(RNS) — A few humanitarians have become household names: Mother Teresa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mahatma Gandhi. Maggy Barankitse is another — not nearly as well known, but driven by fighting ...

In the past month alone, three people asked me if I was Hutu or Tutsi after I told them I was Rwandan. One of them was a white elderly man who was just walking by as I was chit chatting with friends ...

"A moving, unforgettable tribute to a Tutsi woman who did everything to protect her children from the Rwandan genocide, by the daughter who refuses to let her family's story be forgotten. The story of ...

June 25, 2004 -- In her gaily printed dresses and steel-rimmed glasses, a gold crucifix often dangling prominently from her neck, she looked more a stately African schoolmarm than a woman charged with ...

More than 800,000 people were murdered when violence erupted. ROME -- Remembrance ceremonies began around the world this week to mark the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. For nearly 100 days ...

Contact the repository for terms of use. Scope and Contents Edited film documents public performances of the Tutsi Royal Drums and the Hutu and Noore Dances. Scenes ...

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A U.N. court trying the masterminds of Rwanda's 1994 genocide jailed a former military chaplain for 25 years on Friday for sexual assault and killing ethnic Tutsis who sought ...

More than five hundred people including members of the diplomatic corps, Rwanda diaspora, students, media personnel, civil society and UN staff participated in a commemorative event to mark the 31st ...