A quarter-century has passed since the murder of 800,000 people were in the Rwandan genocide. President Kagame presents his country as a place of progress and equality, but that image starts to crack when you look behind the façade. On…
2018 In Review: How The Judiciary Silenced Rwanda’s Critics
A communiqué was released announcing that President Kagame had commuted the prison sentences of Ingabire Victoire who had been sentenced to 15 years and singer Kizito Mihigo who had been sentenced to 10 years on various cases. On that very…
The #MeToo movement should listen to the silence of African women
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…
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Kigali (AFP) – Rwanda’s government has withdrawn an appeal against the acquittal of dissident politician Diane Rwigara, who was tried on charges of inciting insurrection and forgery, prosecutors said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…