Rwanda Web Links

Below are links by topical categories to resources primarily in English providing information generally on Rwanda and specifically in the context of Great Lakes conflicts. For related web links, see Burundi Web Links, Genocide Convention at Fifty: Web Links and Regional Resources: Africa. For more USIP resources see Rwanda.

• General Resources
• Government Agencies and International Organizations
• Maps and Guides
• Media and News Sources
• Political Resources
• Selected Reports

These links complement the Special Report: Post-Genocide Reconciliation: The Challenge for Burundi and Rwanda.

General Resources

The sites below collect links to other Internet resources which describe the background, history and current events in Rwanda.

• Africa South of the Sahara: Rwanda
  An extensive collection of well-annotated links compiled by Karen Fung at Stanford University for the African Studies Association. Includes links to email lists, special projects, databases and archives, articles and documents, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), news and general sources. Organized alphabetically within country listing. The web site also has regional and topical categories of links, as well as a a site searching capability.
• Center for African Studies: Rwanda Page
  Varied selection of annotated links from the Center for African Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, covering general information, country map and other collections of links.
• Index on Africa: Country pages: Rwanda
  The web site for Index on Africa, a project of the Norwegian Council for Africa, contains extensive annotated links, organized by news pages, subject pages and country pages. Within each individual country page, links are organized by subject category. Interesting features include the number of links listed for each category, the tabulation of hits on a specific link since it was added to the web page, as well as the opportunity to rate the link. Search capability is available for the web site.
  

Government Agencies and International Organizations

Republic of Rwanda

• Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda - Washington, D.C.
  The web site contains general information about Rwanda, its economy and government. The News section contains announcements, remarks and press releases.
• Government of the Republic of Rwanda
  The web site of the government of Rwanda has sections on the government structure, history and politics, geography, economy and finance, tourism and travel, news updates, FAQs and governance, and a section on genocide and justice which includes a list of Category 1 suspects still at large. The government's web site also links to the President's web site and related web sites.

African Union

• African Union
  Successor organization to the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the African Union's web site has news and events, documents, a listing of member states (including Rwanda) and related web links.

United Nations

• Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN): Rwanda
  IRIN, a unit of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), provides a clearinghouse of information for humanitarian and international communities on the crises in sub-Saharan Africa. Its web site contains special reports , news briefs organized by country and region, such as Great Lakes and Central Africa. Special reports for Rwanda focus on the 10th anniversary commemorations of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. An e-mail subscription for IRIN reports is also available.
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
  UN web site contains press releases and news, decisions, transcripts of hearings, rules of evidence and procedure, security council resolutions, and other links. The web site also includes the texts of indictment, trial chamber decisions, judgement, sentence and appeal chamber decisions rendered by the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda (ICTR) against Jean-Paul Akayesu on charges of genocide, September 2, 1998. An overview of ICTR achievements provides a history.
• International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, 7 April 2004
  Special section of the United Nations web site devoted to material on the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Includes reports, UN resources and documents, statements, commemorative events, and a 24-hour webcast of UN activities.
• Reliefweb: Rwanda: The latest
  Sponsored by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), this site provides extensive current news and information on a broad range of humanitarian relief issues in Rwanda and worldwide. The web site includes maps, a archive of documents, links to related sites and a search engine. Includes a special web page for documents related to the Great Lakes region (Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda).
• United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
  Web site of the UN organization based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Includes links to reports, statements, news sources, a database of meetings and events on Africa, related initiatives, a list of member states, ECA partners and links to related web sites and news sources on Africa.
• UNHCR: RefWorld
  This web site, by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). has databases for country of origin and legal information documents and reports. Pull-down menus allow selection by country and/or subject and a specific search engine feature is also provided. Each country compilation includes links to country reports, legal documents, news and maps.
• United Nations Human Rights Website: Documents Database
  This database of UN documents can be searched by country, as well as by UN body, mandate, subject, symbol and year. A search by Rwanda retrieves documents organized by year.

United States

• Rwanda: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2006
  Extensive report from the U.S. Department of State. Reports for 2000 to 2005 and 1993-1999 are also available online.
• USAID Africa: Rwanda Country Information
  Information on Rwanda from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID with congressional presentations on USAID activities and links to related web sites, such as Transition Initiatives: Rwanda. Includes an annual report and strategic plan, Rwanda mission contact information,
• U.S. Department of State, Bureau of African Affairs
  U.S. Department of State's site to official statements, press briefings, fact sheets and links to other related Internet sites for African countries. A country profile for Rwanda lists statements and publications specific to that country.
• U.S. Institute of Peace Library-Commissions of Inquiry: Rwanda
  Description of the International Commission of Investigation on Human Rights Violations in Rwanda Since October 1, 1990 set up in 1992 by non-governmental organizations. Part of the United States Institute of Peace Library's Truth Commissions web page.
  

Maps and Guides

• ReliefWeb Map Centre: Rwanda
  Specialized maps of Rwanda from ReliefWeb covering population, drought, refugee movements, assistance to refugees, food insecurity and other issues. Also has maps for the Great Lakes region of Africa and individual countries within the region. Maps can be sorted by type, source, and keyword and are linked to documents on ReliefWeb.
• Rwanda: CIA World Factbook
  Country information for Rwanda covering the geography, people, economy, government, and infrastructure. Includes a map.
• Rwanda Maps
  Maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection of the University of Texas at Austin for Rwanda, Rwanda and Burundi (1996), Rwanda and Burundi (1975), and shaded relief of Rwanda and Burundi. These maps were produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
  

Media and News Sources

• allAfrica.com: Rwanda
  The AllAfrica.com web site lists current news stories on Rwanda from various Africa-related wire services and other organizations. Each story contains a brief summary with a link to the full text, as well as links by topic and region (Central Africa). Special sections include: The United States, Canada and Africa and topics such as the Rwandan genocide.
• BBC News | World | Africa | Country profiles | Country profile: Rwanda
  Country information contains an overview of Rwanda's recent history, chronology, fact sheet, a profile of President Kagame, and a brief description of media. A search on "Rwanda" brings up news stories and special reports. .
• BBC News: Rwandan Genocide:10 years on
  A BBC News In Depth report, it provides a comprehensive overview of the genocide, with background information, a photo essay, stories of survivors, audio and video, etc.
• International Crisis Group (ICG): Rwanda
  Reports and analysis from the International Crisis Group on issues in Rwanda and Central Africa.
• Internews ICTR Reports
  Internews provides current, daily reports on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Earlier reports from May 1998 are found in the archive. The web site also includes newsreels and links to related web sites.
• OneWorld.Net: Country Guide: Rwanda
  Current news stories and analysis on Rwanda contributed by One World partners, with additional country profile information and emphasis on the Rwandan genocide. Links to OneWorld Africa, another portal providing highlights on current issues in Africa.
• Yahoo News: Full coverage: World: Rwanda
  Numerous links to news sources, stories from various wire services, reports in audio and video, and related web sites.
  

Political Resources

• Political Resources on the Net: Rwanda
  Links to information on elections, various political parties and organizations, news and general resources.
• Rwanda-Constitution
  From the International Constitutional Law web site, the full text of the May 1991 Constitution for Rwanda.
  

Selected Reports and Speeches

• The 1994 Rwandan Genocide and U.S. Policy
  Posted on the Global Policy Forum web site, testimony before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Operations in May 1998 by Holly Burkhalter, advocacy director for PHR and current member of the Institute's Board of Directors.
• Bystanders to Genocide
  An investigative article by Samantha Power in the September 2001 issue of The Atlantic Monthly on U.S. policy during the genocide in Rwanda.
• Preventing Genocide: How the Early Use of Force Might Have Succeeded in Rwanda
  An April 1998 report to the Carnegie Commission On Preventing Deadly Conflict, includes sections on the history of international involvement in Rwanda, a proposed mandate and intervention force, an alternatve operational plan, and identifying military force requirements, by Scott Fell.
• Prosecuting Genocide in Rwanda
  A analytical report from Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights) on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and National Trials, July 1997, with discussions of the establishment, statute, proceedings and summary of the Tribunal's work to that point.
• Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations During the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
  A December 15, 1999 report on the United Nations web site. The site also includes a December 16, 1999 statement of the Secretary-General on receiving the report.
• The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994
  Sixteen U.S. government documents, declassified under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) concerning U.S. policy during the genocide in Rwanda, published August 20, 2001 on the web site of the National Security Archive at The George Washington University.

Updated: October 16, 2007