Rwanda genocide articles
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Congolese Mourners Call Out Rwanda and Western Supporters for “Genocide” on Its People
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, families gathered Wednesday to bury nearly two dozen children who were killed earlier this month after rocket attacks on camps for displaced people near the city of Goma. Another 13 victims, mostly women, were also buried. Mourners blamed the M23 armed group for the killings and condemned neighboring Rwanda for backing the group. This is Congolese Human Rights Minister Albert Fabrice Puela. Albert Fabrice Puela: “A Congolese genocide for economic reasons is...
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Revealed: Rwanda genocide war crimes tribunal wraps up mission after 29 years
Exclusive: Last two fugitives are deemed to be dead, ending a remarkable exercise in international justiceThe war crimes tribunal for Rwanda has accounted for the last remaining fugitives indicted for genocide, bringing to an end the court’s 29-year mission to deliver justice for the 1994 slaughter that killed more than 800,000 Rwandans.The historic moment passed without drama, not with an arrest or the exhumation of a body, but in a video conference on 30 April between the tribunal’s...
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Why is the UK Deporting Migrants to Rwanda?
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised, as part of a long-simmering controversy, that migrants arriving in the country without permission will be sent to Rwanda rather than be allowed to claim asylum in the UK. According to a BBC report, approximately 52,000 migrants have arrived in the UK since the law regarding asylum was More