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By Agencies International community applauds as third top Rwanda rebel is arrested Police in France on Monday arrested Rwandan rebel leader Callixte Mbarushimana, wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the French government said. Mbarushimana ‘was arrested [on Monday} on French territory’ by …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Civil society to put political parties on the spot over citizen-centered election pledges Political parties will come under pressure as the extent to which their election pledges reflect the aspirations of the people comes under closer scrutiny weeks before nomination of candidates to contest next years …

By Henry Zakumumpa If you were born today, which country would provide you the very best opportunity to live a healthy, safe, reasonably prosperous, and upwardly mobile life? This was the intriguing question posed in an unprecedented study by Newsweek, a leading American international magazine. The study was conducted between …

By Andrew Mwenda Last weekend, we celebrated 48 years of independence. Sadly, many Ugandans (and Africans generally) do not appreciate the political significance of this event largely because of the failures of post independence governments. The resultant frustration has given vent to sections of the international community, largely from the …

How angry Museveni letter got Tullow Oil bosses to act Kampala, Uganda |  The Independent Team |  It was an act of greed that “flabbergasted” even the President himself.  Wildcat oil explorer Heritage got paid US$1.5 billion (Approx. Shs 3.5 trillion or half Uganda’s 2010/11 national budget) for its shares in …

By Agencies Dismissed as a manipulated attempt to rewrite history Rwanda led a chorus of regional protests on Oct. 1 following the publication of a damning UN report on atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between 1993 and 2003. The huge compendium, an inventory of crimes allegedly …

By Matthew Stein Africa’s compendium of misery is released and the UPDF plays a role In August 1998, as Uganda and Rwanda turned their backs on Laurent Kabila, the former Congolese rebel they had backed to overthrow President Mobutu Sese Seko’s regime, a new period of brutality was being initiated …

By Independent Team A few days ago someone asked me why has Rwanda been so successful and what has made it so. He was partly reacting to an article I wrote elsewhere, outlining the reasons to which I attribute the strong emotions debates about Rwanda tend to provoke. A few …

By Andrew Mwenda The common message against President Paul Kagame of Rwanda is that he is a ‘media predator.’ The Ugandan ‘democracy’ crowd claim I cannot host a show like Andrew Mwenda Live in Rwanda. Yet the threat to the show would not be Kagame perceived intolerance. The show would …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi I recently moved from New York to Nairobi to protect you better; to be closer to you,” declared Tom Rhodes of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) at a press briefing at Hotel Africana on September 23. Rhodes was part of an international joint mission on …