The management and members of staff of The New Times visited the Ntarama Genocide Memorial in Bugesera District on Wednesday, July 2, as part of the 31st commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the ...

Thirty-one years after the end of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and the liberation of Rwanda, the meaning of Kwibohora goes far beyond parades and speeches. For many Rwandans, liberation is not ...

When you read Jan Vansina's books on Rwanda--such as Antecedents to Modern Rwanda: The Nyiginya Kingdom and Le Rwanda Ancien: Le Royaume Nyiginya--you are left wondering why he exerted so much effort ...

Foreign minister says Friday’s agreement has given ‘huge impetus’ for peace, but talks with M23 militia are critical ...

While the United States celebrates its Independence Day on July 4th, this date holds significance for other nations as well.

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decadeslong ...

Bad recent history: When former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko fell in 1997, war erupted throughout Congo. A series of peace agreements -- U.N. blessed -- purportedly ended the Great Congo War in 2003.

Above all, they share a similar colonial history and a deep legacy of war that shapes their political histories and foreign policies. Burundi’s ruling Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie ...

It’s one of several attempts to end the deadly conflict in the troubled eastern DRC. Will it work where others failed?

Speaking before the Security Council Friday, the Head of the UN Mission in Congo Bintou Keita called the agreement a major ...

The Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East & Africa (CAMEA) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), in ...