Rwanda
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A look at Canadian peacekeeping 25 years after RwandaToday, Canada has around 40 peacekeepers in the field. That's a fraction of the 1,200 Canadian blue helmets and blue berets deployed when Tousignant left Rwanda.CanadaDec 13, 2020
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‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero faces risk of torture following arrest, lawyers sayRwanda accuses Paul Rusesabagina of leading a terrorist group that has killed Rwandans.WorldSep 8, 2020
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Top fugitive in Rwandan genocide arrested in France 26 years laterFelicien Kabuga, who had a $5 million bounty on his head, had been accused of equipping militias in the genocide that killed more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus who tried to protect them.WorldMay 16, 2020
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Rwanda locates genocide grave that could contain up to 30,000 bodiesThe discovery is being called the most significant in years, and 50 bodies have been exhumed so far in efforts that are challenged by the East African nation's coronavirus-related lockdown.WorldApr 5, 2020
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Special bond between Kelowna man and genocide survivor to be used for good in RwandaThey plan on using their story as a launching pad into the education part at schools. They hope to start their mission when Webber goes back to Rwanda.CanadaJul 24, 2019
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Kelowna man bonds with Rwandan genocide survivor who ‘helped save my life’Webber is a Kelowna resident who was a UN peacekeeper during the genocide in the African country in 1994.NewsJul 23, 2019
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First case of Ebola in Congo city of Goma detected: officialsThe patient was a priest who became infected during a visit to the town of Butembo, 200 km (124 miles) north of Goma, where he interacted with Ebola patients, Congo's health ministry said in a statement.WorldJul 14, 2019
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Mefloquine lawsuits set to be filed by veterans in the next weekThe first individual claims will be filed in court in the next week by Canadian Armed Forces veterans who took the antimalarial drug mefloquine.HealthApr 9, 2019
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Calgary survivor recalls murder of his family as world marks 25th anniversary of Rwandan genocideThe barbaric images the Calgary man witnessed as a nine-year-old during the massacre's start in 1994 still scar his memory.NewsApr 7, 2019
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‘What happened here will never happen again’: Rwanda marks 25 years since genocideRwanda began a week of solemn ceremonies to honour those killed in the genocide, estimated at 800,000.WorldApr 7, 2019
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