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EDITORIAL: Kagame pushes his luck
Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/CHRIS JACKSON UNDER the steely rule of President Paul Kagame, Rwanda has pretty much had things its own way for the past 20 years.…
Nearly everything in Paul Kagame’s Rwanda is fake
The very day the « results » of the last sham parliamentary elections were announced, one of my Rwandan Facebook friends asked me to make a short comment over its…
How to dismantle dictatorship in Zimbabwe
A tyranny does not necessarily have to be violent. Ask Zimbabweans. Actually, a non violent one is more pervasive, more real as citizens begin to believe that there is no…
Wiesel is a Hero, Kagame has Blood on His Hands
By Paul Rusesabagina As a Rwandan genocide survivor, Paul Rusesabagina was disturbed to hear that the NYU Bronfman Center and Jewish Values Network is providing a forum for Rwandan President…
When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right
By: Jennifer Fierberg Once again, President Kagame of Rwanda is on his autumn tour of North America. Anyone who follows the politics of Rwanda knows that Kagame does not like…
The Untold Stories: Kagame is under pressure on all fronts, but will students listen?
The Rwandan Head of State is running out of friends and now is looking for the youth to explain why is being branded the new breed of dictators on the…