Opinions

Ugandan security bodies have taken farther shameful steps in their ongoing quest to torture Rwandans by attacking under-aged minors who are in Uganda for academic purposes. On the night of March 13, 2019, a group of three Rwandans stranded at Kagitumba border from Uganda where they have experienced excessive torturing…

The CNN article is right about one thing: It is no accident that a statue of a strong, gracious Rwandan woman stands tall at our main round about – fittingly! I have elaborated, in legal terms and with evidence, on the crimes of the two ladies portrayed as saviors of…

Recently President Paul Kagame of Rwanda completed his one year tenure as the Chairperson of the African Union and handled over the chairmanship to the Egyptian President Fattah El-Sisi during the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. President Kagame has…

It is only by grasping what this trap by the Ugandan regime that we shall get to the root of the problem between Uganda and Rwanda and understand Rwanda’s recent choice of its course of action. It’s almost two years now since Rwanda-Uganda relations started escalating to worrying levels. This…

Western scholars need to spend time to explain to the rest of the world why their own model of democracy has failed and the risks involved for other countries to emulate it, and also make efforts to learn how there are emerging successful models that are not cloned from the…

Western animal rights groups are again using their formidable resources to demand that world trade in both elephant tusks and rhino horns be banned. But this effort will only have the effect of increasing demand and prices for these products as consumers fear for their future unavailability, triggering yet another…

The cause of the deadly ebola virus has at last been discovered in a Liberian laboratory. The rest of Africa should be rejoicing. Prohibiting the eating of a particular bat species — just as we know not to eat some types of mushrooms —maysignificantly limit the further loss of human…

China has demonstrated to the world that the health of its citizens is of paramount importance. On October 29, 2018, the Government of China published a Notice that it was re-opening domestic trade in rhino horn and tiger bones. The Notice states that “rhino horns and tiger bones” must be…

This week, the British Government and Prince William will be in the service of a radical animal rights group — the Elephant Protection Initiative. The British Government together with EPI have organized a Conference of African states in London aimed at permanently banning international trade in ivory. The African countries…

AN OPEN LETTER TO BOTSWANA PRESIDENT MOKGWEETSI MASISI RE: Dismiss Environment Minister Khama For Favouring Animal Rights Groups Over Your Wildlife Policies Dear President Masisi, I applaud your decision to rejoin the pro-hunting and pro- ivory trade governments of the SADC region, restoring Botswana to the only course that will…

The world’s weather patterns seem to have gone bananas. Hurricane Florence has unleashed her anger off the Eastern Coast of the United States but it is still too early to assess the extent of the damage. But early images show the eastern part of the US is under water which…

Western countries mistake China’s cooperation with Africa as something new, which is not the case. Although China’s presence in Africa is more visible today than ever before, with increased trade, large infrastructure projects and loans, the friendship between China and Africa dates back to the 1950s and 1960s, when African…

A small but significant incident happened this week in Belgium. In fact, it would have gone unnoticed, especially in Rwanda, if one of the key players did not carry an infamous name with a sordid past. Gustave Mbonyumutwa is the grandson of Dominique Mbonyumutwa, Rwanda’s first president and one of…

Most people might not know that rhino horn can be harvested and regrows at about 20 centimetres, annually. The removal of rhino horn is generally associated with poaching that involves first killing the rhino and then mercilessly chop-off its horn, leaving an unsightly and bloody hole on its head. When…

We do not inherit the earth from our parents; we borrow it from our children’ – Indian Proverb On 5th January 1931, Rwandan King Yuhi V – Musinga wrote a sad letter to his daughter Musheshembugu. He had learned that she was about to be baptised. ‘I learned that your…

THIS year’s theme for this important day in our country’s history is Kwibohora24 – Together we prosper. Indeed, we as Rwandans know pretty well what togetherness and unity or lack of it mean. Divided by the colonialists and escalated by the pre-1994 Rwandan leaders, Rwanda dropped to the worst abyss…

Poor rural communities in African elephant range states may now have a more effective representative for their ivory trade interests in the USA. For the past 43 years, these communities have struggled to get a Western citizen or organization to tell Western people this truth through Western courts; banning ivory…

Independence:The state of wanting or being able to do things for yourself and make your own decisions, without help or influence from other people. For the last decade or so, I’ve written a similar version of what I call, ‘The Independence Day column. In this yearly column I stated, in…

The Twitter hash-tag #ICanConfirm, created in mockery of journalists’ frantic reporting on the arrest, early this week, of a top Ugandan military official, generated quite a discussion in various online editorial chat rooms; the question was, is it a reporter’s job to confirm? To answer that, one could start by…

Discussions about “greening” cities typically recognize the importance of sustainable infrastructure and smart urban planning. What they often overlook is that nature is the world’s original infrastructure, and nature-based solutions can help cities address some of the biggest planning challenges they face. WASHINGTON, DC – What should a “green” city…