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Kenya: President Kenyatta endorses Odinga to succeed him

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– – Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has now officially endorsed opposition leader and one-time political rival Raila Odinga to succeed him in the presidential elections this year. Kenyans will be going to the polls to elect a new president on August 9, 2022. President Kenyatta has now urged his supporters to back Mr Odinga’s bid since according to him, he… Read More

DGPR sets Conditions for Participating in 2017 Presidential Elections

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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

Rwanda continues to torture political opponents

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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

What Will Likely Become The Ugliest “Non-Political” Fight In Post-Kagame Rwanda?

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(Editors note: The following article was written by Dr. David Himbara in January of 2013, A Rwanda native, Mr. Himbara spent a total of six years working for President Paul Kagame: from 2006 to 2010 as the head of strategy and policy in the Office of the President and from 2000 to 2002 as the principal private secretary to the president.… Read More

Military Purges in Rwanda Expose Cracks in Kagame Regime

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame speaking at the London Summit on Family Planning, July 11, 2012 (U.K. Department for International Development photo).   Last month, three high-ranking Rwandan military figures close to President Paul Kagame were arrested and charged with so-called crimes against state security. The military purgeshave fueled fears of a political crisis for Kagame with dissension among the ranks of… Read More

The Untold Stories: America celebrates Kagame day not Rwandan Day.

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Kagame posing for a photo with a young person As Europe continues to be a hostile ground for President Kagame,he  has decided to crisscross the United States of America almost every moth preaching the gospel of lies concerning what he calls the economic success, reconciliation and shamelessly democracy .Together with his wife, the Kagame’s have been giving lectures to their admirers… Read More

Nyamwasa Verdict: “The attempted murder was politically motivated”

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The Judge stated in court that the attempted murder of Nyamwasa was politically motivated and emanated from a group of people in Rwanda. By: Jennifer Fierberg In the case of the attempted assassination attempt on Kayumba Nyamwasa in 2010, the court has announced its decision today.  The six men plead not guilty to the charge of attempted murder for shooting… Read More

Rwanda: The Three Mistakes of Paul Kagame

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On January 1, 2014, the media reported the murder in Johannesburg, South Africa, of Colonel Patrick Karegeya, a Rwandan once close to Paul Kagame (Rwanda’s President) and former Head of Foreign Intelligence Services of his country before being an outcast for becoming a fierce political opponent of a regime he had helped to establish in Rwanda. With the maturity and... Read More

RWANDAN POLITICAL PARTIES IN DIASPORA SET UP A MONITORING COMMITTEE FOR JOINT IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR PROJECT IN THE HOME COUNTRY.

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    PDP-RDI JOINT PRESS RELEASERwandan political parties in diaspora set up a monitoring committee for joint implementation of their project in the home country.   Paris, March 10, 2013__ The People’s Defence Pact and The Rwandan Dream Initiative political parties jointly held a meeting in Paris on Sunday March 10, 2013 with a view to assessing the… Read More