Colonel Aloys Ntiwiragabo was found in 2020 near Orléans in France after evading international justice for 26 years. He is the main architect of the denial of the Tutsi genocide. He was particularly involved in manipulating the French justice system in relation to the attack on 6 April 1994. Episode two.
Aloys Ntiwiragabo, the omnipresent spymaster in the plot of 6 April 1994
Colonel Aloys Ntiwiragabo was found near Orléans in 2020, having evaded international justice for 26 years. He was not in Rwanda when the president's plane was shot down on 6 April 1994. However, he and his subordinates were involved in every aspect of the plot. First...
Racist fever: Maasai victims of raids and lynching in eastern Democratic republic of Congo
In North Kivu and Ituri, the Congolese intelligence services, army and Wazalendo militias have been carrying out raids on Maasai itinerant vendors. One vendor was burned alive in public on 2 September.
Fact-checking
“We don’t want any Tutsis in Uvira”: what is happening in the town that has fallen into the hands of militias?
On 10 September 2025, Wazalendo militiamen gave the Tutsi 10 days to leave Uvira or face death. African Facts looks back at the two weeks of extreme tension and clashes between the militias and the Kinshasa authorities that preceded this ultimatum, and assesses the current situation in South Kivu’s second largest town.
Did the M23 commit war crimes as claimed by Amnesty International, and does it target Hutus as claimed by Human Rights Watch ?
In two reports published last Wednesday, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch both accused the M23 rebels of committing war crimes. An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council was held on Friday. African Facts revisits these accusations and their reliability.
Did the M23 killed scores of “Hutu farmers” in Rutshuru as claimed by Reuters and United Nations employees ?
Nothing has been provided that allows it to be confirmed. In fact, a body of evidence suggests that members of the Nyatura-CMC militias would be at work. African Facts bring you up to date on accusations of the M23’s involvement in the massacre and the situation in the Rutshuru territory in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Interviews
1972: “Burundi put its hand into the cauldron and has never truly emerged from it” Interview with Jean-Pierre Chrétien.
Historian Jean-Pierre Chrétien reflects on Burundi’s early years of independence, up to the 1972 crime during which tens of thousands of people were killed.
“Burundi has returned to a party-state” Interview with Armel Niyongere
Armel Niyongere, Burundian lawyer and human rights defender, discusses the current situation in Burundi. Episode 2/4 While the domestic situation in Burundi is causing growing concern due to an unprecedented crackdown on civic space, unlimited repression, and a...
“The Imbonerakure militiamen have exorbitant power”. Interview with Armel Niyongere
Burundian lawyer and human rights defender Armel Niyongere looks back on the 2015 political crisis in Burundi and the subsequent blind repression that continues to this day.
File: War in Kivu
Since November 2021, war has been raging across the two provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu. It pits the Congolese state and a coalition of armed groups against the March 23 Movement (M23), which is backed by Rwanda and Uganda. African Facts investigates this conflict, its deep-rooted causes stretching back several decades, and its current stakes. Here you will find our main articles on the subject.
File: Rwandans suspected of genocide in France
Between April and June 1994, one million Tutsis were exterminated in Rwanda. Some of their killers now live in France, Belgium and other European countries, where they have formed new networks. However, only a handful of them are being prosecuted or investigated. African Facts aims to contribute to the fight against impunity and oblivion. You can find all our articles on the subject here.
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April 6, 1994 attack in Rwanda: Aloys Ntiwiragabo’s role in the long poisoning of Justice
Colonel Aloys Ntiwiragabo was found in 2020 near Orléans in France after evading international justice for 26 years. He is the main architect of the denial of the Tutsi genocide. He was particularly involved in manipulating the French justice system in relation to the attack on 6 April 1994. Episode two.
Aloys Ntiwiragabo, the omnipresent spymaster in the plot of 6 April 1994
Colonel Aloys Ntiwiragabo was found near Orléans in 2020, having evaded international justice for 26 years. He was not in Rwanda when the president's plane was shot down on 6 April 1994. However, he and his subordinates were involved in every aspect of the plot. First...
Racist fever: Maasai victims of raids and lynching in eastern Democratic republic of Congo
In North Kivu and Ituri, the Congolese intelligence services, army and Wazalendo militias have been carrying out raids on Maasai itinerant vendors. One vendor was burned alive in public on 2 September.
Fact-checking
“We don’t want any Tutsis in Uvira”: what is happening in the town that has fallen into the hands of militias?
On 10 September 2025, Wazalendo militiamen gave the Tutsi 10 days to leave Uvira or face death. African Facts looks back at the two weeks of extreme tension and clashes between the militias and the Kinshasa authorities that preceded this ultimatum, and assesses the current situation in South Kivu’s second largest town.
Did the M23 commit war crimes as claimed by Amnesty International, and does it target Hutus as claimed by Human Rights Watch ?
In two reports published last Wednesday, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch both accused the M23 rebels of committing war crimes. An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council was held on Friday. African Facts revisits these accusations and their reliability.
Did the M23 killed scores of “Hutu farmers” in Rutshuru as claimed by Reuters and United Nations employees ?
Nothing has been provided that allows it to be confirmed. In fact, a body of evidence suggests that members of the Nyatura-CMC militias would be at work. African Facts bring you up to date on accusations of the M23’s involvement in the massacre and the situation in the Rutshuru territory in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Interviews
1972: “Burundi put its hand into the cauldron and has never truly emerged from it” Interview with Jean-Pierre Chrétien.
Historian Jean-Pierre Chrétien reflects on Burundi’s early years of independence, up to the 1972 crime during which tens of thousands of people were killed.
“Burundi has returned to a party-state” Interview with Armel Niyongere
Armel Niyongere, Burundian lawyer and human rights defender, discusses the current situation in Burundi. Episode 2/4 While the domestic situation in Burundi is causing growing concern due to an unprecedented crackdown on civic space, unlimited repression, and a...
“The Imbonerakure militiamen have exorbitant power”. Interview with Armel Niyongere
Burundian lawyer and human rights defender Armel Niyongere looks back on the 2015 political crisis in Burundi and the subsequent blind repression that continues to this day.
File: Rwandans suspected of genocide in France
Between April and June 1994, one million Tutsis were exterminated in Rwanda. Some of their killers now live in France, Belgium and other European countries, where they have formed new networks. However, only a handful of them are being prosecuted or investigated. African Facts aims to contribute to the fight against impunity and oblivion. You can find all our articles on the subject here.
A new source of reliable information
Many conflicts on the African continent are poorly understood today due to a lack of independent, factual and easily accessible sources of information. In our view, this information gap is a worrying and dangerous vacuum that allows misleading narratives, fanciful figures, fake news and hate speech to flourish. African Facts has therefore made it its mission to fill this which is conducive misinformation.
Trainings
African Facts believes that education and training are essential for resolving conflicts and building peace. That is why we offer a series of training courses.
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