Rwanda: Starvation in the Shadow of a Star

Paul Kagame, the dictator that presides over Rwanda’s minority government, is the darling of the U.S., the former colonial powers, and Israel. Bill Clinton claims “the economic and social gains in Rwanda have been nothing short of astonishing under Kagame.” So, it may surprise his sponsors that Rwanda is in the grip of famine. Kagame…

Kagame’s Jobs Program: War

By Etienne Masozera The Rwandan political opposition coalition would like to condemn in the strongest terms possible the sickening cynicism of Rwandan Gen. Mubarak towards vulnerable people, like survivors of genocide, his sectarianism and incitement to hatred against survivors of genocide as well as the thinly veiled policy of regional destabilization and expansionist policies. On…

Life Under Rwanda’s Terrifying Dictatorship

An interview with Anjan Sundaram, author of ‘Bad news: Last journalists in a dictatorship’ By Zahra Moloo Journalist Anjan Sundaram’s book on Rwanda exposes a terrifying dictatorship at the heart of Africa that few people get to hear about. Paul Kagame has tremendously succeeded – with the eager help of his western backers – to…

Rwanda: The Danger of a Sanitized Narrative

How a British NGO changed the course of Rwandan history and helped fuel impunity in Africa’s Great Lakes region President of Rwanda Paul Kagame at the World Economic Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, June 11, 2009 (Matthew Jordaan/WEF) By Judi Rever The passion of war has long inspired propagandists. Some have sought to influence…

Rwanda: Remembering All the Victims

Ann Garrison The Rwandan Genocide is commemorated in Rwanda and at the United Nations as “the Genocide against the Tutsi.” However, there is ample evidence that hundreds of thousands of Hutus, as well as Tutsis, died in the Rwandan massacres. KPFA Weekend News Anchor Sharon Sobotta: On April 7, the Rwandan government began to produce…

Rwanda, the Enduring Lies : A Project Censored Interview with Professor Ed Herman

Independent journalist Ann Garrison hosts the program this week. She is a radio, print and online reporter who specializes in the Great Lakes region of Africa. She is a recipient of the Victoire Ingabire Democracy and Peace Prize. Her first guest, author Edward Herman, discusses his recent book, “Enduring Lies,” examining the falsehoods circulated by Western…

Burundi Accuses Rwanda of Training Rebels for Cross Border Attacks

KPFA spoke to Father Thomas Nahimana, and the US State Department, about accusations that Rwanda is training rebels to engage in cross border attacks to destabilize Burundi. By Ann Garrison KPFA Weekend News Anchor Sharon Sobotta:  Burundian Foreign Minister Willy Nyamitwe has accused neighboring Rwanda of training rebels to destabilize Burundi with cross border attacks. Rwandan President Paul Kagame responded that the…

Abayomi Azikiwe : Rwandan Genocide Trial in Sweden

A Swedish court has sentenced a man of Rwandan origin to life in jail for his part in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. TVC News Abayomi Azikiwe, PANW Editor, Featured on TVC Report Discussing the Rwandan Genocide Trial in Sweden US, French and other European states’ role in Rwandan genocide questioned A Swedish citizen who…

Rwanda and Burundi : Who’s ‘promoting instability through violence’?

By Ann Garrison As Burundian voters went to the polls on Tuesday, the U.S. State Department warned that “elections held under the current conditions in Burundi will not be credible and will further discredit the government.” It also said it planned to suspend partnerships that it hasn’t already suspended with “anyone promoting instability in Burundi…

Towards a Regional War in Central Africa : Rwandan and Ugandan Troops in the Congo (DRC)

Part I: UN Security Council Responds to African Great Lakes Regional Flashpoints By Ann Garrison M23 commander Sultani Makenga, during M23’s occupation of the eastern Congolese city of Goma, 2013. KPFA Weekend News, 05.02.2015 Rwandan and Ugandan troops have been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, during the past two weeks, but reporting is…

Rwanda the Untold Story: What Really Happened?

By Ann Garrison KPFA Weekend News, 10.11.2014 A new BBC documentary challenges the world’s most basic beliefs about the Rwandan Genocide. Transcript:  KPFA Weekend News Anchor Sharon Sobotta: Last week, a new BBC documentary titled “Rwanda: The Untold Story” upended the world’s basic beliefs about what really happened during the Rwandan war and genocide of the…

Peter Erlinder: Second Genocide in Rwanda

Bodies floating in Lake Rweru between Rwanda and Burundi KPFA Evening News By Ann Garrison The BBC reports perhaps as many as 40 bodies about bodies floating in Lake Rweru, between Rwanda and Burundi. Former ICTR defense lawyer Peter Erlinder spoke to KPFA about the precedent.   Transcript: KPFA News Anchor Cameron Jones: On Aug. 26, the…