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.
10.03.13 – WEEKLY SUMMARY – ICC ACCUSED PERSON BECOMES KENYAN PRESIDENT
Arusha, March 10, 2013 (FH) – Uhuru Kenyatta, indicted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, has been declared the winner of Kenyan presidential elections. Meanwhile in France, authorities have requested the indictment before the Paris criminal court of a former Rwandan army captain accused of participating in the 1994 genocide.
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