Rwandan gospel music artist Kizito Mihigo has been found dead in a police cell, officers say.
It comes three days after he was arrested near the border with Burundi.
Rwandan authorities have broken their silence regarding a Ugandan IT expert who was kidnapped late last year and had been missing for several months.
The situation in the Mulenge highlands located near Uvira at the foot of the Itombwe mountains in South Kivu has become tense as Rwanda, through its proxy forces 'Red Tabara' and the local Mai Mai are conducting a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Banyamulenge Tutsi, this website learnt.
Slum-dwellers in Kigali are accusing city authorities of razing their homes without paying compensation, stirring anger among poorer Rwandans who feel marginalised by a government-led push to modernise the capital.
Last month identity cards belonging to military officers of the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) were found in camps said to belong to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), however, it has emerged that the Rwandan soldiers have been operating in Easter Congo under the cover of the rebel group.
The House of Lords of the United Kingdom has petitioned Rwanda President Paul Kagame over the release of two former military officers --Col Tom Byabagamba and Gen Frank Rusagara.
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An American preacher who was arrested on Monday in Rwanda for holding an "illegal meeting with journalists" has been deported, New Times of Rwanda newspaper reports.
Unidentified attackers have killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others during an overnight attack in northern Rwanda near the border with Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to police.
Former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President Dr. Col (Rtd) Kizza Besigye has held a private meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame in New York City - the United States of America, the Kampala Post has reliably established.
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Two suspects have been arrested in Rwanda in connection with the killing of a prominent opposition politician.
