As Rwanda and the whole world come to terms with the suspicious death of gospel singer Kizito Mihigo, opposition politician Diane Shima Rwigara has mourned him, describing the fallen singer as a national treasure. Mihigo, a popular Rwandan gospel singer…
La Belgique, terrain de jeu des espions Rwandais
Tentatives de piratage, surveillance et intimidations… Le pouvoir rwandais serre de près ses opposants et certains journalistes installés en Belgique, rapportent vendredi Le Soir et De Morgen. La Sûreté de l’Etat “confirme l’activité des services de renseignement rwandais en Belgique…
IS RWANDA UNDER KAGAME A SHINING EXAMPLE OF GOOD NEWS FROM AFRICA?
In an article titled “Rwanda Is a Shining Example of Good News from Africa” published in New Zealand based publicasion Stuff, on July 8, 2019, writer Phil Quin has a line that I love: “But the truth, as always, is…
Opposition members keep going ‘missing’ in Rwanda. Few expect them to return
(CNN) – When Eugene Ndereyimana woke up last week, he didn’t tell his wife where he was going, and she didn’t ask. The less she knew, the better, she thought. The 29-year-old father of two was traveling from his home…
Surviving Okrika ban in Rwanda & the Ethiopian Teff war
In Rwanda, if your surname is not Rwigara, you could be pardoned for saying that Paul Kagame is a good man. According to the council for the promotion of endorsed ruiners, Kagame’s Rwanda is a success story. So successful that…
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: 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…