The former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Infrastructure, Vincent Gatwabuyege, was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling state funds.

A UN court, the ICTR has acquitted a Catholic priest charged with genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Survivor groups from Rwanda's 1994 genocide say they may stop sending witnesses to the U.N. tribunal in Tanzania, in protest at the court's recent acquittals of two genocide suspects.

Today marks a major turning point in the history of the revived East African Community.

U.S. scientists have organized a research project to study dangers presented by Rwanda's Lake Kivu, which contains high levels of carbon dioxide and methane.

The Japanese government through its International Cooperation Agency has provided fertilisers worth 300 million Japanese Yen to Rwanda.

A United Nations court on Tuesday acquitted a Catholic priest charged with genocide, murder and extermination in Rwanda's 1994 genocide after the judge said the prosecution had failed to prove its case.

A A A' A U.N. appeals court on Monday overturned the conviction of the former Rwandan president's brother-in-law, who had been sentenced to 20 years for organizing a massacre that left about 1,000 dead during the 1994 genocide.

By Douglas Mazune A hat-trick of Uganda Golf Union stroke-play championships that Vincent Byamukama completed in the Kinyara Open last weekend has reignited his quest for international success.

The head of Rwanda's national airline says one person has died after a passenger plane crashed into the airport's VIP lounge.

Kigali A Rwandair plane to Uganda crashed into the VIP lounge after taking off from the international airport in Rwanda's capital Kigali on Thursday, killing one passenger, officials said.

New information has emerged that a clandestine partnership of sharing intelligence existed between the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo and FDLR rebels even deeper than earlier thought.

Humans, whether from rich or poor countries, must remain vigilant in curbing the motivations that lead individuals and groups to violent hatred and barbaric acts against a class of people.

Optical fiber and cabling company Draka Communications announced that it is in the deployment phase of a nationwide project to installA fiber optic infrastructure throughout the Republic of Rwanda.

The group refugee status of tens of thousands of Rwandans who fled their country in the wake of the 1994 genocide could be lifted by the end of 2011, according to UN and Rwandan officials.

Tarek el-Tablawy Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt - The Associated Press Published on Monday, Nov.

While the crisis that plagued eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo last year and threatened to engulf the entire region has eased, some of the factors that led to the fierce fighting and the displacement of hundred of thousands must still be dealt with, a senior United Nations envoy said today.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao discussed bilateral ties and cooperation with several African leaders on the sidelines of the fourth ministerial meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, which opened on Sunday at the Egyptian tourist resort.

ELECTROGAZ's resilience will be put to test when they face Rwanda Commercial Bank 's basketball team at Cercle Sportif this Sunday.

Minister of Gender and Family Promotion, Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya and Anita Asiimwe, Executive Secretary of National AIDS Control Commission address the press ahead of National Pediatric Conference on Children Infected with HIV/AIDS. KIGALI - This year's National Pediatric Conference on Children Infected and affected by HIV that is scheduled to ...