List of Rwanda articles
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HOLOT, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 17: Asylum seekers who are being held take part in a day of protest at the of Holot detention center where hundreds of migrants are being held on February 17, 2014 in the southern Negev desert of Israel. More than 50,000 illegal African migrants are seeking asylum after escaping war and government repression in their native lands. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) Inside Israel’s Secret Program to Get Rid of African Refugees
They were promised asylum somewhere closer to home. Then they were discarded — often in a war zone.
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Syrians walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following reported air strikes by regime forces in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, on August 30, 2015. More than 240,000 people have been killed since Syria's conflict began in March 2011, and half of the country's population has been displaced by the war. AFP PHOTO / ABD DOUMANY / AFP / ABD DOUMANY (Photo credit should read ABD DOUMANY/AFP/Getty Images) There Are No Real ‘Safe Zones’ and There Never Have Been
Recent history shows that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s plan to create “interim zones of stability” in Syria won’t actually help save civilian lives.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Rwanda’s Last Monarch, The ‘King of Africa,’ Dead at 80
In exile, he survived on food stamps in the United States but always dreamed of returning to the throne.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Start-Ups For the State
Rwanda wants to create a culture of entrepreneurship. But can it really be done by decree?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The False Idols of Rwanda’s Genocide
Is Paul Kagame’s government using museums to commemorate the past—or cement its grip on power?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 After Mysterious Ritual Killings, Two Zambians Burned Alive in Witch Hunt
Two Zambians were killed after a witch hunt for Rwandans accused of ritualistically killing civilians.
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Rwandan fugitive Leon Mugesera (C) is escorted handcuffed by policemen to a police vehicle on the tarmac as he arrives at Kigali International Airport late on January 24, 2012. Mugesera, a linguist who had lived in Canada since 1993, is wanted by the Rwandan authorities for alleged incitement to genocide in a speech he delivered two years before the 1994 genocide that claimed the lives of 800,000 people, mainly minority Tutsis. (Photo credit should read STEVE TERRILL/AFP/Getty Images) Rwandan Who Called Tutsis ‘Cockroaches’ in 1992 Gets Life Sentence
A man accused of encouraging the genocide in Rwanda has been sentenced to life in prison.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The G-Word Paradox
Why calling an atrocity a “genocide” is rarely a game-changer.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Rwanda’s Way of Solving Its Refugee Problem? Kick Its Refugees Out.
For months Burundi has accused Rwanda of arming Burundian refugees. Now Rwanda is kicking the refugees out.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ahead of U.S. Meetings, Top Burundian Official Denies Mass Rape
In a wide-ranging interview with Foreign Policy, a senior advisor to Burundi's president denied human rights abuses are taking place in his country.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘I Think I May Die Tonight’
The story of an ambitious Rwandan journalist who challenged Paul Kagame’s leadership.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 More Than 21 Years Later, Washington Faces Another Problem From Hell
The U.S. and its allies failed to stop Rwanda from descending into genocide. With Burundi teetering on the brink, they are facing a new and very dangerous test.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Africa’s Softer, Gentler Coups d’Etat
Across the continent, military takeovers are out and nasty legal maneuvering is in.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Global Thinkers: Understanding Genocide’s Perpetrators
From Indonesia to Syria, just how different are victims from victimizers?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 My Friend Fred
Rwanda's persecution of a key reformer shows what it really thinks about freedom of the press.
