4+ hour, 8+ min ago  (358+ words) A screen capture from a video of a DR Congo police officer visibly drunk as onlookers laugh and humiliate him. The internal audit found not just fake cops but even those in service were wanting KINSHASA – An internal government audit…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (381+ words) NEW YORK — Rwanda’s police chief on Tuesday called for stronger safeguards governing the use of artificial intelligence in criminal investigations, warning that technological advances must be matched by accountability and respect for human rights as law enforcement agencies increasingly adopt…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (891+ words) A former intelligence chief of the Rwandan FDLR militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo has revealed chilling details about how the group has sustained its deadly presence in the forests of eastern Congo for more than three decades. He…...

3+ week, 17+ min ago  (530+ words) The Fourth Annual Conference of the African National Preventive Mechanisms Network (ANPMN) is underway in Kigali. KIGALI – African human rights institutions meeting in Kigali have called for a fundamental shift in how countries handle women and children in conflict with…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (374+ words) Ombudsperson Nirere Madeleine is leading government’s anti-corruption drive. Here, she was out in the field on a sensitization campaign urging people to freely report any cases of corruption KIGALI — The government’s anti-corruption efforts have resulted in the recovery of hundreds…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (825+ words) WATERLOO, Belgium — There were no television cameras. No crowds gathered outside a cemetery gate. No political speeches were delivered, and no public announcement marked the moment. On a quiet day in Waterloo, south of Brussels, Félicien Kabuga was buried inside…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (393+ words) Here Kabuga was in the dock after being on the run all these years THE HAGUE — Félicien Kabuga, the Rwandan businessman accused of playing a central role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, has died in detention in The Hague,…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (217+ words) The Mayange Counter Terrorism Training Centre serves as a regional hub for advanced tactical instruction and joint security capacity development. KIGALI — A coordinated regional policing exercise is underway in Rwanda, bringing together tactical units from seven African countries for a…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (389+ words) Former Rwandan diplomat Eugene Richard Gasana was found liable for sexual assault by a Manhattan jury, which awarded the plaintiff, Benita Uruhisho, $5 million in damages following a civil trial in New York. NEW YORK — A Manhattan jury has found former…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (641+ words) Staff members of the French Embassy in Kigali pay respects to colleagues killed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. KIGALI — France is investigating 36 Rwandans suspected of involvement in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, a senior French prosecutor said on April…...