Throughout the ongoing trial of the two genocide suspects, Seraphin Twahirwa, and Pierre Basabose, in Brussels, the defence has adopted the tactic of attempting to distract the court from the…
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The constitution gives all Rwandans right to good health and the State has a responsibility to lead the way towards that effect. However, it would be wrong to talk about…
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“The Horror, The Horror” Life Imitates Art, As DRC Reenacts Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
by Vincent Gasana 1:24 pmIt is one of the most disturbing images on the internet, like something out of an especially horror film, except that it is very much real. If anything encapsulates the…
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Dismissed, Resigned After Poor Score in Accountability Test
by Jean de la Croix Tabaro 7:17 amRwanda government has continued to remind officials, whether appointed through the famous ‘Yellow Paper’, or elected through direct and hierarchical voting, that it is important to serve the people with…
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In a continent that is diversely rich both ethnically and culturally, it is not surprising to see that the literature which emerged from Africa is equally diverse and multifaceted. Dealing…
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We Were Neighbours of the Monster – Witnesses from Karambo Portray Seraphin Twahirwa
by Jean de la Croix Tabaro 3:57 pmYou have not heard much about the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi until you visit Karambo cell of Gatenga sector in Kicukiro district to hear testimonies of the citizens who, in…
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From the Horse carriage of 1880s with an average speed of 30km/hour to the Koenigsegg Agera RS with 447 km/h today or the 211 km/h of the V8 engine which…
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“Joyless Rwanda”? Depends On Which Rwanda You Visit, The Real One, Or The One With Which You Arrive
by Vincent Gasana 11:27 amA beautiful, clean, joyless country, haunted by the “ghosts of genocide”, the verdict of travel writer Bridget Hilton-Barber, and her travelling companion, Hugh Fraser, who we assume may or may…
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The private sector has taken up an assignment to make sure that Rwanda’s minerals are exported only refined, in order to increase return on investment and to reinforce foreign currency…
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What We Learnt At Youth Connect, Is Rwanda Journalism Yet To Fully Grasp Its Purpose?
by Vincent Gasana 12:00 amListen to President Kagame at almost any address he gives, and if the words accountability, responsibility, are not explicitly mentioned, they are implicit in what he says. And so it…
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Is America Calling For Peace In DRC, While Stoking The Fires of Conflict?
by Vincent Gasana 9:08 pmThe United States Treasury department’s inclusion of a senior member of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), on its list of sanctioned individuals, over the crisis in the Democratic Republic of…
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A Voice of Reason, Transmission Of Hate…What A Social Dust Up Reveals About Rwandans
by Vincent Gasana 9:37 pmSocial media is an unedifying place, where out of the blue, someone can authoritatively assert the sky to be green and the grass blue, and he or she can be…