Rwanda

UN chief in Rwanda over threatened Sudan pullout (AP)

September 8th, 2010

AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Rwanda’s president Wednesday after he threatened to withdraw thousands of Rwandan peacekeepers if the United Nations publishes a report accusing Rwanda’s army…

Rwanda threatens to withdraw peacekeepers (AP)

August 28th, 2010

AP - Rwanda has threatened to withdraw its troops from United Nations peacekeeping operations if the world body publishes a report accusing the Rwandan army of committing possible genocide in…

Sweet Success: Can Ice Cream Help Pull Rwanda Out of Poverty? (Time.com)

June 19th, 2010

Time.com - As the city of Butare awaits the opening of Rwanda’s first local ice cream parlor, those behind the project hope it will prove a model for a new…

Rwanda court grants medical release to US lawyer (AP)

June 17th, 2010

US Lawyer Peter Erlinder walks after signing the papers granting his release from the custody of the Rwanda Prison Services, while returning to King Faisal Hospital to spend the night, Thursday, June 17, 2010. A Rwandan judge on Thursday granted bail on medical grounds to a U.S. lawyer arrested in the country and accused of promoting an ideology that minimizes Rwanda's 1994 genocide. Peter Erlinder was arrested late last month, and since his arrest has been hospitalized multiple times for high blood pressure.  (AP Photo / Adam Scott)AP - A Rwandan judge on Thursday granted release on medical grounds to a U.S. lawyer arrested in the country and accused of promoting an ideology that minimizes Rwanda’s 1994…