A US jury deadlocked Tuesday on whether an elderly Rwandan immigrant committed genocide 17 years ago, convicting him only on a charge that he lied to US immigration officials. The verdict, coming at the end of a lengthy, expensive immigration trial, leaves uncertain the future of 84-year-old Lazare Kobagaya. US District Judge Monti Belot allowed […]

How to spearhead a deadly militia in Congo, from Germany ? In modern times, one only needs a mobile-phone and a laptop to unleash a humanitarian catastrophe. German prosecutors are convinced that two Rwandans waged a brutal war some 6,000 kilometres away via telephone calls and emails.Judges in Stuttgart this week will continue hearing evidence against […]

The East African Community is set to undertake a feasibility study on the construction of an oil product pipeline from Uganda to Rwanda, easing fuel supplies in the landlocked countries of Rwanda and Burundi, the EAC secretariat said early this week. The regional body has obtained a grant of at least $600,000 for the study […]

President Paul Kagame is in New York where he will, this evening, join a host of celebrities and media personalities at the annual Time 100 Gala at the Lincoln Centre. The event honours past and present nominees to the annual Time 100 list, which profiles the most influential people in the world, including artists and […]