President Paul Kagame has said the upcoming trial of former Chadian president Hissene Habre in Rwanda shows that Rwandan courts are competent enough to take on such a case. The president was speaking in response to many other questions posed to him by members of the media today during a press conference in which he commented about the state of the nation that ranged from foreign affairs to economy and ...

The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, yesterday, appointed Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira as Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General for UN-HABITAT. She succeeds Inga Björk-Klevby, a Swedish national. Kirabo is the Governor of the Eastern Province, a position she took up in February, 2011, after serving as the mayor of the City of Kigali. Under her leadership, Kigali became the first African city to win the prestigious UN-HABITAT Scroll of Honour Award “in ...

MUSANZE - The headmaster of Kabwende Primary School located in Musanze district, Clément Nkuriyingoma was, over the weekend, arrested for allegedly defiling his 14-year old student. The headmaster is said to have lured the victim into his office, where the crime allegedly took place. People became suspicious after the primary six pupil spent over an hour, with the headmaster, in a closed office, last Sunday, and alerted security officials. In an interview, the ...

The Appeals Chamber of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Wednesday confirmed the 25 years imprisonment sentence imposed on former Rwandan wealthy farmer and businessman, Yussuf Munyakazi, for genocide and extermination, as a crime against humanity. “The Appeals Chamber dismisses Munyakazi’s appeals in all respect. Affirms convictions of genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity (and) the sentence of 25 years of imprisonment imposed on (him) by ...

Agathe Habyarimana, widow of the former Rwandan president who is accused of planning the genocide, will be allowed to stay in France after a French court rejected a request to extradite her to Rwanda for her alleged role in the genocide. A French appeals court on Wednesday rejected a Rwandan request to extradite alleged mastermind Agathe Habyarimana, who has lived in France for over 15 years, and is accused of genocide ...