http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/646/ en_GB_uk Rwanda http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160779/1/ A new project is being launched to support conflict survivors in Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/159962/1/ Uganda Telecom has started work on a fiber-optic link from the western town of Mbarara in Uganda to the Rwanda border-crossing point at Katuna - essentially giving a major boost to the long-awaited regional fibre project, RNA has learnt. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83360 Since the 1994 genocide, Rwandan women have gained almost equal representation in the national legislature's lower chamber and have used this advancement to make "remarkable contributions to rebuild their society," write Elizabeth Powley and Elizabeth Pearson. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83213 Members of ethnic groups once pitted against each other in Rwanda's brutal civil war are now rebuilding community ties and helping each other fight poverty through an innovative program that gives small-scale farmers "peace" cows. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82281 The Rwandan genocide was triggered by the killing of the country's president in April 1994. The identity of the assassins remains one of the great mysteries of the 20th century. Now a new witness has emerged, alleging French involvement, says Linda Melvern. From Prospect http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/156735/1/ All Rwandans at the cell level could have access to ICT facilities by the end of next year if plans presented by district mayors yesterday are implemented. A cell is the second lowest administrative level. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81085 Successful government reforms have helped Rwanda reach second place (in a tie with Finland) on the latest Gender Equity Index. From: New Times (Kigali) http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/154822/1/ A piece of verbatim theatre based on the words of prisoners and guards from Nazi concentration camps has been given a twist in a current London production - it is performed by Rwandans and Congolese who bring to the stage their closeness to a more recent genocide. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/154777/1/ President Paul Kagame has indicated to the One-Laptop-Per-Child project that government will buy laptops from the new sales promotion scheme 'Give 1 and Get 1' (GIGI), RNA has learnt from a senior official behind the plan. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/154299/1/ Thirteen years after their own holocaust, a company of actors from Rwanda come to London to perform a play about Auschwitz. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/152468/1/ Despite countless global impediments to women's political participation and representation, activists are working tirelessly to secure unbiased opportunities for election and equal rates of political representation for women and men alike. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79531 Officers of Rwanda’s National Police Force have killed at least 20 detainees since November, according to a report by Human Rights Watch. Killing detainees is not the way to establish a state of law, says the human rights group. From: Human Rights Watch http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77274 The Rwandan government has announced a new national family planning program, but aid organizations warn this program must be voluntary, and should not offer any incentives or disincentives when it comes to childbearing. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/76368 Four Rwandans who settled in Britain were last night arrested in a coordinated operation after their home country sought their extradition in connection with its 1994 genocide. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/136415/1/ As the Rwandan government continues to try to establish national amity in the wake of the genocidal conflict between the country’s two dominant groups, the Hutus and Tutsis, a third community has been forgotten. Preti Taneja reports on the plight of the Batwa people.