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Peter Ruti

Peter Ruti

Mourners listen to a genocide survivor as she shares her testimony during a commemoration event at Murambi Genocide Memorial in Nyamagabe District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Tutsi massacres were generalised and systematised

Wednesday, February 04, 2026

Remains of the aircraft that was carrying former Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana. Courtesy

Habyarimana’s death was part of the genocide plan

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Visitors tour Kigali Genocide Memorial to learn more about Rwandan history. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Genocide masterminds played on people’s emotions

Friday, January 23, 2026

On April 6, 1994, the plane carrying Presidents Habyarimana of Rwanda and Cyprien Ntaryamira of Burundi was shot down near Kanombe Airport, just beyond Masaka Village.

Conspiracy theories: Habyarimana’s death became a subject of hot debate

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Pictures of the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi at Murambi Genocide Memorial in Nyamagabe District. Courtesy

When identity became a death sentence: The Genocide against the Tutsi

Thursday, January 08, 2026

Some of the 84439 bodies of genocide victims during a decent burial at Kicukiro-Nyanza Genocide memorial. Sam Ngendahimana

1994: How the term genocide was used in confusing manners

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Visitors during a tour of Kigali Genocide Memorial. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

How investigations uncovered the true scale of the Genocide against the Tutsi

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Former President of Rwanda General Juvenal Habyarimana

How the Habyarimana regime sustained colonial distortions

Tuesday, December 09, 2025

Grégoire Kayibanda

How Kayibanda’s regime made killings a political process

Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Former presidents of Rwanda Gregoire Kayibanda and Juvenal Habyarimana.

How post-independence regimes paved the way for Genocide in Rwanda

Sunday, November 23, 2025

Former President Juvenal Habyarimana and his delegation during Arusha Accords. File

How RPF warned Habyarimana regime against deviation from Arusha process

Thursday, November 20, 2025

President Juvenal Habyarimana used political polarisation as a weapon to block the process of peace negotiations with the opposition that included the RPF-Inkotanyi.

Of Habyarimana and his manoeuvres to frustrate Arusha Accords

Sunday, November 16, 2025

President Juvénal Habyarimana signs the peace agreement in Arusha, Tanzania.

How Arusha Accords sparked a sense of reconciliation and hope

Wednesday, November 05, 2025

Rwanda Patriotic Army fighters during the Liberation War in Rwanda in 1990s. Courtesy

How RPA's Kinihira attack led to a demilitarised zone wished by UNAMIR

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Rwanda Patriotic Army fighters during the Liberation War in 1990s. Courtesy

How RPF military pressure and political clarity forced Habyarimana back to Arusha talks

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Rwanda Patriotic Army fighters during the Liberation War in 1990s. File

1993: How RPF's withdrawal from captured territory surprised even its sympathisers

Monday, October 13, 2025

The New Times

How RPF taught Habyarimana a lesson

Sunday, October 05, 2025

Former President Juvenal Habyarimana

During Habyarimana regime, the international community attributed insecurity to high-ranking state authorities

Tuesday, September 30, 2025