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Remembered:  The genocide of the Tutsi was not the product of primordial tribal feeling but it was the product of a political project, carefully constructed over decades. Photo: Rwanda Government

Becoming umwana – a son: Part 2

The family who sheltered me was, by any measure, participating in genocide: they were killing Tutsi every day. They were also, in their own logic, maintaining a family, going to…

Engraved in memory: The Kigali Genocide Memorial engenders remembrance of the genocide’s victims, promoting peace and reconciliation and building peace through education. Photo: Supplied

Becoming Umwana – a son

In the ruins of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, Nelson Gashagaza survived by becoming someone else’s child. In this two-part series as Rwanda commemorates Kwibuka32, he…

Demonising’s danger: The belongings of the victims of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide form part of the Nyamata Genocide Memorial in Kigali. (Jacques Nkinzingabo/AFP)

World has failed to learn from Rwanda’s genocide

And yet, too often we are confronted with the shameful reality that the world has not learned the lessons of the 1994 Rwanda genocide.

On this terrible anniversary, we stand in solidarity with the victims, their families and the survivors of the genocide in their sorrow. (Reuters/Finbarr O’Reilly)

Rwanda: 25 years after genocide, politics of demonisation as dangerous as ever

In the 25 years since the genocide, the world has witnessed countless crimes fuelled by the same politics of demonisation and tactics of exclusion

We can’t reflect on the history of the 1994 genocide without considering the critical role the media played in both inciting and prolonging the violence. (Noor Khamis/Reuters)

Debating media’s role in driving Rwanda’s genocide

Although many years have passed, the Rwandan genocide still has much to teach us about the centrality of media in cases of state violence

On this terrible anniversary, we stand in solidarity with the victims, their families and the survivors of the genocide in their sorrow. (Reuters/Finbarr O’Reilly)

Swede jailed for life over Rwanda genocide

Theodore Tabaro, 49, was sentenced by the Stockholm district court for ‘genocide’ after he was convicted of murder, attempted murder, and kidnappings

We can’t reflect on the history of the 1994 genocide without considering the critical role the media played in both inciting and prolonging the violence. (Noor Khamis/Reuters)

Counter rise of violent rhetoric in SA

Recent examples from Africa alone show that the country is entering extremely dangerous territory

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Crowd lynches and burns two Hutu women ‘militants’ in east of DR Congo

Interethnic tensions in the region surge in the wake of massacres that have killed hundreds of civilians

Rwandan Hutu rebel leaders indicted in Germany

Prosecutors said two senior Rwandan Hutu rebel leaders have been indicted for allegedly masterminding from Germany atrocities in the DRC.

Dozens of civilians killed in DRC rebel attacks

Several dozen civilians were killed last weekend in eastern DRC during attacks blamed on Rwandan Hutu rebels.

UN denies working with alleged DRC war criminal

The UN peacekeeping force in the DRC on Wednesday dismissed media reports it was working with a former rebel leader facing war crimes charges.

Joint operation destroys Hutu rebel bases

Rwandan government radio reported on Wednesday that Rwandan and Congolese troops have destroyed the main bases of Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern DRC.

Rwandan troops enter DRC to battle Hutu militia

More than 1 500 Rwandan troops have crossed into eastern DRC, joining Congolese forces in an effort to oust the Hutu rebels.

DRC Hutu rebels warn against use of force

Hutu rebels operating in the eastern DRC warned on Monday that any attempt to disarm their forces could spark a ”long and dreadful war”.

Rwanda accuses France over 1994 genocide

Rwanda formally accused senior French officials on Tuesday of involvement in its 1994 genocide and called for them to be put on trial.

Kenya rebukes UN’s Rwanda tribunal

Kenya has rebuked the UN tribunal for Rwanda over its claims that Nairobi is sluggish in detaining Rwandan genocide fugitive Felicien Kabuga.