April 7 marks the U.N. International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. It was established to remember members of the Tutsi community, an African ethnic group, who ...

In essence, Rwandans are one people throughout history. Colonialists created divisions among them as a strategy to achieve their devious goals. In the last piece of this serialised narrative, we saw ...

From 1959 to the genocide the Hutu leaders, put in place by the Belgian rule in a last ditch attempt to maintain their presence in Rwanda, implemented a policy of establishing a Hutu power without the ...

In 1994, sticks, stones, and machetes broke Tutsi bones, but words hurt them first. On September 27, 1959, in Ngoma, southern Rwanda, words spoken at a political rally would leave a long and deadly ...

After reading the article Never again or never without gain: Belgium's cartographic crimes against Africa by Kelly Mutesi on March 7, 2025, my thoughts returned to the 1950s and the plight of the ...

Hate speech against Tutsi communities in DR Congo is an ongoing, serious issue described as reaching alarming levels - particularly in the country's east - and is recognized as a precursor to ...