Three decades after the genocide,Rwanda is a nation transformed

Three decades after the genocide,Rwanda is a nation transformed

Years after reporting on a broken country,a journalist revisits Rwanda to see its famous gorillas – and discovers a land in the midst of renewal.

  • byJennifer Byrne

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Suffer the little children. It is ever the way,from Rwanda to Gaza
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Suffer the little children. It is ever the way,from Rwanda to Gaza

They are the innocents,and it is never their fight. But it is the children of conflict who always suffer the most.

  • byTony Wright
Harvard president resigns amid backlash from antisemitism testimony

Harvard president resigns amid backlash from antisemitism testimony

Claudine Gay came under fire for her lawyerly answers to a question about whether “calling for the genocide of Jews” would violate Harvard’s code of conduct.

A man stepped out on the road with an AK-47. I traded my life back with cigarettes – and a desperate joke
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A man stepped out on the road with an AK-47. I traded my life back with cigarettes – and a desperate joke

Everyone in Rwanda knew travelling after dark was inviting trouble. I’d taken a risk for a trivial reason,and now a large man with an assault rifle was at the window of the car,making demands.

  • byTony Wright
Two sisters were saved from the Nazis and one was lost. Until now

Two sisters were saved from the Nazis and one was lost. Until now

My grandmother Sonja’s life story,particularly her escape from Nazi Germany,lies at the heart of my family’s collective identity. I had long accepted that the voices of her murdered family were permanently silenced. I was wrong.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
A generation after the Bosnian genocide,we still haven’t broken the cycle of hate
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A generation after the Bosnian genocide,we still haven’t broken the cycle of hate

On this day – July 11 – 28 years ago,Bosnian Serb forces murdered thousands of Bosniak boys and men in Srebrenica. That slaughter should continue to inspire us to fight extremism wherever we find it.

  • byAmra Sabic-El-Rayess
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The young woman selling fascist memorabilia to the Croatian diaspora
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The young woman selling fascist memorabilia to the Croatian diaspora

A Sydney-based online store has been openly selling Ustasha-themed memorabilia and images of World War II Croatian dictator Ante Pavelic.

  • bySimone Fox Koob andBen Schneiders
‘An Oscar for Oskar’:Schindler’s Ark families honour author Tom Keneally
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‘An Oscar for Oskar’:Schindler’s Ark families honour author Tom Keneally

The families of the Holocaust survivors saved by Oskar Schindler paid tribute to the Schindler’s Ark author this week.

  • byHelen Pitt
Real-life hero who inspired Hotel Rwanda released from prison

Real-life hero who inspired Hotel Rwanda released from prison

Rwanda says it will release Paul Rusesabagina,a former hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a film about the 1994 genocide.

  • byKatharine Houreld
End of an era in Cambodia as last living Khmer Rouge leader loses genocide appeal

End of an era in Cambodia as last living Khmer Rouge leader loses genocide appeal

In the final decision of the UN-backed war crimes tribunal,Khieu Samphan failed to overturn convictions for his part in one of the worst mass atrocities of the 20th century.

  • byChris Barrett
Myanmar junta leaders may face war crimes probe in Australia
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Myanmar junta leaders may face war crimes probe in Australia

Cases against military figures including junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing are being prepared to hand to the Australian Federal Police.

  • byChris Barrett