DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 3 | RWANDA Western pressure grows against Kagame over rights abuses 16th February 2021 UK and US critique of Kigali's political record raises questions about its hosting of the Commonwealth summit The death in custody of revered Rwandan musician Kizito Mihigo and the coming trial of Paul Rusesabagina, the hero of the movie Hotel Rwanda, are focusing renewed attention on Pres... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 1 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICRWANDARUSSIA Elections crisis escalates as Russian and Rwandan troops fly in 23rd December 2020 Facing a coalition of rebel militias opposed to his government and the elections, President Touadéra has called for help from Moscow and Kigali, sidelining the UN Presidential and parliamentary elections due on 27 December are in the balance as a coalition of militias tries to oust President Faustin Archange Touadéra, replacing him with ex-P...
Vol 61 No 18 | RWANDA Exile flies into a trap 9th September 2020 The celebrated hotel manager turned regime opponent was flown to arrest in Kigali by the President's favourite charter jet company Paul Rusesabagina, the real-life character behind the 2004 Hollywood movie Hotel Rwanda, ended up on show in Kigali in handcuffs on 4 September raising myriad questions of internat...
Vol 61 No 11 | RWANDA Genocide manhunt goes on 28th May 2020 After French police arrested one of the men accused of organising the 1994 genocide, relations between Paris and Rwanda are set to improve Félicien Kabuga, who is accused of complicity in the Rwandan genocide and had been one of the world's most wanted fugitives, was arrested in the upmarket Parisian suburb of Asni&eg...
Vol 60 No 12 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Enemies without, and within 14th June 2019 UN peacekeepers and other security sources confirm that units from at least two battalions of the Rwanda Defence Force have taken positions inside Congo-Kinshasa, to hunt down grou...
Vol 60 No 6 | RWANDAUGANDA Sibling rivalry turns ugly 22nd March 2019 A mixture of real fears and deep paranoia on both sides lies behind the current crisis, stirring memories of a vicious clash nearly 20 years ago Ten days after Rwanda closed its main border post with Uganda on 28 February, forcing trucks and buses from Uganda into days-long delays at the customs post of the quieter Mirama H...
Vol 60 No 5 | RWANDAUGANDA Border tension grows 8th March 2019 Relations between Rwanda and Uganda have been steadily declining and reached a new low after Kigali briefly closed the busiest border crossing at Gatuna and reportedly deployed def...
Vol 58 No 25 | RWANDAUGANDA Pepper spray 15th December 2017 Three editors from the Ugandan satirical tabloid Red Pepper have been charged with libel and 'offensive communication' over a story alleging that Uganda's security services were pl...
Vol 58 No 20 | RWANDA Justice and jurisdictions 6th October 2017 Rwanda has been piling the pressure on Western countries hosting people suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide to extradite them for trial at home. There are 815 arrest warr...
Vol 58 No 19 | RWANDA Picked up or not picking up? 22nd September 2017 The whereabouts and status of Diane Rwigara, the would-be presidential challenger to President Paul Kagame, have been uncertain for about ten days. She was detained in the aftermat...