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Untold Stories: Burundi to return the remains of King Mwambutsa; Could the Kagame regime return the King of Rwanda?
Rwanda and Burundi are two small neighboring countries in East-Central Africa that share the same ethnic composition and sometimes called sister nations and before independence in 1962 it was one…
THE HAUNTING SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THESE AFRICAN FIRST LADIES WHO ARE ACTUALLY VERY CLOSE FRIENDS IN PRIVATE….
Both First ladies are married to “the new breed of African dictators†that has killed thousands of their countrymen in an orgy of ethnic cleansing. •Both are first ladies in…
The Untold Stories: Senegal to abolish the Senate to Fund Flood Relief, Rwanda should follow suit.
Senegal's President Macky Sall has called for the country's Senate to be abolished, with the money saved going to pay for flood relief. President Macky Sall argued that  the…
Rwanda’s Defense Minister speaks out on DRC, M23
Who in the Congolese establishment caused the latest international uproar over alleged Rwanda link to M23 rebels? What is the role of President Kabila? Why in the first place did…
Ninde uhohotera abandi bana? Abamaraya 3 baraye bishwe i Kigali.
Abagore batatu baraye biciwe mu nzu imwe mu gace gatuwe by’akajagari mu murenge wa Gatsata mu mujyi wa Kigali . Abagore bikekwa ko bakoraga umwuga w’uburaya ngo bishwe banizwe n’abagabo…
The Untold Stories: Nine executed in Gambia: Death Penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.
The death penalty is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. The judicial decree that someone be punished in this manner is…
The Untold Stories: The political shocks without shock absorbers accelerated the death of Meles Zenawi
One of the new breeds of African leader’s comrade Meles Zenawi has died at the age of 57. The legacy of the late Ethiopian Prime Minister will be split between…
Ethiopian strongman and Western ally, Meles, dies
By Aaron Maasho | Reuters ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, an economic reformer condemned at home as an autocrat but hailed in the West as a…
ICC asked to prosecute Rwanda’s Paul Kagame
OPPONENTS of Rwanda's long-time President Paul Kagame asked the International Criminal Court on Friday to pursue him over war crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. UN experts in…
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…