Rwanda News

In the mid-1990s, the two most ruined countries in the world were Somalia and Rwanda. Anyone predicting these countries' futures would have seen only horror...It has become not only stable but, according to its many admirers, a model for developing...

The BBC's East Africa Correspondent Peter Greste investigates...One of them is Callixte Mbarashimana, an unlikely-looking warlord, elegantly dressed in a suit, tie and overcoat. With his neatly trimmed goatee and easy smile, he looks more like a university professor than...

China Offers Africa Expertise, Loans And Advice 17 November 2009 Johannesburg — BRUSHING off accusations that its investment is denuding Africa of precious natural resources, China has pledged to help African countries overcome poverty and fight new threats like climate...

Officials said no one died when when a Rwandair Express airplane crashed into the Kigali Airport after returning to the airport when the throttle jammed. The Jetlink Air Canadair CRJ-100 aircraft was flying from Kigali to Entebbe, Uganda, with 10...

A Rwandan former intelligence officer, Idelphonse Nizeyimana, suspected of playing a key role in the 1994 genocide, has been arrested in the Ugandan capital Kampala, sources said on Tuesday. Elly Womanya, deputy director of Interpol Uganda, told Agence France-Presse that...

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said an army offensive had achieved "reasonable success". Last week, the UN mission withdrew its support for government army units implicated in killing civilians. Mr Obasanjo said the seriousness of the humanitarian situation could not...

A 61-year-old woman pulled from a blaze at a homeless shelter was one of two people to die in fires in Ottawa over the weekend. Ontario deputy premier George Smitherman will resign from cabinet as he prepares to run for...

Justin Boyes, the Canadian soldier killed in Afhanistan on Oct. 28. The Mounties have arrested a 37-year-old Rwandan immigrant and charged him with war crimes related to the 1994 genocide in his home country. Cape Breton Regional Police have formed...

Gregoire Ndahimana is accused of responsibility for the massacre of some 2,000 ethnic Tutsis sheltering in a church which was bulldozed. He was arrested in August during operations against Rwandan rebels in North Kivu, eastern DR Congo. His transfer is...