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Commonwealth Admits French-Speaking Rwanda

Dec. 1, 2009
Rwanda is the newest member of the Commonwealth. That's a diverse group of nations, most of which are former British colonies. Rwanda has very few historical links to Britain. It was at one time a French-speaking Belgian colony. But Rwanda's president has been campaigning for his country to...
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Rwanda joins British Commonwealth

Rwanda joins British Commonwealth

SAN FERNANDO, Trinidad and Tobago, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Rwanda has been admitted to the British Commonwealth, a post-colonial group that now numbers 54 nations, officials said.

Rwandan schools to go English

KIGALI, Rwanda, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The Rwandan Cabinet has passed down a decision that all schools in the country will soon be taught in English rather than French.

Report: French aided Rwanda genocide

KIGALI, Rwanda, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Rwandan government investigators say French leaders and soldiers aided the killers in the country's 1994 genocide in which hundreds of thousands died.

France accused of funding Rwandan genocide

KIGALI, Rwanda, May 23 (UPI) -- A German-born financial expert has accused the French government of secretly funding a genocidal movement in Rwanda more than a decade ago.

Rwanda seeks to join British Commonwealth

KIGALI, Rwanda, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Rwanda, a former Belgian colony, has applied to join the Commonwealth, a group that began as an association of former British colonies.

Rwanda pulls plug on Radio France

KIGALI, Rwanda, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Radio France International has been taken off the air in Rwanda, just days after the government severed diplomatic ties with France.

Rwanda denies genocide allegations

KIGALI, Rwanda, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Rwanda, refuting French charges of genocide of ethnic Tutsis in 1994, has rejected calls its President Paul Kagame stand trial.

Rwanda priest to be tried in Belgium

BRUSSELS, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A Belgian Catholic priest accused of genocide crimes in Rwanda will be transferred home for trial.

Belgian priest accused in Rwandan genocide

KIGALI, Rwanda, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- A Belgian priest was being held in Rwanda, accused of a role in the 1994 genocide in the African nation that killed more than 1 million people.

3 arrested for Americans' deaths in Rwanda

WASHINGTON, March 3 (UPI) -- The FBI Monday announced the arrest of three members of the Liberation Army of Rwanda for the 1999 killings of two American tourists in Uganda. The three were taken from Rwanda Saturday.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch