Lawyers

• US Believes Rwanda Involved In Burundi Crisis To Remove President Pierre Nkurunziza

  The United States has expressed its belief that Rwanda is involved in spreading Burundi crisis. The US thinks that Rwanda is recruiting refugees to launch attacks in the troubled Burundi against President Pierre Nkurunziza.

• US Condems Kagame’s Move To Extend Term; Kagame Hits Back

  The United States condems Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s ahadecision to run for another term, saying it is disappointing. Kagame, however, hits back at US for criticizing his decision.

• African Union says Burundi crisis a 'catastrophic' risk for region

  The crisis in strife-torn Burundi risks spiraling into a "catastrophe' for the country and the wider region, the African Union warned on Sunday, after the killing of a senior military official amid escalating unrest.

• Hague judges give warlord's lawyers more time to prepare

  The International Criminal Court on Friday postponed the trial of Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda, accused of leading a militia in a campaign marked by rape and murder, after his lawyers said they needed more time to build his defense case.

• Burundi president fires defense chief after coup attempt

  Burundi's embattled President Pierre Nkurunziza sacked his defense and foreign ministers on Monday, five days after surviving an attempted coup by generals opposed to his bid for a third term in office.

• Fearful and desperate, refugees flee Burundi unrest

  They are coming in their thousands, a steady stream of men, women and children bearing what few possessions they can carry as they flee their native Burundi and the pro-government militias they fear are bent on death and destruction.

• Burundi takes 18 suspects in failed coup to court

  Burundi took 18 people suspected of involvement in a failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza to the high court on Saturday, relatives of some of the accused said.

• Russia: U.N. Security Council should stay out of Burundi dispute

  Russia said on Friday the United Nations Security Council should not intervene in Burundi's constitutional dispute that has sparked the biggest political crisis in the East African state since an ethnically fuelled civil war ended in 2005.

• Hundreds of students seek refuge outside U.S. embassy in Burundi

  Hundreds of students from a Burundi university shuttered by the government were seeking refuge outside the U.S. embassy in the capital on Friday, amid unrest and escalating tensions ahead of the June 26 presidential vote.

• Hundreds rally against president in Burundi, police fire in air

  Police fired tear gas and shot in the air to disperse hundreds of people protesting in the outskirts of Burundi's capital on Tuesday against President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term.

• Burundi police confront anti-president protesters, army on streets

  Police fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters rallying in Burundi's capital on Monday against the president's decision to run for a third term, a move critics say violates the constitution.

• African Union urges Congo to let UN forces help assault on rebels

  The African Union on Monday urged the Congolese government to accept help from U.N. forces to defeat rebels in the country's east, after a row over human rights derailed plans for joint operations.

• Killers of Rwandan anti-corruption activist jailed for 20 years

  Two Rwandan police officers have been jailed for 20 years for killing an anti-corruption activist who was investigating mineral smuggling from Democratic Republic of Congo.

• Palestinian draft resolution fails in U.N. council, U.S. votes against

  The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories by late 2017.

• Rwanda suspends BBC's local radio service over genocide documentary

  Rwanda has suspended the BBC's local radio service after the broadcaster aired a documentary that questioned official accounts of the 1994 genocide, the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority said on Friday.

• Ex-bodyguard jailed for trying to kill Rwandan President Kagame

  A former bodyguard of Rwanda's Paul Kagame was sentenced to life on Friday for plotting to kill the president, but he complained that he had been kidnapped and said he would appeal.

• Rwanda court's forgotten men pose challenge to international justice

  Justin Mugenzi was legally cleared of any role in Rwanda's 1994 genocide. But an oversight in the international justice system means he remains a virtual prisoner in a United Nations safe house in the eastern African state of Tanzania.

• Beatrice Munyenyezi, African Who Lied About Her Role in Rwanda Genocide Faces Deportation From New Hampshire After Conviction

  Beatrice Munyenyezi, a Rwandan woman living in New Hampshire, was convicted on Thursday of lying about her role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, as a way to obtain U.S. citizenship. She now could be sent back to her native country.