Tag: Genocide
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A self-inflicted environmental genocide awaiting Ghana – Ato Forson
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has raised alarms over the devastating environmental destruction caused by illegal and unregulated mining activities,...
World
Sanremo Italian Song Festival under fire over rapper Ghali’s appeals to “stop genocide”
Italy's Sanremo Italian song festival, renowned as the country's premier showbiz event, faced criticism from Israel following a controversial statement made by a rapper...
Independent Africa
WWI cemeteries, Rwandan genocide sites added to list of the World’s Heritage
The final resting place of the over 800,000 individuals who tragically lost their lives in the 1994 Rwanda genocide has been added to UNESCO's...
Independent Africa
Ex- Rwandan Police officer sentenced to life for genocide
A former Rwandan police officer, Philippe Hategekimana, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in France.He was found guilty of genocide...
Independent Africa
Rwandan genocide defendant Kabuga incapable to stand trial
A United Nations court has ruled that 88-year-old Rwandan genocide suspect, Félicien Kabuga is unfit to stand trial.The Hague-based International Residual Mechanism for Criminal...
Independent Africa
Félicien Kabuga unfit to stand trial for Rwanda genocide case, UN Court says
A United Nations court has declared that an 88-year-old Félicien Kabuga, accused of being a significant financier of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, is not...
Independent Africa
Rwandan genocide suspect apprehended in South Africa after two decades
After years on the run, authorities say the most sought fugitive suspected of taking part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been captured in...
Independent Africa
6 quick facts about the 1994 genocide attack
On April 6, 1994, a plane carrying Habyarimana and Burundi’s president Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down over the capital city of Kigali, leaving no...
World
Pastor jailed for life after planning coup and black genocide
A white supremacist who was plotting the genocide of black South Africans and a coup in the country has been jailed for life.Harry Knoesen,...
World
Rwanda marks 28 years since the 1994 genocide
Rwanda is holding a subdued memorial at the Kigali genocide memorial, for the 1994 genocide that left about 800,000 Tutsis and Hutu moderates dead...