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.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2026|ByREUTERS

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.

AUGUST 28, 2026|ByREUTERS

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.

MARCH 7, 2026|ByDAN PERRY

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.

DECEMBER 22, 2025|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Police arrest Rwandan genocide leader on Long Island for immigration fraud

Throughout his applications for a green card and citizenship, he is accused of lying to immigration authorities by denying any involvement in the genocide, the government explained.

APRIL 28, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Relatives assist a distressed victim of the genocide at a mass-grave site in Kigali

30 years since Rwanda’s genocide, and reflections on October 7's atrocities - opinion

The Rwandan genocide, unique in its horrific scale and speed, resulted in the loss of between 800,000 to one million lives, in just 100 days.

APRIL 11, 2024ByNOAM BEDEIN

THE WRITER spends time with some Rwandan friends at the ‘Kwita Izina’ ceremony in September 2022. Rwanda’s recovery illustrated the nation’s remarkable transformation through unity and a profound connection to nature, the writer says.

Jordan's King Abdullah: Israel's 'brutal' war creates generation of Gaza orphans

While visiting Rwanda, Jordan's King Abdullah compared the Rwandan genocide to the conflict in Gaza.

JANUARY 8, 2024ByREUTERS

Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks during his visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, in this handout picture released on January 8, 2024.

Editor's Notes: Don't 'All Lives Matter' the Holocaust

The Holocaust was an event without parallel in human history and the Nazi drive to murder Jews was singular and obsessive.

APRIL 20, 2023ByAVI MAYER

A HOLOCAUST survivor lights a torch at Yad Vashem at the state ceremony marking the beginning of Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance, on Monday night

Alleged senior leader of 1994 Rwandan genocide confirmed dead

He was alleged to have been a senior leader of the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi population.

MAY 12, 2022ByREUTERS

A journey to Rwanda, land of a thousand hills

Rwanda is a small, landlocked country located in the heart of Africa, bordering Burundi, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

MARCH 26, 2022ByUDI SHAHAM

Fog covers the land of a thousand hills.

France's highest court upholds decision to drop Rwanda investigation

The assassination of politician Juvenal Habyarimana sparked 100 days of violence in Rwanda, mainly by Hutus against minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus, in which some 800,000 people were slaughtered.

FEBRUARY 15, 2022ByREUTERS

General view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France

Rwandan genocide 'kingpin' Bagosora dies in Mali prison

Theoneste Bagosora was serving a 35-year sentence after being found guilty of crimes against humanity by the then International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021ByREUTERS