darfur genocide Stories

Scribbled lines of life - hunger and hope in a Darfur city
XINHUA  |  Aug 19, 2025

The conflict in Sudan erupted in April 2023, devastating the country's infrastructure, killing tens of thousands, displacing millions, and creating a...

Israel reportedly in talks with South Sudan to displace Palestinians from Gaza
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 13, 2025

According to Joe Szlavik, Juba wants Washington to lift its travel ban on South Sudan and remove sanctions against some of its political elites, a sig...

Namibia’s forgotten genocide: How Bushmen were hunted and killed under German colonial rule
The Conversation  |  Aug 09, 2025

Today’s Namibia was a German colony called German South West Africa from 1884. The 1904-1907 genocidal Herero-Nama war was decisive, as Germany sought...

Rwandan genocide suspect Francois Gasana extradited from Norway
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 09, 2025

Francois Gasana, 53, was extradited after being detained in Norway in 2022 on charges of murder during the genocide.

Namibia launches AI-assisted learning pilot project to reach 2,500 students by 2026
XINHUA  |  Aug 07, 2025

The project seeks to develop a scalable blueprint for AI-assisted learning in Namibia's public education system by integrating AI tutoring with tradit...

Brazil set to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the ICJ over Gaza war
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 24, 2025

The case, originally filed in 2023, alleges that Israel violated the 1948 Genocide Convention through its military campaign in the Palestinian territo...

Rwanda marks Liberation Day, praises Kenya for decades of support
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 05, 2025

Speaking in Nairobi during Rwanda’s 31st Liberation Day on Friday, High Commissioner Ernest Rwamucyo described Kenya as a true ally in the country’s r...

US President Donald Trump on upcoming Rwanda-DR Congo deal: ‘A great day for Africa’
The New Times  |  Jun 26, 2025

Technical teams from Rwanda and DR Congo finalised a draft of the agreement, which is scheduled to be signed by the countries’ foreign ministers next...

US arrests Rwandan genocide fugitive Vincent Nzigiyimfura after years on the run
The New Times  |  Jun 15, 2025

If convicted, Nzigiyimfura faces up to 30 years in prison, with sentencing to be determined by a federal judge in accordance with U.S. Sentencing Guid...

UN Prosecutor calls on South Africa to act on genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 13, 2025

Brammertz demanded either the execution of the Mechanism’s arrest warrant and transfer of Kayishema into its custody or his trial within South Africa,...

Rwanda’s UN envoy makes case for registry on international criminal matters
New Times  |  Jun 13, 2025

Ngoga pointed to the recent discovery of Faustin Nsabumukunzi, an indicted genocide suspect found living as a beekeeper in New York.

Why genocide convict Twagirayezu will serve 20-year sentence in Denmark
New Times  |  Jun 13, 2025

The Rwandan Court of Appeal found him guilty on July 31, 2024, after overturning a previous acquittal by the High Council Chamber for International Cr...

Namibia marks first Genocide Remembrance Day, renews calls for justice from Germany
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 29, 2025

The national holiday will now be marked annually on May 28, a date selected to coincide with the closure of German-run concentration camps in 1907 fol...

Trump’s Afrikaners are South African opportunists, not refugees: What’s behind the US move
The Conversation  |  May 28, 2025

The evidence suggests that the heads of household among the Afrikaner 49 are drawn not only from that minority of Afrikaners who are totally unreconci...

France reopens genocide case against former UN worker Callixte Mbarushimana
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 23, 2025

The Paris Court of Appeal ordered that the case be re-examined, including fresh interviews with witnesses and a review of previously overlooked eviden...

South Africans exasperated by Trump's false claims during Ramaphosa meeting
Amina Wako  |  May 22, 2025

Trump spent most of the conversation confronting his visitor with false claims that South Africa's white minority farmers are being systematically mur...

French court suspends genocide probe into Rwanda’s former First Lady over lack of evidence
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 22, 2025

According to the court, there is insufficient evidence to link the 82-year-old widow of former President Juvenal Habyarimana to the genocide.

Rwandan refugees return home as M23 offensive escalates in eastern Congo, says UNHCR
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 18, 2025

The three-year M23 insurgency in the eastern DRC intensified in January with the M23 rebels, largely made up of Tutsi fighters, seizing control of mor...

Rwanda denies destabilising eastern Congo, accuses DRC government of fuelling unrest
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 17, 2025

Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo responded by blaming the Congolese government for destabilising the area through support of armed group...

ICJ dismisses Sudan’s genocide case against UAE over alleged support to RSF
Mwangi Maina  |  May 05, 2025

In a decision issued on Monday, the UN's top court ruled that it "manifestly lacked" jurisdiction to hear the case, effectively ending the proceedings...

Kaluma calls for BBC Africa ban in Kenya over documentary on deadly Gen Z protests
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Apr 28, 2025

As the protestors stormed Parliament, some were shot outside the building, while others set fire to a section housing the parliamentary office.

DRC and Rwanda sign declaration of principles in Washington, paving way for historic peace deal
Mary Wambui  |  Apr 25, 2025

It raises hopes that the latest cycle of violence in a decades-long conflict rooted in the Rwandan genocide might ease, with both countries hoping to...

Rwandan genocide convict living in New York arrested over immigration fraud
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 25, 2025

While he maintained a quiet presence on Long Island, working as a gardener and tending bees, U.S. investigators say his past is now catching up with h...

DR Congo, M23 rebels pledge to work towards peace after Qatar talks amid prisoner disputes
Reuters  |  Apr 24, 2025

Each side released the same statement separately after their delegations departed Qatar earlier in the week, following more than a week of discussions...

Remains of more genocide victims continue to be accorded decent burial in Rwanda
XINHUA  |  Apr 19, 2025

About 1 million people, mostly of the Tutsi community and moderate Hutus, were killed by Hutu extremists within 100 days during the genocide in 1994.

Survivors describe executions, arson in attack on Sudan's Zamzam camp
Reuters  |  Apr 19, 2025

The Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group - two years into its conflict with Sudan's army - seized the massive camp in North Darfur a week ago in an...

Sudan tells World Court UAE fuels Darfur genocide
Reuters  |  Apr 10, 2025

The UAE has repeatedly dismissed the filing of the case as a political game and have argued the ICJ, also known as the World Court, has no legal power...

Congo government, M23 rebel delegations in Doha for talks, sources say
Reuters  |  Apr 10, 2025

Members of both delegations confirmed their presence in the Qatari capital and said there was a face-to-face meeting on Wednesday, but they were still...

Israeli Ambassador expelled from AU Rwanda Genocide event amid widening tensions over Gaza War
Mwangi Maina  |  Apr 08, 2025

Avraham Neguise, a former Likud lawmaker appointed as ambassador in August 2024, was asked to leave following protests from several AU member states.

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