The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/rwandan-genocide/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:11:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Rwandan genocide | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/rwandan-genocide/ 32 32 Israeli advisers said to have helped train Congo forces to retake city https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-advisers-said-to-have-helped-train-congo-forces-to-retake-city/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:13:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3752458 Blackwater founder Erik Prince sent contractors to fight for Uvira, on Burundi border, amid war between DRC and Rwanda-backed rebels

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]]> Come war, peace or pandemic, African doctors train in Israel to save lives back home https://www.timesofisrael.com/come-war-peace-or-pandemic-african-doctors-train-in-israel-to-save-lives-back-home/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:50:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3680729 Some 165 medical professionals have received fellowships through Save a Child's Heart; the nonprofit has helped over 8,000 kids from around the world since 1995

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]]> Man jailed in Belgium for 25 years over Rwandan genocide https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-jailed-in-belgium-for-25-years-over-rwandan-genocide/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:50:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3309788 Court finds Belgian-Rwandan Emmanuel Nkunduwimye guilty of war crimes and genocide for series of murders as well as the rape of a Tutsi woman

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]]> Herzog visits Rwanda for genocide memorial; will highlight hostages, terrorism https://www.timesofisrael.com/herzog-visits-rwanda-for-genocide-memorial-will-highlight-hostages-terrorism/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 09:57:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3262735 Event on 30th anniversary of killing spree also attended by US and French ex-presidents Clinton and Sarkozy

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]]> Suspect in Rwanda genocide church massacre appears in court holding Bible https://www.timesofisrael.com/suspect-in-rwanda-genocide-church-massacre-appears-in-court-holding-bible/ Sun, 28 May 2023 23:58:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3023361 Former cop Fulgence Kayishema nabbed in South Africa, goes on trial after 22 years on the run; allegedly orchestrated killings of over 2,000 people

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]]> Theoneste Bagosora, architect of Rwandan genocide, dies at 80 in Mali https://www.timesofisrael.com/theoneste-bagosora-architect-of-rwandan-genocide-dies-at-80-in-mali/ Sun, 26 Sep 2021 19:22:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2622255 Former army colonel was serving a 35-year sentence for crimes against humanity committed during the 1994 killings

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]]> ‘Hotel Rwanda’ activist’s daughter said targeted by Israeli spyware https://www.timesofisrael.com/hotel-rwanda-activists-daughter-said-targeted-by-israeli-spyware/ Tue, 20 Jul 2021 13:04:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2585432 Carine Kanimba's cell number reportedly on the list of targets tied to NSO Group; Rwanda claims it does not possess the technical capability to use such software

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]]> Namibia: The first in a dark century of massacres https://www.timesofisrael.com/namibia-the-first-in-a-dark-century-of-massacres/ Sat, 29 May 2021 06:10:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2554703 1948 UN convention says genocide is 'act committed with intent to destroy in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group'; many massacres still not recognized

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]]> ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero arrested on terror charges, say police https://www.timesofisrael.com/hotel-rwanda-hero-arrested-on-terror-charges-say-police/ Mon, 31 Aug 2020 17:27:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2379034 Rwandan police accuse Paul Rusesabagina, a prominent critic of President Kagame, of being a 'founder, leader, sponsor and member of violent, armed, extremist terror outfits'

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]]> Gabbay, Lapid blast government over Polish, Rwandan genocide initiatives https://www.timesofisrael.com/gabbay-lapid-blast-government-over-polish-rwandan-genocide-initiatives/ Mon, 29 Jan 2018 16:17:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1781180&preview=true&preview_id=1781180 'We don't negotiate over the memory of the deceased,' Yesh Atid chairman, the son of a Holocaust survivor, says, as Labor party head lambastes the PM for 'imitating' far right

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]]> Hezbollah said to threaten attack over Israeli border barrier https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-man-held-for-attempting-to-run-over-attack-palestinians/ Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:18:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1781015 Israeli officials said to dismiss threat conveyed via UN forces, warn the Lebanese terror group will 'pay dearly' for any provocation

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]]> Breaking with West, Israel backs Rwanda in renaming genocide https://www.timesofisrael.com/breaking-with-west-israel-backs-rwanda-in-renaming-genocide/ Sun, 28 Jan 2018 20:39:53 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1780683 Hours before row with Poland, Jerusalem accused of supporting rewriting of history elsewhere, in reported quid pro quo with Kigali over migrants

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]]> Rwanda’s Kagame visiting as Israel looks to boost Africa ties https://www.timesofisrael.com/rwandas-kagame-visiting-as-israel-looks-to-boost-africa-ties/ Mon, 10 Jul 2017 13:32:09 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1655504 2-day trip to focus on investment, but also Israel's bid to counter anti-Israel bias at UN and the shared experience overcoming genocide

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]]> At WWII memorial, Macron urges kids to fight against atrocities https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-wwii-memorial-macron-urges-kids-to-fight-against-atrocities/ Sat, 10 Jun 2017 16:04:55 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1636940 French president commemorates deadliest Nazi massacre, notes similar horrors have continued in Rwanda, Yugoslavia and Syria

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]]> Rwanda hopes high-tech can replace genocide as its defining feature https://www.timesofisrael.com/rwanda-hopes-high-tech-can-replace-genocide-as-its-defining-feature/ Thu, 06 Apr 2017 22:59:39 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1590409 23 years on, and with Israel's success as a model, the landlocked African nation is harnessing its entrepreneurial spirit to overcome a lack of natural resources

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