November 8

• Rwanda: Rwandan Author's Genocide Novel Wins France's Renaudot Prize

  A Rwandan author, whose family was massacred in 1994, has won France's prestigious Renaudot prize, even though her book had not made the shortlist. Scholastique Mukasonga thought... Read more »

October 31

• Africa: News in Brief - Pressure Mounts on Uganda to Act on Missing Funds

  The Kigali High Court sentences an opposition party leader to eight years in jail. Kagame tells African leaders to work for the people and gives his analysis of the DRC's failings.... Read more »

October 19

• Rwanda: UN Security Council Seat a Vindication, Says Foreign Minister

  Rwanda's election to the UN Security Council speaks volumes, Rwanda's Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo told RFI in relation to accusations contained in a UN experts report about... Read more »

October 18

• Congo-Kinshasa: Uganda Denies Backing Rebels

  Uganda has denied allegations in a UN report that the Ugandan army has helped rebel activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read more »

October 16

• South Africa: African Press Review 15 October 2012

  The implications of the latest downgrading of South Africa's economy and commentary about Kofi Annan's recently published autobiography both feature in today's papers. Read more »

October 9

• Africa: African Press Review 9 October 2012

  Problems with South Africa's national airline, anger at secret bonuses for MPs in Uganda and analysis of the state of the Great Lakes countries 50 years after independence, all... Read more »

August 28

• Somalia: African Press Review

  A UN worker is reported to have been killed in Somalia. Has Rwanda come of age? And who killed Sheikh Aboud Rogo? Read more »

June 13

• South Africa: African Press Review 13 June 2012

  In South Africa, the big story is the firing of the national police commissioner, plus a cabinet reshuffle. Al-Qaeda's North Africa branch makes headlines in Nigeria, and Rwanda... Read more »

June 11

• Africa: The State of the Press

  Kenya in mourning for Internal Security Minister Geroge Saitoti and his assistant killed in a air crash on Sunday and Nigeria's worries over the security of its airline industry... Read more »

June 1

• Rwanda: Army Had French Missiles At Time of Habyarimana Death, Report Reveals

  Mystery surrounds the discovery of a UN document by a British journalist which reveals the presence of 15 French Mistral ground-to-air missiles in the Rwandan army arsenal in the... Read more »

April 28

• Rwanda: Opposition Leader Loses Appeal Against Prison

  Rwanda's Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal by opposition politician, Bernard Ntaganda, against a four-year prison sentence for allegedly stirring up ethnic hatred and... Read more »

April 6

• Rwanda: Journalists' Sentences Reduced Ahead of Media Law Reform

  Rwanda's Supreme Court Thursday reduced the sentences being served by two journalists, whose case drew international attention form media and human rights groups. Read more »

February 20

• Rwanda: France Recalls Ambassador From Kigali

  France has recalled its ambassador to Rwanda Laurent Contini after the authorities in Kigali refused to accept Paris's choice of a new envoy. Weekly Jeune Afrique had reported that... Read more »

January 11

• Africa: African Press Review 11 January 2012

  Pro-Kagame Rwandan papers are happy about a French judge's report. South Africa's university inscription ends in tragedy. Malema carried on fighting for his political life. Ugandan... Read more »

January 10

• Rwanda: French Court Refuses Extradition of Rwandan Judge

  A court in Versailles on Tuesday turned down Kigali's request for the extradition of Rwandan former magistrate Manasse Bigwenzaré, who is accused of involvement in the 1994... Read more »

January 3

• Africa: African Press Review 2 January 2012

  Trouble ahead for South Africa's green paper on land reform, opposition parties in Uganda complain of government intimidation and the knock-on effect of the eurozone crisis on... Read more »

December 26, 2011

• Rwanda: Former Hutu-Militia Leader Faces New Charges After ICC Release

  A former Hutu militia leader employed by the United Nations is facing fresh allegations over his role in the 1994 genocide after the International Criminal Court in The Hague... Read more »

October 5, 2011

• Africa: African Press Review 4 October 2011 [press release]

  Storm warning in South Africa after tornadoes kill two at the weekend. Are Joburg bosses too numerous and too costly? Who will captain South Africa's cricketers in AB de Villiers's... Read more »

September 12, 2011

• Rwanda: Kagame to Meet Sarkozy to Rebuild Ties With France

  President Paul Kagame of Rwanda is to have lunch with French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday, as the 2 men continue efforts to rebuild the Franco-Rwandan relationship, which... Read more »

• Rwanda: Citizen Living in France Accused of Genocide

  Rwandan campaigners have filed a case against an exile living in the Paris region for crimes against humanity and genocide. They claim that 21 people now living in France are being... Read more »

August 18, 2011

• Rwanda: Opposition to Protest At Kagame Visit to France

  Two exiled Rwandan opposition parties say they will demonstrate against President Paul Kagame's visit to France on 12-13 September. Read more »

July 7, 2011

• Rwanda: Dutch Court Sentences Local to Life for Genocide Crimes

  A Dutch appeal court has extended a 20-year sentence against a Rwandan living in the country to life after finding him guilty of war crimes relating to the 1994 genocide of Tutsis. Read more »

July 2, 2011

• South Africa: Rwandan General Assassination Trial Put Off Till October

  The trial of six men accused of plotting to assassinate Faustin Nyamwasa, a former Rwandan army general and ambassador sheltered in South Africa, has been postponed until October. Read more »

July 1, 2011

• South Africa: Rwandan General Assassination Plot Trial Set to End

  In the Johannesburg magistrate's court Friday, state witness Kalia Mubarak is due to wrap up evidence in the trial of six foreign nationals accused of trying to assassinate former... Read more »

June 24, 2011

• Rwanda: International Court Jails First Woman for Genocide

  The UN court for Rwanda has sentenced Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, the first woman to be charged with genocide and incitement to rape before an international court, to life in prison. Read more »