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Rwanda Building Collapse Kills 6, Injures 30
(KAMPALA, Uganda) — Six people were killed and dozens more injured when a four-story building under construction collapsed in eastern Rwanda, police said...
1 Killed, 8 Wounded in Grenade Attack in Rwanda
(KIGALI, Rwanda) — A police official in Rwanda says a grenade blast has killed one person and wounded eight. The attack happened in a busy area of Kigali, the...
UN Authorizes Intervention Force for Congo
The U.N. Security Council authorized a new "intervention brigade" for Congo on Thursday with an unprecedented mandate to take military action against rebel...
The Tangled Tale of the Terminator: Why a Warlord Turned Himself In
Bosco Ntaganda was one of the most feared men in Africa—until he feared for his own safety and ended up in the U.S. embassy in Rwanda
Congo Warlord Bosco Ntaganda Remains at U.S. Embassy
(KIGALI, Rwanda) — Wanted on an international warrant for alleged war crimes, Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda lived openly in Congo for years, playing tennis at...
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Russia's most promising citizens are leaving the country, Geneva is no longer the crime-free city it used to be and fugitive Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda has...
Congo M23 Faction Leader Arrested in Rwanda
(GOMA, Congo) — A rebel faction spokesman says his armed group has regained control of all of the M23 rebel territory in eastern Congo, and the leader of the...
Congo’s Eastern Rebels Seize Goma: Will Rwanda Then Takeover?
When I spent a few days with the M23 rebels of eastern Congo in August they were clear that their April mutiny against the Congolese army and seizure of...
Q&A: Rwandan President Paul Kagame
In the midst of a crisis over an army rebellion in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which the United Nations has accused Rwanda of supporting, Rwandan...
Behind the Story: TIME’s Alex Perry Discusses Rwandan President Paul Kagame
If you look at a map of Africa you could be forgiven for assuming that the actions of the President of the tiny, land-locked country of Rwanda are not...
Is Rwanda Backing Rebels Led by a War Criminal in Congo?
Mounting evidence that Rwanda is supplying arms and recruits to a rebellion led by an indicted war criminal in the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C.) is the...
How to Greet a Mountain Gorilla
Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park is home to more than 480 critically endangered mountain gorillas. As part of an effort by the Rwanda Tourist Board to combine...
French Inquiry Clears Rwanda’s Kagame Of the Attack That Sparked a Genocide
Findings revealed on Tuesday from a new French inquiry into events that preceded the 1994 Rwandan genocide reverse the conclusions of a previous investigation...
Happy Homecoming: Six Poached Baby Gorillas Rescued, Returned to Congo
Six endangered mountain gorillas were returned home to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday after being rescued from poachers who smuggled them into...
Rwanda's Post-Civil War Hope? Gorilla Tourism
This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global-news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was...
10 Questions for Paul Kagame
Seventeen years on, how has Rwanda dealt with the aftermath of the genocide? We had a National Unity and Reconciliation Commission, which brought all Rwandans...
Rwanda's Rebel Reformer: Paul Kagame
In the run-up to the presidential election on Aug. 9 in the tiny East African nation of Rwanda, the government of Paul Kagame has arrested several opposition...
Can One Laptop per Child Transform Rwanda's Economy?
Sitting behind a rickety desk in a room with cement floors and water-stained walls, Faina Iradukunda, 13, tinkers with a rudimentary animation program on a shiny...
Can Ice Cream Help Pull Rwanda Out of Poverty?
Motorcycle taxis zip along the narrow tarmac road from Butare, Rwanda's second largest city, to the National University on the outskirts of town. Along the...
