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Petition to Development Aid Partners of Rwanda and President of the United States

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On January 1st 2014, the body of a Rwandan opposition leader Patrick Karegeya, was found in Michelangelo Towers Hotel (Johannesburg, South Africa), strangled to death with a rope and towels. The prime suspect is a known Rwandan national believed to be in collaboration with senior officers of the Rwandan National Intelligence and Security Services. On 13 July 2010, the beheaded… Read More

Patrick Karegeya’s wife: ‘I always worried about his safety’

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Johannesburg - By the time the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, Leah Karegeya knew something was wrong. There was no message from her husband to welcome in 2014 and her increasingly frantic calls to him remained unanswered. “We skyped and talked every single day,” said the US-based Leah of her relationship with her husband, Colonel Patrick Karegeya, Rwanda’s... Read More

SA Police seeking Rwandan man in the death of Patrick Kareg

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JOHANNESBURG - According to an AP report, a Rwandan man was reportedly being sought Friday by South African police in the death of former Rwandan spymaster Patrick Karegeya, whose body was discovered in a plush Johannesburg hotel on New Year's Day. According to the opposition Rwandan National Congress coalition and the local New Age newspaper, the man was the last... Read More

Rwanda’s president accused in death of ex-spy chief Patrick Karegeya

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PRETORIA, South Africa -- The death of a former Rwandan spy chief in South Africa has renewed opposition claims that Rwanda's president, Paul Kagame, is orchestrating the killings of political dissidents – allegations denied by the Rwandan government. Patrick Karegeya, the 53-year-old former head of Rwanda's foreign intelligence service, was found dead on New Year’s Day on the bed in... Read More

Rwanda: President Paul Kagame’s Christmas and New Year Message

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President Paul Kagame gave a Christmas and New Year Message to the Rwanda Defence Forces and the Rwanda National Police. Full message is below. On behalf of the Government of Rwanda and on my own behalf and my family, I wish all of you officers, men and women of our Armed Forces and your families, a Happy Christmas and a... Read More

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored

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By Jennifer Fierberg Many have researched, conducted interviews, mapped the area and even written many reports on the assassination of former President Habyarimana of Rwanda and former President Ntaryamira of Burundi whose plane was shot down by a surface to air missile on April 6, 1994. The French crewmembers as well as both Presidential aides were killed as the plane… Read More

The dangers of doing business in Rwanda, foreign investors beware!

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By: Jennifer Fierberg TheConstitution of the Republic of Rwanda makes for good reading and at first glance, one feels hope and prosperity for the landlocked country of Rwanda. However, once one embarks on further research of how these amendments are put into practice it is a quick lesson in the saying “not worth the paper it is written on.”  For example,… Read More

RWANDA: POLITICAL PRISONER INGABIRE SUPREME COURT APPEAL SUBMISSION

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APRIL 18, 2013  Kigali  April 17 2013 Mrs Ingabire appeals to the Supreme Court to quash the sentence passed by the High Court because it was based on matters that were not brought before the court by the Prosecution.  On Wednesday 17th April 2013 Mrs Ingabire Umuhoza, made submission to the Supreme Court, asking the Supreme Court to quash the… Read More

When two Presidents are murdered and the UN remains silent

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By: Jennifer Fierberg Nineteen years ago today the Falcon 50 Jet carrying two heads of state in Central Africa was shot down by a surface to air missile. Presidents Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda and Cyprian Ntaryamira of Burundi were both killed along with their aides and the French crew members. Theories and testimonies of how and why this happened have… Read More

Rwanda National Congress responds to Blair and Buffets Plea for support to Rwanda

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RESPONDING TO TONY BLAIR AND HOWARD BUFFET In the Foreign Policy issue of February 21, 2013, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and American billionaire Howard Buffet pleaded with the international community to “stand with Rwanda, and that now is no time to cut aid to Kigali”. Blair and Buffet recognise the shocking consequences of DRC’s Second Congo War, which… Read More