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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…
M23 Warn DRC Army
In what appears as the latest escalation of tensions in Eastern Congo, the rebel M23 Movement has given the DRC government an ultimatum of 48 hours to vacate their strategic…
M23 ‘making millions monthly’ in illegal gold receipts
Gold miners form a human chain while digging an open pit at the Chudja mine in the Kilomoto concession near the village of Kobu, 100 km (62 miles) from Bunia…
For true reconciliation, you must first know the truth
Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa testifies in Spain By Jennifer Fierberg In a brief statement on social media today, Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa, founding member of the Rwanda National Congress, made the following…
Rwanda reacts angrily to child soldier recruitment racket report
Rwanda has denied it neither recruited child soldiers in its army nor for the eastern DR Congo rebel outfit M23, with Kigali labeling the accusations by the US government “ridiculous and untimely.”…
Congolese Militia Smuggle $500 Million In Gold A Year: Report
M23 militants in eastern Congo have infiltrated several lucrative gold mines in order to bankroll their rebellion by smuggling out nearly $500 million of the precious metal a year, claimed…
Rwanda’s Kagame Sees Influence in the DRC Take a Hit
When the M23, a Rwanda-backed militia, launched a rebellion last year in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), few could have guessed the fallout it would cause in Kigali. For years, credible…
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 Global Elite’s Favorite Strongman
By Jeffrey Gettleman Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, agreed to meet me at 11 on a recent Saturday. Kagame’s office is on top of a hill near the center…