Genocide

Renewed clashes in the Central African Republic are early warning signs of genocide, the UN aid chief said Monday, calling for more troops and police to beef up the UN peacekeeping mission in the strife-torn country.

French investment bank BNP Paribas has been accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes related to the mass slaughter in 1994 that claimed more than 800,000 lives. Reuters reports that three non-government organisations (NGOs) have filed a lawsuit in Paris against BNP Paribas, alleging that it knowingly approved a transfer of $1.3m from the Rwandan central bank to an arms dealer during the genocide.

A Rwandan man accused of leading and coordinating attacks on minority Tutsis during Rwanda's 1994 genocide has been sentenced to life imprisonment for his...

Pope Francis asked on Monday for forgiveness for the "sins and failings of the Church and its members" during Rwanda's 1994 genocide, saying the violence had "disfigured the face" of the Roman Catholic Church.

A group of Ugandan lawmakers have sent a petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ask for an investigation into possible atrocities by...

Council-mandated Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan Yasmin Sooka. Photo Credit: Reuters.   World powers can stop a "Rwanda-like" genocide in South Sudan if they immediately...

Officials in Rwanda have launched a probe into the involvement of some 20 French officials in the 1994 genocide in the country. There has been...

The Catholic Church in Rwanda has officially said that it regretted the actions of clergymen and nuns who participated in the 1994 genocide. In a...

Two Rwandans extradited from the Netherlands to their home country pleaded not guilty during a preliminary court hearing in Kigali on Monday to crimes...