SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 05, 2011
The trial of two Rwandan rebel leaders accused of ordering war crimes in eastern Congo opened in Stuttgart on Wednesday. Human rights activists are watching the proceedings closely. They are seen as a vital test of the principal of universal jurisdiction, which allow war criminals to be tried anywhere in the world. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- August 12, 2010
Rwanda's re-elected President Paul Kagame wants to achieve economic growth and prosperity for his people. He may be successfully pushing his country forward, but he is far less interested in a fully functioning democracy. By Horand Knaup in Nairobi, Kenya more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- August 03, 2010
Shortly before elections in Rwanda, once a model country in Africa, the opposition is being harassed and regime critics are being arrested or killed. Despite his success in turning the country around, President Paul Kagame has never had high regard for freedom of expression and human rights. By Horand Knaup more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- July 06, 2010
In a SPIEGEL interview, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, 52, discusses the failures of the African elite, the trouble with development aid coming from the West and the problems his country has had reconciling after the 1994 genocide. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- November 18, 2009
The Hutu militia FDLR is responsible for much of the violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where murder, massacres, rape and kidnapping are widespread. The FDLR's leaders have lived untouched in Germany for years. Now the authorities have reacted -- far too late. By Horand Knaup in Nairobi more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- November 17, 2008
Arrested Rwandan Chief of Protocol Rose Kabuye has become a symbolic figure in the bitter conflict between Kigali and Paris over who bears responsibility for the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The consequences of the massacre are still being felt in Congo. By Ralf Beste, Jan Puhl and Stefan Simons more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- August 05, 2008
Rwanda's government has released a report into France's alleged role in the 1994 genocide on Tuesday. It accuses senior French political and military officials of involvement in the mass murder -- a charge Paris denies. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- December 29, 2006
In Rwanda, among Africa's poorest countries, an American millionaire is developing one of the world's most modern wireless networks. The Rwandan government hopes the project will help make the country an African counterpart to the Indian high-tech city of Bangalore. By Hilmar Schmundt more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- October 24, 2006
Did French troops facilitate the 1994 slaughter of some 800,000 in Rwanda? A military tribunal is currently addressing accusations that they did. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- February 28, 2006
Rwandan President Paul Kagame discusses the reconstruction of his country, reconciliation between the Hutus and Tutsis and the conditions needed for peace in neighboring Congo. more...
