By Gerald Caplan
In this book review, Gerald Caplan takes a critical look at ‘Remaking Rwanda: State Building and Human Rights after Mass Violence’, edited by Scott Straus and Lars Waldorf and published by University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 2011. (more…)
Mu nyandiko ibanziriza iyi nise Itangazamakuru n’inkunga ritera abagendera ku bitekerezo bivangura na jenoside nibanze ku nyandiko y’UMUSESO aho umwanditsi abeshya “abaturage” kandi akababeshyera ko bose/twese dukunda ibivugwa byose n’amaradiyo BBC na VOA. (more…)
Since 2004 in the United States and in Canada, Paul Rusesabagina, the man upon whom Don Cheadle’s character in Hotel Rwanda is based, has been celebrated as the Oskar Schindler of the Tutsi genocide. (more…)
By Gad Ntambara
Recent media reports in the UK press of the British Police warning two Rwandan exiles that they were at risk of being assassinated by the Rwandan government sparked more questions than answers as to the motive behind handling such kind of unsubstantiated serious allegation on another state through the media. (more…)
By: Felicien Mwumvaneza
Even when no one heeded their cry, the western media did their best during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda to inform the world about the tragedy as it unfolded. Since then, they continued to report on Rwanda, albeit losing their much-coveted role of agenda setting due to public admiration of the country’s extraordinary progress and they have since been forced to follow audience interests in reporting about the country. (more…)
Starting Sunday, people across the country will take time out of the coming week to remember the Holocaust. Whether it is during a special service at a synagogue or church, at an educational museum program, or in the privacy of their own homes — both those with a direct connection to Adolph Hitler’s genocide of 6 million Jews during World War II and those who only know its atrocities from stories told will reflect upon those horrific events and the lives they took as part of the National Days of Remembrance (May 1-8). (more…)
By Sara L. Bloomfield –May 1, 2011
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sixty-five years ago at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, 22 defendants stood in the dock. They represented a cross-section of Nazi diplomatic, economic, political and military leadership, and became the first people in history to be indicted for crimes against humanity. (more…)
By Jacob Alexander–Apr 28, 2011
KIGALI, Rwanda (BP)–From the small window of the Kenya Airways jet, I looked down on the beautiful green mountains of Rwanda as we slowly made our descent to the Kigali airport, where 17 years ago an airplane carrying Rwanda’s president was shot down, sparking one of the most evil acts of humanity in my lifetime. (more…)
The ongoing Genocide commemoration period, has seen various institutions and groups visit vulnerable Genocide survivors, including widows and orphans, and generously donating foodstuff and other essential household items. (more…)
friends of evil 