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As a brutal genocide raged around her, Josephine smuggled 12 people to safety

5:01am May 13, 2024

During the Rwandan genocide in 1994, Josephine Dusabimana smuggled ethnic Tutsis out of the country as neighbors attacked neighbors and almost a million people died.

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His story inspired 'Hotel Rwanda.' Now he's speaking out against the government

11:45am April 15, 2024

Paul Rusesabagina, whose life inspired the movie Hotel Rwanda, and his daughter, Anaïse Kanimba, have been vocal critics of Rwanda's current president, Paul Kagame.

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Didas Kayinamura (left) and Rachel Mukantabana (right) talk about the legacy of the Rwandan genocide thirty years later.

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In this Rwandan village, survivors and perpetrators of the genocide live side by side

12:13pm April 11, 2024

It's been 30 years since the Rwandan genocide. In some places today, survivors live side-by-side with perpetrators in so-called reconciliation villages.

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Former US President Bill Clinton, left, and South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa arrive to lay a wreath at a ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, held at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, in Kigali, Rwanda, Sunday, April 7, 2024. Rwandans are commemorating 30 years since the genocide in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed by government-backed extremists.

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Bill Clinton and other leaders join Rwandans in marking 30 years since their genocide

6:03am April 07, 2024

by The Associated Press

Rwandans are commemorating 30 years since the genocide in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed by government-backed extremists, shattering the small East African country.

Estelle Laughlin, 94, survived the Nazi concentration camps along with her older sister and mother. She was photographed in her living room in Lincolnshire, Illinois, on October 6, 2023.

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A Holocaust survivor identifies with the pain of both sides in the Israel-Hamas war

4:45pm January 30, 2024

by Ari Daniel

As a girl of 10, Estelle Laughlin and her family were forced into the Warsaw Ghetto, then sent to a concentration camp. She lived through the Nazi genocide. This new war has shaken her to her core.

Palestinians inspect destruction after an Israeli bombing of Omar bin Abdul-Aziz Mosque in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Thursday.

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A top U.N. court says Gaza genocide is 'plausible' but does not order cease-fire

4:54pm January 26, 2024

by Fatima Al-Kassab

The International Court of Justice ordered Israel to ensure its military does not take actions that violate the Genocide Convention, but the court did not call for a cease-fire.

A Lebanese boy stands atop the roof of a crumbling house within the bustling streets of the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut.

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War in Gaza opens scars for Palestinians in Lebanon, firming up support for Hamas

3:12pm January 26, 2024

by Jane Arraf

In Beirut's Shatila refugee camp, Palestinian refugees say they support Hamas' fight for their homeland.

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Judges and parties stand up during a hearing at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday. The United Nations' court opened hearings Thursday into South Africa's allegation that Israel's war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians, a claim that Israel strongly denies.

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3 things to know about the genocide case against Israel in The Hague

8:55am January 12, 2024

by Rob Schmitz

Legal teams from South Africa, the plaintiff, and Israel, the defendant, presented their arguments in two days of hearings before the International Court of Justice.

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A boat from Sudan with nearly 1,700 civilians from more than 50 countries arrives in Jedda, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after crossing the Red Sea. Foreigners and Sudanese citizens have been fleeing Sudan since fighting broke out between two rival generals nearly two weeks ago.

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Sudan's rival generals share a troubled past: genocide in Darfur

8:32am April 27, 2023

by Greg Myre

Two generals are currently battling for control of Sudan's capital Khartoum. In the early 2000s, both played key roles in the government's brutal crackdown in Darfur, which was ruled a genocide.

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Demonstrators protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine at Independence Square in front of the Parliament Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, on March 24, 2022. Lithuania's parliament has since declared Russia a perpetrator of terrorism and genocide.

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Lithuania designates Russia as a terrorist country, a global first

12:50pm May 10, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The resolution, which passed unanimously, comes a day after Lithuania's foreign minister publicly urged a regime change in Russia.