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The New Times is a national English-language newspaper in Rwanda. It was established in 1995 shortly after the Genocide against the Tutsi. A Kinyarwanda-language weekly called Izuba Rirashe was previously published. [1] The New Times is published in Kigali from Monday to Saturday, with its sister paper the Sunday Times, appearing on
According to a 2020 symposium of the Journal of Genocide Research, the official figure is not credible as it overestimates the number of Tutsi in Rwanda prior to the genocide. Using different methodologies, the scholars in the symposium estimated 500,000 to 600,000 deaths in the genocide—around two-thirds of the Tutsis in Rwanda at the time.
70% of Tutsis exterminated, 30% of Twa killed Musha Church massacre: 13 April 1994 Rutoma sector, Gikoro commune, Kigali: 1,180-1,200 [4] [5] Part of the Rwandan genocide Murambi Technical School massacre: April 18 – 21, 1994 Murambi Technical School 5,000–20,000 [6] Part of the Rwandan genocide. Ntarama Massacre: 15 April 1994 Ntarama ...
M23 says it is defending ethnic Tutsis in Congo. Rwanda has claimed the Tutsis are being persecuted by Hutus and former militias responsible for the 1994 genocide of 800,000 Tutsis and others in ...
M23 is the latest in a string of ethnic Tutsi-led, Rwandan-backed insurgencies that have brought tumult to Congo since the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda thirty years ago, when Hutu ...
The New Times is the largest English-language and the oldest in Rwanda. [3] It also owns a newspaper joint in the local language Kinyarwanda, called Izuba Rirashe.The newspaper has been criticized for being "too servile" to the ruling party of Rwanda, [4] and being "excessively optimistic". [5]
Many Hutus feared that the invasion would restore Tutsi rule over Rwanda. [60] Tutsi murdered by Hutu militia in January 1964. Killings of Tutsis began on 23 December. Hutu militias killed 98 Tutsis in Cyangugu and 100 in Kibungo. [61] Massacres in the prefecture of Gikongoro occurred at the initiative of Prefect André Nkeramugaba. [50]
The definition of "Tutsi" has changed through time and location. Social structures were not stable throughout Rwanda, even during colonial times under the Belgian rule.The Tutsi aristocracy or elite was distinguished from Tutsi commoners.