Politics

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced that Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will travel to Rwanda from April 4 to 9, 2019. At the invitation of the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, the Governor General will attend the ceremony for the 25th commemoration…

Rwandan Diaspora in Australia (RDA) has vowed to protest a denial event targeting Genocide Against Tutsi in 1994 which is scheduled to take place in Queensland Parliament House, Australia. The event will be featuring Amiel Nubaha and his group of Rwandan Association of Queensland who are well known as ‘denials…

In her book “In Praise of Blood,” Canadian author Judi Rever controversially claims that not one, but two genocides were committed in Rwanda in 1994. The first genocide nearly wiped out the Tutsi minority. A second one, secretly committed by the Tutsi dominated Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), allegedly targeted the…

The Economist on March 28, ran an article on Rwanda that appeared to be appropriate at this time when Rwandans mark the 25th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi. The article -: Rwanda: 25 years after the genocide, how well has Rwanda healed? suggested that it was going to…

The United States Rwandan Community Abroad (USRCA) raised serious concerns and condemning a lecture about Rwandan Genocide Against Tutsi in 1994 which will take place in Tarrant County College NE Campus located in Hurst, TX. The talk will be given by a well known Rwandan Genocide denier and negativist, Judi…

Relations between Rwanda and Uganda seem to have taken a deeper downward path as Uganda is now using its geographical position to freeze Rwanda’s exports a through her roads. The issue was revealed by President Paul Kagame at the Africa CEO Forum held in Kigali from 25-26 March 2019. On…

Like all genocide deniers and negationists, Rever is making her rounds in an attempt to sell her make-believe book “IN PRAISE OF BLOOD” about the genocide against Tutsi in 1994. For the record: there is no official version of what happened in Rwanda in 1994. There is ONLY the truth.…

Rwanda National Police (RNP) and Malawi Police Service (MPS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize their cross-border cooperation in various policing disciplines. The pact was signed on March 26, between the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dan Munyunza and his Malawian counterpart, Rodney Jose. The signing was held…

The Minister of Justice, Johnstone Busingye has challenged all players in the Justice sector to work in synergy to avoid overlap of activities. This, the minister said, will improve the quality of Justice and further strengthen the rule of law. He was speaking on Monday at the official launch of…

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…

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…

Participants in the African Partnership Flight Rwanda work together during an ice breaker – the marshmallow challenge – in Kigali, Rwanda, March 4, 2019 he challenge is designed to facilitate communication within teams and get them to look at a task from various perspectives. The African Partnership Flight program aims…

President Paul Kagame has challenged local and central government leaders as well as private sector operators to change the attitude and mindset in order to deliver on the country’s aspirations. He was yesterday closing the 16th National Leadership Retreat, Umwiherero, which was attended by more than 350 leaders from the…

The Foreign Affairs Minister and Government Spokesperson, Dr. Richard Sezibera, has denied reports in the Ugandan media that Rwandan troops have had been amassed at her border with Uganda. The Minister observed this during a press conference this Tuesday, where he highlighted on Rwanda-Uganda bilateral ties after 986 Rwandans were…

Following the Ugandan government spokesman’s denying detention of Rwandan in Uganda, the Rwanda State Minister Nduhungirehe confirms that over 40 Rwandese are being held in Uganda detention centers. Nduhungirehe was responding on Twitter to the address made by Uganda government spokesman Ofwono Opondo over the Uganda – Rwanda border situation.…

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…

President Paul Kagame last week arrived in Ouagadougou where he was invited by his counterpart, President Roch-Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso, for the 26th edition of the FESPACO. On Friday Kagame attended a dinner hosted in his honor by his counterpart, during which he was awarded, alongside President Ibrahim…

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…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has been announced as the African Union chairperson for next year. The Presidency says Ramaphosa will take over from Egypt president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who is currently serving his term for 2019. Each term as AU chair runs for one year. Sisi was suspended from the AU…

About 300 representatives from across Africa and beyond will participate in a three-day Interpol conference scheduled for 5-7 February in Kigali, a police source disclosed Thursday in Kigali. Heads of police from all African countries and police cooperation bodies, including the Interpol Executive Committee and Secretariat, will come together to…