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Remembering Rwanda
RSS FeedLetter to the pope from African Rights
2004-04-08, Issue 151
As the 10th commemoration of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda approaches, African Rights has written to his Holiness Pope John Paul II to urge him to act in support of his sentiment that this tragedy “never be repeated again”, proposing that the Catholic ...
Opening of Kigali and Murambi memorial centres
2004-04-08, Issue 151
Some 250,000 perished on the streets and in the houses, churches and hospitals of Kigali alone. After the genocide, the Kigali City Council decided to dedicate a site for the burial of its people in a single place. Many mass graves were exhumed fro...
An Interactive Documentary about the Rwandan Genocide
2004-04-08, Issue 151
On the eve of 10th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, educational software company 23YYZee launched their website. Their new Interactive Documentary Pax Warrior begins pilot programs in schools in May. The web-based multimedia narrative combines te...
Government, Politics and Economy
2004-04-01, Issue 150
GENERAL: Official Name: Republic of Rwanda Capital City: Kigali (est. pop. 800,000) Other Cities: Gitarama, Butare, Ruhengeri, Gisenyi Religions: Roman Catholic/Traditional Languages: English/KinyaRwanda/French/Swahili Land Area: 26 340 squar...
Rwanda: 1918-1924
2004-04-01, Issue 150
SOURCE: Edited from a chronology of events on the website http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/rwanda/etc/cron.html, which was compiled from Fergal Keane's Season of Blood and Alain Destexhe's Rwanda and Genocide in the Twentieth Century....
Personel stories from Rwanda
2004-04-01, Issue 150
* Names have been omitted because of the nature of the interviews. One of the subjects is a protected witness. STORY ONE "The Genocide was something overwhelming. In the first place, it is impossible to find an explanation for it. You cannot ...
From Brighton to Rwanda with love
2004-03-18, Issue 148
Rwanda Youth Information Community Organization (rYico) has organised a programme of events in Brighton to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. Click on the link below for more details....
Tenth anniversary should prompt resolve, says Annan
2004-03-18, Issue 148
Next month's observance of the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide should be an occasion not only for remorse but also resolve, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in March. In a message delivered on his behalf to a symposium on the...
Take part in the Rwanda Commemoration Project
2004-03-18, Issue 148
April 7, 2004 marks ten years since the beginning of the Rwandan genocide, when nearly a million people were killed in ninety days while the international community largely stood by. In response, the Centre for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Am...
*REMEMBERING RWANDA*
Pambazuka News Special edition due out in April
2004-03-18, Issue 148
This year is the 10th Anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. An international campaign is underway to mobilise to mark this anniversary - "REMEMBERING RWANDA". As our contribution to this campaign, we will be featuring this special section called Remembering Rwanda. We will also be publishing a special issue on Rwanda in April 2004 that will contain originally commissioned editorials covering key issues relating to Rwanda and the genocide. ...
Take part in the Rwanda Commemmoration project
2004-03-04, Issue 146
April 7, 2004 marks ten years since the beginning of the Rwandan genocide, when nearly a million people were killed in ninety days while the international community largely stood by. In response, the Centre for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Am...
Coming home
2004-03-04, Issue 146
Ten years after the genocide that saw Hutus kill nearly one million Tutsis in just 100 days, Rwanda is still trying to come to terms with its bloody past. Theophile Ntaganda is one of thousands of killers now being released from prison. He killed h...
*REMEMBERING RWANDA*
2004-03-04, Issue 146
This year is the 10th Anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. An international campaign is underway to mobilise to mark this anniversary - "REMEMBERING RWANDA". As our contribution to this campaign, we will be featuring this special section called Rem...
*Remembering Rwanda*
2004-02-19, Issue 144
This year is the 10th Anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. An international campaign is underway to mobilise to mark this anniversary - "REMEMBERING RWANDA". As our contribution to this campaign, we will be featuring this special section called R...
Gacaca: Living together in Rwanda
2004-02-05, Issue 142
This is a film which deals with the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. The film ventures into the rural heart of the African nation of Rwanda to follow the first steps in one of the world's boldest experiments in political reconciliation: the Gacaca...
Draft UN Resolution to designate April 7, 2004 as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
2004-02-05, Issue 142
"Recognizing that April 2004 is the tenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, the General Assembly: 1. Decides to designate 7 April 2004 as the International Day of Reflection on the genocide in Rwanda, 2. Encourages all Member States, organis...