Rwanda News Archives

Sunday, 1 November 2009, 5:37 pm Press Release: United Nations Eight men found guilty by a United Nations-backed court of war crimes and crimes against humanity during Sierra Leone's brutal decade-long civil war have been transferred to Rwanda to serve their sentences.

A Rwandan man who was the first person convicted under a law allowing people in Canada to be tried for war crimes committed abroad has been sentenced to life in prison.

According to Dr. Michael Biryabarema, the director of the Rwanda Geology and Mines Authority , the mine caved in last Saturday while miners were busy clearing a mine shaft for exploration.

Three Rwandan miners remained trapped underground near the capital Kigali after part of the gallery they were working in collapsed Saturday, the government said Monday.

The food situation in the country is more stable than it has been in many years, Agriculture and Livestock Minister, Dr Agnes Kalibata has said.

The government of Rwanda is developing a Petroleum Exploration Policy and law to facilitate oil exploration in the country.

Since 2007, readers, scholars, analysts and indeed nations themselves have looked to the Ibrahim Index of African Governance for valuable insight on the performance and relative rankings of African Governments.

By Cyprian Musoke A Special AU summit on refugees, returnees and internally displaced peoples opens in Kampala today.

Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority in conjunction with the International Civil Aviation Organisations , is currently hosting a meeting in Kigali that is discussing strategies for curbing disease transmission in air travel.

October 16, 2009 Rwanda: Doctor fired over "neglect" of H1N1 case Via The New Times : Doctor sacked over Swine flu - neglect' . It looks like a tempest in a faraway teapot, but some healthcare systems can't take much stress.

Idelphonse Nizeyimana sits in the dock at the International Criminal Tribunal, in Arusha, Tanzania, 14 Oct 2009 Rwanda's former deputy intelligence chief Idelphonse Nizeyimana sits in the dock at the International Criminal Tribunal, Wednesday, Oct.

A top suspect accused of forming secret death squads and orchestrating the killings of thousands during Rwanda's 1994 genocide pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to war crimes charges.

Thousands of Tutsis gathered in a refugee camp in south Rwanda on June 30, 1994, the height of the genocide.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame Sunday defended China's investment in developing economies of African countries, while slamming some Western nations and firms for polluting the continent.

Kampala Rwandan fugitive and former intelligence and operations head, Idelphonse Nizeyimana, arrested in Kampala this week run a retail shop in Goma the DR Congo, as part of his intricate scheme of hiding his identity, new details about how he eluded his pursuers indicate.

A move by Rwanda Revenue Authority to channel payment of customs duty at the borders through Bank of Kigali is creating chaos.

A former Rwandan intelligence officer, Idelphonse Nizeyimana, suspected of playing a key role in the 1994 genocide, has been arrested in the Ugandan capital Kampala, sources said on Tuesday.

Supreme Council of Information Communication Technology secretary general Dr Hessa al-Jaber is leading Qatar's official delegation in the 11th ITU Telecom World 2009 which began yesterday in Geneva.

Police in Uganda have arrested one of the most wanted suspects from Rwanda's 1994 genocide, Idelphonse Nizeyimana, a senior police source said on Tuesday.

A total of 3,500 illegal guns being burnt at the opening of the East African peace and security conference at Speke Resort Munyonyo yesterday By Henry Mukasa PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has called for a joint East African defence system to protect the region's interests against new forces of colonialism.

At least four people were killed and 52 injured when an unidentified man lobbed a grenade into a crowd at a village market in Rwanda, public radio reported Sunday.

An ex-Rwandan government minister charged with genocide and crimes against humanity held meetings "to spread the gospel of genocide" ahead of the massacre of 800 000 people in 1994, a court heard on Wednesday.

Rwanda's diplomatic relations with Kenya will grow a notch stronger when the Attorney Generals of both countries sign an extradition treaty on Wednesday, The New Times reports.