Kabuga’s assets to remain frozen A Kenyan court ruled on Tuesday the assets of Felicien Kabuga, a fugitive wanted for financing Rwanda's genocide, should remain frozen until a U.N. court finishes the trials of those suspected of the 1994 massacre, reports from there indicate. Kabuga is wanted for financing the militias that butchered more than a millions people during the 1994 Tutsi Genocide. [Read more]
Media bill back on Kagame’s table The four amendments to the media bill that were proposed by President Paul Kagame have been passed by Senate and now the bill awaits to be signed into law by the head of state. The bill had earlier on faced criticism from media practitioners for some controversial clauses that the press said undermined the integrity of their profession. [Read more]
Ex rebel Gen. Rwarakabije faces gacaca court General Paul Rwarakabije, accused of having played part in the genocide committed against Tutsis in 1994, appeared last Saturday before a semi-traditonal court-gacaca of Kigali. Rwarakabije is accused of several murders allegedly committed in the sector where he resided in 1994. [Read more]
The Rwandan Genocide and the Jewish people In the Bible, Ruth, stating her intention to convert, says, "Wherever you go, I will go. And wherever you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people..." I never understood the full intensity of that statement, the force of its conviction, until I travelled to Rwanda. [Read more]
Jackson’s kids miss Rwandan nanny A Rwandan lady Grace Rwaramba finds herself at the centre of a custody battle for the three children of Michael Jackson, currently being looked after by the singer's 80-year-old mother. Rwaramba, a 42-year-old Rwandan woman who was born in Uganda, worked for Jackson for 17 years. [Read more]
