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Category: Rwanda

Elections are too important for Rwandan government to leave to the whims of voters

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 By Kris Berwouts With three quarters of the votes counted, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) is heading for an overwhelming victory in the legislative elections. The RPF has mobilised 76% of the voters, against 13 and 9.4 percent respectively for the Social Democratic Party and Liberal Party. These results deserve our respect and congratulations – perhaps not for their democratic… Read More

Rwandan opposition leader Bernard Ntaganda in peril after prison hunger strike

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by Ann Garrison KPFA Evening News, broadcast Sept. 15, 2013 Transcript KPFA Evening News Anchor David Rosenberg: Rwandan opposition leader Bernard Ntaganda is reported to be in perilous condition after going on a hunger strike to protest inhumane conditions in Rwanda’s Mpanga Prison, which is also known as Rwanda’s Guantanamo. Rwanda has been a close ally and military partner of the… Read More

Arms Embargo on Rwanda is of Paramount Necessity

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Mandatory United Nations Security Council arms embargo on Rwanda is of paramount necessity. By Charles KAMBANDA A general and complete UNSC arms embargo on all deliveries of weapons and military equipment to Rwanda is the ideal remedy to save millions of innocent civilians in Rwanda, DRC and Rwandan’s neighboring countries. A mandatory arms embargo on Rwanda is the only viable alternative… Read More

Rwanda, M23 and the UNSC

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By Jennifer Fierberg   Rwandan President Paul Kagame speaks at the United Nations. The United Nations demonstrated hypocrisy in its decision to grant Rwanda a seat on its Security Council (UNSC) despite the country’s well-documented history of destabilization in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.  The UN’s actions are antithetical to the stated goals and vision of… Read More

The law of the jungle

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PRESIDENT KAGAME’S CRUSADE TO CONFISCATE RWANDA’S MAJOR COMMERCIAL CENTER: Legal opinion By: Charles Kambanda The Union Trade Center (UTC) is Rwanda’s largest shopping mall. UTC Ltd. Is the sole owner of UTC mall; Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa is UTC Ltd. major shareholder. The mall is valued at $20 million (USD); it is the major commercial center in Rwanda. Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa… Read More

Former president Kagame’ s bodyguard kidnapped

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A former bodyguard to president Kagame who fled Rwanda to Uganda went missing since Aug 12, 2013. Kalisa Innocent Kalisa Innocent worked with President Kagame as a close bodyguard. He was jailed after he was suspected to corroborate with the jailed Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Umuhoza Ingabire of FDU? Yesterday, Kalisa was walking on the streets of Kampala when unidentified cars surrounded… Read More