KIGALI – Rwanda, often lauded internationally for its economic progress and reintegration after the 1994 genocide, is detaining and abusing street children at a holding center in the capital, an ...

So what exactly is happening to Kigali’s street children? They’re being rounded up, mostly by police, and taken to a site called Gikondo Transit Center as part of a “rehabilitation process,” as the ...

At 8 a.m. on a sunny morning in April, people are sweeping the hilly streets of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, with straw brooms and picking up stray bits of litter. The roads are empty of cars, and ...

Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, is closing down its streets to drivers and establishing a monthly Car Free Day. “The move is aimed at encouraging mass sports and exercise along the affected route through ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's largest city, as U.N.

(Nairobi) – The Rwandan authorities are arbitrarily arresting and unlawfully holding some of the country’s most vulnerable people in an unofficial detention center, Human Rights Watch said in a report ...

On the last Saturday of the month, citizens must spend three hours beautifying the nation. Some people question the authoritarian approach. But... At 8 a.m. on a sunny morning in April, people are ...

Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, is closing down its streets to drivers and establishing a monthly Car Free Day. The city introduced the day in May, and held it for the third time on Sunday. Kigali closed ...