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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.…
S. Africa’s Zuma breaks silence on Rwanda diplomatic row
South Africa expelled three Rwandan diplomats and Rwanda responded by expelling six South African diplomats. PRETORIA – President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday broke the government's silence regarding South Africa's recent…
Rwanda dismisses Kagame death rumours
Rwandan President Paul Kagame (Picture: AFP) Kigali - Rwanda's presidency on Friday dismissed rumours that the country's leader Paul Kagame was dead. The denial came amid reports of street celebrations…
Arrest of Rwanda’s Director General of National Security Service
By: Jennifer Fierberg The Director General of the National Security Service in Rwanda, Emmanuel Karenzi Karake has been placed under arrest in an undisclosed facility in Rwanda. Sources held in…
PATRICK KAREGEYA’S LAST LETTER
Mr. Douglas E. Coe The Fellowship 1271 Washington Avenue San Leandro,CA 94577 USA 28th December, 2013 Dear Mr. Coe, Re: Ending the Crisis in Rwanda and the Great Lakes Region…
Petition to Development Aid Partners of Rwanda and President of the United States
On January 1st 2014, the body of a Rwandan opposition leader Patrick Karegeya, was found in Michelangelo Towers Hotel (Johannesburg, South Africa), strangled to death with a rope and towels.…
Truly hostile environment
Phil Clark’s recent article in Times Higher Education strongly implies that foreign scholars – like us – who claim that it is difficult to do careful field research in post-genocide Rwanda…
FREEDOM IN THE WORLD: Rwanda
Rwanda’s civil liberties rating declined from 5 to 6 due to numerous documented cases of unlawful detention, torture, and ill-treatment of civilians by military intelligence agents in secret…
Together for the release of political prisoners in Rwanda!
December 13, 2013 RWANDA: OPPOSITION LEADER MADAM VICTOIRE INGABIRE HANDED 15 YEARS IN PRISON Today, as President Paul Kagame has finally decided to go to pay his last respect to…
DRC government and M23 sign peace deal
The rebel group agreed to engage in talks in October after suffering defeats against government and UN-backed forces. M23 rebels, who were once part of the country's army, mutinied in…