France’s Continuing Covert War Against Rwanda After 1994
The role of France in Rwanda before and during the genocide of 1994 has been investigated before. Many commentators attributed France’s role in Rwanda in the early 1990s to its…
Why all the Effort to Sanitize Genocide Ideologue and Convicted Victoire Ingabire?
Victoire Ingabire was tried and convicted of complicity in acts of terrorism, conspiracy against the government by use of war and terrorism, and genocide ideology, and in October 2012 sentenced…
Revising History for Political Gains: Genocide Denial in London
As millions across the world and Rwanda itself were busy organising this year’s commemoration of Genocide against the Tutsi, for the twenty-third year, #Kwibuka23, a small group of people in…
To End HIV Epidemic, Listen to the Youth – Writes Rwanda’s First Daughter
I grew up in Africa in the ’90s, a period now often called the continent’s lost decade. It is a decade that many Africans associate with tanking economies, civil strife,…
TRAUMA: Learning to Cope?
Venancia Nyiramana “I hate a whistle because each time the Interahamwe militia wanted to start killing people; they blew a whistle at 05 am. So, when someone blows a whistle,…
Do Rwanda’s Prisons Spread Aids?
The spread of HIV/AIDS poses a big challenge to Rwanda . Experts worry that the release of prisoners suspected of genocide may make things even worse, since many are HIV…
Can the Law Protect a Witness?
In 2004, The Government of Rwanda amended the laws governing Gacaca courts so as to address problems which emerged in the preliminary phases such as the harassment of witnesses, one…