24

Apr

Analysis – Biden declares Armenian genocide Here’s what we know about 1915 and its link with the US

April 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday formally recognized the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War One as an act of genocide, a…

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22

Dec

Rwandan official convicted on charges of genocide

Rwandan official Fabien Neretse became the first person to be convicted on charges of genocide, a Brussels court ruled on Thursday. According to Belgian newspaper De Standaard, the 71-year-old, who…

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30

Oct

U.S. ambassador in Turkey summoned over House votes on sanctions, Armenia

The U.S. ambassador in Turkey was summoned on Wednesday after the House of Representatives voted to recognize mass killings of Armenians a century ago as genocide and called for sanctions…

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15

Apr

Widow of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic has died in Russia

  Once dubbed "Lady Macbeth of the Balkans," Mirjana Markovic, the widow of ex-Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic has died in Russia. Her husband died in jail in 2006 while on…

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07

Apr

Rwanda mourns the dead on the 25th anniversary of the genocide that shocked the world

Rwanda on Sunday begins one hundred days of mourning for over 800,000 people slaughtered in a genocide that shocked the world, a quarter of a century on from the day…

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06

Apr

Rwanda’s war child – 25 years since the genocide

The clothes of children who were killed as they sought refuge inside the church during the 1994 genocide, are displayed at a memorial site next to Nyarubuye Catholic church in…

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20

Mar

Karadzic has sentence increased to life in prison

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic Wednesday had his sentence increased to life in prison by the International Criminal Tribunal. The International Criminal Tribunal cast the final judgement on whether…

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