When presidential hopeful Victoire Ingabire, a Hutu, returned to Rwanda after a long absence she immediately visited a memorial to Tutsis killed in the 1994 genocide and asked why Hutus who also died were not remembered.

FRENCH authorities yesterday arrested the widow of the former Rwandan president whose assassination in a plane crash is believed to have precipitated the 1994 genocide.

The widow of the former Rwandan president whose death sparked the country’s 1994 massacres was arrested on genocide charges in France today.

Fifteen years after Rwanda’s genocide, a businessman went on trial today accused of ordering bulldozers to demolish a church where 2,000 Tutsis had sought shelter and watching as they were crushed by the collapsing structure or hunted down by armed gangs.

A UN war crimes tribunal sentenced a former governor in Rwanda to life in prison today after finding that he was one of the main perpetrators of genocide in the African country in 1994.

A former Rwandan government minister who tricked thousands of refugees into being slaughtered was jailed for 30 years today.

A ceasefire called by Congo rebels appeared to be unravelling today.

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo fought pro-government militiamen for a second day in the town of Kiwanja today, forcing thousands to flee.

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government today refused rebel leader Laurent Nkunda’s demand for direct talks to solve the crisis in eastern Kivu province, where tens of thousands of desperate refugees were receiving international aid.

TO MUCH of the outside world Paul Rusesabagina is a hero who saved 1,200 people from genocide in events depicted in the Oscar-nominated film Hotel Rwanda.

A RWANDAN government-appointed commission launched a probe yesterday into allegations French troops supported soldiers behind Rwanda’s 1994 genocide and helped facilitate mass murder.

RWANDAN Hutu rebels operating in eastern Congo have executed, raped, beaten or kidnapped more than 1,500 civilians over the past year, according to a UN report released yesterday.

Rwandan Hutu rebels operating in eastern Congo have executed, raped, beaten or kidnapped more than 1,500 civilians over the past year, according to a UN report released today.

The UN confirmed today that Rwandan troops have crossed the border into Congo in pursuit of rebel forces and was investigating reports that villages had been set ablaze.

War weary Congo was plunged into conflict again tonight and a Cabinet minister in the east of the African nation said “We are being attacked by Rwandan troops.”

RWANDA yesterday insisted it would soon attack rebels inside the Democratic Republic of Congo unless they were disarmed, as the UN Security Council warned any incursion could threaten regional stability.

TO describe 11-year-old twins Cynthia and Sonia Dushime as being lucky wouldn’t tell the true story of their tragic lives.

WITH Western leaders conspicuous by their absence, Rwanda marked the 10th anniversary of the genocide of 800,000 people yesterday as bewildered and angry as ever at the world’s failure to stop one of the 20th century’s worst crimes.

Survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda gathered on a hillside today to bury the remains of hundreds of victims recovered from mass graves to mark the 10th anniversary of the government-orchestrated slaughter that left more than 500,000 people dead.

Ten years ago, Verena Mukarugambwa was running for her life as Hutu extremists unleashed a 100-day killing spree that tore apart the small central African nation of Rwanda.

RWANDA’S presidential election was marred by irregularities, including some instances of President Paul Kagame’s agents telling people to vote for him, the leading EU election observer has said.

Rwanda’s presidential election was marred by irregularities, including some instances of President Paul Kagame’s agents telling people to vote for him, the leading EU election observer has said.

INCUMBENT President Paul Kagame told the world yesterday that genocide-scarred Rwanda is “on the right path”, after he scored an overwhelming election win seen as confirming support for his efforts to heal the African nation’s wounds.q

THE leaders of Congo and Rwanda signed a peace agreement yesterday that was hailed as a major milestone in efforts to end a war that has destabilised central Africa and killed millions of people.

Yasser Arafat has been accused in a Brussels court of crimes against humanity.