Andrew Wallis is a researcher who specialises in central and east Africa. He is the author of Silent Accomplice: The Untold Story of the Role of France in the Rwandan genocide (IB Tauris, 2006 / new edition, 2014)
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Published in: HomeBurundi: crisis and warningPolitical violence is escalating in the east African state. The world's attention and engsgement are urgently needed if a repeat of Rwanda is to be avoided.
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Published in: HomeDenying genocide: how the west failed Rwanda (again)
Western states and even civil society share responsibility for the spread of a false account of what happened in Rwanda in 1994. Today, the truth needs wholesale support.
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Published in: HomeDenying genocide: the Rwanda plan
In the aftermath of Rwanda's genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, the perpetrators launched a campaign to create an alternative "truth". The first of a two-part article examines its origin and the west's complicity.
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Published in: HomePerfidious Albion? The strange case of Karenzi Karake
The detention of Rwanda's intelligence chief in London belongs to the murky area where transnational justice meets political interest, and perhaps also sheer incompetence.
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Published in: Home"Rwanda: The Untold Story": questions for the BBC
A deeply flawed BBC documentary on Rwanda's genocide raises serious questions over the corporation's ethics and standards.
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Published in: HomeGenocide and justice: where now?Two decades after the Rwanda genocide, the promised hopes of international accountability for such crimes is in trouble. Andrew Wallis examines the ingredients of a crisis that is both legal and political.