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The fear is that Rwanda will teach other Africans how to be stubborn!

Lonzen Rugira Sep 29, 2020

On the surface, the recent media onslaught against Rwanda is about Rusesabagina. Whereas the debate should have been whether or not he committed the crimes he is being accused of, the media has accused Rwanda of abducting a hero. On the…
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Liberating the Rwandan woman – To whom will President Kagame smuggle ammunition? — Part I

Marie Maxime Umubonwa Jul 9, 2020

After the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, the RPF pushed for equal representation of women in leadership. Inclusiveness was critical to ensuring that no one was left behind since discrimination based on ethnicity, gender or regional…
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Félicien Kabuga Trial: Can the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals do better…

Alphonse Muleefu May 21, 2020

On 16 May 2020, the world was awash with the news that the most wanted fugitive suspected of financing the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi was arrested. The arrest of Félicien Kabuga in Paris, France, has raised a lot of questions…
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The Worrying Trend of Genocide Denialism

Bernard Sabiti Apr 8, 2020

A slew of emboldened anti-Rwanda Western academics and journalists are involved in a sinister campaign to revise, deny, and cast doubt on one of the worst horrors of modern history, the genocide against Rwanda’s Tutsi.
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Who Are We?

Lonzen Rugira Oct 29, 2019

Successful countries – like human beings – must have a purpose for existence. As human beings grapple with the question “why am I here?” and get answers to them, they get a clarity of their own identity. They can clearly articulate where…
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Is Rwanda’s political space closed? It depends

Lonzen Rugira Oct 20, 2019

Rwanda’s willfully misunderstood political system was on display last week as President Kagame inaugurated the incoming Senate. President Kagame is, obviously, the Head of State and member of the RPF-Inkotanyi political…
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The coming of age of an African liberation ideology in Rwanda

Serge Kamuhinda Jul 9, 2019

Rwanda’s quest for liberation can be conceived as a mirror for continental liberation. The country celebrated the 25th anniversary since the Rwanda Patriotic Front stopped – through military means – the genocide against the Tutsi, a feat…
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To Be Hutu Or Tutsi Is Not Illegal

Frederick Golooba-Mutebi Apr 15, 2019

One of the more remarkable steps the post-genocide government in Rwanda has taken towards fostering a society, in which citizenship matters more than whatever other identity one may feel defined by, was the initiation of the ‘ndi…
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Pan African Review

Pan African Review is a platform that challenges assumptions about Africa and a space for introspective perspectives on matters of concern to Africans.

In order to holistically address the safety, security, and health needs of young learners, we need to have supportive services/systems in every environment that they interact with, i.e., the home, community, and school. Take a look at teenage pregnancy as an example. If we want to address the alarming rates of school attrition due to teen pregnancy, we must support families with the information, capacity, and time to discuss sexual and reproductive health with the children in their care. Writes Alice Bayingana.