France was largely responsible for the genocide in Rwanda, but not complicit in the genocide in the country, a committee of historians concluded in a report released Friday. The Rwandan genocide in 1994 killed more than 800,000 people in just a few months. Investigators note that France had a “serious and overwhelming” responsibility, noting the … Read more
Since the deactivation of the Trump administration’s immigration policy, it is the rush to the United States for many asylum seekers from Latin America. Thousands are massed on the southern border in the hope of entering to realize the “American dream”. A report by Celia Mendoza in El Paso, Texas. Since the deactivation of the … Read more
Primates can also get COVID-19. This is why a group of experts has warned about the risk that mountain gorillas could run in East Africa, especially since tourists who take selfies near animals rarely wear a mask. A study by Oxford Brookes University, which was published by the scientific journal People and Nature, examined a … Read more
A U.S. government advisory board on Thursday recommended emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the novel coronavirus. This means Americans could start getting vaccinated as early as this weekend. This Wednesday the country recorded more than 3,100 deaths in a single day, a peak since the start of the pandemic. Patsy Widakuswara, VOA White … Read more
The city of New York adopted on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday an annual budget reducing the funds allocated to its police services, illustration of the impact of anti-racist demonstrations even if the measure has been criticized from all sides. – The budget of the first American metropolis for the fiscal year 2021, which … Read more
KINSHASA — In the opinion of experts, awareness around the fight against HIV / AIDS is overdue in the Congolese capital Kinshasa, while this pandemic continues to wreak havoc in silence. “For this year 2020 with the Covid-19 pandemic, we tend to forget a little about HIV, while it continues to be the major concern”, … Read more
Visitors from 35 states with a sharp resurgence of the epidemic, such as the highly populated states of Florida and Texas, are currently subject to a two-week quarantine upon arrival in New York. In order to try to better enforce this measure, the mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the police would install “check-in points … Read more
The Belgian police have arrested three people on suspicion of involvement in the Rwandan genocide in 1994, the federal prosecutor reports Saturday. It concerns a Belgian and two Rwandans. The suspects were arrested in Brussels and Hainaut. Two of them are in detention, the third suspect is under house arrest. The arrests took place in … Read more
Turkish police are investigating the death of American journalist and filmmaker Andre Vltchek, 57, who died Tuesday morning in Turkey while traveling by car to Istanbul. The Turkish daily Daily Sabah reported about it. According to the newspaper, the prosecutor is investigating the death of a journalist who was born in Russia to a Czech … Read more
Paul Rusesabagina, the former hotel manager on whose acts the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda was officially charged with terrorism and other crimes in Rwanda on Monday. However, he declined to respond to a total of thirteen charges, which are denied by his lawyers. Besides terrorism, Rusesabagina is also suspected of complicity in murder and setting … Read more