Paul Kagame

Despite his frequently overtly hostile relationship with Nkurunziza Rwandan President Paul Kagame ordered the Rwandan flag to be flown at half-mast from government buildings after his death...

For years the French authorities dragged their heels in sharing information with international investigators about suspected Rwandan génocidaires on French soil but under President Nicolas Sarkozy and even more so under President Emmanuel Macron France's stance towards Rwanda has undergone a 180-degree pivot and Paris now strongly supports President Paul Kagame (AC Vol 58 No 20 Justice and jurisdictions)...

Provocatively he opined that Tshisekedi was being played by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda...

Condé is also close to other influential 'third-termers': Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Rwanda's President Paul Kagame...

An admirer of Rwanda's President Paul Kagame Talon quickly became irritated by Benin's vocal national assembly where the opposition blocked his attempt to lengthen the presidential term...

Close political advisors have asked him to pull out all the stops to secure a legacy that risks being undermined by jargon from cautious economists and references to books and studies; 'to be practical like Kagame' they say referring to Rwandan President Paul Kagame...

Development in the Sahel will be a major theme of the G7 summit in Biarritz on 24-26 August to which Macron has invited Burkina's President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré as current chair of the G5 and other African presidents: Senegal's Macky Sall Rwanda's Paul Kagame South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa the current African Union chair Abdel Fattah el Sisi and the AU commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat...

The escalating diplomatic row between Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame is almost certain to weigh heavily on Rwanda's and indeed the region's growth in 2019 even though both countries have sought to offset the damage by improving trade relations with other regional partners (AC Vol 60 No 6 Sibling rivalry turns ugly)...

Six heads of state attended including Rwandan President Paul Kagame Angolan President João Lourenço and Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou Nguesso which was five more than attended the inauguration of Tshisekedi's son Félix Tshisekedi as President in January...

Congolese securocrats say the move is blessed by Congo-K's president Félix Tshisekedi who discussed the neutralisation of armed groups in Congo-K at meetings in Kinshasa with presidents Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Angola's João Lourenço on 31 May...