they leave the Montreal courthouse after Munyaneza was found guilty of crimes against humanity in the Rwanda genocide.

After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur.

Electrogaz, Rwanda's public utility, is considering water rationing due to shortages caused by a prolonged drought in parts of the country, officials said.

Friday, 3 July 2009, 4:37 pm Press Release: United Nations A former Rwandan investigator for the United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the mass killings that engulfed the small African nation in 1994 was found guilty today by the same court of leaking protected information.

A new HIV prevention campaign in Rwanda a ' "Sinigurisha" a ' warns against cross-generational sex involving both older men and older women.

Kanyabayonga, DR Congo - Rwandan Hutu rebels burnt down around 130 village homes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an army officer said on Thursday, although a politician said locals blamed the army.

Continuing clashes between armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have forced civilians to abandon their homes in North Kivu and affected aid operations, a UN official said.

After killing several DRC soldiers including a Major and a Captain, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda have been blamed for killing two more Congolese soldiers.

Twenty six passengers were yesterday seriously injured when the vehicle they were traveling in lost control and swerved off the road, along the Kibuye highway.

The national public utilities' cooperation, Electrogaz, might resort to water rationing as it seeks to tackle the current shortage of the precious commodity, which they attribute to increased demand.

President Paul Kagame's role in promoting the use of ICT in development has been given another boost.

In the Bible, Ruth, stating her intention to convert, says, "Wherever you go, I will go.

Joint military efforts by the UN peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the country's ramshackle army to neutralize Rwandan Hutu-led militias have been criticized because of the worsening humanitarian crisis in the theatre of operations, the eastern Kivu provinces.

Eight people died after a vehicle they were travelling in along Musanze Highway, rolled several times into a river on Saturday night.

A U.N. court trying alleged masterminds of Rwanda 's genocide sentenced a former interior minister to 30 years in prison Monday for tricking thousands of people to hide on a hill, only to watch them get slaughtered by militias.

Eighteen baby mountain gorillas have been a oebaptizeda at an annual event in Rwanda to signify the seriousness of the endangerment of the species.A However, the baby gorillas were not physically at the event, which was held at a national park where the primates live.