75 years on, why is the UN Genocide Convention so hard to enforce? Kelebogile Zvobgo - December 9, 2023 Often states deliberate and debate while people die.
Are Russian troops using sexual violence as a weapon? Here’s what we know. Esther Hallsdóttir - March 23, 2022 They’ve done so in Ukraine in the past. Five factors make it likely this time as well.
Rwanda’s government now uses the annual genocide remembrance as a political tool Gretchen Baldwin - April 7, 2021 Over the next 100 days, the government will actively remind citizens of the ethnic divisions that left hundreds of thousands dead
Burundi’s leader died last month. How will the world remember him? Andrea Filipi - July 8, 2020 Pierre Nkurunziza’s long-term legacy is far from clear.
For the third time in 11 years, Rwanda changed the language used in primary schools Timothy P. Williams - January 24, 2020 Here’s what this means for children, teachers and the nation
African governments are cracking down on the news media. Their citizens might be okay with that. Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz - May 12, 2019 When Africans think of “the media,” often they think of the hatemongers and fake-news peddlers.
Kofi Annan was a strong voice for peace. Rwanda was where he fell short. Timothy Longman - August 20, 2018 Kofi Annan, the first U.N. secretary general from sub-Saharan Africa, died
How dangerous is it when Trump calls some immigrants ‘animals’? Daniel Solomon and Aliza Luft - May 25, 2018 On Monday, the White House issued a news release doubling
Burundi votes tomorrow on controversial constitutional amendments. A lot is at stake. Yolande Bouka and Sarah Jackson - May 16, 2018 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Burundi soldiers and police in the
Rwanda’s gacaca courts are hailed as a post-genocide success. The reality is more complicated. Laura Seay - June 2, 2017 [caption id="attachment_59341" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Men walking in the Gacaca court's