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BBC shuts Burundi bureau
Staff and visitors walk outside the headquarters of the BBC in central London on July 19, 2017. The broadcaster will shut its Burundi bureau. PHOTO | DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS | AFP …
Noble Marara’s final Salute to Camir Nkurunziza
Today we say farewell to a fine soldier. To a husband and father, to a brother. I had the honour to serve by Camir Nkurunziza’s side in the Presidential guard…
The Rwandan opposition needs a THINK TANK .
According to the Cambridge dictionary , a THINK TANK is : “ an organization whose work is to study specific problems and suggest solutions , often with a political view”…
America’s secret role in the Rwandan genocide
The violence that shocked the world in 1994 did not come from nowhere. While the CIA looked on, its allies in the Ugandan government helped to spread terror and fuel…
Kagame is paralyzed by fear of Rwandans
”A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.” These words belong to Shakespeare, by which he meant that a coward dies…
What democracy? Bobi Wine responds to Museveni
From left: Former NTV news anchor (now People Power spokesperson) Joel Ssenyonyi, Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake, Kassanda North MP Patrick Nsamba, and Kasambya County…
Kagame’s ”Rwandanization” Of Benin Has Hit A Brick Wall
;feature= The opposition describing in French, Kagame’s corrupt Rwandanization of Benin. Benin’s opposition parties and their supporters apparently destroyed the office block housing RwandAir in Cotonou, Benin. The destroyed block…
The new normal: Flog the media, kill democracy
Ugandan journalists and activists demonstrate in the capital Kampala on May 3, 2019, to demand the resignation of Godfrey Mutabazi, the executive director of Uganda Communications Commission. PHOTO | KELVIN…
Rwanda’s strongman finally says the right thing on free speech. Does he mean it?
By Fred Muvunyi Fred Muvunyi, a former chairman of the Rwanda Media Commission, is an editor at Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster. For decades, President Paul Kagame has enjoyed a…