Africa: Rwanda - Who Lit the Fuse in 1994?

7 April marks the 31st commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.[1] Between April and July 1994, 75 percent of the Tutsi minority in Rwanda was exterminated by… Read more »

Rwanda: The Revolution Devours Its Children - the Fall of a Royal House in Republican Rwanda

The rise and scattering of an elite family, not on account of their ethnicity, but despite it, exemplifies the tragedy of authoritarianism in Rwanda. Read more »

Rwanda: Black-and-White Thinking About Rwanda

Spotting discrimination, polarisation and propaganda are important functions of the media. But to do that, journalists must be able to recognise them. Read more »

Rwanda: Beneath the Facade of Consensus Democracy

25 years after the Inter-Rwandan Dialogue birthed 'consensus democracy', it is now time to revisit and renew the system. Read more »

Rwanda: Rwanda - the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Election

Kagame's latest electoral victory is testimony to the impressive work of the electoral commission in moulding the numbers to fit predetermined results. Read more »

Africa: Europe's Indifference to Rwanda's Atrocities Is Costing Congolese Lives

A decade ago, Europe responded to Rwanda's incursions into the DRC with sanctions. Today, it's turning a blind eye - with devastating consequences for the Congolese. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Lines Through the Lake - Why the Congo-Rwanda Border Can't Be Redrawn

Long-standing cultural affinities of Rwandophones in the Great Lakes may appear to bolster Kigali's historical claims to parts of eastern Congo, but it's more complicated than it… Read more »