Africa Global Village

RWANDA ON THE BRINK OF WAR AS UNITED STATES AND UNITED KINGDOM FACE A DIFFICULT CHOICE

September 20, 2014October 20, 2016 Global AuthorBarack Obama, FDLR, Genocide, John Kerry, Prime Minister Cameron, RNC, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa, UK, UNSC, USA, war

An Open Note to President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron Your Excellences, In 1994 both of you were still young in distinguished political journeys that eventually placed you at the pinnacles of power in the United States and the United Kingdom. You recall that 1994 was a watershed moment in Rwanda that gave birth to a national tragedy-that of genocide-… Read More

Rwanda’s Peacekeeping Operations: A Poisoned Pill that Blackmails the West

February 7, 2014 Global AuthorAfrica Dictator, Darfur, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwanda Genocide, South Sudan, UK, United nations, US

Under dictator Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s military is highly paid for peacekeeping duties in Darfur, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Haiti – despite its role in the death of millions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The West depends on Kagame as its man in Africa, and in return gives impunity to his criminal network. President Paul Kagame has... Read More

Mugabe savages West as new term starts

August 23, 2013 Global AuthorAfrican Leaders, mugabe, UK, USA, Zimbabwe

HARARE — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe began a new five-year term in office on Thursday and immediately launched the now traditional vitriolic attack on the West, which has questioned the manner of his landslide victory in elections held last month. . Read More

RNC and FDU commend UK for stopping budgetary support to Rwanda

March 4, 2013 Global AuthorBudgetary support, RNC/FDU, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingsa, UK

PRESS RELEASE. Date : 01 March 2013. FDU-INKINGI AND RWANDA NATIONAL CONGRESS (RNC) COMMEND THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT’S DECISION TO STOP GENERAL BUDGET SUPPORT TO RWANDA. On 1st March , 2013, the United Kingdom’s Secretary for the Department of International Development announced that a £16 million package of development support to Rwanda will be channeled through aid agencies or directly to the… Read More

The Suspension of Aid to Rwanda: A Late but Welcome Decision.

March 1, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergGreening, Kagame, RNC, Rwanda, UK

Jennifer Fierberg By: Emmanuel Hakizimana, Ph.D., Economist, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada and Gallican Gasana, Genocide survivor, Toronto, Canada Kabila, Moon and Kagame (WASHINGTON DC) – On February 21st, 2013, Tony Blair and Howard G. Buffet published an article in The Foreign Policy in which they denounced the suspension of aid to Rwanda by many Western donors as a… Read More

How the Mighty have fallen…

July 28, 2012 Global Authorcongo, Germany, Kayumba Nyamwasa, Louise Mushikiwabo, M23, Obama, Paul Kagame, Rene Mugenzi, RNC, Robert Sebufirira, RPF, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa, UK, UN, US

A small country in the heart of Africa it is facing an uphill PR and financial battle. Over the last few weeks Rwanda has seen dramatic cuts in foreign aid that amounts to tens of millions of dollars. All of these actions seem to be sparked by the United Nations Group of Experts report that provided overwhelming evidences that Rwanda… Read More

What will President Kagame learn from the sentencing of former President Mubarak?

June 9, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergaid, DFID, Eric Joyce, Kagame, MP, Rene Mugenzi, Rwanda, UK

By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW In this age of technology, email, instant messaging, Facebook and Twitter, information is available in an instant. Twitter has become an open forum for politics in nearly every country and for every reason. During the last few years, the world has witnessed some politicians engaging journalists and constituents in cyber disagreements almost as if they think… Read More

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