The actions of the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) during and after the liberation war defy easy description. Exceptional? Remarkable? Outstanding? All these words come close but there was one act that ...

June 4, Rwanda marks 30 years since the end of one of the darkest chapters in modern history. Liberation Day is a moment that reflects the resilience of men and women who sacrificed their lives to ...

More than 2,000 people in Nyagatare District on Wednesday, July 2, embarked on a 21-kilometre march from Nyagatare to Gikoba to honor the hardships endured by Rwanda's liberators over 31 years ago.

In the midsummer of 1994, the Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA), which defeated the genocide, was the only authority in town. An effective military machine, the RPA had no experience in public ...

Liberation Day, celebrated on July 4 in Rwanda, is a time for Rwandans to reflect on their past, honour the Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA) that liberated the country by stopping the 1994 Genocide ...

Many of the current Rwanda Defence Forces officers fought in the Rwandan Patriotic Army. This was a Tutsi force during the civil war years of 1990-1994. As a result, the troops have expertise in ...

Rwanda commemorates 30 years of liberation today, a somber milestone marking the end of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. Over a million innocent lives were tragically lost in that horrific ...

More than 500,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred in 100 days of frenzied killing — slaughter that was stopped when Kagame's Tutsi rebel group, the Rwandan Patriotic Front, toppled the ...

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the start of the Rwanda genocide on April 7, 1994. A phoenix is rising from the ashes, writes Jonathan M. Hansen. Revisiting Rwanda 30 Years After the Genocide ...