RWANDA DEMOCRACY WATCH

Ugandan leader puts his guards under son's unit Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:59pm GMT KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has placed his presidential guard under an elite army unit commanded by his son, increasing opposition suspicions that he...

Positive Change or Political Upheaval for Rwanda? Rwandan President Paul Kagame As if the upcoming elections in Rwanda weren’t already fraught with the kind of worries, Paul Kagame, the country’s president since 2000, now faces a political challenger...

04 March, 2010 Kagame Orders Arrest of Journalists Over Nyamwasa Links. 256 News 4 March 2010 By Godwin Agaba Editor's Update (8:12 P.M. Kigali time): Numerous sources in Rwanda have confirmed that Mr. Agaba in NOT in Rwandan custody and is in a safe...

Dealing with Failed and Failing States Fragile states move in and out of world attention - forgotten and neglected until an al Qaeda operative emerges from a training camp or a natural disaster highlights a country's lack of capacity to help itself. Some...

Former New York Times correspondent Stephen Kinzer, writing in the London Guardian, on March 2, 2010, paraphrased "Rwandan leaders" when comparing free speech in the African Republic of Rwanda to yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theatre. Kinzer is the author...

UN begins talks on withdrawal from Congo Peacekeepers on world's biggest mission may leave Democratic Republic of the Congo by mid-2011 David Smith in Johannesburg guardian.co.uk, Thursday 4 March 2010 12.46 GMT UN armoured vehicles pass refugees near...

The East African' newspaper under fire over Ingabire The Kenyan-based 'The East African' newspaper came under scrutiny on Wednesday with President Paul Kagame describing as “insulting” and “offensive” a damning interview it had with the opposition politician...

MAJOR GENERAL PAUL KAGAME BEHIND THE SHOOTING DOWN OF LATE HABYARIMANA’S PLANE: AN EYE WITNESS TESTIMONY Share Yesterday at 20:41 1. I have been keenly following talks on allegations of crimes committed by Paul Kagame, leader of Rwanda, and his attempts,...

President Paul Kagame has improved people’s lives at the expense of freedom Mar 4th 2010 | NAIROBI | From The Economist print edition Kagame, progressive and repressive THE government of Rwanda is doing a lot of things right. It is pretty open in its...

unday, February 21, 2010 Finally the new government Muzito No more suspense. The President of the Republic is to overhaul the government and his cabinet. First observation: maintaining Adolphe Muzito as Prime Minister. Second observation: the reduction...