Judge Imposes £100,000 Bail On Rwanda Genocide Accused
By Matt Spivey September 28, 2026 Dr. Vincent Brown was allegedly a "leader" or "supervisor" of violent acts carried out by others. Source: BBC A man accused of offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide will remain in custody unless he pays the court a £100,000 guarantee. Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Dr Vincent Bajinya, 65, was allegedly a "leader" or "supervisor" of violent acts carried out by others and is the first person in the UK to be charged over the genocide. At the
BBC News
Sep 28
Taiwan rejects Chinese bar to independence
By: Taiwan News Sept 25th 2026 China says Xi called on the US to oppose Taiwan independence. Credit: X TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Comments by China’s foreign ministry after the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping calling on the US to oppose Taiwan independence showed Beijing was still misrepresenting the truth, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday. China’s statement after Thursday’s meeting also said Xi had asked Trump to “handle the Tai
eastsoutheastasia
Sep 27
Seychelles and APRM: Ratings, Investment, Digital Governance
By: Office of the President of The Republic of Seychelles 23 September 2026 Credit: State House Discussions on strengthening Africa’s financial independence, improving governance and harnessing technology for development featured prominently in bilateral talks between President Dr Patrick Herminie and the leadership of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) on the margins of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. CEO of the APRM, Marie Antoinet
greatlakes69
Sep 25
‘We Fled With Nothing’: People Escaping Violence In The DRC
More than a year after a peace deal was signed, those fleeing fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are finding refuge in camps that are already home to hundreds of thousands living in dire conditions By Hugh Kinsella Cunningham September 24, 2026 Displaced people close to the town of Kalemie, Tanganyika province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photograph: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham A cry of panic erupts across the camp as several shelters are engulfed in flam
The Guardian
Sep 24
Ex-Rwandan Official Appears At UK Trial Over 1994 Genocide
By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP, AP and Reuters September 22, 2026 Prosecutors allege Vincent Brown incited and directed acts of violence during the early days of the Rwandan genocide. Hundreds of human skulls are on display at a memorial to the 1994 Rwandan genocide [File: Joe McNally/Getty Images] A former Rwandan official has appeared in a court in the United Kingdom after being charged with ordering six killings during the first week of the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Vincent Brow
M23 Fighters Abused Miners And Trafficked Minerals to Rwanda
By Amnesty International September 21, 2026 REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra The plunder by M23 and Rwanda of DRC’s gold and coltan may amount to war crime of pillage M23’s multiple violations that also involve Rwandans may amount to war crimes “Rwanda has continued to illegally profit from DRC’s mineral wealth,” Agnès Callamard Minerals linked to abuses by M23 are prevalent in electronic devices owned by millions across the world Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) fighters have com
Amnesty International
Sep 21
UN Urges Tanzania To Stop Maasai Evictions
By David Herbling August 28, 2026 Maasai herders in Tanzania. Photographer: Rob Taggart/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The United Nations called on Tanzania to immediately halt evictions of Maasai families from ancestral lands to make way for tourism developments. Maasai herders are being forced out of homes bordering the Serengeti National Park without adequate and meaningful consultation, according to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. “Restrictions
Bloomberg
Aug 28
Ethiopia PM's party wins landslide; fears of new war
Kaleb Moges BBC Africa Abiy Ahmed says he is transforming the economy of Africa's second most-populous nation. Image by Reuters Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is the big winner following the country's general election as his party has retained its overwhelming parliamentary majority, despite the poll being overshadowed by conflict, accusations of repression and little participation by opposition parties. The Prosperity Party, which won 438 of the 501 contested seats, wi
BBC News
Jul 12
Odile De Comarmond:Seychelles’ Political Landscape
By: Rassin Vannier and Betymie Bonnelame June 25, 2026 Odile De Comarmond, a Seychellois historian. (Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation) Photo Licence: CC BY Seychelles will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its independence from Great Britain on June 29. The decision for Seychelles to become an independent nation in June 1976 was finalised in January 1976, when a third Constitutional Conference was held, attended by the then Governor of Seychelles, Collin Hamilton Allen. On
Seychelles News Agency
Jun 24
Tigray mandates mobilization, bans anti-recruitment speech
June 9th 2026 Debretsion Gebremichael, Pre-war council elect President, giving a press conference. (Source Tigray President Office Facebook Page) Addis Abeba – A draft proclamation reportedly prepared by the Legal Standing Committee of the region’s pre-war council, which has recently been reinstated by the TPLF, is drawing scrutiny over provisions that would make military mobilization a legal obligation while imposing harsh penalties on individuals and media organizations acc
Addis Standard
Jun 9
Tanzania: Allegations of Detention Amidst Coerced Returns
By: The Global Detention Project May 28, 2026 Tanzania’s Nyarygusu Refugee Camp is currently scheduled for closure this summer – Source: WFP 2016 The Global Detention Project has received allegations from Burundian refugees in Tanzania that authorities are detaining individuals who leave Nyarugusu refugee camp, imposing movement restrictions on camp residents, and intensifying harassment and intimidation aimed at pressuring Burundian refugees to leave the country. These claim
Displacement and Danger: Somali refugees in Ethiopia
By Cooper Denison Sub-Saharan Africa Analyst Genocide Watch The Dollo Ado Encampment in southwestern Ethiopia, home to one of the largest refugee concentrations globally. Credit: UNICEF 2012 Ethiopia harbors one of the largest refugee concentrations in Africa, accommodating just under a million displaced people from across the continent’s eastern stretch. Somali refugees account for nearly one-third of this population—around 300,000 individuals. Despite the size and relative
Genocide Watch
Apr 21
