November 21

• Rwanda: No Aid for M23, Says Dutch Minister [interview]

  Three days before M23 rebels took control of the Congolese city of Goma, RNW were speaking with the Netherlands new minister for foreign trade and development cooperation. On... Read more »

November 1

• Rwanda: Ingabire's Daughter Speaks Out

  Raissa Ujeneza is a 23 year old studying international and European law in the Netherlands. Her mother is Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, whom Rwanda's high court... Read more »

• Rwanda: Govt Debates Legalizing Sex Industry

  The series of prostitute murders that occurred this summer in Rwanda's capital has revived debate on the world's oldest profession. On the whole, the country's very modest... Read more »

October 30

• Rwanda: Opposition Leader Convicted of Treason

  Rwandan opposition politician Victoire Ingabire has been sentenced to eight years in prison by the Rwandan High Court, according to local journalists in Kigali. Read more »

October 24

• Rwanda: Those Eyes That Seem to Judge You [opinion]

  "We are traumatized," says Jeanne Basebye. "In their house, my parents' conversations are being tapped. You can't say anything because you know that someone is listening." Jeanne's... Read more »

October 22

• Rwanda: Accused Faces Genocide Charges in Netherlands

  The 65-year old Yvonne Basebya Ntacyobatabara was living quietly with her husband in the southern Dutch province of Limburg when, in 2010, she was arrested on suspicion of... Read more »

October 12

• Congo-Kinshasa: Meet the Mai Mai - M23's New Enemy

  These days, the M23 rebels in the eastern DRC province of North Kivu are fighting a war not only against regular Congolese army troops. Armed groups in the north of the territory... Read more »

September 27

• Congo-Kinshasa: The M23 - DRC's New Scapegoat for Torturing Innocents?

  The M23 has been accused of many human rights violations in North Kivu, including rape, abduction and murder. But some say the notorious rebel group in the DRC are not the only... Read more »

September 20

• Congo-Kinshasa: Meet the DRC's Angry Villagers, Part 1

  Fuelled by unsparing anger, young men, mostly in their 20s, will do anything to defend their families against the FDLR, a Hutu militia formed after the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Meet... Read more »

August 16

• Rwanda: Big Brother Kagame Is Watching All Rwandans

  The Rwandan parliament recently passed a law authorising high-ranking security officials to monitor email and telephone conversations of individuals considered potential threats to... Read more »

August 6

• Rwanda: Rwanda - Violator or Victim? [opinion]

  Steve Hege is not alone in holding fringe views on Rwanda, the FDLR or post-genocide politics. Think of Peter Erlinder, the sacked law professor from Minnesota who thinks that the... Read more »

July 27

• Rwanda: Now Dutch Cut Aid Over Congo

  The Dutch government has suspended 5 million euros in aid for judicial support to Rwanda. Read more »

July 25

• Rwanda: The Rwandan Who Cycles to Forget the Past

  The humble Adrien Niyonshuti is the first mountain biker to represent Rwanda in the Olympics. Cycling helps him forget his terrible past, the genocide his country went through in... Read more »

July 7

• Rwanda: Govt Sceptical About New Criminal Tribunal

  The new judicial structure of the United Nations that would take over the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has been met with scepticism by the Rwandan government. Kigali... Read more »

July 2

• Rwanda: Charging Your Phone With Cow Dung

  When one thinks of animal dung, one usually thinks: messy. Dutch research institute TNO has developed a prototype of a socket that turns biogas heat into electricity. Together with... Read more »

June 29

• Rwanda: Victoire Ingabire - Verdict Postponed

  The verdict in the trial of opposition leader Victoire Ingabire has been postponed until 7 September. This was announced at the High Court today. The judges said they needed more... Read more »

June 28

• Rwanda: Let's Talk About ... Victoire Ingabire

  It's not easy to find Rwandans in the Netherlands talking openly about their home country's opposition leader, Victoire Ingabire. The UDF leader spent 16 years exiled in the... Read more »

• Rwanda: On the Eve of Victoire Ingabire's Verdict

  Over one and a half years after her arrest, this Friday at 11 AM local time, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza expects to hear her verdict. On the eve of this long-awaited Rwandan Supreme... Read more »

June 27

• Rwanda: Opposition Party Splits

  While the Rwandan opposition leader, Victoire Ingabire, awaits her verdict on whether she aided and abetted terrorism, her party has broken into two. The sides are now engaged in a... Read more »

June 22

• Rwanda: Gacaca Courts Close but Genocide Wounds Still Open

  This week President Kagame officially closed the Gacaca tribunals. While Rwandan authorities celebrate the virtue of these community courts intended to bring genocide criminals to... Read more »

June 20

• Congo-Kinshasa: Fears of War With Rwanda Rattle DRC Youth

  Recent Human Rights Watch and UN reports have denounced Rwanda's support of rebels and army deserters in North Kivu. Many young Goma residents believe the reports, though they're... Read more »

• Rwanda: Pretty in Pink - Yvonne Basebya Goes Home - For Now

  The District Court in The Hague on Monday 'paused' the pre-trial detention of Yvonne Basebya (65) until the start of her trial in October 2012. "Although she is accused of the most... Read more »

June 8

• Rwanda: First International Art Exhibit Shown

  There is a first for everything. And in the case of Rwanda, there are many firsts - or, to be more precise, firsts since 1994. And 2012 is the first year an arts museum is showing... Read more »

June 7

• Congo-Kinshasa: Hague Court's Three-Pronged Strategy

  Just a month before his departure, scheduled for 15 June, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), made two last-minute decisions concerning... Read more »

June 6

• Central Africa: Rwandan Ambassador Says HRW Worsens Region's 'Instability'

  Human Rights Watch published a press release on Monday claiming involvement of Rwandan military officials in the mutiny of Bosco Ntaganda in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.... Read more »