Tag: Rwanda
Damned Nations, Cursed Arms Trade
Oct 4, 2016 | Viewpoints, Africa, Middle East, Reviews
Samantha Nutt in her book Damned Nations describes a root cause of war that the wealthy of the world could easily eliminate.
Read MoreRwanda: The Danger of a Sanitized Narrative
Oct 4, 2016 | News & Analysis, Africa, Politics
How a British NGO changed the course of Rwandan history and helped fuel impunity in Africa’s Great Lakes region
Read MoreWhat Remains Hidden in Rwanda: The Role of Tutsi Civilians in Killing Hutus
Jun 3, 2016 | News & Analysis, Africa
The international community has ensured legal immunity for Rwandan President Paul Kagame despite evidence of the RPF’s responsibility for war crimes.
Read MoreThey Tell Us Nothing but Lies
Jan 22, 2016 | Africa, US, Viewpoints
“Our” government not only lies to us about the economy and the wars, it also lies about literally everything. For example, remember the Rwanda genocide?
Read MoreUN Appoints Rwandan General as Head of Darfur Peacekeeping Despite His Senior Rank During Rwandan-Backed Rebellion in Congo
Dec 19, 2015 | Africa, News & Analysis
This is not the first dubious appointment of Rwandan generals to major UN peacekeeping operations.
Read MoreWhy I Oppose the Genocide Prevention Act
Oct 21, 2015 | US, Viewpoints
The so-called Genocide Prevention Act is transparently intended as a tool to advance the US’s own foreign policy agendas through violence.
Read MoreTerror as Method: A Journalist’s Search for Truth in Rwanda
Sep 25, 2015 | Africa, News & Analysis
Intimidated for exposing the dark secrets of an African regime out of control, Canadian journalist Judi Rever drew the line at having the life of her own children threatened.
Read MoreWhat the United Nations Knows about Rwanda’s Powerful Spy Chief
Jul 3, 2015 | Africa, News & Analysis
Emmanuel Karenzi Karake’s reign of terror as head of the notorious Directorate of Military Intelligence
Read MoreKibeho: A Story of Flesh and Blood
Apr 27, 2015 | Africa, News & Analysis
How Rwanda’s intelligence network planned and carried out the mass slaying of refugees at a camp in southern Rwanda twenty years ago
Read MoreRwanda’s Memory Hole
Apr 14, 2015 | Africa, News & Analysis
How the state has intimidated, threatened, and murdered to cover up history
Read MoreRwandan General Accused of Supervising Death Squad Leaves UN
Dec 13, 2014 | Africa, News & Analysis
Rwandan General Jean Bosco Kazura is alleged to have supervised a death squad in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide.
Read MoreSyria: What to Do Now
Feb 27, 2014 | Middle East, News & Analysis, US
There is a new mood of moral desperation associated with the ongoing strife in Syria.
Read MoreAmid Attempts to Seek Indictments Against Rwanda’s Regime, Spain’s Pursuit of International Criminals Under Threat
Feb 27, 2014 | Africa, Europe, News & Analysis
A Spanish court reveals that it sought an indictment against Kagame’s former spymaster, now dead.
Read MoreMutabazi’s Last Stand: An Inside Look at Rwandan-Style Justice
Feb 5, 2014 | Africa, News & Analysis
Kagame’s former bodyguard Joel Mutabazi faces terrorism charges and endures torture to claim his innocence.
Read MoreRwandan Generals Accused of War Crimes in UN Employ
Why did the United Nations choose men alleged to have supervised death squads to head peacekeeping forces in Darfur and Mali?
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