Vol 51 No 2 | RWANDA Murder mystery solved 22nd January 2010 Two years of inquiries by a Rwandan committee of experts have ended in the conclusion widely accepted at the time: the Falcon 50 carrying President Juvénal Habyarimana was...
Vol 50 No 24 | RWANDA A botched prosecution 4th December 2009 Protais Zigiranyirazo, brother-in-law of late Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, was acquitted on appeal by the Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on 17 November (AC Vol 50 No...
Vol 50 No 15 | LIBERIARWANDASIERRA LEONESUDAN International justice and its pitfalls 24th July 2009 The current array of international tribunals has its roots in the 1990s. With the Cold War over, a spate of atrocious wars broke out in areas that no...
Vol 50 No 14 | RWANDA The quest for justice after the genocide continues 10th July 2009 The search for justice lumbers on in a costly UN tribunal and national and community courts, but the convictions are relatively few The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was set up by the United Nations Security Council in November 1994 to try those responsible for genocide or other serious offences...
Vol 50 No 14 | RWANDA The missing suspects 10th July 2009 Thirteen more genocide suspects are sought by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. The United States government's offer of a US$5 million bounty for their arrest has...
Vol 50 No 6 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Trouble in Kinshasa 20th March 2009 President Joseph Kabila’s worsening rivalry with the Speaker of the National Assembly, Vital Kamerhe, is dividing the ruling Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et le Développement (PPRD),...
Vol 50 No 3 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Shotgun wedding 6th February 2009 President Kabila's improbable deal with Rwanda could unravel and further weaken his authority in Kinshasa Kinshasa's sudden embrace of Kigali may cause as many problems as it solves. President Paul Kagame's troops have been spearheading joint operations against the Hutu militiamen of the...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 5 | RWANDASINGAPORE Alphonsus Chia Chung Mun 27th March 2009 Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE) Rwandan President Paul Kagame has secured Singapore's interest in Rwanda's future. Singapore Cooperation Enterprise's Chief Executive Officer, Alphonsus Chia, was in Kigali in February to talk up investment opportunities. This is...
Vol 49 No 24 | RWANDA Shooting down a president 28th November 2008 Fourteen years after the murder of the two Presidents which triggered the genocide, France’s case against the nine accused looks very thin Rose Kabuye’s French lawyers think the case against her is profoundly flawed. She was extradited to France following her arrest by German police at Frankfurt airport on...
Vol 49 No 24 | RWANDA Who arms Laurent Nkunda? 28th November 2008 Congo-Kinshasa's Local Government Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi was running his own militia in the east a decade ago. Now he says it might be helpful for the Kinshasa government...