Sources: The Guardian
The United States accuses the Rapid Support Forces of committing genocide in Sudan during the ongoing civil war and imposes sanctions on the group's leader Hemedti. 2025-01-7
South Africa files a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. 2023-12-29
The heads of the Arab League and the African Union release a joint statement stating that Israel's planned ground invasion of Gaza "could lead to a genocide of unprecedented proportions". 2023-10-15
The United States deports Beatrice Munyenyezi to Rwanda after she served her jail term for lying on her U.S. citizenship naturalization process. Upon arrival in Rwanda, Munyenyezi was arrested on charges ranging from murder to complicity in rape during the course of the 1994 genocide. She did not comment during her arrest to local press but had previously denied the accusations while in the United States. 2021-04-17
Former Hurricane Eta, now a tropical depression, leaves more than 50 people dead in Guatemala after causing flooding and landslides. It is expected to regain strength and head to Cuba and the coast of Florida this weekend. 2020-11-6
Guatemala reports the country's first death from the coronavirus, an 85-year-old man who had recently returned from Spain. 2020-03-15
Mexico and the United States reach a deal on migration, suspending tariffs on Mexican imports into the U.S. which were to take effect on June 10. Mexico agreed to increase its enforcement efforts along their southern border with Guatemala, including deploying troops from their upcoming Mexican National Guard Guard Nacional de México. 2019-06-7
The trial of Guatemalan ex-ruler Efraín Ríos Montt, accused of genocide during the civil war in the 1980s, ends abruptly with the defendant's death. 2018-04-1
Guatemala's Constitutional Court overturns a genocide conviction against former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt due to a dispute over jurisdiction. 2013-05-20
A Guatemala court finds former military leader Efraín Ríos Montt guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentences him to 80 years in prison. 2013-05-10