Two grenade blasts wounded 16 people in Rwanda's capital, police said Friday, in the second wave of grenade attacks to hit Kigali in two weeks. Police spokesman Eric Kayiranga said the attacks happened around 9 p.m. Thursday and critically wounded two of ...

Rwanda reeled Friday from grenade blasts in Kigali, heightening security fears ahead of upcoming elections after a fugitive former army chief was accused of trying to destabilise the government. Two near-simultaneous grenade explosions injured 16 people in the Rwandan capital Kigali, police said Friday. President Paul Kagame has already accused a former army chief now in South Africa of being ...

KIGALI (Reuters) - President Paul Kagame sought to reassure Rwandans Wednesday that the country was safe, two weeks after a triple grenade attack shook the capital Kigali. Authorities blame the deadly blasts on a former chief of staff, Lieutenant-General Kayumba Nyamwasa, who is reported to have fled to South Africa after questioning last week. "They cannot ... destabilize the solid foundation we ...

After five years of trials, the grass roots courts that have judged more than one million people suspected of taking part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide are drawing to a close amidst mixed reviews. "The whole process is expected to be over by the end of March," Denis Bikesha, an official at the gacaca department, told AFP. Based on the ...