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16 Rwandan students seek asylum in Uganda over M23

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:49:12 -0400

KAMPALA, Uganda - Sixteen Rwandan students are seeking asylum in Uganda, saying they are the victims of harassment by security officials back home for refusing to join a Congolese rebel movement that allegedly recruits inside Rwandan territory.

Editorial: Bill Clinton urges Syrian intervention

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:50:17 -0400

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters - A longstanding and important tradition in American politics is that former presidents avoid criticizing their successors on foreign policy.

Editorial: Bill Clinton urges Syrian intervention

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:26:27 -0400

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters - A longstanding and important tradition in American politics is that former presidents avoid criticizing their successors on foreign policy.

Germany charges 3 with Rwanda militia membership

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:12:43 -0400

BERLIN - German prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against three men whom they accuse of membership in an ethnic Hutu militia involved in killing Congolese civilians.

Syria poses challenge for new US envoy at UN

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:01:57 -0400

WASHINGTON - Fiery human rights advocate Samantha Power has famously taken presidents to task for refusing to use military force to stop genocide. But as the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Power may need to bite her tongue as the Obama administration resists being drawn into Syria.

Pennsylvania teacher seeks to get Rwanda writing

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:10:54 -0400

LANSDALE, Pennsylvania - Pennridge Central Middle School teacher Kristen Swanson will make a trip to Rwanda in July to run a creative writing workshop for local authors and aspiring writers.

Britain arrests 5 Rwanda genocide suspects

Thu, 30 May 2013 13:50:40 -0400

LONDON - British police say they have arrested five Rwandan genocide suspects at the request of the African country's government.

Sentence for NH woman in Rwanda case delayed

Thu, 30 May 2013 06:49:57 -0400

CONCORD, New Hampshire - A judge has granted a request by federal prosecutors to delay the sentencing for a New Hampshire woman convicted of lying to obtain U.S. citizenship by denying her role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide.

'Boom Town Baby': African stock markets see gains

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:25:37 -0400

NAIROBI, Kenya - The barrage of hourly tweets sent out by Aly-Khan Satchu - East Africa's version of CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer - cheers on what Satchu says is a growing sentiment among investors: If you're not investing in Africa, you should be. Or as Satchu loudly proclaims on his Twitter feed or newspaper column: "ITS BOOM TOWN BABY."

Fighting for 2nd day between army, rebels in Congo

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:38:48 -0400

GOMA, Congo - Fighting between the M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day Tuesday near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma, in clashes that have so far killed 19 people, all of them either soldiers or rebels, officials said.