Rwanda genocide

Rwandan man charged in UK with genocide offenses appears in court

Prosecutor Jane Stansfield said Vincent Brown was head of the Department of Family Health within Rwanda's National Office of Population when the genocide began.

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WESTMINSTER MAGISTRATES’ COURT; Illustrative.
People pray by a mass grave at Nyanza Genocide Memorial Center in Kigali, Rwanda on April 11, 2024.

Rwandan genocide suspect jailed for life in Netherlands for 1994 war crimes

The defendant, identified only as Eugene N., had fled to the Netherlands in 1998 and later obtained Dutch nationality. Dutch prosecutors opened an investigation into him in 2020.

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US first lady Melania Trump presides over a United Nations Security Council meeting, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, March 2, 2026.

Trump, Netanyahu and the irony of Responsibility to Protect in Iran - opinion

Trump and Netanyahu may unintentionally act in line with the UN’s Responsibility to Protect principle.

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People displaced from El Fasher and other conflict-affected areas are settled in the newly established El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, in Sudan's Northern State, on Nov. 9, 2025. Tens of thousands were forced to flee after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of the city of El Fasher on Oct. 26

‘Never Again’ revisited: The Jewish community’s struggle to balance Darfur, Oct. 7 priorities

Today, six years after the end of al-Bashir’s reign and 14 years after the founding of South Sudan as an independent country, Darfur is again descending into chaos.

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UN prosecutor: Remains of Rwandan war crimes suspect found in Congo

The remains of a fugitive major suspect in Rwanda's 1994 genocide have been identified in a grave in the Republic of the Congo, a United Nations war crimes prosecutor said on Friday.

MAY 22, 2020ByREUTERS
Readers look at a newspaper June 12, 2002 in Nairobi carrying the photograph of Rwandan Felicien Kabuga wanted by the United States. The United States published a "wanted" photograph in Kenyan newspapers of the businessman accused of helping finance the 1994 killings in Rwanda.

'He wouldn't say a word' - How a Rwanda genocide fugitive lived incognito

Rwandan genocide fugitive Felicien Kabuga, whose arrest on Saturday ended 26 years on the run, was a frail, elderly man who said little to neighbors.

MAY 17, 2020ByREUTERS
Readers look at a newspaper June 12, 2002 in Nairobi carrying the photograph of Rwandan Felicien Kabuga wanted by the United States. The United States published a "wanted" photograph in Kenyan newspapers of the businessman accused of helping finance the 1994 killings in Rwanda.

Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga arrested in France after decades on the run

Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of funding militias that massacred about 800,000 people, was arrested on Saturday near Paris after 26 years on the run.

MAY 16, 2020ByREUTERS
Readers look at a newspaper June 12, 2002 in Nairobi carrying the photograph of Rwandan Felicien Kabuga wanted by the United States. The United States published a "wanted" photograph in Kenyan newspapers of the businessman accused of helping finance the 1994 killings in Rwanda.

Everything you need to know about the 1994 Rwandan genocide

Here are some facts about one of the darkest chapters in human history.

APRIL 7, 2019ByREUTERS
A labourer works next to a wall showing names of those buried at a mass grave at the Kigali Genocide Memorial grounds as the country prepares to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide in the capital Kigali April 2, 2014

Exclusive: Former Israeli officials helping Rwanda join OECD

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is the 36-member club of the world’s most developed economies.

AUGUST 28, 2018ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
President of Rwanda Paul Kagame speaks as he delivers a joint statement with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in Jerusalem July 10, 2017

Conference participants object to comparisons of antisemitism and racisms

World Jewish Congress official rejects description of antisemitism as ‘most pernicious hatred.’

DECEMBER 11, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
World Jewish Congress panel on antisemitism and racism

Bringing sustainable development to Africa, through for-profit tikkun olam

A new venture claims to bring "the ingenuity of Israel" to "an untapped, yet critical market in Africa."

MAY 31, 2017BySHARON UDASIN
Seth Merrin

Jewish group dedicates Torah to people of Rwanda

“What we want to do as a Jewish community is educate the world about the Rwandan genocide, just like we want to educate the world about the Holocaust.”

MAY 21, 2017ByDANIELLE ZIRI
RABBI SHMULEY BOTEACH (center left) and his family meet with Rwandan President Paul Kagame (center) during one of the rabbi’s recent visits to the country.

Survivors share testimony to mark 23 years since genocide in Rwanda

Ambassador to Israel stresses importance of highlighting Tutsi victims.

MAY 1, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Attendees light candles at an event on April 30, 2017 at Kibbutz Tel Yitzhak marking the 1994 genocide in which 800,000 Tutsis were killed in Rwanda

Work progressing at Israeli horticulture center in Rwanda

"Rwanda is one of the friendliest countries to Israel in Africa."

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016BySHARON UDASIN
Construction of Israeli horticulture center in Rwanda