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“No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark”

April 18, 2016August 17, 2017 Jennifer Fierbergcongo, DRC, Faustin Twagiramungu, FDLR, John Kerry, Karegeya, kigali, Paul Kagame, refugees, RNC, Rwanda

Faustin Twagiramungu addresses President Paul Kagame on the topic of Refugees. Faustin Twagiramungu is a politician from Rwanda living in exile in Belgium. He was prime minister of Rwanda after the 1994 civil war until his resignation in 1995. He was the first head of government appointed after the Rwandese Patriotic Front captured Kigali. He continues to live in Belgium… Read More

DGPR sets Conditions for Participating in 2017 Presidential Elections

March 7, 2016October 20, 2016 Global Authorcentral africa, democracy, elections, Frank habineza, Green Party, Kagame, kigali, politics, Rwanda

DGPR Leaders The Political Bureau of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, during its meeting on 5th March 2016 in Kigali, decided that it will not participate in the upcoming Presidential elections, if the Government of Rwanda does not respond to its demands for political and electoral reforms. DGPR submitted its petition to the Rwandan Parliament on 10th February 2016,… Read More

U.S. May Have Finally Realized Who the Real Kagame Is

February 11, 2016August 17, 2017 Jennifer FierbergDavid Himbara, human rights, kigali, Obama, Paul Kagame, Rwanda

By: David Himbara Two top diplomats in the Obama Administration have confirmed that reports about Rwanda destabilization of the sister nation of Burundi” are credible.” Addressing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Thomas Perriello, US envoy for the Great Lakes region of Africa, and Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US assistant secretary of state for African affairs, pointed the finger at Kagame’s Rwanda. THIS… Read More

RWANDA: IT IS NOT ABOUT A SELF-CLAIMED ONLY STRONG LEADER BUT DIVERSITY OF LEADERS

February 11, 2016March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergJennifer Fierberg, Kayumba Nyamwasa, kigali, Michael Mushimiyimama, Patrick Karegeya, Paul Kagame, Political coup, Rwanda

Written by Michel MUSHIMIYIMANA Rwanda’s recent constitutional change through the engineered referendum by the ruling party, Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), has strongly reverberated Rwandans and the international community in general. Surely, for most of the Rwandans, especially young ones, this amendment has become a nightmare as it allows the incumbent authoritarian ruler; President Paul Kagame nicknamed “The Monster” to run… Read More

Rwandan government accused of Manipulating poverty data to improve tarnished image

November 7, 2015October 20, 2016 Global Author

The Rwandan government stands accused of manipulating its poverty data. A report this week by France 24 cites sources who charge that authorities made changes that showed poverty in the small central African country fell, when, it fact, it rose. Changes in the way poverty is measured is the source of disagreement. The Rwandan government strongly denies the report. “The... Read More

Court Denies Leave to Appeal the Erroneous Grant of Refugee Status to an Alleged War Criminal

September 16, 2015October 20, 2016 Global Author

Pretoria- On 14 September 2015, the North Gauteng High Court denied the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA) leave to appeal in the case challenging the grant of refugee status to alleged war criminal General Kayumba Nyamwasa. Nyamwasa has been accused of committing war crimes in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo while serving as a general... Read More

Challenging the Grant of Asylum in South Africa to a Rwandan Suspected War Criminal

September 15, 2015October 20, 2016 Global Author

Johannesburg – On Tuesday 15 September 2015, the North Gauteng High Court will hear a leave to appeal application in the case pertaining to the granting of refugee status to Rwandan General Kayumba Nyamwasa who has been implicated in the commission of war crimes, rendering him ineligible for refugee status. . Read More

Rwanda: The parody of democracy

September 8, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergElection, John Kerry, Kayumba Nyamwasa, Obama, Paul Kagame, RNC, Rwanda, Rwanda National Congress, Theogene Rudasingwa, Third term, US State Department

By: Jennifer Fierberg President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has sidestepped the question of running for a third term as President for the last few years. He has eluded journalists when they have asked him specifically about his future plans and has even gone as far as insulting some reporters telling them that it was none of their business what Rwanda… Read More

Rwigara Asinapol’s Family Harassed By Kagame Agents

August 15, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg1994 Genocide, Assinapol Rwigara, Barack Obama, Government of Rwanda, harassment, John Kerry, kigali, Paul Kagame

By: Jennifer Fierberg The Government of Rwanda has a solid historical record of forced disappearances, unsubstantiated convictions and strict social control on civilians within the country. These acts are carried out when people become vocal critics of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) or even if the suspicion exists that they are talking negatively about the government. This kind of behavior… Read More

Rwanda continues to torture political opponents

August 12, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergBarack Obama, dictator, John Kerry, kigali, Opposition, Paul Kagame, politics, Rwanda, Sibomana Sylivain, victoire ingabire

RWANDA : THE LATEST EPISODE IN THE PSHYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL TORTURE OF FDU-INKINGI LEADERSHIP Mrs. VICTOIRE INGABIRE AND SIBOMANA SYLIVAIN AUGUST 12, 2015 PRESS RELEASE In our earlier press release of the 28th July 2015 we informed you of the harsh conditions that the prison authorities had imposed on FDU-Inkingi Chair Mrs Victoire Ingabire. The conditions included denying her access… Read More

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