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U.N. Congo Report Offers New View on Genocide

August 28, 2010

New York Times / By HOWARD W. FRENCH

Rwandan refugees passed a body in a refugee camp in Congo in 1997. United Nations-administered camps housed roughly one million Hutu who had fled the genocide in Rwanda.

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U.N. E-Mail Shows Early Warning of Congo Rapes

August 31, 2010

New York Times / By JOSH KRON and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

An e-mail and bulletin warned about rape in a remote Congolese area much earlier than officials originally said.

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U.N. Should Abandon Peacekeeping Mission in Congo

September 1, 2010

Black Voices Blogs / Paul Shepard

Filed under: News, Politics With word that U.N.

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Legacy of Genocide Fuels Political Repression in Rwanda

August 31, 2010

VOA News: Top Stories / Michael Onyiego

Concerns being raised that legacy of genocide manipulated for benefit of ruling party

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Rwanda's meddling in Congo: Revisiting the killing fields

September 2, 2010

Economist.com

A leaked UN report looks very bad for Rwanda’s governmentIN 1996 Rwandan troops descended on the Chimanga refugee camp in east Congo, to which their compatriots had fled to avoid genocide at ...

Rwanda: Over 30 Firms Blacklisted From Public Tenders

September 2, 2010

AllAfrica News: Economy, Business and Finance

The government's procurement agency, Rwanda Public Procurement Authority (RPPA) has suspended 33 companies from bidding for public tenders for periods ranging from one year to three years.

Rwanda: Pyrethrum Deal Signed with U.S.

September 2, 2010

AllAfrica News: Agribusiness

Rwanda pyrethrum growers association (SOPYRWA) yesterday signed a pyrethrum toll refining agreement with McLaughlin Gormley King (MGK), an American company dealing in pyrethrum.

Rwanda Defends Kenya On Bashir

September 2, 2010

AllAfrica News: Sudan

Rwanda has joined the African Union (AU) in defence of Kenya's decision not to comply with the International Criminal Court's (ICC) warrant of arrest issued against Sudanese President Omar al Bashir ...

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Rwanda Threatens to Pull Peacekeepers From Darfur

August 31, 2010

New York Times / By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and JOSH KRON

A U.N. report, leaked in draft form last week, accuses Rwandan forces of massacring civilians and possibly committing genocide in Congo years ago.

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News in Brief: UN Report Accuses Rwandan Troops of Genocide in Congo, and More ...

August 30, 2010

Truthout

A forthcoming United Nations report says crimes committed by Rwanda’s Army and Congolese rebels during the 1990s in Congo could be classified as genocide.

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Rwanda threatens UN over report

August 28, 2010

BBC News | Africa | World Edition

Rwanda says it will reconsider its UN commitments - including peacekeeping contributions - if a draft report is published accusing its troops of possible genocidal acts.

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Rwanda Contests Report on Army

August 28, 2010

New York Times / By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rwanda has threatened to withdraw its troops from United Nations efforts if it publishes a report accusing the Army of committing genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Rwanda presses withdrawal threats over UN report

September 1, 2010

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Ghana: Ghana News: Accra Mail : Africa Rwanda: Vague laws used to criminalise criticism of government

September 1, 2010

AfricaNewsSearch: Latest News / The Accra Daily Mail

Rwanda"s new government must urgently review vague "genocide ideology" and "sectarianism" laws that are being used to suppress political dissent and stifle freedom of speech, Amnesty International ...

Rwanda threatens to pull peacekeepers from Darfur over UN report

September 1, 2010

Monsters and Critics World News / DPA

Rwanda: Poverty Among Women Still a Challenge - Lawmakers

September 1, 2010

AllAfrica News: Women and Gender

Members of Rwanda Women Parliamentarians Forum (RWPF), who are currently meeting in the Western Province, have acknowledged that poverty among women remains a major challenge.

Rwanda: Fora Scoops Global Peace Award

September 1, 2010

AllAfrica News: United States, Canada and Africa

Friends of Rwanda Association (FORA) a US based non-profit people-to-people programme that supports Rwandan orphans, has scooped the Global Peacemaker Award for 2010 by the Global Majority.

Given Rwanda's History, Commonwealth Impressed With Elections - Ahmed Salim

September 1, 2010

AllAfrica News: Uganda

The former Tanzanian Prime Minister sat down with The Independent's Managing Editor Andrew Mwenda to discuss the recent Rwanda elections.

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