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15/05/2013

African press review 15 May 2013

Pigs are making front page news in Kenya.

Rwandan MP still missing after 10 years
07/04/2013 - African news explained

Rwandan MP still missing after 10 years

Rwandan MP Léonard Hitimana went missing 10 years ago this Sunday. The Inter-Parliamentary Union says it is "extremely concerned" at his continued disappearance.

02/04/2013 - France - Rwanda

France orders first trial of former Rwandan army captain on genocide charges

  For the first time, a French court has ordered a Rwanda to face to trial over the country’s 1994 genocide, a judicial source told AFP.

Press freedom in Rwanda an issue despite new laws
23/03/2013 - African Media

Press freedom in Rwanda an issue despite new laws

In Rwanda, President Paul Kegame recently signed new press laws and a freedom of information act intended to liberalise the media.

US war crimes ambassador says Ntaganda to be sent to ICC
22/03/2013 - African news explained

US war crimes ambassador says Ntaganda to be sent to ICC

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has called for the swift extradition of the Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda to the International Criminal Court.

France rejects appeal by Habyarimana's widow
21/03/2013 - France- Rwanda

French court rejects an appeal by Habyarimana's widow

The Paris Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt by the widow of the late former Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana to disallow the results of a ballistics report in connection with her ...

21/03/2013

African press review 21 March 2013

Kenyan politicians told to suspend planned election rallies amid fears of violence,  a controversial condom advertisement in Kenya withdrawn and the US urges Rwanda to send Congolese ...

15/03/2013

African press review 15 March 2013

Uhuru Kenyatta starts forming his government  ans Catholics across Africa have expressed satisfaction with Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio’s election as Pope Francis, the 266th Pope ...

13/03/2013 - Mali - France - UN

Malian president plays down UN atrocities accusations

Mali’s interim President Dioncounda Traoré played down a UN report’s charges that his country’s troops had carried out reprisals against some ethnic groups during the ...

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