Posts Tagged ‘genocide’

The Rwanda will investigate “the involvement of France in the genocide

April 13th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
An independent Rwandan Commission will investigate “the involvement of France in the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, during which some 800 000 people, the UN says have died, said a statement from the Government of Rwanda quoted Sunday by AFP.
Meeting Friday under the leadership of President Paul Kagame, “the Council of Ministers adopted the draft [...]

The ICTR seeks 15 Rwandan genocide fugitive

March 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday urged African countries and countries in other regions to continue 15 Rwandan genocide suspects who remain at large.
The ICTR Prosecutor Hassan Jallow made the appeal during a press briefing held in Addis Ababa on the sidelines of the 3rd Summit of the African Union (AU).
Mr. Jallow, Gambia [...]

Rwandan PM calls his people to bury genocide forever

November 26th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Rwandan Prime Minister Bernard Makuza Friday called on his countrymen to learn from the genocide that killed about one million people in just three months ago and ten years to bury this tragedy forever.
Makuza made the remarks in the village of Murambi, about 160 miles southwest of Kigali, the Rwandan capital, where the Murambi memorial [...]

Annan acknowledges the failure of the UN about the genocide in Rwanda

November 25th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Secretary General of UN Kofi Annan, on Wednesday acknowledged the failure of the UN and the international community about the genocide in Rwanda and announced an “action plan” to prevent the resumption of such a genocide.
In a message released Wednesday in Geneva to mark the 10th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, Mr. Annan acknowledged [...]

President Kagame condemned the indifferent attitude of Western countries during the genocide

November 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Le président rwandais Paul Kagame a dénoncé mercredi l’attitude indifférente des pays occidentaux pendant la génocide de 1994 au Rwanda, qui a fait environ un millions de morts en 100 jours.
In his speech at a ceremony in memory of victims of massacres in Kigali stadium organized to mark the 10th anniversary of the 1994 genocide [...]

The Embassy of Rwanda in China commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide

November 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Rwanda Embassy in China held Wednesday night, an activity commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide.
Speaking during the meeting, Lu Guozeng, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, said the UN resolution adopted last December and April 7 decreeing the “International Day of retrospection Rwandan Genocide” expresses the voices of those who love peace [...]

937 000 people massacred during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda

November 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Rwandan Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Robert Bayigamba, revealed that about 937 000 people were massacred during the genocide of 1994.
The government had opened an investigation in 2000 to determine the number of victims, said Bayigamba Thursday, adding that the results had shown that 1 071 000 people died, 90% were Tutsi, while the [...]

A manifestatoin held in Geneva to commemorate the genocide in Rwanda

November 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
A commemorative event will be held Wednesday at the UN office in Geneva to mark the 10th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda which had claimed 800 000 lives in 1994.
In Geneva, Secretary General, Kofi Annan, will make a statement before the commemorative meeting in connection with the 60th session of the Commission on Human [...]

Rwanda is called the international community to speed up the hunt and trial of genocide suspects

November 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , ,
The Rwanda
Tuesday urged the international community to speed up the hunt and trial of genocide suspects to mark the 10th anniversary of the massacres that took an estimated 800 000 deaths in the country in 1994.
At a press conference in Nairobi, Ambassador of Rwanda to Kenya, Seth Kamanzi, said that many Rwandans were [...]

Rwanda: Genocide Commemoration 1994

November 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Ten years to the day after the genocide, Rwanda Wednesday, April commemorates the massacre of about 800,000 people, perpetrated in a hundred days by the United Nations.
participate at least six Heads of State or Government, but with the exception of Belgium, the former colonial power, no officer other Western countries will be present.
The highlight of [...]