https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A mammoth case against a Rwandan man accused of masterminding massacres in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo from his home in Germany, will have to be reopened, Germany's highest penal court ruled Thursday, overturning his conviction. https://www.thelocal.de/20181220/german-court-told-to-retry-rwandan-convicted-of-war-crimes Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:55:51 +0100 german-court-told-to-retry-rwandan-convicted-of-war-crimes Germany launched a two-year study on Thursday to determine the origins of more than 1,000 human skulls, mostly from Rwanda, brought to Europe during the colonial era for racial "scientific" research. https://www.thelocal.de/20171005/researchers-try-to-work-out-origins-of-1000-human-skulls-from-colonial-rwanda Thu, 05 Oct 2017 20:03:46 +0200 researchers-try-to-work-out-origins-of-1000-human-skulls-from-colonial-rwanda A German court on Monday sentenced two Rwandan rebel leaders to long jail terms for masterminding massacres in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo from their homes in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20150928/court-jails-rwanda-rebel-leaders-over-war-crimes Mon, 28 Sep 2015 13:05:52 +0200 court-jails-rwanda-rebel-leaders-over-war-crimes A German court will rule Monday on a long-running case against two Rwandan Hutu leaders accused of masterminding from their homes in Germany massacres in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. https://www.thelocal.de/20150925/rwandan-militia-leaders-face-jail-in-german Fri, 25 Sep 2015 10:05:43 +0200 rwandan-militia-leaders-face-jail-in-german Rwandan authorities said on Tuesday that a German man put in isolation with fever had tested negative for the deadly tropical disease Ebola. https://www.thelocal.de/20140812/german-tests-negative-for-ebola Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:35:00 +0200 german-tests-negative-for-ebola A German court on Tuesday sentenced to 14 years in jail a former Rwandan town mayor for ordering a massacre of hundreds of people in a church during the 1994 genocide. https://www.thelocal.de/20140218/german-court-jails-ex-mayor-onesphore-rwabukombe-for-rwanda-massacre-during-genocide Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:33:00 +0100 german-court-jails-ex-mayor-onesphore-rwabukombe-for-rwanda-massacre-during-genocide Two senior Rwandan Hutu rebel leaders go on trial Wednesday in Germany, accused of masterminding atrocities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). https://www.thelocal.de/20110501/34735 Sun, 01 May 2011 14:50:00 +0200 34735 A former Rwandan mayor went on trial Tuesday accused of ordering three Tutsi massacres during the country's 1994 genocide, in the first such case prosecuted in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20110118/32507 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:56:00 +0100 32507 German prosecutors said Friday that two senior Rwandan Hutu rebel leaders have been indicted on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes. https://www.thelocal.de/20101217/31877 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:29:00 +0100 31877 A Rwandan man was arrested near Frankfurt on Monday on suspicion of ordering and co-ordinating the massacre of 3,730 Tutsi people in the 1994 genocide in the African nation, police announced. https://www.thelocal.de/20100726/28755 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:21:00 +0200 28755 Two leading Rwandan Hutu rebels were arrested in Germany on Tuesday on suspicion of crimes against humanity and recent war crimes in Congo, prosecutors in Karlsruhe said. https://www.thelocal.de/20091117/23335 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:15:00 +0100 23335 Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that a former Rwandan mayor had been arrested a second time in Germany for his alleged involvement in the country's 1994 genocide. https://www.thelocal.de/20081223/16333 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:56:00 +0100 16333 Protesters have converged on German embassy and media outlet Deutsche Welle buildings in Rwanda after the country extradited the Rose Kabuye to France for legal proceedings in a war crimes case. https://www.thelocal.de/20081120/15641 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:38:00 +0100 15641 Tens of thousands of Rwandans gathered in the capital Kigali Wednesday to protest Germany's upcoming transfer of a senior official arrested in Frankfurt to France. https://www.thelocal.de/20081119/15615 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:42:00 +0100 15615 Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Monday that Germany and Europe had shown "total contempt" for his country by arresting one of his key aides suspected of involvement in the death of a former ruler. https://www.thelocal.de/20081117/15565 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:08:00 +0100 15565 Rwanda expelled Germany's ambassador and prepared to issue indictments and arrest warrants against 23 French officials on Tuesday in a dramatic escalation of diplomatic tensions over the country's 1994 genocide. https://www.thelocal.de/20081111/15463 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:05:00 +0100 15463 Rwanda summoned Germany's ambassador to Kigali to protest against the arrest of a top aide to President Paul Kagame on suspicion of taking part in an assassination that sparked the 1994 genocide, an official said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20081110/15427 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:45:00 +0100 15427 A close aide to Rwandan President Paul Kagame was arrested Sunday in Germany on suspicion of participating in an assassination that triggered the 1994 genocide in the east African nation. https://www.thelocal.de/20081110/15419 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:42:00 +0100 15419