The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

Four decades after poaching decimated its mountain gorilla population, Rwanda is a conservation success story – with locals more engaged than ever in the fight to protect these gentle giants, writes Lucy Thackray

Domestic trials of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes are considered quicker, cheaper and more responsive to victims’ needs than the International Criminal Court’s trials in The Hague.

Noureddin Bongo Valentin, the eldest son of ousted Gabonese president Ali Bongo, has been charged with corruption, embezzlement of public funds and money laundering. Several cabinet members were also indicted. Also in this edition: famine aid for Somalia is to be temporarily suspended after a UN probe found widespread theft…

Rwanda’s president says he will run for a fourth term next year and declares that “what the West thinks is not my problem,” after the United States and others criticized the past lifting of term limits to extend his rule

Editorial: This week’s announcement means voters face a clear choice between outsourcing refugees to Rwanda and working with the EU

Rwandan authorities made a gruesome discovery this week at the house of an alleged serial killer in the suburbs of Kigali. They uncovered the remains of at least 10 victims who had gone missing. Investigators have revealed that the suspect lured most of his victims, primarily sex workers, to his…

They agree about corporate tax and the NHS, but will they ever see eye to eye on the Tories’ Rwanda plan?

Soldiers to stay until December 8 as local opposition grows to peacekeepers and tensions between DRC and Rwanda simmer.

They were sentenced for up to 10 years for violating anti-abortion laws. Some say their pregnancy was a result of rape. Rwanda has now liberalized its abortion laws and pardoned hundreds of the women.