Strategic Thinking on East Africa

In April 1994, the international community stood passively by while up to a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slain with bloody machetes wielded by their neighbors. It was genocide—planned and carried out by a government bent on annihilating the Tutsi people and those Hutu who disagreed with the annihilation. The United Nations secured 800 […]

Read the full story

KIGALI, July 30 (Xinhua) — The proceedings to hear a case challenging Rwandan parliament’s move to amend the constitution to allow President Paul Kagame to run for third term started Wednesday at the Supreme Court. Rwandan Parliament in mid July voted to support a change to the constitution that would allow President Kagame to run […]

Read the full story

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame attends a session at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in this January 24, 2014 file photo. Western nations offer only modest remonstrations over what they see as democratic shortcomings in Rwanda, thankful for the oasis of order that has replaced the genocide they failed to […]

Read the full story

by Joseph Karemera Close to four million Rwandans petitioned Parliament to amend the Constitution and, finally, this week, the Members of Parliament overwhelmingly voted to amend the constitution, paving way for the re-election of President Paul Kagame. Among the reasons they gave was that they would like to see the country continue to benefit from […]

Read the full story

From the New Times By: JULIUS BIZIMUNGU Hundreds of Rwandans yesterday turned up at the Parliamentary Building to follow the debate on the presidential term limits. Below is a reaction by a cross section of Rwandans who were at Parliament. Harriet Umuhoza, student at CAKSK. ‘I will definitely believe after the Constitution has been amended. But […]

Read the full story

Rwanda parliament in a past session. Rwandan legislators have voted in support of a referendum that will allow President Paul Kagame a third term in power, backing a petition signed by millions of citizens. FILE PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA By AGENCIES Rwandan legislators have voted in support of a referendum that will allow President Paul Kagame […]

Read the full story

Rwanda’s main opposition party opened a case in the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking to prevent constitutional change that would allow President Paul Kagame to run for a third term seven-year in office. Reuters The debate about term limits and challenges to veteran leaders has flared in several places in Africa. The United States and […]

Read the full story

PROF. MANASSEH NSHUTI The change-with-stability debate has drawn some reactions and, of course, not surprisingly, from the wrong quarters; most if not all based outside the country. The characters question the authenticity and intention and some of the arguments are not only irrelevant but also out of context. Some sections of foreign media, especially Voice […]

Read the full story

The ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), in power since the end of the 1994 genocide, approved a petition backing a reform of the Constitution that will allow President Paul Kagame to seek a new term in the 2017 presidential election. “Considering the wishes of many Rwandans and those of members of the RPF, we support […]

Read the full story

By: TIMES REPORTER President Paul Kagame yesterday challenged senior cadres from the RPF to ensure that the stability that Rwandans are enjoying is sustained. The President who also serves as the Chairman of the Rwanda Patriotic Front was chairing the two-day retreat that drew over 600 cadres who converged in Gasabo, Kigali to brainstorm on maintaining […]

Read the full story