Strategic Thinking on East Africa

By AFP Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused Burundi’s leaders of carrying out “massacres” on their people in his most critical speech yet of the crisis in the troubled neighbouring state. “People die every day, corpses litter the streets… How can the leaders allow their population to be massacred from morning to night?” Kagame said, […]

Read the full story

Is Rwanda choosing impunity over international justice? Louise Mushikiwabo is this week’s guest on Conflict Zone, DW’s top political talk show. Louise Mushikiwabo on Conflict Zone The Foreign Minister of Rwanda accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of having a racial bias and of being little more than a tool for Western countries “to manipulate […]

Read the full story

By Kabona Esiara Burundi has expelled a Rwandan diplomat, as tensions between the two East African countries intensify.Though the reason for the expulsion is not clear, the two countries have been locked up in a diplomatic row which has been on for several months. The expelled diplomat Desire Nyaruhirira, a first minister councillor at the […]

Read the full story

From Rwanda’s New Times Photo: New Times Norman Foster, a renowned British architect, has that said Rwanda’s challenging geographical landscape had made it an ideal testing ground and model for the drone port project (file photo). By Collins MwaiThe government has moved to set up a regulatory framework for remotely piloted aircraft, popularly referred to as […]

Read the full story

Queen Maxima of The Netherlands welcomes resident Paul Kagame of Rwanda for an audience at the King’s residence De Eikenhorst in Wassenaar, The Netherlands, 5 October 2015. Photo: PATRICK VAN KATWIJK / DPA / DPA PICTURE-ALLIANCE/AFP KIGALI - Rwanda’s Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a legal challenge to constitutional changes designed to allow President Paul […]

Read the full story

From The Institute for Security Studies Who is doing the most for world peace? Heads of state at the special summit on United Nations (UN) peacekeeping in New York last week seemed to compete with one another as they stepped behind the microphone and rattled off the figures of their peacekeeping contributions. ‘India has contributed […]

Read the full story

From Rwanda’s New Times By: JAMES KARUHANGA The significance of Rwandans, having the ability and resources to take care of themselves without depending on aid, was a key point President Paul Kagame drove home as thousands of Rwandans living abroad marked the seventh edition of Rwanda Day yesterday in the Netherlands. Highlighting the unity that characterizes […]

Read the full story

The EU has imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on three Burundi officials accused of ordering excessive force against peaceful protestors. The officials – overseeing intelligence and security bodies – are close to President Pierre Nkurunziza. The EU has also imposed sanctions on a former general who took part in a failed coup in […]

Read the full story

From Rwanda’s New Times JOSEPH RWAGATARE They never cease to paint the government of Rwanda in the devil’s colours. Sometimes there is a lull in the demonising campaign, but it soon resumes in the same fashion and using the same methods. They should, at least be more creative and invent new stories. But no, it […]

Read the full story

A German court has sentenced two Rwandan rebel leaders for masterminding attacks on civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ignace Murwanashyaka and Straton Musoni were accused of ordering militias to commit mass murder and rape between 2008 and 2009. The trial took place under a law that allows the prosecution of foreigners for crimes […]

Read the full story