The arrests have observers wondering if the idea is to keep President Paul Kagame's inner circle in a state of permanent apprehension whether there have simply been differences of opinion or whether a plot has really been uncovered...
Much was made of the 'new generation' of African leaders such as Ethiopia's late Meles Zenawi Rwanda's Paul Kagame South Africa's Thabo Mbeki and even Eritrea's Issayas until relations soured irredeemably...
After the genocide Rwandan President Paul Kagame marched into Congo; later his government sponsored pro-Kigali rebellions in his giant neighbour...
Since the 1994 Rwandan genocide when Hutu militiamen blamed for the murder of 800 000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus fled into the jungles of eastern Congo-K to eventually form the FDLR Rwandan President Paul Kagame has used the militia's presence to justify invasions of his mineral-rich neighbour's territory...
Vol 55 No 10 |
- CHINA
- AFRICA
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni Rwandan President Paul Kagame and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit were present for the signing...
President Paul Kagame's keynote speech at the Amahoro Stadium on 7 April urged everyone to face up to their responsibilities since 'the people who planned and carried out the genocide were Rwandans but the history and root causes go beyond this country'...
For others the event affirmed and consolidated President Paul Kagame's rule...
Africa Confidential thronged the red carpet to see a relaxed-looking Paul Kagame smiling Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba and fit-looking Denis Sassou-Nguesso arrive from Rwanda Gabon and Congo-Brazzaville respectively...
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The source of President Paul Kagame's apparent animus against South Africa stems from its role in helping consolidate the regime of President Joseph Kabila in Congo-Kinshasa in 2002-03...
His regional colleagues – Ethiopia's Hailemariam Desalegn Rwanda's Paul Kagame and Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta – smile knowingly but for now accept their elder's dominant role...