Tag: Genocide

CURRENT AFFAIRS
Nine of 14 Rwanda prisons 'full to the brim' - REPORT

Nine of 14 Rwanda prisons 'full to the brim' - REPORT

New report puts the overall prison occupancy rate at 124.1 per cent considering that all the 14 prison facilities in the country were found to house 76,099 people yet they were designed to accommodate 61,301 people. Occupancy rates reaching over 200 per cent in some prisons.

AFRICA
Kigali mass sports on hold until May

Kigali mass sports on hold until May

The planned car free day fell on one of the most important holidays for the country’s majority Christians, on which they celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.

ON MEDIA
ARCHIVES: Rwandan journalists jailed for stirring up hate

ARCHIVES: Rwandan journalists jailed for stirring up hate

Journalists Ferdinand Nahimana, founding member of the infamous Radio Television Libres des Milles Collines (RTLM), Jean Bosco Barayagwiza who was also top executive of the station, and Hassan Ngeze who was editor of Kangura newspaper will go down in history as the first to get lengthy prison sentences...

INTERVIEWS
First 'Muzungu' convict of Genocide against the Tutsi

First 'Muzungu' convict of Genocide against the Tutsi

Mr Ruggiu had initially denied any involvement in the Genocide gainst the Tutsi but later pleaded guilty to all crimes for which the court handed him 12 years in prison in a judgment read on 1 June, 2000.

ON MEDIA
Media Review April 6

Media Review April 6

Both Rwanda and Zambia signed cooperation agreements spanning areas such as investment, trade, agriculture, migration and others. Zambia is among Rwanda’s key import sources of things such as sugar, corn and soya bean.