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President Paul Kagame has won 99% of the vote in provisional results from Monday’s presidential election in Rwanda, electoral authorities said, an outcome that was widely expected as the country’s long-time ruler aims to extend this three-decade grip on power.

Crimes against humanity are occurring with impunity around the globe; from Myanmar to Sudan, Ukraine and elsewhere. And yet, unlike international treaties for the crimes of genocide, torture, apartheid and forced disappearances, there isn’t a treaty specific to crimes against humanity.

Leader for 30 years, president faces off against weak opposition with nearly no support as other candidates are barred.

There is much to do to restore trust in politicians but branding Labour as supporters of genocide won’t help understanding

Annual commemoration of Srebrenica genocide, denial by Serb officials, international recognition, calls for remembrance and prevention.

Thousands of people commemorate the 1995 genocide two months after the UN created an annual day of remembrance.

Thousands of people from Bosnia and abroad have gathered in Srebrenica for the annual ritual of commemorating the 1995 genocide

Solemn mourners began gathering in Srebrenica on Thursday to remember the 1995 massacre of Bosnian Muslims, less two months after the UN established a memorial day to mark the genocide.

A visionary hero who ended the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and brought peace to a traumatised country, or a despot who rules through fear and repression.

Asma Mohammed, wife of late ISIS leader Baghdadi, sentenced to death for crimes against humanity and genocide. Impact of ISIS atrocities on Yazidi communit...

Thirty years ago, the Rwandan Patriotic Front, a predominantly Tutsi armed group, took over Kigali, Rwanda’s capital city – and soon after, the country’s governance. This victory occurred amid a horrific genocide masterminded by a Hutu-dominated regime. Rwanda’s main ethnic groups are the Hutu, who make up a majority of…