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Rwanda opposition party to sit out vote after late registration

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Rwanda’s Democratic Green Party said on Monday it will sit out September’s parliamentary election after the electoral commission took three years to register it, finally doing so just days before the deadline. Analysts say President Paul Kagame has a well-documented record of blocking, threatening or infiltrating rival parties to stifle even nascent political opposition, and that the belated registration of… Read More

Please ignore Rwanda

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  An Open Letter to the International Community:    Please ignore Rwanda.    Please ignore Rwanda. Parliamentary elections are coming up in Rwanda this September, and the world should ignore them. You read this correctly. I am not asking for election monitors, nor intervention, nor even international observers. We already know how these elections will turn out, so why bother? The… Read More

Rwanda: The population forced to make contributions to fund farcical parliamentary elections.

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The RPF regime INKOTANYI is in full gear preparing parliamentary elections on September 16,2013 in which no individual or party critical of the regime will take part. Leaders of key opposition parties are in jail for politically motivated reasons. These include the chair of FDU-Inkingi Mrs Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, Bernard Ntaganda, chair of PS Imberakuri, Deo Mushayidi of Chair PDP/Imanzi… Read More

From Rwanda to opportunity in land of the free

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TurayishimyeLaw student Jean Paul Turayishimye laughs during an interview at his Leominster home.(T&G Staff / Rick Cinclair)» Enlarge photo       LEOMINSTER — His American friends tell him it seems more like a movie than real life, when he shares some of the horrific violence and corruption that exists back home in the jungles of Central Africa.  The exiled Rwandan’s… Read More

U.S. tells Rwanda to immediately end support for M23 rebels

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  WASHINGTON | Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:06pm EDT (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday called on Rwanda to end support for M23 rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, saying there was evidence Rwandan military officials were involved. “We call upon Rwanda to immediately end any support for the M23 (and) withdraw military personnel from eastern DRC,” State Department spokeswoman Jen… Read More

WHAT WILL LIKELY BECOME THE UGLIEST ‘NON-POLITICAL’ FIGHT IN POST-KAGAME RWANDA?

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By: Dr. David Himbara My readers often ask me all sorts of questions including strange ones that take me to task. I try to answer them the best way I can. One of such questions posed to me earlier today is: “what will likely become the ugliest non-political fight in post-Kagame Rwanda.” This question is NOT about the near-term political… Read More

“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”

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By Jennifer Fierberg Foreign Policy is a complex labyrinth of balancing local needs with international interests. This act requires awareness of one’s population, needs of the community, financial and peaceful stability as well as serving the interests of the greater good.  These are all signs of a mature and aware politician. The key here is being able to look beyond… Read More