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Rwandan president General Paul Kagame’s dictatorship dwarfs General Idi Amin Dada’s rule

April 28, 2014 Global AuthorDRC, Idi Amin Dada, John Kerry, Kagame, murderer, Obama, Rwanda, Uganda

Most authoritarian leaders come across as caring and loving individuals who are keen to defend the defenceless. Behind this ‘sheep’s’ skin there is normally a ‘wolf’ waiting for the right opportunity to pounce. No dictator in modern history can match President Paul Kagame of Rwanda in playing the roles of; victim, defender, saviour, nationalist, great statesman, global leader, liar, villain and… Read More

Op-Ed | Why did Tufts give a platform to a dictator?

April 28, 2014 Global Authordictator, Kagame, Rwanda, Tufts University, University

On Tuesday April 22, Tufts University gave a very warm welcome to Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Fletcher Dean Stavridis and President Monaco told a packed Cabot Auditorium audience that they were “thrilled” and “honored” to have His Excellency on campus to discuss Rwanda’s road to recovery 20 years after the horrific Tutsi genocide. On an official event webpage, Kagame was… Read More

Kagame plays the US for a fool again

April 20, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergAnthony Monaco, Genocide, human rights watch, Kagame, RNC, Royce, rudasingwa, Rwanda, Tufts University, UN Mapping Report

By Theogene Rudasingwa As usual, after Kagame gets his victims dead or in jail, he takes a tour to the West to celebrate and be recognised for what he is not. After getting musician Kizito and his colleagues in jail, he will be in Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, on 22 April, as a guest of the President of Tufts university, Dr.… Read More

“The duty of the youth is to challenge corruption”

April 14, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg1994, FDLR, Genocide, Kagame, kigali, RNC, RPF, Rwanda, Rwanda Police

By Jennifer Fierberg Once again, President Kagame’s delusions have taken over common sensibility. The Rwandan Police published a press release today that a Reconciliation Activist, singer and RPF supporter, Kizito Mihigo, along with a demobilized soldier and Christian Radio station personality have been arrested for collaborating with the Rwandan National Congress as well as the FDLR. Their charges are treason… Read More

What is really behind President Kagames anger at France?

April 8, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg1994, gahima, Genocide, Kagame, RNC, rudasingwa, Rwanda

By Jennifer Fierberg In a surprising turn of events, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda made disparaging comments about France’s role in the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. In response, the French delegation cancelled their plans deciding not to participate in the 20th Commemoration ceremonies of the Rwandan Genocide. France and Rwanda have had strained relations for many years due to numerous… Read More

Poverty Is a Moral Problem

April 3, 2014 Global AuthorBill Easterly, Kagame, poverty, Rick Warren, Rwanda

William Easterly, professor of economics at New York University, is one of the most prominent iconoclasts in the field of international aid. In 2006 he published White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good. Kent Annan (Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle; After Shock) talked with him on… Read More

20th anniversary of Rwandan Genocide commemorated by Paul Rusesabagina

March 30, 2014 Global Author1994, Genocide, Hotel Rwanda, Kagame, Paul Rusesabagina, Rwanda

As the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide draws near, one of the event’s most well-known figures, Paul Rusesabagina, the man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda,” spoke at Rackham Auditorium to more than 700 people as part of the University’s commemoration of the ethnic cleansing. During his address, Rusesabagina outlined the history of the Rwandan Civil War, as… Read More

Rwanda: BRD Is Up For Sale

March 30, 2014 Global AuthorInvestments, Kagame, RDB, Rwanda

By Bosco Mutarambirwa, MBA Rwanda: BRD Is Up For SalePaul Kagame needs cash, and he needs it now. Desperately. Now he’s selling Rwanda Development Bank (BRD), whose CEO Turatsinze he had to assassinate awhile ago in Mozambique. Yet, Kagame’s stated reason to raise capital for the bank is the very corruption culture that the late CEO was trying to eradicated… Read More

Exposed: Rwanda’s plan to falsely implicate Kayumba Nyamwasa in Grenade attacks

March 27, 2014 Global AuthorGrenade attacks, Kagame, Kayumba Nyamwasa, Press Freedoms, Rwanda, Rwanda Police

Information into our newsroom from Rwanda yesterday states that there was a meeting at the headquarters of Police between IGP Gasana and the Media. Among the people invited were selected journalists such as Burasa of Rushyashya, Robert Mugabe of Great Lakes Voices, Muvunyi Fred who was standing in for the head of journalist known as RMC, Andrew Mwenda who is… Read More

S.Africa, Rwanda agree to resolve diplomatic row

March 26, 2014 Global AuthorDiplomacy, Kagame, Karegeya, Nyamwasa, Rwanda, South Africa, Zuma

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame/FILE JOHANNESBURG, Mar 26 – Pretoria and Kigali have agreed to resolve a furious diplomatic row sparked by attacks on Rwandan dissidents exiled in Johannesburg, South African President Jacob Zuma said Wednesday. Speaking after meeting Tuesday in the Angolan capital Luanda with his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame, Zuma told public broadcaster SABC that the two leaders… Read More

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