In the aftermath of Rwanda's genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, the perpetrators launched a campaign to create an alternative "truth". The first of a two-part article examines its origin and the...
Rwandan police are arbitrarily detaining vulnerable people picked up on the streets of the capital, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
The US-based campaign group says Kigali's reputation for...
Would the world be a better place if the wealthiest gave their fortunes away to the bottom billion? We tried to answer the question by creating the Robin Hood Index.
We took a spattering of...
It is reckless for Washington to take provocative actions against Russia and to tell Russia that the actions are directed elsewhere. Russia knows full well that the actions are directed against...
Wakuu wa jeshi la Burkina Faso wamewataka viongozi waliopindua serikali wiki iliyopita kuweka silaha chini, na kutangaza kwamba wanaelekea mji mkuu wa Ouagadougou.
"Wanajeshi wote wa jeshi la...
Angalia hapa chini, halafu ndugu zangu Waislamu mniambie kama kuna uhusiano wowote na mfululizo wa vifo hivi hapa chini. Hivi ni vile vilivyotokea huko nyuma tofauti na leo.
Cut and paste fro...
It feels like someone is stabbing me in the eyeball all the time: Brave mother-of-six describes her battle to recover from vicious acid attack as doctors fight to save the sight in her left...
Russia imeitahadharisha Marekani kuhusu mpango wake wa kupeleka mabomu 20 ya kisasa ya nyuklia kwenye kituo chake cha kijeshi nchini Ujerumani.
Msemaji wa Ikulu ya ya Rais wa Russia Kremlin...
Sub-Saharan Africa's first modern tramway opened in the Ethiopian capital on Sunday, marking the completion of a massive Chinese-funded infrastructure project hailed as a major step in the...
ASWA regional police have opened investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of a one and a half year-old -baby boy that was discovered in a pit latrine.
Police fire brigade...
Uzbek national Jafar al-Tayyar was ordered to blow himself up in Syria
Older bearded jihadis encourage the teenager and pat him on the back
But Tayyar appears terrified of dying and says he fears...
President Obama, in a historic first for the Pentagon, has chosen to nominate Eric Fanning to lead the Army, a move that would make him the first openly gay civilian secretary of one of the...
by Ann Garrison
There's no dispute that Professor Munyakazi will be detained upon his arrival in Rwanda. I believe that he will suffer torture.
Supporters of suspended Goucher College...
Hedge funds slashed their bets on falling oil prices, leaving them the most bullish on U.S. crude futures in two months.
Money managers' net-long position in West Texas Intermediate rose by...
GGV Capital Managing Partner Glenn Solomon and RedOwl Analytics COO Brian White discuss U.S. and China's possible cyberspace arms deal and China's tech meeting in Seattle. They speak on...
As Nairobi continues to deal with the never ending traffic jams, it may interest you to know that our northern neighbours Ethiopia have just completed a light railway service in Addis Ababa...
The US Federal Reserve has decided to hold interest rates at its current near zero levels in efforts to stimulate growth and address fears about China's ailing economy.
Amid rising consumer...
Biotechnology stocks took a sharp dive Monday after Hillary Clinton said she would propose a plan to counteract "price gouging" by drug makers.
Ms. Clinton, who is seeking the Democratic...
Each day brings twists to the problem, be it a shortage of nursing homes or older criminals overtaking juvenile ones.
Japan observes Respect for the Aged Day on Monday. Over the next 20 years...
Depending on who you ask, Hamza Bendelladj is either a Robin Hood-esque hero or a cyber-age hoodlum.
The 27-year-old Algerian computer science graduate will be sentenced on Tuesday in a US court...