The Latest Breaking News from Genocide

UN: Latest DRC violence has displaced more than 72,000 people

Eastern DRC has experienced near-constant conflict since 1996, in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide.

Al Jazeera · May 27, 2022

Zelensky accuses Russia of 'genocide' in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of carrying out a "genocide" in the eastern region of Donbas, where the city of Severodonetsk is suffering an onslaught of Russian shelling.

Radio France Internationale · May 27, 2022

Ukraine fighting to keep control of key town in Donbas

Ukrainian troops are fighting to keep control of parts of the strategic northeastern town of Lyman, the country's defence ministry said on Friday as Russia extended a relentless offensive in the Donbas region, including the Severodonetsk area where authorities say 1,500 people have died since the start of the war.…

France 24 · May 27, 2022

Prince Charles refuses to apologise for 'genocide' of indigenous children in Canada

PRINCE Charles has refused to apologise on behalf of the Queen for the “assimilation and genocide” of Canada’s indigenous residential school…

The National (Scotland) · May 19, 2022

Second Rwandan genocide fugitive confirmed dead

One of the last remaining fugitives sought by a U.N. tribunal over his alleged key role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide was confirmed dead and the case against him closed, U.N. war crimes prosecutor Serge Brammertz said in a statement on Wednesday.

Reuters · May 18, 2022

Russia's reported abduction of Ukrainian children echoes other genocidal policies, including US history of kidnapping Native American children

Allegations have emerged recently that Ukrainian children are being forcibly removed from their country by Russia. Once there, they are put up for adoption.

The Conversation · May 16, 2022

Rwanda president suggests UK extradite genocide suspects after asylum deal

Exclusive: Comments raise concerns UK will find it difficult to refuse requests from Kigali on sensitive issues

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2022

Zimbabwe denies harbouring deceased Rwandan genocide fugitive

DNA shows body exhumed in the country was Protais Mpiranya, Rwanda’s most wanted fugitive

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2022

Alleged senior leader of 1994 Rwandan genocide confirmed dead

Protais Mpiranya, one of the last remaining fugitives sought over the 1994 Rwandan genocide, has been confirmed dead and the case against him has been closed, the prosecutor of the successor court to the UN Rwanda tribunal said on Thursday.

Reuters · May 12, 2022

Twenty-year search for Rwanda genocide suspect ends in Zimbabwe grave

Inside the manhunt for Protais Mpiranya, accused of Rwandan mass killings and the world’s most wanted war crimes fugitive

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2022