Africa News Update
Rwanda: Government arrests General Nyamwasa's brother
Kampala (Uganda) - The Rwanda army has arrested Lt. Col. Rugigana Ngabo, a brother to renegade Lt. Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa, over alleged "individual criminal liability". Read >
Monday, 23 August 2010
The Monitor (Uganda)
Rwanda: Kagame wins by landslide
Kigali (Rwanda) — The RPF candidate, Paul Kagame, will, for the next seven years, be President of Rwanda after being, overwhelmingly, voted back into office, in yesterday's Presidential elections. Read >
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
The New Times (Rwanda)
Rwanda: "Climate of repression" as voting concludes
Kigali (Rwanda) - As voting concluded in Rwanda’s presidential elections, with incumbent President Paul Kagame expected to win by a landslide, fears remain that not all citizens will accept the results amidst claims the elections were neither free nor fair. Read >
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Inter Press Service (IPS)
Rwanda: Linking government to journalist's shooting is outrageous, minister says
Kigali (Rwanda)— The Rwandan Government has strongly dismissed allegations that it was behind the Thursday killing of local journalist, Jean Léonard Rugambage, calling it "outrageous". Read >
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
The New Times (Rwanda)
Rwanda: Government "appalled" by wife's accusations after shooting of general
Kigali (Rwanda) — An exiled Rwandan general was in the intensive care unit of a Johannesburg hospital today after being shot in the stomach. Read >
Monday, 21 June 2010
The Nation (Kenya)
Rwanda: Kayumba wounded in South African gun attack
Johannesburg (South Africa) — Rwanda's former Ambassador to India, Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa, was yesterday shot and critically wounded in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read >
Monday, 21 June 2010
The New Times (Rwanda)
Rwanda: US lawyer set free after being jailed for genocide criticism
Nairobi (Kenya) — An American lawyer arrested in Rwanda for his controversial views on the 1994 genocide arrived in Nairobi at the weekend. Read >
Monday, 21 June 2010
The Nation (Kenya)
Rwanda: Government "surprised" by tribunal's u-turn on US lawyer
Kigali (Rwanda) - Prosecutor General, Martin Ngoga, yesterday said that the Government was surprised by a demand from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) seeking the release of American defence lawyer, Peter Erlinder. Read >
Thursday, 17 June 2010
The New Times (Rwanda)
Rwanda: Detained US lawyer denied bail
Kigali (Rwanda) — The embattled American lawyer Peter Erlinder was remanded by the Intermediate Court of Gasabo on grounds of "serious indices of culpability" in his case of genocide denial and spreading rumours that threaten state security on the 7th of June. Read >
Monday, 14 June 2010
The New Times (Rwanda)