November 17, 2008

Prunier on Laurent Nkunda and the DRC crisis

The veteran French expert on central Africa Gerard Prunier has an excellent piece on Open Democracy today that pulls together a lot of the essential political background to the tragically...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 04:58 PM | Fulltext link (17 comments)

November 16, 2005

New book on start of Rwanda genocide

Hirondelle is a very sober, Swiss-funded news service that does a lot of coverage of justice affairs in Rwanda. So I sat up sharply when I read this piece on...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 10:08 PM | Fulltext link (2 comments)

January 12, 2005

The trials of Rwanda

Filip Reyntjens, a very expert scholar of international law who is also an expert on Rwandan history, has now sent a letter to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda saying...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 04:06 PM | Fulltext link (0 comments)

July 10, 2004

Rwanda's Kagame: losing his 'license'?

The NYT had an interesting editorial about Rwanda's gacaca courts today. The editorial writer referred to some of the 'procedural' problems with this court system, which is one of the...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 08:50 PM | Fulltext link (3 comments)

June 26, 2004

ICTR's lengthy processes

In this article in a recent issue of Boston Review, I gave a bird's-eye view of how painfully lengthy and long-drawn-out the trials at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 08:44 PM | Fulltext link (2 comments)

June 25, 2004

Actualités importantes rwando-congolaises

Et maintenant, des nouvelles assez bonnes venantes du sommet d'Abuja... Selon ce bulletin de l'agence AFP, Les présidents rwandais, Paul Kagame, et congolais, Joseph Kabila, se sont engagés une nouvelle...
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June 24, 2004

Muraho, Rwanda! (Hello, Rwanda!)

This week, I have been seriously back into writing my Rwanda material up for my book on Violence and its Legacies. I think it's a lucky week to be doing...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 09:45 PM | Fulltext link (2 comments)

April 07, 2004

Rwanda genocide commemoration

My column marking the tenth anniversary of the start of the Rwanda genocide is out in Thursday's Christian Science Monitor. I reflected quite deeply before writing it, and it seems...
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April 02, 2004

Remembering Rwanda: 'Frontline', and my interview

Bill and I watched the 'Frontline' special on Rwanda last night. It was beautifully done, in general, and gave much cause for continued reflection and thought. One of the really...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 12:42 PM | Fulltext link (7 comments)

September 26, 2003

Back to Africa (mentally, at least)

Finally! Last week I finished a writing project that has been hanging over me for many, many months. Then, I gave myself a quick treat by going to NYC for...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 10:07 PM | Fulltext link (3 comments)

April 17, 2003

THOUGHTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA

THOUGHTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA: I'll confess right here that I am still at only a very preliminary stage in trying to organize all the impressions I...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 03:46 PM | Fulltext link (2 comments)

April 16, 2003

A NIGHT ON THE TOWN IN ARUSHA:

A NIGHT ON THE TOWN IN ARUSHA: Tonight is my last evening in Arusha. Gabi Gabiro, who works for Hirondelle Press Agency here, a couple of his friends, and I...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 03:42 PM | Fulltext link (1 comments)

April 12, 2003

AN INTERNATIONAL COURTROOM IN AFRICA:

AN INTERNATIONAL COURTROOM IN AFRICA: The Arusha International Conference Center is a sprawling concatenation of three or four large, 1960s-style white concrete buildings netsled into the northeast side of the...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 08:59 AM | Fulltext link (0 comments)

April 10, 2003

GALA DAY FOR THE RESEARCH PROJECT

GALA DAY FOR THE RESEARCH PROJECT: I've been working on this research project, that looks at the effectiveness, as viewed 8 - 10 years later, of the widely varying...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 01:56 PM | Fulltext link (2 comments)

April 09, 2003

REMEMBERING GENOCIDE:

REMEMBERING GENOCIDE: Early April 1994 was the time when that year's terrible genocide in Rwanda was started. It then continued for a further 100 days, in the course of which...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 03:39 PM | Fulltext link (1 comments)

March 17, 2003

A RWANDAN PROTESTS: Heck, this

A RWANDAN PROTESTS: Heck, this is one of many things I meant to post recently but forgot to. It's from Isidore Munyeshyaka, who contributes to a Rwandan-affairs group I'm in....
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February 14, 2003

FROM NEW YORK, Valentine's Day

I've had a busy couple of days of work here, talking to some really interesting folks about my 'Violence and its Legacies' project, and starting to make plans for the...
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