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Gerald Gahima: “Root Causes of Conflict Must be Addressed”

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As Rwanda commemorates 18 years since the genocide that claimed the lives of some 800,000 people, a former Rwanda chief prosecutor has warned that the likelihood of renewed conflict, even conflict along sectarian lines, is very real in Rwanda. Gerald Gahima said the Rwandan society has the challenge of ensuring that violence like that experienced in the past does not… Read More

RPP: THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE 18TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE

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Gothenburg, Sweden, 2012/04/07 Our ref: RPP/01/18ARG/R01/2105/JVK/07A12-GS   Fellow Rwandan and friends of Rwanda today is 18 years since the 1994 genocide that visited our country and people. This is not a week for a political statement but for the Rwandan people to display unreservedly their unified strong stand in denouncing the grim horror of the 90 days of relentless and… Read More

STOP THAT SILENT GENOCIDE IN Kivu (eastern DRC)

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The recent presidential and legislative elections in DR Congo have been opportunities for internal and external enemies of our country, to mercilessly pursue the poor indigenous population in eastern Congo. In its determination to invade and annex the east of DR Congo, Rwanda has tried unsuccessfully to conquer by pitched battles, now opted for a more subtle and certainly more… Read More

PAUL KAGAME’S ENDLESS DIPLOMATIC GAMBLES

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By: Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa The saga between Kagame and France continues. It is a familiar story that sometimes sounds like a children’s fairy tale. The latest is France recalling its Ambassador to Kigali, whom many have referred to as a French RPF cadre. But what is the reason behind this decision? Kagame does not want the new French nominee to… Read More

Rwanda:President Kagame Rejects Paris Envoy

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France said Monday it had recalled its ambassador to Rwanda afterauthorities in Kigali refused to accept Paris's choice of a new envoy. "The Rwandan authorities refused to give this approval" and "we have recalled our ambassador (Laurent Contini) for consultations in order to study the situation," said a French foreign ministry spokesman, Vincent Floreani. . Read More

International court sends Rwanda genocide suspect to face trial in Kigali

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Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi is the first suspect to be sent to Rwanda by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Former pastor and Rwanda genocide suspect Jean Uwinkindi is going home. More than six months after the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda announced its decision to send him to Rwanda to stand trial, Uwinkindi has lost his last appeal and will face… Read More

Rwanda: A sick nation in need of healing

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On November 28, 2011 the first annual roundtable on Rwanda Truth and Reconciliation: The Process Begins was held at The International Humanitarian law Institute of Minnesota. In attendance was Dr. Ali Galayd, the Former Prime Minister of Somalia, Paul Rusesabagina, honored worldwide for his heroic actions during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, recipient of the 2005 U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom… Read More

A Call to Boycott trade investment in Rwanda

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  Our Ref: RPP/6799/BI/ICII/21/11/JVK/11GBI Malmo, Sweden   21/11/2011 Ref: A call to boycott trade investment in Rwanda As you are all aware Rwanda is now at a cross-roads as the people of Rwanda continue to experience the most gruesome, inhumane and degrading abuses under the current dictatorial regime of President Kagame whose wild behaviours are beyond comprehension. Indeed, these relentless man-made... Read More