Tag Archives: Rwanda
Ethiopian police have arrested a minister and 11 other people on corruption charges, an official and state media said on Saturday, in the country’s most high-profile swoop against graft for more than a decade. Businesses in the region regularly complain … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Global Financial Integrity, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Reuters, Rwanda, Siye Abraha
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By Kris Berwouts The last time I communicated directly with Victoire Ingabire, on October 13th 2010, she sounded tense and tired. After an absence of more than 16 years, she had come back to Rwanda in January to participate in … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Politics, Rwanda
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Tagged Bernard Ntaganda, Frank Habineza, IndepthAfrica, Kayumba Nyamwasa, KIGALI, Netherlands, Rwanda, Rwandan Patriotic Front, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza
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By Sean Lee, “They’re the next Columbians.” Those prophetic words, uttered earlier this year by none other than five time Tour de France winner Bernaud Hinault, were in reference to a promising performance by the Eritrean national team at January’s … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed, Other Sports, Sports
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Tagged Berhane, Eritrea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kevin Seeldraeyers, MTN-Qhubeka, Orica-GreenEdge, Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Rwanda
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By Ambassador Donald Koran, opinion Today, around half the world’s population is at risk from malaria – a preventable and treatable disease that claims the life of a child every minute. Just ten years ago it was estimated that globally, … read more »
Posted in America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Ghana, Global Issues, Guinea, Middle East, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Barack Obama, Disease, Health, HIV positive people, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Malaria, Rwanda, World Malaria Day
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One may ask why rulers commit genocide, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing on the very people they rule. Although nothing would justify, heinous rulers always provide bizarre and incomprehensible justifications. The tyrants in Ethiopia, for example, say Amharas were … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa University, Amhara, Amhara people, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, IndepthAfrica, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, TPLF
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By Nkem Ekeopara International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda: What has Biafra and the death of Thatcher got to do with it? Last week, the hazardous situation in North Korea and the death of the former British … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Nigeria, Op-ed, Rwanda, West Africa
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Tagged CHINUA ACHEBE, genocide, Hutu, Kofi Annan, Margaret Thatcher, Nigeria, Nigerian, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide
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By Allan Brian Ssenyonga, opinion First of all, let me start by pointing out that I have not received a cheque from Rwanda Development Board (RDB) to promote tourism in Rwanda much as I would not refuse it if it … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Rwanda
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Tagged East Africa, genocide, IndepthAfrica, Kabale University, Kampala, KIGALI, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi
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By: Aaron Niles Ryerson University held an event on Monday honouring both Holocaust Remembrance Day and Rwanda Genocide Memorial Day. Presented by the Azrieli Foundation, a Jewish philanthropy organization,”Write to Heal” brought survivors of the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide to … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Pan African News, Rwanda
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Tagged Canada, Holocaust, IndepthAfrica, Poland, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Ryerson University, Tutsi, University of Manitoba
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By Simon Kent ,Toronto Sun TORONTO - It didn’t have to end in utter shame for the United Nations, but then old habits die hard – if you’ll pardon the pun. Exactly 19 years ago members of the rival Hutu and Tutsi … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Pan African News, Rwanda
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Tagged Hutu, Khmer Rouge, Kofi Annan, Mozambique, Rwanda, Stephen Harper, Tutsi, United Nations
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Last Sunday, President Barack Obama marked the 19th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. The President stated that the United States, “grieves with the Rwandan people” who survived the killings. “Nineteen years ago, Rwanda was torn apart by a great … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Rwanda
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Tagged Barack Obama, genocide, Hutu, IndepthAfrica, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi, United Nations, United States
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“On both missions I observed the complete lack of strict regulation of the arms trade, due to which both DRC and Kosovo had huge proliferation of illegal arms.” – Retired Pakistani Brigadier General Mujahid Alam By: Jennifer Fierberg Retired Pakistani … read more »
Beginning on April 6, 1994, Hutus began slaughtering the Tutsis in the African country of Rwanda. As the brutal killings continued, the world stood idly by and just watched the slaughter. Lasting 100 days, the Rwanda genocide left approximately 800,000 … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Rwanda
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Tagged Arusha Accords, Belgium, Hutu, IndepthAfrica, Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tanzania, Tutsi
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—By Gavin Aronsen Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), who enjoys an A rating from the National Rifle Association, took to Facebook on Thursday to warn Americans of the “evil consequences” of a national gun registry, comparing the dangers of expanded background … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Op-ed, Rwanda
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Tagged Hutu, IndepthAfrica, Joe Manchin, National Rifle Association, Nicole Brown Simpson, Pat Toomey, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi
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By Alyson Chadwick “One death is a tragedy, one million is a statistic,” Joseph Stalin Today is the anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide. In the span of 100 days, 800,000 people were murdered with machetes. That is … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Rwanda
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Tagged Bill Clinton, Chuck Todd, Clinton, IndepthAfrica, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi
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By Gasasira, Sweden Reliable Information obtained by Umuvugizi confirms that Kagame’s intelligence outfit continue to heighten their subversive activities of abducting Gen Stanislas Bigaruka, who was the in charge of combat operations in FDRL and deputy commander to General Sylvestre … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Rwanda, Special Reports
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Tagged Bigaruka Stanislas, Democratic Republic of Congo, Directorate of Military Intelligence, IndepthAfrica, Kigoma, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Sylvestre Mudacumura, Tanzania
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Why has there been no serious UN investigation into this crime? Nineteen years ago today the Falcon 50 Jet carrying two heads of state in Central Africa was shot down by a surface to air missile. Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed, Rwanda, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Burundi, Indepth Africa Magazine, Juvénal Habyarimana, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, United Nations
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The President and the First Lady lay a wreath at Kigali Memorial Center. (photo Village Urugwiro) In the next 100 days, Rwandans will the 19th time commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis which cost more than one million lives. … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Pan African News, Rwanda
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Tagged First Lady, IndepthAfrica, Jeannette Kagame, Kagame, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Stade Amahoro, Tutsi
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Nearly three years ago, international student Claudine Kuradusenge moved to Utah from Belgium and enrolled at Utah Valley University. She was just six years old when she moved from her home country of Rwanda to Belgium, only a few months … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Op-ed, Rwanda
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Tagged George Mason University, Hutu, IndepthAfrica, Kigali International Airport, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tutsi, Utah Valley University
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By Andrew Mwenda How the West is seeking to usurp Africa’s struggle for freedom and democracy using a humanitarian language Since the end of the Cold War, a movement to save Africa from Africans has grown and gained momentum across … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Cameroon, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Op-ed, Rwanda, Senegal, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa Magazine, International Criminal Court, Joseph Kabila, KIGALI, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Thomas Sankara
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by ANDRE VLTCHEK In the three Western outposts of the eastern part of Africa – Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya – the opposition had either been totally smashed or is rotting in jail. Alternatively, it has ‘ceased to exist’. In East … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Op-ed, Rwanda, Uganda
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Tagged Congo, Goma, Indepth Africa Magazine, Kenya, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Tutsi, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza
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We call upon the government of Paul Kagame to release those arrested in today swoop, and ensure that police officers and their hierarchy are held accountable for their actions. File photo of supporters of Madame Victoire Ingabire, courtesy: therisingcontinent.wordpress.com (KIGALI) … read more »
opinion BOSCO NTAGANDA is now safely in the hands of the ICC, but his brief stay at the US Embassy and the hullabaloo it caused was a sound reminder that this world is full of unscrupulous and opportunistic people. First … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Rwanda
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Tagged Amnesty International, Bosco Ntaganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, List of diplomatic missions of the United States, Ntaganda, Rwanda
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(Reuters) – A Congolese warlord who faces war crimes charges flew out of Rwanda on Friday after he had surrendered to the U.S. Embassy there this week, requesting that he be transferred to the International Criminal Court, a diplomatic source … read more »
Thedailybeast For the past three days, Bosco Ntaganda, also known as “The Terminator,” has been holed up at the American embassy in Rwanda. One of Africa’s most wanted war criminals, Ntaganda was a leader of the M23 in eastern … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somali, South Africa, Togo, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Bosco Ntaganda, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Ntaganda, Paul Kagame, Rwanda
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Bosco Ntaganda, a Rwandan national and general in the Congolese military* indicted for war crimes, a particularly bad actor who’s stirred up violence in a part of the world that has plenty of bad actors and violence, walked into the … read more »
Posted in Article, DR Congo, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Bosco Ntaganda, bosco ntaganda 2012, bosco ntaganda biography, bosco wong, Central Africa, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, International Criminal Court, KIGALI, Rwanda, Victoria Nuland
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by D.H. | NAIROBI,Economist BOSCO NTAGANDA’S career as one of Africa’s most-wanted war criminals ended in unlikely fashion when he walked into the American Embassy in Rwanda on March 18th. Embassy officials said he removed a disguise he had been wearing and … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somali, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Bosco Ntaganda, bosco ntaganda 2012, bosco ntaganda biography, bosco wong, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Hague, International Criminal Court, Ntaganda, Paul Kagame, Rwanda
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Officials from the International Criminal Court are on their way to Rwanda to pick up Congolese war lord Bosco Ntanganda, URN has learnt. Johnnie Carson, the US Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs disclosed this in a video … read more »
Killer King On March 18th 2013, Bosco Ntaganda walked into the American embassy in Kigali and requested to be delivered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The ICC had issued an international warrant against him in 2008 … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda
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Tagged Bosco Ntaganda, Congo, Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, KIGALI, Laurent Nkunda, Rwanda, United States
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No one was expecting Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda – one of the world’ most wanted men – to hand himself over to US embassy officials in Rwanda. But, running out of options, that’s exactly what the man they call “The … read more »
Posted in Article, Central Africa, Congo, DR Congo
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Tagged Bosco Ntaganda, Democratic Republic Congo, Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, KIGALI, Ntaganda, Rwanda, United States
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Democratic Republic of Congo war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda is believed to have handed himself over to the US embassy in Kigali, Rwanda’s foreign minister has said. “We have learned today [Monday] that Bosco Ntaganda entered Rwanda and surrendered to … read more »
Posted in Cape Verde, Central Africa, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Bosco Ntaganda, Democratic Republic Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, KIGALI, Louise Mushikiwabo, Rwanda, Terminator
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