Why they are infused with political and diplomatic agendas RWANDA | ANDRÉ GUICHAOUA | Created in 2003, the National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide is responsible for Rwanda’s genocide remembrance policy. It is a programme that has, over time, influenced all aspects of politics across all sectors. Each year, …
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NRM MANIFESTO WEEK | Henry Okello Oryem, State Minister for International Cooperation, presented the progress on the manifesto commitments noting that the Ministry implements a foreign policy that promotes peaceful and friendly relations with all countries, especially with our neighbours, on the basis of respect for each other and mutual …
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Why she chose to base book on interviews with Kagame’s enemies but not give his side THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | The fundamental error of Michela Wrong’s book was to listen to one side in the Rwandan story. Consequently, she ended up sanctifying Patrick Karegyeya and …
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France “bears significant responsibility” for enabling the genocide in Rwanda and still refuses to acknowledge its true role in the 1994 horror, said a report commissioned by Kigali that was released Monday. Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | France “bears significant responsibility” for enabling “foreseeable” genocide against ethnic Tutsis in Rwanda that …
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The Rwandan government has begun a drive for increased cheese quality to help boost dairy exports and the home market holds great potential for growth Rwanda | WILL McBAIN | In 1994, Rwandan cheesemaker Samuel Ndoli returned to his homeland at the end of his country’s civil war. “I was …
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Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | A Rwandan woman charged with crimes against humanity during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi arrived in Rwanda on Friday following her deportation from the United States. Beatrice Munyenyezi, a genocide suspect who was arrested in 2013 in the United States and sentenced to 10 years …
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How attempts to tarnish the name and record of Paul Kagame soils the reputation of a British journalist THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Finally, I have finished reading Michela Wrong’s 516 memoir of Patrick Karegyeya; a former Rwandan intelligence chief who was killed on or about New Year’s …
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Kigali, Rwanda | RONALD MUSOKE | President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has become the sixth African head of state to join the Giants Club, an international conservation initiative that connects leaders of African states with significant large mammal populations to financiers, conservationists and scientists. Kagame has now joined Presidents; Yoweri …
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Regional Integration amidst a Pandemic: Covid-19 and the East African Community COMMENT | Prof. Kasaija Phillip Apuuli | The 2019 United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s (UNECA) Africa Regional Integration Index (ARII) ranked the East African Community (EAC) as the most integrated Regional Economic Community (REC) in Africa with a …
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EU issues statement on reported human rights breaches in Uganda and Rwanda Brussels, Belgium | THE INDEPENDENT | On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions taking stock of the reported human rights situation in Uganda, Rwanda and Kazakhstan. In a statement, the EU parliament said that “Parliament reiterates that …
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