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By Paul Kagame Few were less comfortable with the prospect of sainthood than Nelson Mandela himself. “One issue that deeply worried me in prison,” he wrote in Conversations with Myself, a collection of his writings published in 2010 “was the false image that I unwittingly projected to the outside world: …

By Independent Team Kinshasa puts Blue-helmets in line of fire On August 28, the red line in the escalating conflict between the DR Congo government troops and the mutinous M23 rebels was crossed; a soldier fighting in the conflict under the UN flag was killed. When Maj. Hatim Shabaan Mushindo, …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Becoming the 1st revolutionary leader to leave voluntarily On February 8, 2012, Rwanda’s ruling party, the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) held a meeting attended by over 2,000 delegates. At that conference, President Paul Kagame introduced two subjects: the challenges facing the country from the international community’s …

Lessons from Kibaki for Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi ANALYSIS | JM KAVUMA-KAGWA | February, 2013 | Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s founding president, Jomo Kenyatta, and Raila Odinga, the son of his Vice President, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, are contesting in the March 4 Kenyan General Election to succeed President Mwai …

By Bosco Hitimana President wants `change, stability, continuity’ as his term expires in 2017 President Paul Kagame, on Feb.8, 2013, challenged his ruling Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) cadres to chart the way forward for the country’s leadership after 2017 when his term ends. The Rwandan constitution allows the head of …

By Independent Investigations Team The unreported details On Nov.17, Rwandan President Paul Kagame was addressing cadets at a passing out parade in Gaako, Rwanda when a sentry handed him a handwritten note saying: `intense fighting has flared-up again in eastern Congo as M23 rebels are pushing to Goma.’ According to …

 By Andrew M. Mwenda The world tends to hold him to very high, sometimes unrealistic standards Over the last one month, a rebellion has been ragging in eastern DRC against the government of President Joseph Kabila in Kinshasa. As I write this article, over 40 armed groups, some of them …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Because he has little pecuniary interest in power and no messianic image of himself, Kagame will easily retire in 2017 Since his press engagement in Kampala, President Paul Kagame has come under increasing attack from some people accusing him of being unclear about his intention to …

By the independent team & agencies Rwandan President Paul Kagame arrived in Brussels over the weekend at the head of a large delegation for a four-day state visit to Belgium, the government said on Monday, Dec.6. An official statement from the President’s Office in Kigali said attended the fifth edition …

By The Independent Team Excellencies, Heads of State and Government; Excellencies, Heads of Delegations; Leaders of Rwanda’s High Institutions; Distinguished Guests; Friends of Rwanda; Fellow Rwandans: It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all. I extend a special greeting to my sisters and brothers, Heads of State and Government, …