Tag: Rwandan
a Rwandan sentenced to life imprisonment in Belgium
Last Tuesday, the two men were both found guilty of the crime of genocide and war crimes for acts committed in Rwanda between April and June 1994. Thus, the Court…
Rwandan genocide: end of pleadings at the trial of two alleged genocidaires in Brussels
This is the end of the pleadings in the trial of the two suspected Rwandan genocidaires before the Brussels Assize Court. With the defense of the second accused, Séraphin Twahirwa,…
Trial in Belgium of two alleged Rwandan genocidaires: words of victims
In Belgium, at the trial of the two suspected Rwandan genocidaires, it is now time for the civil parties to make their pleadings. Their lawyers will address jurors this Wednesday.…
Former Rwandan doctor tried in Paris for genocide and crimes against humanity
In France, a former Rwandan doctor is, from November 14, 2023, before the Paris Assize Court. Sosthène Munyemana is suspected of having participated in the genocide of the Tutsi in…
Literature: Rwandan novelist Dominique Celis recounts post-genocide society
Thus men cry is the first novel by the Belgian-Rwandan Dominique Celis, published last year. An epistolary story, eminently sensitive and powerful, which puts the Rwandan tragedy back on the…
France: a Rwandan survivor recounts the Nyamure hill massacre
Philippe Manier’s trial continues before the Paris Assize Court. This former chief warrant officer of the gendarmerie of Nyanza, in the prefecture of Butare in southern Rwanda, is being prosecuted…
France: a Rwandan survivor accuses “Biguma” of having ordered the massacre of Nyabubare hill
The trial of Philippe Manier continues before the Court of Assizes of Paris. This ex-gendarme, also known by the nickname “Biguma”, was chief warrant officer in Nyanza, in the prefecture…
A former Rwandan gendarme in front of French justice for genocide and crimes against humanity
Twenty-nine years after the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the former chief warrant officer at the Nyanza gendarmerie Philippe Hategekimana, naturalized French in 2005 under the name of Philippe Manier, appears…
DRC reacts to statements by Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Congolese borders
New pass of arms between the Rwandan and Congolese authorities by interposed declarations. On the sidelines of his trip to Benin, Rwandan President Paul Kagame justified the current security crisis…
Rwandan President Paul Kagame re-elected with 99.8% of the vote at the head of his party
The 35th international congress of the presidential party, the Rwandan Patriotic Front, was held this weekend. More than 2,000 delegates voted on Sunday for their party’s new executive committee, and…