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'Matchet man' in Rwandan genocide wants French trial
One of the most wanted fugitives in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, Felicien Kabuga, appeared before a French court Wednesday (May 20), days after his arrest but a decision on his fate was delayed until next
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South Sudan: First War, Now COVID-19 Threatens South Sudanese in Crowded Camp
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Tentative Trial Date Set For Ex-Minneapolis Officers Accused In George Floyd Death
A judge in Minnesota has set a March 8 trial date for the four former police officers accused in the death of George
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The arrest of Rwanda's top fugitive Felicien Kabuga [Press Review]
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. Now at 84-years old, Kabuga is Rwanda’s most-wanted man and had a $5 million US bounty on his head.
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Rwanda: Kabuga's Arrest Highlights Improved France-Rwanda Relations
The arrest of the most wanted genocide suspect of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Félicien Kabuga, 84, in a Paris apartment last week, highlights renewed French commitment to improve relations with Rwanda, long injured by allegations against each other on the
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Black Business Group Takes AB 5 Independent Contractor Fight to Gov. Newsom
In the wake of worldwide efforts to call out systemic racism, Black business organizations are speaking out against the restrictions that AB 5 has placed on African American entrepreneurs in
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Rwanda: Qatar Airways Resumes Flights to Kigali
[New Times] Qatar Airways has announced a resumption of services from the Kigali International Airport.
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Bring Kabuga home to face trial, say survivors
Masengo sentiments represent those of survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, through the Umbrella lobby Ibuka, who want France and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), to extradite Felicien Kabuga to
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Queen of Go-Go Maiesha Rashad Takes Her Groove to Heaven
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Judge In George Floyd Case Is Worried Cops Won’t Get A Fair Trial
The Hennepin County Judge handling the case of the four former officers who have been charged with killing George Floyd is concerned they won’t get a fair
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Rwanda: Turkey Donates COVID-19 Medical Supplies to Rwanda, Repatriates Stranded Nationals
[New Times] The Turkish government on Monday, June 22 organized a repatriation flight for its nationals who were stranded in Rwanda due to Covid-19 travel restrictions.
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NGOGA: Resolution on genocide clarity over the massacre
On April 20, 2020, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 74/273, entitled International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in
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Rwanda: What Civil Society, Genocide Survivors Think of Kabuga's Arrest
After 26 years on the run, on May 16, French authorities revealed that genocide architect Felicien Kabuga had been arrested in
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'Hotel Rwanda' hero Paul Rusesabagina charged with terrorism, financing rebels | News24
Paul Rusesabagina, whose actions during the genocide inspired the Oscar-nominated film 'Hotel Rwanda', has been charged with terrorism and other serious crimes in his first court appearance in Kigali.
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Lesotho: Don't be Swayed by Popular Opinion, Mosito Implores Judges
The Court of Appeal's first session for 2020 began on Tuesday with the apex court president, Justice Kananelo Mosito, imploring judges not to be swayed by public
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Rwandans in France Want Genocidaire Kabuga's Accomplices Identified, Brought to Book
Rwandans living in France on Friday, May 22, presented a case before a Prosecutor in France demanding that individuals and institutions there who, for long, helped Genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga evade capture be identified and brought to
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Rwanda: RDF Receives Anti-COVID-19 Supplies From China
The Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) on Wednesday, June 3, received a variety of personal protective equipment from China for fighting
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Rwanda: British Scholar Likens Kabuga to Nazi-Era Adolf Eichmann
A scholar on Monday, May 18, drew similarities between the expected trial of Genocidaire Felicien Kabuga and a historic event in the history of Israel, the trial of Nazi-era Adolf Eichmann, in the
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Headline-Making Missteps Put Focus on Newsroom Diversity
Nobody anticipated it would lead to a staff revolt and become a national story, part of an extraordinary week where the news media’s sluggishness in building diverse newsrooms became part of the national
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Rwanda: We'll Get You All - UN Prosecutor Tells Genocide Suspects Still At Large
Serge Brammertz, Chief Prosecutor of the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (RMICT), has told The New Times that his team of investigators has good leads and continues to tirelessly hunt for seven other Rwandan Genocide fugitives indicted by the UN court years ago
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Rwanda: French Court Rules Félicien Kabuga Be Tried in Tanzania
A French court on Wednesday, June 3, ruled that suspected genocide mastermind Félicien Kabuga be transferred, from France to the custody of the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (RMICT), for
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Windies to stand with BLM in fight for racial justice | New York Carib News
MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Captain Jason Holder said West Indies were committed to the global fight for racial justice, and will stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the upcoming series against
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Zimbabwe: ED Govt Faces Growing International Condemnation Over Crackdown
Zimbabwe has come under international scrutiny after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government launched a crackdown against its critics that include opposition leaders, lawyers and
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Rwanda: UN Prosecutor Confirms Death of Genocide Fugitive Augustin Bizimana
Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (RMICT), which took over from the ICTR, confirmed Bizimana's death "based on the conclusive identification of Bizimana's remains in a gravesite" in Pointe Noire, the Republic of the
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