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When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right

September 24, 2013 Global AuthorChristopher Black, Jennifer Fierberg, Kagame, RNC, rudasingwa, Rwanda, Toronto

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 to stay in one place for very long. This weekend he will be present at the Rwanda Day Toronto event in Canada then he will jet set back to NYC for a baffling event where he will speak alongside Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Laureate, and other Jewish community leaders in at an event entitled “Do the strong have a responsibility to protect the…

“Democracy demands an Opposition Party”

August 18, 2012 Global Authorchange, Christopher Black, democracy, FDU, Hague, ICC, Kagame, PDP, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa

Today is a historical day for Rwanda that will never be forgotten. As Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus, as Martin Luther King Jr. said, “It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.” The sacrifice for peace marched today in Rwanda as members of opposition groups opposition in Kigali, FDU-Inkingi and PS Imberakuri marched in a peaceful demonstration as Rwandan and Congolese groups presented a case against President Paul Kagame at the…