A top suspect in Rwanda's genocide of 1994 has appeared at a UN-backed court in Tanzania. Idelphonse Nizayimana is a former Hutu intelligence chief charged with ordering and organising the killings of Tutsis.
One of the top suspects in Rwanda's 1994 genocide, a former army captain nicknamed the 'Butcher of Butare', pleaded not guilty to genocide charges during his first appearance at a UN court in Tanzania on Wednesday.
In this edition: an exclusive report from Guinea where political tensions remain high after a bloody military crackdown; the 'butcher of Butare', one of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda's genocide is arrested; Kenya suffers a killer drought.
Idelphonse Nizeyimana (dubbed the “Butcher of Butare”), a key suspect in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, has been arrested in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, a spokesman for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda told FRANCE 24.
DR Congo President Joseph Kabila and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, held their first official bilateral meeting since the countries broke off diplomatic relations in 1996, hailing what they called "an all new era" in diplomatic ties.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has found the former prefect of the Rwandan capital guilty of genocide, assassination and rape and sentenced him to life in prison over the 1994 murder of more than 100 Tutsis in a Kigali church.
In this edition: NGOs call on G8 leaders to keep their promises on aid to Africa; Rwanda attracts tourists hoping to see its gorillas; and Africans remember the King of Pop and his special relationship with their continent.
FRANCE 24 reporter Willy Bracciano looks at Rwanda 15 years after the genocide, when Hutus killed around a million of Tutsis in a hundred days. Despite peace and reconciliation, how much has actually changed?
How can a tramatised population come to terms with the devastating genocide in Rwanda, in which nearly 1 million people were murdered? And what challenges remain for the government to reconcile differences and rebuild the country?
In this edition of "The Week in Africa": world powers express concern over a growing political crisis in Niger; the genocide orphans of Rwanda try to get on with life; and genetically modified cotton sparks hopes and fears in Burkina Faso.
