Africa Global Village

WASHINGTON DC: ANTI-KAGAME RALLY AT THE WHITE HOUSE

July 29, 2014 Global Authorafrica, Barack Obama, Burundi, congo, development, DRC, John Kerry, Lafayette Park, Paul Kagame, Protest, Rwanda, White House

Rwandan, Burundian and Congolese opposition political parties and civil society organizations operating in the United States of America have pooled their efforts together to denounce Kagame’s visit to the White House. One may wonder how did this renowned criminal -also known as the African Hitler- end up on the Obama’s guest list. Paul Kagame’s human rights abuses, his dictatorship against… Read More

Press Conference: Advocates Call for End of U.S. Support of African Tyrants

July 24, 2014 Global AuthorAfrican Summit, Barack Obama, DRC, Friends of the Congo, Kabila, Kagame, Museveni, Rwanda, Uganda

IPS’ Foreign Policy In Focus joins a diverse U.S. based activist coalition focusing on Africa is calling on U.S. leaders to cease their support and empowerment of brutal dictators across Africa. July 31 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm A diverse U.S. based activist coalition focusing on Africa is calling on U.S. leaders to cease their support and empowerment of brutal… Read More

Is President Kagame biting more than he can chew?

July 24, 2014 Global AuthorCommunism, Oppression, Paul Kagame, RPF, Rwanda, tyrant

by philipetyang i Rwanda President Paul Kagame and his Communist government has in the recent past been engaging regional and continental leaders in a war of words. His actions are tantamount to trying to assert the “illusionary power” of Rwanda as a country. Early last year, President Kagame was claimed to be heard issuing threats against Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete at an event… Read More

Why is the whole world still silent on the murder of Rwandan activist Makonene?

July 24, 2014 Global AuthorGustave Makonene, Legal, murder, Paul Kagame, Rubavu, Rwanda

Gustave Makonene, coordinator of Transparency International Rwanda’s Advocacy and Legal Advice Center in Rubavu. It has been a year since the murder of Gustave Makonene. The body of the Transparency International Rwanda employee was found on July 18, 2013 on the shore of Lake Kivu, outside the town of Rubavu, in Rwanda’s Western Province. Local residents found his… Read More

Why is Kigali burning?

July 20, 2014 Global Authoraid, development, Fires, Infrastructure, Kagame, RPF, Rwanda

By: Dr. David Himbara I have been asked by several Facebook friends to comment on Kigali fires but I resisted until now. I initially held back for obvious reason that I would not know the cause. I am thousands of kilometers away, so I have no way of knowing whether these fires are due to accidents or sabotage. Nevertheless, we… Read More

Rwanda: Acquitted but still not free

July 14, 2014 Global Authoractivists, africa, Genocide, Hitler, Human rights violations, Kagame, Rwanda

Rwanda gets plenty of applause for putting the genocide behind and creating a reconciled society focused on marching forward to a prosperous future. But is that so? In this article, we learn that former high-ranking officials who were acquitted of genocide charges by the international crimes tribunal in Arusha, or who served their sentences, are not welcome back home. In… Read More

Rwanda seizes Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa’s investment in tea sector and private residence: UTC Founder

July 5, 2014 Global AuthorAyabatwa, David Himbara, Paul Kagame, Rwanda

JOHANNESBURG, July 5, 2014 /CNW/ - Rwanda government seized Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa's shares in Nshili Kivu Tea Factory (NKTF) on 25 June 2014. The Commission of Abandoned Properties in Nyaruguru District instructed NKTF to deposit any monies or any other benefits due to Ayabatwa in the District's own bank account for "safekeeping." By this action, government replaced Ayabatwa as shareholder... Read More

Nyamwasa: Museveni wrong on Kagame

July 2, 2014 Global AuthorKayumba Nyamwasa, Museveni, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda

After the third attempt on the life of former Chief of the Rwanda Defence Forces, Gen Kayumba Nyamwasa, exiled in South Africa, Robert Mukombozi talked to him recently in an exclusive interview. The exiled general discusses what he calls the dictatorship in Rwanda and compares President Museveni and his own Paul Kagame. Below are excerpts: Let me take you back to the events on… Read More

Rwanda Democratic Green Party’s Organizing Secretary, Jean Damascene MUNYESHYAKA Missing

July 2, 2014 Global AuthorJean Damascene MUNYESHYAKA, Kagame, missing person, RPF, Rwanda, Rwanda Democratic Green Party, Rwanda Police

Jean Damascene Munyeshyaka missing The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR) requests all national security organs to help in finding the whereabouts of its Organizing Secretary Mr.Jean Damascene MUNYESHYAKA, who has been missing since Friday last week (27th June 2014). Mr.Munyeshyaka Jean Damascene was called on phone by an unknown person around 15:00 hrs on Friday in Nyamata town, Bugesera… Read More

“It is not safe in the new Rwanda to share what you really think”

June 25, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergColgate University, Gacaca, Kagame, poverty, power, RPF, Rwanda, Susan Thomson

Whispering Truth to Power: Everyday Resistance to Reconciliation in Post-genocide Rwanda Author Dr. Susan Thomson By: Jennifer Fierberg Powerlessness can be defined as the inability to make changes in one’s own life or having the lack of ability to effect change. This lack of power can be a product of social hierarchy, racism, cultural contexts and the influence of political… Read More

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