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ICC urged to investigate Rwanda president for arming DRC rebels
by Dan Taglioli The International Criminal Court on Friday received requests to investigate Rwandan President Paul Kagame for backing armed rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) . Rwandan and Congolese advocacy…
Rudwan Dawod Has Been Released!
Oregon activist freed after harrowing arrest, trial and threat of death penalty in Sudan! Rudwan Dawod, shown with his wife Nancy here in Oregon, will live to see his child…
Kagame rallies RPF cadres he had forgotten for nearly 20 years.
The Chairperson of the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), President Paul Kagame, yesterday told senior cadres of the party that it is not characteristic of the Rwandan people to let go…
Justice Delayed is Just Denied
BY: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW This common saying means that justice is something meant to be handled at the present moment. This is so because, like Martin Luther King said, "Injustice…
Big Brother Kagame is watching all Rwandans
email and telephone conversations of individuals considered potential threats to the national security. Although the law is secretly rejected by most Rwandan citizens around the country, only opposition militants in…
The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda returns to run for a Parliament Seat
By: Jennifer Fierberg Politics in Rwanda is currently in a fragile state. Many foreign backers have withdrawn or suspended aid due to the actions of President Paul Kagame supporting the…
Sweden freezes Rwanda aid after rebel backing
Sweden announced Monday that it was provisionally suspending aid to Rwanda pending clarification of reports that the central African nation has backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. …
The Untold Stories: RPF Milking the Cow to Death; Does the RPF Care for the Hundreds of the People who can’t feed their families?
In rare cases the Rwandan Radio the government mouth piece has mouthed that the local people are complaining of the exorbitant charges levied against them by local leaders. Where…
The Untold Stories: Kagame Meets Kabila in Kampala in Search of Peace for DRC; Will the Glass Hold Water This Time?
After President Kagame met his DRC Counterpart (KABILA) in the Ethiopian Capital Addis Ababa, the two leaders agreed to allow in a joint, neutral international force to monitor the…
Rwanda: Making money while breaking the backs of the deprived
By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW On August 3, 2012 the US government sent a strongly worded message to the Government of Rwanda regarding their continued support of the M23 rebel group…