Kigali

Rwanda: Gacaca Court Overturns 12 Years Jail of an Acused to Life in Prison

Laurent Magambo, accused of crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity, was found guilty of rape at the end of a revision trial and was sentenced Sunday to life in prison by a semi-traditional Gacaca court of Kigali.

Genocide-Accused Captain Sagahutu Was Responsible Officer, Claims Witness

Posted to the web 12 November 2008 Arusha Captain Innocent Sagahutu, on trial for genocide before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), was, according to a witness heard Tuesday, "a responsible and honest...

Rwanda: Relocation of Gikondo Residents Pending

Posted to the web 12 November 2008 Tony Barigye Kigali A section of residents living in the Kigali suburb of Gikondo will soon be relocated because their proximity to a wetland poses an environmental threat. This was revealed...

Gahaya Links Nominated for Legatum Entrepreneurial Award

Gahaya must beat competition from nine other African firms from across seven countries to benefit from the $350,000 (Rwf192.2m) growth and strategic reinvestment fund that will be rewarded to six best companies.

France - Rwanda conflict could affect Congo

Tensions between Paris and Kigali have been pretty tense. Relations were never rosy between the prodominately Tutsi regime in Rwanda and the European power that backed the genocidal Hutu Power regime that was ousted from power...

Rwanda asks German envoy to leave in growing row

By Jack Kimball KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda asked the German ambassador to leave Kigali on Tuesday in a growing row over Germany's arrest of a senior aide to President Paul Kagame. Rose Kabuye, director general of state protocol...

'Warrants against French imminent'

Kigali - Rwanda is poised to issue indictments and arrest warrants against 23 French military and political officials over their role in the country's 1994 genocide, judicial sources in Kigali said on Tuesday. "The indictments...

Those Who Missed National ID Registration Get Second Chance

Posted to the web 11 November 2008 Joseph Mudingu Kigali The biometric data capture registration of national identity cards for those who missed the earlier exercise ended on Monday in some parts of the country. Pascal...

Children Demand Parents Apologise for the 1994 Genocide - Mujawamariya

Posted to the web 11 November 2008 Kigali Parents should apologise for the 1994 Genocide as their children demanded at the last National Children's Summit. The call was made, Sunday at Telecom House, Kigali by the Minister of...

Churches Heed KCC Directive on Permanent Structures

Several churches in Kigali City on Sunday converged in a fundraising drive to bring an end to temporary church structures following a Kigali City Council directive on meeting required building standards.