Inside Rwanda, the community-based Gacaca courts continued this selective justice, prosecuting exclusively Hutu while ...

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Within this shifting landscape, Burundi—often seen as peripheral—demands particular attention. Despite being similar in size to Lesotho at around 27,900 ...

In a briefing to ambassadors, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region Huang Xia called for increased coordination of ...

The government of Kenya has announced the exemption of nuts and oil crops produce and products imported by Export Processing ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...

Peace talks between Congo's government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels planned for Wednesday in Doha have been postponed, ...

The Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg has announced that it will allow use of the “gender star” in certain ministry contexts ...

Located in the Great Lakes region, Burundi is surrounded by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and bordered by Lake Tanganyika to the ...

Rwanda’s government has blamed Belgium’s colonial rule for the ethnic divisions that sparked the 1994 genocide.

He also reiterated accusations that Rwanda tried to stage a coup in Burundi a decade ago. Rwanda has swiftly responded, calling the Burundian president’s comments "surprising." It denies any plan to ...