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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 31, 2019
Aspiring to achieve forgiveness in the most difficult times
"To be wronged is nothing," said Confucius — "unless you continue to remember it."
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
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.
Japan Times
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.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 30, 2019
Renewable energy surge in power-hungry Africa faces a short-out: Not enough trained workers
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.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 22, 2018
In Senegal, Xi pledges stronger Sino-African ties
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.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 2, 2018
Endangered mountain gorilla population recovers to over 1,000
The population of mountain gorillas, one of the world's most endangered species, which survives on the forest-cloaked volcanoes of central Africa, has increased by a quarter to over 1,000 individuals since 2010, wildlife authorities said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 4, 2018
Bowing to right-wing pressure, Netanyahu scraps African migrant relocation deal with UNHCR
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he was cancelling an agreement with the U.N. refugee agency to relocate thousands of African migrants, bowing to right-wing pressure to scrap the deal.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 12, 2018
Rwanda expects census to show surge in ranks of highly endangered mountain gorillas
A census of mountain gorillas due in March will likely show numbers have risen this decade, experts said during a ceremony to mark Rwanda's expansion of its Volcano National Park.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 13, 2016
Rwanda aiding Burundi rebels, North Korea arming Congo forces, report to UNSC says
A confidential report to the United Nations Security Council accuses Rwanda of providing training, financing and logistical support through early 2016 for Burundian rebels seeking to oust Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2015
Almost 40,000 flee Burundi amid political crisis
Nearly 40,000 refugees have fled Burundi to neighboring Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the last month amid protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2015
Rwandan genocide survivor living in Fukushima bonds with evacuees
For Marie Louise Towari, who fled the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, Fukushima remains a place of hope where people helped her and her family find refuge 20 years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Jul 7, 2014
Future leader shows promise with African aid work, British schooling, and Japan politics in sight
When Doga Makiura arrived in Rwanda in 2012, the 18-year-old was amazed to find not the stains of the 1994 genocide, but a tidy airport, impressive high-rises and welcoming people.
EDITORIALS
Apr 9, 2014
Aim for lasting peace in Africa
Sadly, 20 years after the start of the genocide in Rwanda, in some African countries conflict and suppression of human rights are all too commonplace.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 25, 2013
Africa's Lincoln or a tyrant exploiting Rwanda's tragic story?
Paul Kagame is angrier than I've ever seen him. Rwanda's president is famously direct with his critics. His contempt for governments he's crossed swords with, led by the French, is only marginally less vitriolic than his view of human-rights groups daring to lecture him, the rebel leader whose army put a stop to the 1994 genocide of 800,0000 Tutsis. But now even friends are regarded with suspicion to the point of hostility. Take London and Washington accusing Rwanda of perpetuating the interminable and bloody conflict across the border in Congo and flagging up concerns that Kagame is constructing a de-facto one-party state.

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