Hirondelle News

18 years of archives, 11'000 reports on justice in Rwanda

The Hirondelle News Agency, based in Arusha, Tanzania, reported on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) from 1997 and the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2010. In June 2015, Hirondelle News handed over to JusticeInfo.net. The agency had more than 1,700 subscribers, including international and local media organizations especially in Rwanda and Tanzania, news agencies, universities, NGOs and individuals. Hirondelle News produced close to 11,000 dispatches, thus constituting one of the most important archives for these institutions, in four languages: English, French, Kiswahili and Kinyarwanda.

14.11.13 – SENEGAL/CHAD – HABRE TRIAL SHOULD BE TELEVIZED, SAY DAKAR AND NDJAMENA

Arusha, November 14, 2013 (FH) – Senegal and Chad want the war crimes trial of Chadian ex-president Hissène Habré covered by radio and television, Senegalese Justice Minister Sidiki Kaba said on Wednesday. Habré, who has been living in exile in Dakar since 1990, is expected to be tried by “Extraordinary African Chambers” within the Senegalese […]
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