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Rwanda stories: 34 news summaries

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 Mountain Gorillas 
 Take Fight to 
 Survive 
 Online 

Ugandan animals' advocates embrace social networking

Sep 28, 09 6:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not only can your online buddies be any age and in any location, they don't even have to be your species. Tech-savvy advocates of the endangered mountain gorilla are about to launch an umbrella site, friendagorilla.org, that will feature videos, social networking, and blogs—by park rangers, not gorillas.... More »

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endangered species • Africa • Facebook • gorilla • Rwanda • Uganda • mountain gorillas • Twitter • Congo • Jason Biggs

 Rwanda 
 Gorilla King 
 Dies at 35 

Band cleans body of fallen leader, Titus

Sep 18, 09 2:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 35-year-old king of Rwanda gorillas has died, reports the Independent. The once fearsome silverback, Titus, succumbed to old age after a brief illness, said officials. His troupe in a mountain forest of the African nation appeared to be mourning their fallen leader, observers said. Titus shot to fame when... More »

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gorilla • Rwanda

glossies

 15 Years Later, 
 Rwanda Moves 
 Toward Forgiveness 

Rwandan wants his country to inspire world

Apr 5, 09 4:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Bishop John Rucyahana heard of the genocide wracking his native Rwanda in 1994, he did something unexpected: He returned home from Uganda. Since then, he has built schools for orphans and “reconciliation villages” where the genocide’s victims and perpetrators live together, Newsweek reports. “If Rwanda can... More »

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genocide • God • recovery • orphan • Rwanda • reconciliation

 US College 
 Suspends 
 Prof Linked 
 to Genocide 

Suspected of role in Rwanda massacre

Feb 3, 09 4:07 AM CST
(Newser) - A US college has suspended a visiting professor suspected of participating in the Rwandan genocide, reports the Baltimore Sun. Rwandan prosecutors charge that Leopold Munyakazi, who was teaching French at Goucher College in Maryland, revealed hiding places of ethnic Tutsis to machete-wielding Hutu militias. "We have tried to act... More »

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genocide • war crimes • Rwanda • Hutu • Tutsi • Goucher College • Leopold Munyakazi • Scholar Rescue Fund

analysis

Obama Sneaks Power Back
Into the Mix

Adviser who called Clinton 'monster' lands national security role

Jan 30, 09 1:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s national security team seems to consist entirely of people known for speaking their minds, observes Ben Smith of Politico, and none moreso than new NSC staff member Samantha Power, best known for calling Hillary Clinton “a monster.” She was booted for the incident, but that... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • campaign adviser • Rwanda • negative campaigning • Election 2008 • Samantha Power • Susan Rice • National Security Council

 Rwanda Nabs 
 Congo Rebel Leader 

Nkunda arrested by country once accused of supporting him

Jan 23, 09 5:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Fearsome rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, the head of a movement that has destabilized the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been arrested over the border in Rwanda. Hundreds of Rwandan troops converged on a mountain village last night inside Congo where the general was stationed, but he crossed the border into... More »

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Democratic Republic of Congo • Rwanda • Tutsi • rebel fighters • Congo • Laurent Nkunda

 Rwandan Genocide 
 Mastermind Convicted 

Bagosora sentenced to life by UN court for role in 1994 massacre

Dec 18, 08 5:13 AM CST
(AP) - A UN court has convicted the organizer of the 1994 Rwandan genocide that claimed more than 500,000 lives and sentenced him to life in prison, reports the AP. Théoneste Bagosora was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity, as well as the deaths of a Rwandan prime... More »

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United Nations • genocide • Rwanda • International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda • Hutu • Tutsi • Théoneste Bagosora

 Watershed Vaccine 
 May End Malaria Toll 

If trials work as expected, shots could save millions of children

Dec 9, 08 1:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists have developed a promising vaccine against malaria, a devastating disease that kills a milion people a year, most of them young children. Trials of the breakthrough vaccine enter the final phase next year and it could be widely available by 2012, reports the Los Angeles Times. Successful trials have... More »

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Kenya • medical breakthrough • malaria • Ethiopia • GlaxoSmithKline • Tanzania • vaccine • mosquito • Zambia • World Health Organization • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation • Rwanda • RTS,S • PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative

Surgeon Amputates
Using Texted Instructions

Phone helps save Congolese teen

Dec 3, 08 5:11 PM CST
(Newser) - A volunteer surgeon in a Congolese war zone followed texted instructions to perform an amputation that saved a 16-year-old boy's life. The teen's badly injured and infected arm required that his collar bone and shoulder blade be immediately removed, but Dr. David Nott had never conducted such a procedure. He... More »

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medicine • cell phones • surgery • Democratic Republic of Congo • text message • Doctors Without Borders • Rwanda • amputation • rebel fighters

 Thousands 
 Flee as Congo 
 Ceasefire Fails 

Heads of state meet as army, rebels kill dozens

Nov 7, 08 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - The ceasefire in eastern Congo crumbled yesterday as Tutsi rebels and Hutu militias did battle, leaving dozens of bodies lying in the streets of a town near the Rwandan border and forcing 35,000 residents to flee, the Guardian reports. Hutu residents have accused the rebel army of Laurent Nkunda... More »

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Democratic Republic of Congo • Rwanda • Tutsi • rebel fighters • Goma • Ban Ki-Moon • Congo • Laurent Nkunda

 UN Boss Jets 
 to Congo Amid 
 New Fighting 

Fears of a wider conflict grow as rebel leader threatens to take Goma

Nov 5, 08 4:32 AM CST
(Newser) - UN chief Ban Ki-Moon is traveling to the Democratic Republic of Congo to press for a peace deal just as new fighting breaks out, the Guardian reports. The Congolese government has rejected peace talks with the rebels, who have vowed to attack the provincial capital of Goma and continue a... More »

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United Nations • peacekeeping force • Democratic Republic of Congo • humanitarian crisis • Rwanda • Ban Ki-Moon • Congo • Laurent Nkunda

 Congo's Crisis 
 at Breaking Point 

EU, African Union scramble to broker peace deal as Nkunda attacks

Nov 3, 08 7:27 AM CST
(Newser) - European and African officials held crisis talks last night to avert a complete meltdown in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the civil war risks degenerating into genocide. The diplomatic push came as Laurent Nkunda, the Tutsi general, led 10,000 rebels into battle in a province bordering Rwanda, which... More »

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David Miliband • civil war • Democratic Republic of Congo • humanitarian crisis • refugee • Rwanda • Tutsi • Laurent Nkunda

OPINION

 War in Congo Is Over 
 Profit—From Us 

Westerners fund violence over control of minerals

Nov 1, 08 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - We’re told that the renewed bloodshed in Congo is spurred by tribal conflict and payback for the Rwandan genocide, but that’s not true, writes Johann Hari in the Independent. In fact, the war starting again there—"the deadliest war since Adolf Hitler"—is over Congo’s... More »

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genocide • war • natural resources • minerals • Rwanda • Congo

(AP) - The strategic Congolese city of Goma descended into chaos today, raising the likelihood of a bloody regional war. Government soldiers commandeered cars, taxis, and motorbikes in a retreat from advancing rebels, joining tens of thousands of terrified refugees struggling to stay ahead of the violence. Tutsi rebels said they had... More »

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Africa • United Nations • Rwanda • Uganda • Congo

 UN Pleads for Troops 
 as Congo Battle Rages 

Peacekeepers overwhelmed as rebels advance against government troops

Oct 29, 08 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The overwhelmed United Nations peacekeeping force in eastern Congo is urgently calling for reinforcements, the AP reports. A surge in fighting between Congolese government troops and forces led by a renegade general has sent tens of thousands fleeing. The UN currently has only 6,000 troops in North Kivu, where... More »

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United Nations • peacekeeper • Democratic Republic of Congo • Rwanda • Hutu • Tutsi • Kivu • Goma • Congo • Laurent Nkunda

In World First, Women Form Majority in Rwanda Assembly

Boosted by quota system, females take 44 of 80 of parliamentary seats

Sep 17, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The second parliamentary election in Rwanda since the 1994 genocide has ushered in the only majority female parliament in the world, the BBC reports. Of 80 seats, 44 went to women—and that 55% could go higher after additional voting. Under the constitution drafted after the genocide, 30% of MPs... More »

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Africa • genocide • Rwanda • parliament • election • women in office

Rwanda Targets French Leaders for Genocide

Commission says Paris was complicit in 1994 massacres

Aug 6, 08 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senior French politicians, including the late president François Mitterand and two prime ministers, were complicit in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, alleges a  500-page report released by the government . The report, which follows a 2-year investigation, also accuses the French military of crimes against humanity. Rwanda's justice ministry said... More »

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genocide • France • Dominique de Villepin • Rwanda • Francois Mitterand • Paul Kagame • Juvenal Habyarimana

Opinion

Cindy McCain: 'Look to the Women'

In healing, Rwanda can set an example for the rest of the world

Jul 28, 08 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cindy McCain’s recent voyage to Rwanda stirred up memories of her last visit, in 1994. The campaign of genocide then ravaging the country has ended, and Rwanda's recovery is a model for the rest of the world, the would-be first lady writes in the Wall Street Journal. Women... More »

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Africa • genocide • women • Cindy McCain • Rwanda

 Congo's Gorillas
 Victims in War
 Over Charcoal 

Corruption, poverty, unrest combine for conservationists' nightmare

Jun 23, 08 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who murdered seven mountain gorillas in the Congo last year? Perhaps, National Geographic finds, the question should be how any of the magnificent apes stay alive at all. A three-way military standoff—a holdover from neighboring Rwanda’s haunted past—enveloping Virunga National Park has left gorillas, people, and the... More »

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murder • Democratic Republic of Congo • Rwanda • Hutu • Tutsi • mountain gorillas • charcoal trade • Virunga Park

Thais Nab 'Merchant of Death'

Russian arms dealer may face US trial for supplying terror groups worldwide

Mar 6, 08 5:18 PM CST
(Newser) - The Russian arms dealer branded "the merchant of death" was apprehended in Thailand today after US intelligence linked him to Colombia rebels, the New York Times reports. Victor Bout is on international most-wanted lists for allegedly using his private air fleet to supply al Qaeda and the Taliban—plus... More »

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Colombia • Sierra Leone • Liberia • arms • Rwanda • FARC • weapons • Victor Bout • arms trafficking • Richard Chichakli

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