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Rwandan opposition politician found dead
Rwandan opposition politician found dead President Paul Kagame is expected to be re-elected in August The body of a senior Rwandan opposition politician, who had been reported missing, has been found. The Democratic Green Party said Andre Kagwa Rwisereka...
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Uganda has begun “forcibly” deporting hundreds of Rwandans from two southwestern refugee camps, at gunpoint
according to one witness, prompting the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to call for a suspension of the operation. Both countries have long tried to rid Uganda of Rwandan refugees who for their part say they do not feel safe going home. (See box) Tarsis Kabwegyere,...
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s Rwanda's August election nears, critics fear country's president is smashing dissent
NAIROBI, Kenya - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton presented Rwanda's leader with a global citizen award last fall and lauded him for freeing the minds of his people. Now as an election approaches, critics fear Paul Kagame's government is instead smashing...
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Rwandan refugee orphan boy heads for a new life in Norway
Rwandan refugee orphan boy heads for a new life in Norway Telling the Human Story, 23 June 2010 © UNHCR/A.Hollmann Refugee children from Rwanda at a camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nicolas was given the chance to resettle from the DRC to...
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Erlinder released as Kagame cracks down on his own
Erlinder released as Kagame cracks down on his own June 27, 2010 [Translate] by Ann Garrison American law professor Peter Erlinder returns Peter Erlinder’s Kenyan lawyer Otachi Gershom, who, like Erlinder, is a defense lawyer at the International Criminal...
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Voluntary" Repatriation for Rwandan Refugees?
Voluntary" Repatriation for Rwandan Refugees? by Lauren Markham April 13, 2010 12:36 PM (PT) Topics: International Immigration, Refugees Share 3 7828 Views Today, Rwanda's The New Times reported that Rwandan refugees remaining in Uganda since the 1994...
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DR Congo: Celebrating 50 years of chaos
BBC News, Kinshasa First Congolese President Joseph Kasavubu was ousted in 1965 As the Democratic Republic of Congo celebrates 50 years of independence, President Joseph Kabila wants to use the occasion to overturn his country's image of chaos, endless...
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RWANDA: The Genocide that Should Have Remained Secret
RWANDA: The Genocide that Should Have Rema ined Secret By Sabine Grund (Written in March 2008) Reprinted with permission by Dr. Sabine Grund, see below The 1994 genocide in Rwanda, a small country in Central Africa (neighbor to Uganda, Congo, Burundi,...
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Repatriation Roils Rwandan Refugees in Uganda
Repatriation Roils Rwandan Refugees in Uganda By Rebecca Harshbarger WeNews correspondent Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Rwandan refugee women in Uganda face particular hardships under a repatriation push that started in April, with a July 31 target date for...
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France, seek, extradition, dissident, Rwanda, General Nyamwasa
France seeks extradition of dissident ex-Rwandan General Updated on Wednesday, July 07, 2010, 20:31 IST Tags: France, seek, extradition, dissident, Rwanda, General Justice ministry spokesman Tlali Tlali confirmed that France had requested South Africa...
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Rwanda: Kagame tortures opposition, arrests Ingabire’s new lawyer
Rwanda: Kagame tortures opposition, arrests Ingabire’s new lawyer by amun ra ~ July 4th, 2010. Filed under: Black Consciousness. Spread The Message: | ►RE:TWEET ME Rwanda: Kagame tortures opposition, arrests Ingabire’s new lawyer by Ann Garrison Rwandan...
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Profile: Rwanda's President Paul Kagame
By Farouk Chothia BBC African Service Lanky and soft-spoken, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame portrays himself as a modern-day politician who sees social media as championing democracy and development. With a website that boasts Twitter, Flickr, podcasts...
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Rwanda repression rises ahead of poll
Insecurity and political repression are on the rise in Rwanda in the run-up to August's presidential ballot which incumbent Paul Kagame is widely expected to win, rights group Human Rights Watch said. The New York-based watchdog said the murder of a critical...
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Rwanda: Kagame tortures opposition, arrests Ingabire's new lawyer
Rwanda: Kagame tortures opposition, arrests Ingabire's new lawyer By Ann Garrison. Rwandan opposition leaders Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza and Frank Habineza report ongoing torture of opposition party members arrested in Kigali on June 24th, 2010, as they...
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Rwanda: Kagame tortures opposition, arrests Ingabire's new lawyer
Rwanda: Kagame tortures opposition, arrests Ingabire's new lawyer By Ann Garrison. + Rwandan opposition leaders Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza and Frank Habineza report ongoing torture of opposition party members arrested in Kigali on June 24th, 2010, as they...
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Deux Rwandais et deux Tanzaniens inculpés pour l'attentat manqué contre Kayumba
Deux Rwandais et deux Tanzaniens inculpés pour l'attentat manqué contre Kayumba General Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa AFP Par RFI Les quatre suspects arrêtés et inculpés en Afrique du Sud après la tentative de meurtre contre le général rwandais Kayumba Nyamwasa...
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Rwanda Green Party leader goes missing before election Breaking News
Rwanda Green Party leader goes missing before election Breaking News By Ann Garrison. In May the European Union reversed its decision to send election monitors to Rwanda in August, but not because of election irregularities; they cited, instead, a shortage...
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L'enquête avance sur l'attentat manqué contre l'ex-chef d'état-major rwandais Kayumba
L'enquête avance sur l'attentat manqué contre l'ex-chef d'état-major rwandais Kayumba La police sud-africaine patrouille les rues du Cap, où le niveau de sécurité est à son maximum. Mike Hutchings/Reuters Par RFI La police sud-africaine poursuit son enquête...
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La France réclame l’extradition du général rwandais Faustin Kayumba
La France réclame l’extradition du général rwandais Faustin Kayumba Le général Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa AFP/MARCO LONGARI Par RFI La France demande, elle aussi, l'extradition de l’ancien chef d’état major rwandais Faustin Kayumba. Le général, proche naguère...
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Rwanda: Installing a US Protectorate in Central Africa
Rwanda: Installing a US Protectorate in Central Africa by Michel Chossudovsky www.globalresearch.ca 8 May 2003 The URL of this article is: http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO305A.html Originally written in May 2000, the following text is Part II of...
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Rwanda:Trafic d’armes : Amnesty international épingle Air France
Trafic d’armes : Amnesty international épingle Air France Publie par Centreafrique presse (Libération 21/07/2010) On se souvient du film Le Cauchemar de Darwin dans lequel le réalisateur autrichien, Hubert Sauper, suggérait que des avions cargos immatriculés...
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Sub Saharan Africa: Mid - term 2010 Political Risk Scorecard
African Market Risk Report : Sub Saharan Africa: Mid - term 2010 Political Risk Scorecard (08.07.10 ) Half-way into the year, the worst fears on political risk in Sub Saharan Africa are yet to materialise. They probably wouldn't, for the rest of 2010....
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Spanish PM changes plans, will not meet Rwandan president Kagame
Spanish PM changes plans, will not meet Rwandan president Kagame Spanish PM changes plans, will not meet Rwandan president (AFP) – 6 hours ago MADRID — Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has decided not to go ahead with a meeting on Friday...
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Paul Kagame: Rwanda's redeemer or ruthless dictator?
Paul Kagame: Rwanda's redeemer or ruthless dictator? President Paul Kagame, the Rwandan hero who united a country torn by genocide, defends his uncompromising approach to democracy By Richard Grant Published: 9:00AM BST 22 Jul 2010 President Paul Kagame...
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ICTR Defense Lawyers Condemn Murder of ICTR Lawyer Mwaikusa: Continuing Threats from Rwandan Government
ICTR Defense Lawyers Condemn Murder of ICTR Lawyer Mwaikusa: Continuing Threats from Rwandan Government NEWS ADVISORY: Jwani Mwaikusa, law professor at the University of Dar es Salaam and defense lawyer at the International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda,...