Rwanda

A commission that spent almost two years exposing France's role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide concluded that it reacted too slowly to estimate the scale of the terror that left more than 800,000 dead but cleared the country of involvement in the massacre. The report said France was carrying "heavy and overwhelming responsibility" in the operation that led to the killings, which mainly claimed victims of Rwanda's ethnic minority in Tutsi. Persistent claims that France under then-President Francois Mitterrand did not do…

A commission that spent almost two years exposing France's role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide concluded that Friday reacted too slowly to estimate the scale of the terror, which left more than 800,000 dead, but cleared the country of involvement in the massacre. The report said France was carrying "heavy and overwhelming responsibility" in the operation that led to the killings, which mainly claimed victims of Rwanda's ethnic minority in Tutsi. Persistent claims that France under then-President Francois…

The nearly 1,200-page report from the Ducler Commission was officially handed over to Emmanuel Macron on Friday. Two years ago, the French president instructed about fifteen historians, gathered in a commission led by historian Vincent Duclert, to examine "the French archives relating to Rwanda and the genocide of the Tutsis" between 1990 and 1994. It stated the goal of establishing France's role in the Rwandan genocide seems to have been achieved. France bears "heavy and overwhelming responsibility" in the events…

While recently launching Rwanda's platform for democracy, a new opposition party not yet registered with the authorities, former university professor Christopher Kayumba is accused of attempted rape and sexual assault. Heard by investigators on Tuesday, March 23, he said he was the subject of disinformation aimed at selling his reputation.…

The Burundian media in exile in Rwanda silenced for two days by decision of the Rwandan authorities. Some journalists in exile in this country say they have been sacrificed at the altar of political realism, as the two neighboring countries began on the road to normalizing their relations, it was just over six months ago. RPA…

New hearing on Wednesday, March 24 in the trial of Rwandan opponent Paul Rusesabagina and new controversy. Prosecution witness Michelle Martin, a U.S. citizen, testified in court that she was employed by the Rwandan government in 2012 for academic support. Relatives of the opponent accuse him of being an agent of the Rwandan government and condemn a travesty of justice. Michelle Martin began her testimony by introducing herself as a former volunteer at the Hotel Rwanda Foundation Paul Rusesabagina. Before the verdicts,…

Soon a new opposition party in Rwanda? It is a rather rare event in the country's political landscape, largely dominated by the RPF, the party of President Paul Kagame. The birth of the Rwandan Platform for Democracy (RPD) was announced on Thursday, March 18, during an online press conference by its founder, Christopher Kayumba, a former university professor and journalist who was recently released from…

More than 250,000 people received a first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in Rwanda in one week. The country launched a vaccination campaign on Friday, March 5, after receiving about 340,000 doses as part of the Covax initiative, mainly from the Astra-Zeneca laboratory, but also from the Pfizer laboratory. For a week, photos of injections have followed each other in the media. There were first the nursing staff and the elderly, then prisoners, refugees, some motorcycle taxis, but also the staff of the national airline,…

In Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina has announced that he will no longer appear before the judges. At the sixth hearing of his trial, on Friday 12 March, the opponent considered that he did not benefit from a fair trial and therefore refused to continue to participate. Once again, the Court rejected the objections raised by Paul Rusesabagina's lawyers. They had requested another six months to prepare his defense and investigate this file, according to them, particularly complicated, given that the opponent appears along with…

"I like the concept of 1 mobile - 1 minute - 1 movie." The first pan-African selection of Mobile Film Festival Africa invites us until March 17 to discover for free films from 51 young directors from 23 African countries driving to the Grand PrixAfrica, equipped with 10,000 euros. Interview with Rwandan director JoëlKarekezi, winner of the prestigious Gold Standard by Yennengaau Fespaco and member of the jury for Mobile Film…