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Power is dangerous unless you have humility

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A Conversation with Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa By: Jennifer Fierberg After a long flight to Washington DC, Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa sat down with this writer for an exclusive two-hour interview. Upon meeting him, one can immediately sense that Mr. Ayabatwa is a humble man with an obvious desire to improve the business community of Africa as well as empowering the lives… Read More

“We sacrifice more than people realize for this cause”

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A conversation with Dr. Gerald Gahima By Jennifer Fierberg Recently at a conference sponsored by the Royal African Society in London and organized by Dr. Phil Clark, Professor at London University,  numerous academics presented research works on a variety of topics regarding the state of Rwanda under twenty years of post-conflict governance under the Rwandan Patriotic Front since the 1994… Read More

Behind the Presidential Curtains: Gen Kayonga spoke out before his detention

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By: Noble Marara Towards the end of M23 war against the FIB, SADC, and FRDC the Rwandan President Paul Kagame consulted his top generals with the idea to seek advice of attacking and helping out the M23 in order to fight the enemy tirelessly and not withdraw. Among those attended the meeting was Gen James Kabarebe, Gen Charles Kayonga and… Read More

Chevrolet Distributes 34,200 Nearly Indestructible One World Futbols in Rwanda

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RWANDA - Chevrolet recently announced the kick-off of the donation and delivery of 34,200 nearly indestructible One World Futbols to schools, sports clubs, aid centers and development organizations—bringing the “power of play” to thousands of children throughout Rwanda. The Ministry of Education, in collaboration with Football for Hope Peace and Unity (FHPU), the Ministry of Culture and Sport, the Rwandan Football Association... Read More

“A pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man’s attention and to inflame his ambition.”

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AMAHORO PEOPLE’S CONGRESS*RWANDA NATIONAL CONGRESS*FDU-INKINGI H. E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President, Republic of Uganda. November 7, 2013. Your Excellency, Re: Treatment of Rwandan Asylum Seekers and Refugees Living in Uganda We, the undersigned, have been compelled by recent events to write to Your Excellency on behalf of the organizations we serve to express our grave concerns for the security of some… Read More

“Withholding information is the essence of tyranny”

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By: Jennifer Fierberg  “The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.”  On October 25, 2013, former Rwandan Presidential bodyguard and RDF soldier, Lt. Joel Mutabazi, was abducted from a UNHCR safe house in Uganda where he was in… Read More

White savior John Prendergast tells the world what’s best for Congo and Rwanda now

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By Ann Garrison   Col. Mamadou Ndala and the Congolese army have been welcomed by joyous Congolese people after liberating towns. Here a Congolese flag has been draped around his shoulders. KPFA Evening News Anchor Sharon Sobotta: This week the Congolese army, backed by the U.N. Force Intervention Brigade, was widely reported to be driving the last of Rwanda’s M23… Read More

Congolese Rebel Group Says It Is Laying Down Arms

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Pete Muller for The New York Times Following a string of recent victories on the battlefield by the Congolese Army operating with United Nations support, the group, known as the M23, said that it was ending the 20-month rebellion that had brought renewed instability, uncertainty and conflict to the eastern part of Congo. In a statement, the group’s chairman, Bertrand… Read More

DR Congo: M23 rebels close to defeat after US and Britain urge Rwanda to stay out

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The M23 rebel group is made up of hundreds of Congolese soldiers mostly from the Tutsi ethnic group who deserted the national army last year Photo: Reuters   Foreign ministers of America and Britain called president of neighbouring Rwanda to ask him to cut ties with rebels   Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are close to defeat after the… Read More

ANNUS HORRIBILIS: DEFEATED, WHAT WILL PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME DO?

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In November 2012, I wrote a piece with a title, ‘The Tragedy of Goma’ in which I concluded: “As Goma fell to Rwanda’s troops President Museveni of Uganda and President Kagame of Rwanda, both condemnable co-authors of this latest outrage against the Congolese people, met President Kabila of DRC in Kampala in a sham diplomacy designed to serve him with… Read More
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