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Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro

Rwanda - Correspondent
11 October 2017 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro, correspondent in Kigali
Rwanda: The gruesome plight of children during the Tutsi genocide The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) launched on October 4 an online exhibition giving insight on how children were affected by the Rwandan genocide and conflicts in former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. The exhibit [...]
6 April 2017 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro in Kigali
Rwandan genocide commemoration pays tribute to “upright” Hutus On Friday April 7 Rwanda will be commemorating the 23rd anniversary of the genocide perpetrated against Tutsis in 1994. In the run-up to these commemorations genocide survivors, including a considerable number of young students, h [...]
3 April 2017 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro in Nyamata (eastern Rwanda)
New Church doctrine of repentance and forgiveness gains ground in Rwanda People in Rwanda excommunicated from the Church because of their participation in the 1994 genocide are now being allowed back to Communion in some Catholic parishes. This rehabilitation, which would have been unthinkable only a f [...]
12 January 2017 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro in Gisenyi, northwest Rwanda
Rwanda’s “Red Commune”, a killing field of the genocide At the time of the 1994 genocide, Gisenyi prefecture in northwest Rwanda was, like other prefectures, divided into communes. But the “Red Commune” does not appear on administrative maps of the time. It is not in fact an administra [...]
23 December 2016 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro, Kigali
Rwandan State takes charge of genocide memorials Maintaining and protecting sites where lie the victims is key to preserving the memory of the 1994 genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda. Under a law passed in May this year, that responsibility falls to the Rwandan State, which has a [...]
30 November 2016 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro, correspondent in Kigali
Kigali deems Catholic Church genocide apology “inadequate” In a pastoral letter read out on November 20 in most Rwandan churches, the bishops of nine dioceses in the country asked forgiveness for all “people of the Church and Christians” implicated in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. The nin [...]
16 November 2016 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro, correspondent in Kigali
Africa should help untie ICC hands, not pull out, says African expert Cameroonian Hugo Moudiki Jombwe is a specialist in international criminal law and currently head of mission in Rwanda for Belgian NGO RCN (Réseau des Citoyens/Citizens Network) Justice and Democracy. In an interview with JusticeIn [...]
21 September 2016 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro, correspondent in Kigali
Extradited genocide suspects say Rwanda undermining their defence Several genocide suspects have been extradited to Rwanda by third countries or the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which closed its doors at the end of 2015. Most of them accuse the Rwandan government of denying [...]
19 July 2016 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro, correspondent in Kigali
African Union Summit Ends With No ICC Mention There had been much speculation in advance that strained relations between some African leaders and the International Criminal Court (ICC) would be in the forefront of this year’s African Union (AU) summit. Some people had even fe [...]
7 June 2016 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro, Kabarondo (special envoy)
Rwandan Killers and Survivors Talk About Paris Genocide Trial Kabarondo, a small town in eastern Rwanda, is located 83 km from Kigali, along a paved road linking this small country to neighbouring Tanzania. On the left of the entrance to the shopping centre, below the road, is the local chur [...]
20 April 2016 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro, Kigali correspondent
Rwandans Still Talking about Landmark Mugesera Judgment A week after academic Léon Mugesera was sentenced to life in jail, Rwandans are still talking about his inflammatory 1992 speech that incited genocide. His trial is viewed as a model against “the ideologues of genocide” and agains [...]
12 April 2016 by Emmanuel Sehene Ruvugiro, Kigali, Remera-Rukoma (special envoy)
The “Life without Life” of Rwandan Children Born of Rape in Genocide In Rwanda, children born of women who were raped during the 1994 genocide are often rejected by the community and receive no specific aid. Their mothers, who are also stigmatized, are often their only support in what one of them c [...]
27 May 2015 by Sehene Ruvugiro
RWANDAN SWAMP BECOMES GENOCIDE MEMORIAL Bugesera (southeast Rwanda), April 21, 2015 (FH) - “Kayitesi Alice, Mukagasana Vénantia, Sebigimba André, Semutabaruka Straton… ”. Names of men and women engraved on memorial tablets erected on the banks of a moving swamp in Ntara [...]