Rwanda: When a Journalist Asks Whether ‘You Speak Hutu Or Tutsi’

“Rwanda has been such a good surprise for me,” was all a vividly confounded Angolan journalist, Maria Luisa de Carvalho-Rogerio, could say as we drove from the Kigali International Airport on the night of August 24, ahead of the opening of an international conference on gender and media, last week.

The Top Ten Myths in the War Against Libya

By Maximilian C. Forte– August 31, 2011

Since Colonel Gaddafi has lost his military hold in the war against NATO and the insurgents/rebels/new regime, numerous talking heads have taken to celebrating this war as a “success”. They believe this is a “victory of the Libyan people” and that we should all be celebrating.

Urutonde rw’abanyeshuri n’abatoza b’ubugome na jenoside

Na: Ndahiro Tom

Waba ukeneye kumenya amazina y’abajenosideri bakidegembya mu mahanga?

Ukeneye se no kumenya amazina y’abashinzwe cyangwa abiyemeje kwamamaza ingengabitekerezo ya jenoside?

Waba se ukeneye kumenya ihuriro ry’inshuti z’abajenosideri zirimo Abanyamerika, Abanya-Canada, Ababiligi, Abafaransa abo muri Cameroun…?

L’Afrique de l’Est pourrait égaler le Japon dans la facilité à faire des affaires

Communiqué-Banque Mondiale

IFC et la Banque mondiale ont publié aujourd’hui un rapport affirmant que si les meilleures règlementations et procédures est-africaines étaient mises en œuvre à tous les niveaux, l’environnement réglementaire des entreprises en Afrique de l’Est, tel que mesuré par le rapport, serait comparable à celui du Japon.

Africa: The Africa State, Genocide And the Exigency of Africom

By: Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe

Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe outlines the origins of what he terms the genocide-state in Africa, going back to the Igbo genocide of 1966 to describe the character of modern-day states.

Zimbabwe hunts Rwanda genocide suspect

ZIMBABWEAN police have issued an arrest warrant for Rwandan genocide suspect Propais Mpiranya, reports said.

Stung by criticism by prosecutors for a special United Nations court that it was harbouring one of the world’s most wanted mass murderers, Zimbabwe appears to have caved in to pressure.

When is a group marginalised?

By Andrew Mwenda

In an ethnically diverse state, change in government is not change in governance; it’s replacement of one looting coalition by another.

BBC-Gahuzamiryango yigize umuyoboro wa ba Neo-Interahamwe

Na: Ndahiro Tom

Ndacyari ku kibazo cya BBC-Gahuzamiryango n’umugambi wayo wo kwamamaza abajenosideri n’ababashyigikiye. Mu mwaka ushize w’2011, Bwana Luis Moreno Ocampo, Umushinjacyaha mukuru w’urukiko mpuzamahanga mpanabyaha (ICC), yakoze raporo kuli FDLR n’ubuyobozi bwayo.

Rwandan Franc Gaining Strength in East Africa

By Faridah Kulabako

The recent turbulence among the global financial markets resulting mainly from the problems in the Euro zone has seen a number of African currencies fall freely against the dollar.

France – Rwanda: Va-t-on enfin solder les comptes?

Le président rwandais, Paul Kagamé, effectuera une visite officielle en France les 12 et 13 septembre prochains, sur invitation de son homologue français, Nicolas Sarkozy.