Reuters: Rwanda News

U.S. says Congo should arrest indicted ex-rebel

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:56:16 +0000

KIGALI, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo must arrest an indicted war crimes suspect believed to hold a senior command position in U.N.-backed military operations in the east of the country, the U.S. envoy to the region has said.

Rwanda to launch $27 million free trade zone

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:45:32 +0000

KIGALI, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Rwanda will launch a $27 million free trade zone at the end of this year in an attempt to diversify exports and redress its widening trade deficit, authorities said on Tuesday.

UN envoy to scale back peace mission in E. Congo

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:51:29 +0000

* Obasanjo says Congo situation "dramatically transformed"

Congo army attacked measle vaccine sites-aid agency

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:39:58 +0000

* Congo's army targeted mass vaccination of civilians-MSF

Rwanda wants U.N. to send genocide convicts home

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:50:48 +0000

KIGALI, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The United Nations genocide court in Tanzania is reneging on its promise to transfer Rwandan convicts to serve the remainder of their sentences in their homeland, Rwanda's justice minister said.

Millions die because of high malaria drug prices

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:13 +0000

* Artemisinin combination therapy drugs good but expensive

UPDATE 1-U.N. suspends support to DR Congo army units in east

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:57:48 +0000

KINSHASA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The United Nations will suspend operational support for certain Democratic Republic of Congo army units it believes have deliberately killed more than 60 civilians this year, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said in an interview aired on Monday.

U.N. suspends support to Congo army units in east

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:23:20 +0000

KINSHASA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The U.N. will suspend operational support for Congolese army units it believes have killed more than 60 civilians this year, the U.N. peacekeeping chief was quoted as saying on Monday.

Sierra Leone court sends convicts to Rwandan prison

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:40:33 +0000

FREETOWN, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The Special Court for Sierra Leone has transferred to Rwanda eight prisoners it has convicted of various serious crimes committed during the West African nation's decade-long civil war, the court said on Saturday.

Last Burundians from 1972 exodus leave Tanzania

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:51:15 +0000

* UN helps last 400 Burundians from 1972 exodus return home * 36,000 more who entered in 1993 remain in one camp