Congo troops pull back as M23 rebels take airport near Bukavu
Reuters Rwandan-backed M23 rebels appeared on Friday to be closing in on eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, as they seized control of the nearby airport of Kavumu, prompting Congolese troops to withdraw in some areas. The rebels have been trying to push south towards Bukavu since they seized Goma, the largest city […]
Surviving Rwanda: God, remembrance and reconciliation on the genocide’s 30th anniversary
MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ, of Associated Press, speaks to survivors, now in Canada, of the 1994 genocide…
Essay: Thirty years after genocide – Rwanda’s older generations fear a return of ethnic tensions, but youth feel more united
Long-time Rwanda scholar, JONATHAN BELOFF looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at how different generations are responding to efforts to build unity in the country…
BOOKS: A RWANDAN MEMOIR – ONE WOMAN’S JOURNEY FROM HATE AND FEAR TO HEALING AND FORGIVENESS
DAVID ADAMS reads Denise Uwimana’s memoir of her experiences during the Rwanda genocide – and its aftermath…
RWANDAN GENOCIDE: SURVIVORS TORMENTED BY HORRORS, 25 YEARS ON
NITA BHALLA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Rwanda…