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…
RWANDA’S DREAM DEFERRED: Only Change we need
As the events continue to unfold in Rwanda, I cannot stop reflecting on the endless pain the Rwandan people continue to endure, ranging from the refugees in the Congolese forests,…
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON THE VERGE OF SOUNDING LIKE SADDAM HUSSEIN’S FOREIGN MINISTER TARIQ AZIZ
LOUISE MUSHIKIWABO’S FAMOUS QUOTES: They are determined to tarnish Rwanda's image. As a fact, Rwanda enjoys support of friends than enemies This child-to-parent relationship has to end, there has…
Bring President Kagame to the International Criminal Court
By Jennifer Fierberg, MSW Over the last two months the Government of Rwanda has faced some of the hardest financial and public relation challenges since the 1994 Genocide. The UN…
The Untold Stories: Mwenda Mixing Apples and Donkeys; A parallel Comparison between Afghanistan and Congo.
My brother Andrew in his Independent newspaper of 04 August 2012 published a story under the heading “Doesn’t a country that lost a million people deserve to protect its people…
Kagame’s Congo Dilemma
Rwanda's Congo policy is in trouble. Donors have reacted strongly to UN evidence that Rwanda is supporting Congolese rebels. Once an exemplar of post-conflict reconstruction, Rwanda has been increasingly criticised…
Our Man in Kigali
For years, Rwanda's budding dictator, Paul Kagame, has gotten away with murder, while winning praise (and billions of dollars) from the West. But is the blind support for this strongman…
U.N. demands end of foreign support for Congo rebels
(Reuters) - The Security Council on Thursday demanded an end to foreign support for the M23 rebels fighting against the Kinshasa government in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a rebuke diplomats…
Hillary Clinton in Uganda
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Uganda and will spend a night in the capital, Kampala before a visit to the world's newest nation South Sudan, locked in…
A painful dilemma
The Rwandan government’s human-rights record is so bad that donors should start withdrawing aid  PAUL KAGAME, Rwanda’s president, is a clever and persuasive man with well-intentioned and influential foreign friends.…