Rwanda

The eight Rwandans who were released by the ICTR and released after serving their sentences are still waiting in Niger. By early December, they had been transferred from Arusha to Niamey on the basis of an agreement between Niger and the UN mechanism…

Paul Rusesabagina, in distinction to Paul Kagame, who had acquired Belgian citizenship, is at the moment on trial for terrorism in Kigali. The verdict in his trial is predicted on September 20. He was going through life in jail. Known for saving the lives of a thousand folks through the 1994 Tutsi genocide, Paul Rusesabagina-…

After Uganda, it is Rwanda's turn to welcome refugees from Afghanistan. While the first plane filled with people fleeing the Taliban's capture of Kabul arrived in Kampala on Wednesday, Kigali is waiting for an entire school to arrive. This is the Afghanistan School of Leadership, the only boarding school for young girls in the country. It was the founder of the facility who announced it on Twitter on…

Tonight Uganda welcomes its first group of refugees fleeing Afghanistan, we head to South Africa as the country has the highest unemployment rate in the world according to Bloomberg, and Yemeni fish become the dish national of Djibouti. .

Tunisia, the reigning African champions, preferred to launch their tournament and start Afrobasket 2021 by outclassing Guinea in the opening match (82-46). Rwanda did not miss its meeting with the crowd against Congo while Cape Verde created a sensation by defeating Angola. The debut for the celebration of 60 years of FIBA ​​Africa began with a party in Rwanda, the hub of 2021 for African basketball after hosting the Basketball African League in May. The public in Kigali Arena, Rwanda's sporting jewel, must have…

The 30th African Men's Basketball Championship, Afrobasket, kicks off this Tuesday, August 24 in Rwanda. Sixteen teams compete. Four years ago, during the latest edition, the Tunisians won. They are again challengers for the title but they are not the only ones. The tournament seems more open than ever. Sixteen teams from…

The verdict on the trial of the man whose story inspired the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda has been rejected for going into opposition to Paul Kagame. A year ago, he was arrested, kidnapped according to his relatives and taken back to Kigali, where he has since been convicted of terrorism. The long-awaited verdict was scheduled for Thursday, August 19, but it is postponed until September 20.…

The Association of Rwandan Genocide Survivors, Ibukasalue, the Extradition of the Netherlands by Venant Rutunga. The 72-year-old man landed in Kigali on Monday night. He was placed in the hands of the Rwandan authorities, where he is accused of being part of the cadres who organized the massacre of the Tutsis in the south of the country.…

Turkey's Yunus Emre Institute, in collaboration with the University of Rwanda, has started offering Turkish courses. The classes, which started on July 5, have received a great deal of attention from students, according to Turkey's envoy to Kigali, Burcu Çevik. '' It was planned that the courses would be held both as personal and online lessons. But due to the latest COVID-19 measures introduced in Rwanda, all classes need to be changed to online at the moment, Çevik said in a virtual interview.…

The Pegasus software from the Israeli company NSO Group was used by the Rwandan authorities to spy on the opponent's daughter Paul Rusesabagina, according to the investigation carried out by a consortium of 17 international media from the network Forbidden Stories and NGO Amnesty International. This software is introduced in a smartphone and allows you to retrieve messages, photos, contacts and even…