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What if a genocide like the ones in Rwanda or in Srebrenica were to happen today? Would the global response be any different?

KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda is preparing to mark the 30th anniversary of the East African nation's most horrific period in history — the genocide against its minority Tutsi. To this day, new mass graves ...

As Rwanda marked 31st commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, on Monday, April 7, the Rwandan community in Nigeria in Abuja joined their compatriots to honour more than one million lives ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame attends a commemoration ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Kigali, Rwanda, on April 7, 2024. Credit - Cyrile Ndegeya—Getty Images Something is ...

This summer marks the 80th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, a turning point for allied forces in the defeat of Nazi Germany which ended the Holocaust, arguably the worst atrocity in human history ...

When I joined the United Nations-backed International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda as a judicial legal advisor in 2007, I was filled with hope for justice and a safer future. We aimed to hold ...

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A survivor of the Rwandan Genocide, which left nearly one million Tutsi citizens in Rwanda either starved or slaughtered in 1994, is set to speak at Northeast State ...

The class of Rwandan teenagers stare back at him until, upon further prompting, one mumbles: "the massive killing of people." Teaching young people in Rwanda about the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, ...

October 1 in Rwanda is more than a date on the calendar, it is a moment to pause, reflect, and honor a spirit that has defined the nation: Patriotism. It is a day to remember the sacrifices that ...

FILE – A boy who survived a massacre in the village of Karubamba in April and whose leg was wounded by a machete, rests on his crutches at a hospital near Gahini, in Rwanda, May 13, 1994. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda is preparing to ...