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CNN Top Stories, 23.12.08 16:05 UTC

Mia Farrow: No one safe in Congo

Editor's Note: Actress, Mia Farrow, a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, visited the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo from December 11-13 to call attention to the impact of renewed conflict on children and women. She visited Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province, as well as surrounding areas. She met with displaced families and visited a health post treating survivors of sexual violence, a transit center for children demobilized or rescued from armed groups, and other UNICEF-supported sites.

BBC World News, 23.12.08 11:33 UTC

France releases Rwandan official

The French authorities say they will allow detained Rwandan government official Rose Kabuye to travel back to Rwanda for a holiday over Christmas.

Seattle Times, 19.12.08 10:04 UTC

Rwanda's strife has wider consequences

Q: What is the history of Rwanda's genocide? A: Hutus in the densely populated, desperately poor country overthrew a Tutsi monarchy three years before independence from Belgium in 1962 and took ...

Seattle Times, 19.12.08 10:03 UTC

A day of reckoning for Rwanda

NAIROBI, Kenya The ringleader of the 1994 Rwanda genocide was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for his role in the early days of an ethnic slaughter that eventually killed an estimated 800,000 ...

BBC World News, 19.12.08 09:31 UTC

Rwandan genocide jailing hailed

Survivors of Rwanda's genocide and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon have welcomed the life sentence given to its mastermind Theoneste Bagosora.

guardian.co.uk, 19.12.08 08:32 UTC

Guardian Daily podcast: Man behind massacre of 800,000 people; plus Rachel Nickell killer confesses

International prosecutors hail Rwanda conviction; police apologise to Colin Stagg; and the Bernard Madoff fraud, in our daily audio show with Jon Dennis

Telegraph, 19.12.08 07:06 UTC

Rwanda genocide mastermind jailed for life

A mastermind of Rwanda's genocide was yesterday sentenced to life in prison for his role in the deaths of 800,000 people, sending a clear warning to Africa's despots that justice can eventually catch them.