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Rwandan Genocide

A woman wearing yellow blouse looks at images of men on a computer screen

A 26-year manhunt for Rwandan genocide fugitive ends

Justice

“Félicien Kabuga has always been one of the most wanted fugitives,” said Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. “He has always been considered as being one of the masterminds in relation to the genocide” in Rwanda.

Two people are shown from behind looking at a newspaper featuring a photograph of Rwandan Felicien Kabuga.

Rwandan genocide suspect found after decades; The dangers of ‘vaccine nationalism’; Probe launched after Trump ousts State Dept. watchdog

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A soldier hands food to a woman.

Lessons from the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda, 25 years after the genocide it failed to stop

One hundred survivors of Rwanda's 1994 genocide live together at the Impinganzima home for the elderly. Cesarie Mukakinani, who is 100 years old, is the oldest and most popular resident of the home. Her nickname is "the mayor."

How Rwanda is aiding women widowed by the country’s 1994 genocide

Conflict
Models pose during Kanye West Yeezy Season 3 at Madison Square Garden on February 11, 2016 in New York City.

The story behind the Rwandan refugee camp that inspired Kanye’s Yeezy Season 3

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Casimir Bizimungu, Rwanda’s Minister of Health, has been living in a safe house in Arusha, Tanzania since his acquittal by an international tribunal there of charges related to the 1994 genocide in neighboring Rwanda. He has no passport, his family has re

Acquitted of genocide, a handful of Rwandans live a life in limbo

Justice

As the international court trying cases related to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda finally completes its work, a handful of people acquitted remain in limbo in Tanzania.

Acleo Mugisha is a producer at Radio KFM in Kigali, Rwanda.

Rwandans are tuning in to a different sort of radio this April

Lifestyle & Belief

Switch on the radio in Rwanda in April and you’re likely to hear programming that commemorates those killed in the 1994 genocide. Acleo Mugisha, a producer at Radio KFM in Kigali says young Rwandans are turning to new sorts of music to mark the genocide’s 20th anniversary.

Acleo Mugisha is a producer at Radio KFM in Kigali, Rwanda.

Rwandans are tuning in to a different sort of radio this April

Lifestyle & Belief

Switch on the radio in Rwanda in April and you’re likely to hear programming that commemorates those killed in the 1994 genocide. Acleo Mugisha, a producer at Radio KFM in Kigali says young Rwandans are turning to new sorts of music to mark the genocide’s 20th anniversary.

Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette

Rwanda led this 27-year-old American to devote his life to preventing future atrocities

Conflict & Justice

Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette grew up in Maine, far from the killing fields of Rwanda and was a child when the genocide occurred. But when he learned about what happened there, he made a choice that has guided his life since.

Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette

Rwanda led this 27-year-old American to devote his life to preventing future atrocities

Conflict & Justice

Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette grew up in Maine, far from the killing fields of Rwanda and was a child when the genocide occurred. But when he learned about what happened there, he made a choice that has guided his life since.