Rwanda

Rights groups hail surrender of Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda

2013-03-19 10:59:00

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- In his seven years on the run from international justice, Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda became a symbol of the International Criminal Court's impotence. Now the court, which lacks a police force to arrest those it has...

Susan Rice's troubled steps toward secretary of State

2012-12-14 12:28:00

Four thoughts about Susan Rice’s decision to withdraw as a possible nominee for secretary of State: 1)�Rice should not have been disqualified because of her now-notorious talk-show comments about the attack in Benghazi, Libya,�that killed four...

Letters: U.S. money for mass murder

2012-12-25 00:00:00

Re "Pressure mounts on U.S. to curtail aid to Rwanda," Dec. 21 This article casually mentions the killing of about 5 million people in Congo, many of them by rebels assisted by Rwanda, which receives U.S. aid. I was under the impression that the...

Letters: U.S.-funded violence in Congo

2012-12-15 00:00:00

Re "Congo rebels thrive on fear and chaos," Dec. 11 The article about the situation in Congo reveals the alarming truth about Rwanda's exploitation of eastern Congo's natural resources and the unspeakable sexual violence being committed against Congo'...

U.N. Security Council imposes arms embargo on Congo rebels

2013-01-01 11:45:00

In a bid to quell violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations Security Council imposed an arms embargo late Monday on two armed groups accused of rape and mass killings. The decision came just before Rwanda, which has been...

Rebels in eastern Congo pull back from key city of Goma

2012-12-01 12:38:00

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Two weeks after seizing Goma, the M23 rebels withdrew Saturday with a warning that they still could retake the key eastern Congo city. M23, backed by neighboring Rwanda, caused a geopolitical crisis with its...

Ending the cycle of abuse in Congo

2012-12-23 00:00:00

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — On Nov. 19, armed men from a rebel group called the M23 were looking for a prominent civil society leader in a village outside Goma, a provincial capital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He'd been...

Former Rwandan minister sentenced to 35 years on genocide charges

2012-12-20 13:31:00

A former Rwandan minister was sentenced Thursday to 35 years in jail for crimes tied to the nation's brutal genocide, including handing out machetes to a Hutu militia and spurring them to kill Tutsis. Witnesses described Augustin Ngirabatware as being...

Congolese rebels defy regional leaders' call to leave key city

2012-11-22 14:01:00

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa�— Rebels who this week seized a key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo refused to leave Thursday despite pleas from regional leaders including the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda, who were named in a United...

State Sen. Wright fined for not reporting gift of foreign travel

2012-09-06 12:43:02

Uganda, Rwanda deny U.N. accusations of backing DRC rebels

2012-10-18 14:53:50

Sudan accuses Israel of bombing arms factory

2012-10-24 12:13:17

A documentary following the cyclist Jock Boyer as he travels to Rwanda to help the country's first national cycling team in its six-year journey to the London Olympics. Directed by T.C. Johnstone. In English and Kinyarwandan, with English subtitles. First Run Features

2013-04-25 16:07:00

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame met with government and business leaders at a luncheon at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield in March. Here State Rep. David Baram, right, presents a citation.

2013-03-12 00:00:00

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame met with government and business leaders at a luncheon at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield in March. Here he accepts a citation from State Rep. David Baram.

2013-03-12 00:00:00