Germany’s public international broadcaster (DW) published an inspiring story yesterday of Esther Mujawayo, a genocide survivor who rose above her own trauma and now giving back to her community in Germany. Read her full story of courage and resilience below:
Kambuguje w’ikigero cy’imyaka 70 yabwiye Umuseke ko aho ari ubu ntaho bitaniye no kuba hanze ndetse indwara ubu arwaye yazitewe n’imbeho nyinshi imusanga mu nzu. Uyu mukecuru aba mu gihande kimwe kitaguye cy’iyi nzu. Avuga ko yasasbye kenshi ubuyobozi ko bwamufasha gusana iyi nzu na mbere itaragwa ntabikorerwe. […]
Umugabo witwa Nshimiyimana Theophile utuye mu Kagari ka Nyarutarama mu Murenge wa Byumba mu Karere ka Gicumbi yishimira ko “Abubatsi b’Amahoro” bamufashije gusubirana n’umugore we yari yarirukanye amuhoye ubwoko bwe. Nshimiyimana avuga ko yashakanye n’umugore we witwa Muhimpundu Jacqueline mu mwaka w’1997 nyuma aza gucengezwamo amatwara na Mama […]
Abarokotse Jenoside bo mu murenge wa Rukumberi mu karere ka Ngoma baravuga ko ubumwe n’ubwiyunge mu Banyarwanda ari ngombwa ariko ngo babangamiwe na bamwe mu bagize uruhare muri Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi babatoteza mu kubakorera ibikorwa by’urugomo. Abarokotse Jenoside b’i Rukumberi bavuga ko abantu bajya mu mirima yabo bakabatemera […]
Uyu munsi itariki 7 Mata 2015, u Rwanda n’amahanga bibutse jenoside yakorewe abatutsi ku nshuro ya 21. Ubutumwa bwatanzwe bwiganje ku zihe ngingo? Ni ibiki bidasanzwe mu mitegurire byagaragaye ugereranyije no kwibuka ku nshuro ya 20 n’izindi nshuro zabanje? 1.Nta mihango rusange yatumiwemo abaturage basanzwe yateguwe ku rwego […]
A woman who singled out members of Tutsi minority tribe in Rwanda for death lied on her application for U.S. citizenship, an appeals court affirmed last week, and must complete her sentence for the crime. Beatrice Munyenyezi’s husband, Arsene Shalom Ntahobali, led the Interahamwe militia of Rwanda’s then-ruling […]
Our Analysis Better late than never! The New Times Rwanda published two consecutive articles on the need to provide reparation for survivors. It is very encouraging that the state media is now covering sensitive topics such as reparation for survivors. The issue of reparations including compensation was considered […]
As far as Aloys Rwamasirabo can recall, it’s been about eight years since a Gacaca court in his Western Province’s Nyange Sector in Karongi District ordered several Genocide convicts to pay him about Rwf3.5 million for destroying his house and looting his cows and furniture during the 1994 […]
Mukabose Emeritha umubyeyi warokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi agasigara ari incike aratabaza kuko ngo akomeje gukorerwa ihohoterwa. Atuye mu murenge wa Rubengera, Akagali ka Ruragwe, Umudugudu wa Rutaro, muri Karongi. Umwaka ushize abantu batamenyekanye bamusenyeye inzu none ngo bongeye baroga inka ye yaramaranye imyaka ine ihaka biyiviramo gupfa. Iyi […]
Ikigega cy’igihugu gishinzwe gutera inkunga abarokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi batishoboye (FARG) bwatangaje ko hagikenewe imbaraga nyinshi mu gusana no kububakira bundi bushya amacumbi, igikorwa bwemeza ko gikeneye amafaranga y’u Rwanda asanga miliyari 36. Ikibazo cy’amacumbi y’abarokotse Jenoside asenyuka mu buryo budasobanutse, n’icy’abatarabona aho bakinga umusaya magingo aya, ni […]
Ubutabera bw’u Rwanda buremera ko hari abakoze Jenoside mu Rwanda, kugeza ubu baburiwe irengero kandi bari imbere mu gihugu. Kuva inkiko Gacaca zisoje imirimo yazo gukurikirana ba ruharwa bakoze Jenoside bisa nkaho bitagishishikaje Leta. Hari n’abacitse ku icumu bavuga ubushake bwa politiki buke. Kamali Jean Damascene avuga ko […]
The survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda continue to experience extreme poverty and poor health conditions 20 years on. Yesterday, The Rwanda’s leading online newspaper known ”Igihe.com” published chocking images of a survivor’s family who live in terrible conditions in the capital Kigali. […]
Mukaroza Laurence wari ufite imyaka 47 y’amavuko washakiye mu Murenge wa Kigina, Akarere ka Kirehe akaba yararokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatusi yishwe urw’agashinyaguro mu gicuku cyo kuwa 15 Ukwakira 2008, ashiramo umwuka nyuma y’iminsi ibiri. Nyina na murumuna we bishwe n’abo mu muryango yashatsemo, ndetse ngo umugabo we Kanyangoga […]
On December 10, the UN Headquarter in New York hosted the commemorative event of the 20 year anniversary of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. This event is organized on the occasion of the thirteenth session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of […]
In a country with no tradition of institutional care for the elderly, Rwanda’s widows and survivors of the 1994 mass killings seek dignity at the end of their lives. SAVE, Rwanda — In the remote hillside village of Save in eucalyptus-covered southern Rwanda, Emmaculate Niwemfite sits on a […]
I Paris mu gihugu cy’ u Bufaransa hakorewe urugendo rugamije gusaba no kumvisha ubutabera ko bwakurikirana ingabo z’ icyo gihugu zafashe abagore ku ngufu muri jenoside yakorewe abatutsi. Abitabiriye uru rugendo mu mujyi wa Paris bavugaga ko hari ingabo z’ abafaransa zagiye zifata ku ngufu impunzi z’abatutsi muri […]
