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…
Eastern Congo residents scramble for food and safety as conflict intensifies
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters An intensifying conflict between Democratic Republic of Congo’s army and the Tutsi-led M23 rebels, allegedly backed by Rwanda, has disrupted food supplies to the eastern city of Goma, affecting over two million residents and displaced individuals. Clashes have escalated since the start of the year in towns and villages […]
M23 rebels ready to withdraw from occupied areas in eastern Congo
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of CongoReuters Congo’s M23 rebel group is ready to withdraw from occupied territory in the east of the country and will support regional peace-making efforts despite not being represented in talks, it said in a statement on Tuesday. The Tutsi-led militia has staged several offenses in east Democratic Republic of Congo this […]
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…