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Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, a Canadian military officer who was force commander of the UN peacekeeping mission for Rwanda.
Kwibuka

April 12, 1994: ‘The signal for genocidaires to move toward the apocalypse’

Saturday, April 12, 2025
The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean-Damascène Bizimana, speaks during the 31st commemoration ceremony at Kigali Genocide Memorial on Monday, April 7. PHOTO BY DAN KWIZERA
Kwibuka

Speech by the Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement at the 31st commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi

Tuesday, April 08, 2025
A Rwandan senate delegation has expressed concern over the heavy influence Belgium holds in shaping European perspectives on Africa’s Great Lakes regional affairs.
International

Nordic countries blindly follow Belgium’s lead on Great Lakes affairs – Senators

Saturday, April 05, 2025
Former Belgian Senator Alain Destexhe, a long-time observer of the region during the interview with The New Times in Kigali on March 18. Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana.
Africa

Belgian politicians are leveraging DR Congo crisis to boost influence in UN, EU - former Belgian senator

Friday, March 21, 2025
Kigali International Airport.
International

Rwanda maintains visa-free access for Belgians despite severing diplomatic ties

Thursday, March 20, 2025
Alain Destexhe, a former Belgian senator, has criticized the Belgian government’s stance on the DR Congo conflict and the campaign against Rwanda.
Politics

Brussels' posture against Rwanda is 'profoundly irresponsible', says ex-Belgian senator

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Embassy of Belgium in Kigali. Rwanda, on Monday, March 17, announced that it has severed diplomatic ties with Belgium with immediate effect, ordering all Belgian diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours. file
International

Rwanda tells Belgium not ready ‘to surrender sovereignty, dignity for crumbs of economic aid’

Monday, March 17, 2025
Belgian colonialists introduced ethnic-based identity cards and political ideolology as part of their divide-and-rule policy, even measuring the size of one's nose and other pysical features to determine which ethnicity to ascribe to them.
International

A historical timeline of Belgium's divisive politics in Rwanda

Monday, March 17, 2025
Alliance fleuve Congo (AFC) military commander Gen Sultani Makenga during an interview with former Belgian senator Alain Destexhe, on March 12.
Africa

FDLR is entrenched in DR Congo Presidential Guard, says Makenga

Saturday, March 15, 2025
Foreign minister Amb Olivier Nduhungirehe meets Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in Brussels, on Monday, March 10.
Africa

Rwanda will not bear burden of DR Congo's failures – Nduhungirehe to EU top diplomat

Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Congolese refugees in Mahama camp in Rwanda's Eastern Province protest against killings of Banyamulenge, Hema and Tutsi people in eastern DR Congo on March 6, 2024.
International

Hundreds of experts, academics, lawyers, religious leaders, writers, artists write to UN chief over persecution of Congolese Tutsi

Sunday, March 09, 2025
A photo taken by Alain Destexhe, a former Belgian senator,who toured Goma and found the city to be peaceful.
Africa

Former Belgian senator tours Goma, challenges Western version of events

Tuesday, March 04, 2025