General Sep 10, 2020
Online babysitting service links Rwandan mothers with Japanese children
Song and play sessions are being held twice a day despite a 7-hour time difference.
World Dec 22, 2019
Congo Army hands over hundreds of militia-linked Hutu rebels to Rwanda
Hundreds of Rwandans linked to a militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been handed over to Rwandan authorities weeks after they were captured, the Congolese Army said Sunday. Some 71 rebels and almost 1,500 family members and dependents were transported across the border ...
World Dec 21, 2019
Rwandan given 25 years for genocide by court in Belgium, former colonial ruler
A Belgian court on Friday sentenced a former Rwandan official to 25 years in prison over his part in his country's 1994 massacres. Fabien Neretse, an agricultural engineer, was arrested in France in 2011. He was found guilty of genocide and war crimes on Thursday ...
World / Science & Health Dec 9, 2019
Rwanda begins vaccinating against Ebola at border with Congo
Rwanda on Sunday started a voluntary Ebola vaccination program at its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in a bid to prevent the spread of the deadly virus from its neighbor. All countries in high-risk areas, even if not hit by Ebola, had been ...
World / Crime & Legal Nov 5, 2019
A former senior Rwandan official went on trial in Belgium on Monday accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide in his country. Friends and relatives of the alleged victims of 71-year-old Fabien Neretse were present as he arrived at the Brussels court, leaning on ...
World / Social Issues Oct 24, 2019
At the United Nations emergency transit center next to a serene lake south of Rwanda's capital on Wednesday, the quiet mood was broken by the sobs of a group of female migrants from Ethiopia. "They were evacuated from Libya but they don't want to live ...
People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Sep 7, 2019
Mio Yamada: A life-changing cycle in Africa
by John L. Tran
Mio Yamada has a deep voice with a reassuringly matter-of-fact quality about it. She tells me that her day, like every day in Rwanda, is going to be spent troubleshooting. This is mostly what life is about for her at the moment: dealing with ...
National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Aug 31, 2019
Aspiring to achieve forgiveness in the most difficult times
by Michael Hoffman
"To be wronged is nothing," said Confucius — "unless you continue to remember it." Forgetting is not forgiving. Forgiveness is Christianity's noblest quality. As Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Not everyone is Christian. Revenge, too, has ...
World / Social Issues Aug 28, 2019
Burundi plans to repatriate 200,000 refugees from Tanzania, sparking fears of forced returns
Burundi said on Tuesday it would start repatriating 200,000 of its refugees from neighboring Tanzania in October, sparking fears of forced returns among those who have crossed the border to escape violence. Hundreds of Burundians have been killed in clashes with security forces since 2015, ...
World Apr 7, 2019
Rwanda honors those killed in genocide that began 25 years ago
Rwandans were gathering on Sunday for a solemn commemoration of the lives of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus murdered during the Rwandan genocide, a three-month-killing spree that began 25 years ago. The ceremony marks the beginning of a week of events to honor the dead. ...
World Jan 30, 2019
Renewable energy surge in power-hungry Africa faces a short-out: Not enough trained workers
by Geoffrey Kamadi
In sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 600 million people still lack access to electricity, off-grid renewable power is seen as one of the fastest ways to get energy where it's needed, particularly to remote and rural areas where many Africans live. But one big challenge ...
Asia Pacific Jul 22, 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged during a visit to Senegal on Saturday to strengthen economic ties with Africa, a continent already awash with cheap Chinese loans in exchange for minerals and huge construction projects. Xi arrived in Senegal on Saturday for a two-day visit to ...