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NEWS ABOUT: Tutsi

Tutsi stories: 9 news summaries

 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

 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

 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

 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

 Ceasefire Calms Congo 

10 dead as fleeing refugees run into brutal government soldiers

Oct 31, 08 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has eased after rebels declared a cease-fire, reports the Los Angeles Times. As paramilitary forces moved through the countryside, refugees flooded into the eastern city of Goma—only to face assault, rape and murder at the hands of the Congolese army. UN officials... More »

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Africa • Democratic Republic of Congo • Tutsi • Goma • Congo • Laurent Nkunda

 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

 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

Rwandan War Crimes Suspect Arrested In Frankfurt

Ex-minister wanted for abetting genocide

Sep 21, 07 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - An ex-cabinet minister wanted for war crimes during the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been arrested in Germany after more than a decade on the lam. Deutsche Welle reports that a manhunt had tracked Augustin Ngirabatware since July as he shuttled between hotels and apartments before being caught on Wednesday near... More »

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genocide • Germany • international court • Rwanda • International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda • Augustin Ngirabatware • Hutu • Tutsi • Frankfurt

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