Authorities in Paris helped suspects in the 1994 Rwanda genocide to escape while under French military protection, according to a diplomatic cable, rekindling Kigali's allegations France secretly supported Hutu forces behind the killings.

Rwanda's capital Kigali was back under total lockdown on Tuesday after a surge in coronavirus cases in a country that has adopted some of Africa's toughest anti-Covid measures.

The Central African Republic said Monday that Russia and Rwanda had sent in hundreds of troops after an alleged coup bid ahead of weekend presidential and parliamentary polls.

The Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland on Friday, the 11th of December 2020 announced the names of four special envoys and champions who will promote the Commonwealth’s values and principles globally.  “I am deeply honoured that these Special Envoys and Champions of such exceptional talent, quality and experience have generously agreed to help us promote the…

Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball national tea, D’Tigers, will begin their quest to retain their Afrobasket title when they meet South Sudan in their opening game of the qualifiers of the 2021 edition of the competition.

Rwanda has approved the production of medical cannabis strictly for export, seeking to target fast-growing markets in the United States and European Union, even though its use remains illegal at home.

Local operators have applauded the Federal Government for signing Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) with the United States of America (USA), India, Morocco and Rwanda.

Ms Joanne Lomas is the British High Commissioner to Rwanda and non-resident Ambassador to Burundi. She was appointed in November 2017. Prior to this appointment, she previously served as the British High Commissioner to Namibia (September 2015 to November 2017). She has had previous postings in Geneva and Damascus and has a degree in Political…

Paul Rusesabagina, whose actions during the genocide inspired the Oscar-nominated film "Hotel Rwanda", was charged Monday with terrorism and other serious crimes in his first court appearance in Kigali.

It is now confirmed that the 4th edition of the African Travel and Tourism Conference is scheduled to take place as a virtual event on September 21, 2020. Organised as part of this year’s Akwaaba African Travel Market, the leading Pan-African Tourism Expo, the African Travel and Tourism Conference is in its fourth year. With…

The former deputy chairman of Rwanda's ruling party during the 1994 genocide has died in a Senegalese prison, where he was serving a life sentence for his role in the slaughter, a court official told AFP Wednesday.

A top French appeals court said Wednesday it would rule on September 30 whether Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga is to stand trial in France or face a UN tribunal in Tanzania.