It seems that Africa’s women have missed the chance to add their voices to the global phenomenon that the #MeToo moment became in 2018. Their relative silence is both a lesson in the movement’s failure to become a truly inclusive…
Rwandan opposition figure says she won’t be deterred by detention
KIGALI (Reuters) – Diane Rwigara says she will not let more than a year in detention derail her campaign against President Paul Kagame, the rebel-turned-statesman lauded for transforming the small African nation’s economy but criticized for smothering dissent. The 37-year-old…
Revealing Lies, Questioning Complicity
Continuing our exposé of the Rwandan government’s subterfuge (and World Bank and IMF complicity) roape.net’s expert reveals what is really going on behind the states recent poverty statistics. This blogpost finds an increase in poverty which is too large, too…
Rwanda Events of 2018
The ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and President Paul Kagame continued to exert control over the political landscape in Rwanda, as political opposition leaders have been intimidated and silenced, arrested, or forced into exile. The RPF won an overwhelming victory…
Rwanda drops appeal against acquittal of dissident Rwigara
Kigali (AFP) – Rwanda’s government has withdrawn an appeal against the acquittal of dissident politician Diane Rwigara, who was tried on charges of inciting insurrection and forgery, prosecutors said Wednesday. Rwigara was found not guilty last month at the end…
Rwanda: fin de la procédure judiciaire contre l’opposante Diane Rwigara
Le gouvernement rwandais est revenu sur sa décision de faire appel de l’acquittement de l’opposante Diane Rwigara en décembre, mettant de fait un terme aux poursuites judiciaires contre cette voix critique du président Paul Kagame, a-t-on appris mercredi de source…
Ubushinjacyaha bwahagaritse kujuririra urubanza rwa ba Rwigara
Umuvugizi w’ubushinjacyaha bukuru bwa Repubulika y’u Rwanda Faustin Nkusi avuga ko ikemezo cyo kuzajuririra kugira abere Adeline Mukangemanyi Rwigara n’umukobwa we Diane Rwigara bakiretse. Ngo ni inama bagiriwe na Minisitiri w’ubutabera Johnson Busingye. Nyuma y’uko ikemezo cy’urukiko gitangajwe mu mpera…
Ubushikirizamanza bw’u Rwanda bwahagaritse kubandanya kuburanya Diane Rwigara
Ubushikirizamanza bw’u Rwanda bwahagaritse urubanza rwo kwunguruza bwari bwakatishije inyuma yaho Diane Rwigara na nyina wiwe Adeline Mukangemanyi Rwigara bagiriwe abere mu ntango z’ukwezi kwa 12. Diane Rwigara na nyina bakuweko ivyaha vyo kugumura abanyagihugu babankisha ubutegetsi hamwe no gukora…
Cinq personnalités africaines qui ont marqué 2018
1.L’homme qui “répare” les femmes en RDC Le gynécologue congolais, âgé de 63 ans, est co-lauréat du prix Nobel de la paix 2018. Il a été récompensé pour son combat contre les violences sexuelles faites aux femmes. Le Dr Mukwege soigne depuis près…
Agency to appeal acquittal of Rwandan president’s critic
Rwanda’s prosecution agency has said it will appeal the recent acquittal of a government critic, Diane Rwigara and her mother Adeline Rwigara. The Rwanda New Times portal said prosecutor Jean Bosco Mutangana told reporters that the National Public Prosecution Authority,…