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Paul Kagame`s Endless Diplomatic Gambles

Kagame is on the way out, and has become a disruption to progress in Rwanda and the Great Lakes region.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The saga between Kagame and France continues. It is a familiar story that sometimes sounds like a children's fairy tale. The latest is France recalling its Ambassador to Kigali, whom many have referred to as a French RPF cadre. But what is the reason behind this decision?

Kagame does not want the new French nominee to the diplomatic post in Kigali because "she is too close to the French Foreign Minister", Alain Juppe, whom Kagame considers "hostile to Rwanda's interests!"

Paul Kagame: A General Without Generals

Questions over the recent arrests of four generals remain unanswered...

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - On January 17th, 2012 four generals were arrested in Rwanda and placed under house arrest.

Much speculation has been raised as to the reason for their arrest and detainment.

What Hero`s Day do we Celebrate?

Behind the Presidential Curtains-President Paul Kagame, Rwanda

(KIGALI, Rwanda) - As Rwanda has just celebrated hero's day I wanted to reflect on the good, the bad and the ugly of some of my experiences in the Presidential Guard and the RDA. The experiences I report on are mine and mine alone.

I recall these incidents as I experienced them and all of the names remain the same. Sadly, most of the people in this curtain are either imprisoned or have been killed.

`Time is nothing when there is determination`

Alice Muhirwa's determination and focus are admirable in a country where oppression of dissenting views is part of daily life.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - In this interview, Alice Muhirwa, FDU-INKINGI Treasurer, describes the political climate in Rwanda from her experience in a political opposition group in Rwanda.

She's faced challenges in supporting Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, a jailed political prisoner, whose trial continues to be postponed.

Arrested Rwandan Generals are Being Tortured

It is believed that the three were arrested due to their close relationship with General Kayumba who lives in exile in South Africa.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Sources in the UDF and RDF reported to this reporter that the four generals in Rwanda that have been arrested was falsely reported as being arrested for questionable dealings in the DRC but in reality they were arrested due to the fleeing of 600-800 soldiers in December 2011.

The arrest of these Generals has led to them allegedly being tortured.

Voter Apathy in America Unprecedented

2012- the year that everything changes...

(SALEM) - Something really did change in America after Barack Obama was elected, it is our simple ability to hope and have faith and believe in our national leaders.

Traveling this road of life, we've seen the final blowout of a tire packed with hot air known as "U.S. politics". People are growing wiser.

Dr. Thoegene Rudasingwa Responds to French Report on Rwanda: We Shall Win!

Responding to the French Judge Marc Trevidic's technical report.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - On the 1st October 2011, I published a confession in which I stated that Paul Kagame, was personally responsible for the shooting down of the plane carrying President Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda, and several other officials.

I stated that Paul Kagame himself had told me, in July 1994, that he was responsible for the shooting down of the plane.

When Silence Serves Violence Best in Rwanda

When silence serves violence best in Rwanda

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Rwanda’s political opposition is once again under attack. On January 3, 2012 reports out of Kigali reveal another grenade attack in a local market.

With Grenades, unjustified arrests, and attempted assignations in other countries, the oppositional parties to the ruling regime in Rwanda face an uphill battle in striving for peace and reconciliation.

Rwanda: Attack with grenades near a market in Kigali

The spokesman of the police, Theos Badege told Reuters that a single grenade was responsible for this tragedy.

(KIGALI, Rwanda) - 20 people were injured on the evening of Tuesday, January 3 in a grenade attack near an outdoor market of vegetables and fruits being at Nyabisindu in Gasabo District, close to the Stade Amahoro Kigali.

Among the 20 injured, two of them would have died in the meantime, according to a diplomatic source who nevertheless remains to be confirmed by the police, we are told the correspondent on the spot from Reuters, Graham Holliday on his Twitter account.

Victoire Ingabire: the Rwandan Aung San Suu Kyi

Ann Garrison Interviews Raissa Ujeneza about her mother: one of Rwanda's heroic, embattled, political leaders.

(SAN FRANCISCO AfrobeatRadio) - Victoire Ingabire left Rwanda almost two years ago in January 2010 to return to her native Rwanda in hopes of challenging Rwandan President Paul Kagame in the country’s 2010 presidential election.

Her party was not allowed to register, she was not allowed to run, and she has spent the last year not as the president of Rwanda, but as a prisoner in Kigali’s 1930 maximum security prison.