Hotel Rwanda’s Rusesabagina cautions President Clinton regarding Rwanda
by Paul Rusesabagina This week I wrote to President Clinton because he was visiting my beloved country to do important work, and I wanted him to go with eyes wide open. While I am happy to hear that...
View ArticleVictoire Ingabire’s family faces her prison sentence in Rwanda
by Ann Garrison KPFA Evening News broadcast Nov. 3, 2012 http://www.anngarrison.com/sites/default/files/mp3/Raissa-on-Victoire%27s-Verdict-KPFA.mp3 Transcript Raissa, dressed in the pink uniform of a...
View ArticleRwandan opposition leader Bernard Ntaganda in peril after prison hunger strike
by Ann Garrison KPFA Evening News, broadcast Sept. 15, 2013 http://www.anngarrison.com/sites/default/files/mp3/Bernard-Ntaganda-KPFA-9-14-2013.mp3 Transcript KPFA Evening News Anchor David Rosenberg:...
View ArticleVictoire Ingabire: the woman who challenged Rwanda’s Paul Kagame
by Ann Garrison KPFA Evening News, broadcast Dec. 14, 2013 http://www.anngarrison.com/sites/default/files/mp3/VICTOIRE-SENTENCE-EXTENDED.mp3 Victoire Ingabire, with the shaved head and pink uniform of...
View ArticleKagame’s charm offensive in American universities
by Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa French translation by Marceline Nduwamungu follows. Paul Kagame has been touring top American universities giving speeches deceiving unsuspecting students and uncaring top...
View ArticleRwanda: Absolute power at any price
Introduction Gen. Paul Kagame ordered the shooting down of the plane in which President Habyarimana and President Cyprien Ntaryamira of Burundi, French citizens, and all others on board were killed on...
View ArticleBBC asks ‘What really happened in Rwanda?’ (with French translation)
by Ann Garrison KPFA Weekend News for Oct. 11, 2014 http://sfbayview.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/BBC-on-Rwanda.mp3 French translation follows A new BBC documentary challenges the world’s most basic...
View ArticleRwandan prisoner Victoire Ingabire takes case against Rwandan regime to...
by Ann Garrison French translation by Marcelline Nduwamungu follows KPFA Weekend News broadcast Oct. 26, 2014 http://sfbayview.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/KPFA-ON-VICTOIRE-AFRICAN-COURT-APPEAL.mp3...
View ArticleRwanda continues inquiry into BBC ‘genocide denial,’ refuses Reyntjens’...
by Ann Garrison KPFA Evening News broadcast Dec. 6, 2014 http://sfbayview.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/KPFA-FILIP-REYNTJENS-BBC-RWANDA.mp3 After Belgian scholar Filip Reyntjens read what had been...
View ArticleKagame castigates BBC and foreign donors but keeps cashing checks
by Ann Garrison KPFA Weekend News broadcast Dec. 21, 2014 http://sfbayview.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/BELGIUM-CUTS-AID-TO-RWANDA-DECEMBER-2014.mp3 International argument over “Rwanda’s Untold...
View ArticleRwanda: No justice for Kibeho Massacre victims 20 years later
by Ann Garrison Flashpoints, Pacifica Radio, broadcast April 22, 2015 http://sfbayview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Flashpoints-Kibeho-Massacre-04-22-2015.mp3 On April 22, 1995, 4,000 to 8,000...
View ArticleNo way to escape the eye of the state in Rwanda
by Ann Garrison KPFA Weekend News, broadcast May 23, 2015 http://sfbayview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/David-Himbara-on-Totalitarian-Rwanda-KPFA.mp3 On May 21, 2015, David Himbara told a U.S....
View ArticleRwanda: Kagame’s spy chief Karake arrested in UK
by Ann Garrison KPFA Evening News broadcast June 27, 2015 Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s intelligence chief, Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, has been arrested with a European arrest warrant based on a...
View ArticleRwanda and Burundi: Who’s ‘promoting instability through violence’?
by Ann Garrison President Pierre Nkurunziza arrives riding a bicycle, accompanied by first lady Denise Bucumi Nkurunziza, right, to cast his vote for the presidential election, in Ngozi, Burundi, July...
View ArticleBurundi’s tense northern border with Rwanda
by Ann Garrison KPFA Evening News broadcast July 25, 2015 http://sfbayview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Rwanda-Burundi-Border.mp3 KPFA Evening News Anchor: Incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza has...
View ArticleRwandan diaspora calls for release of Victoire Ingabire and Déo Mushayidi
by Black Star News Five Rwandan political parties and organizations – Amahoro PC, FDU-Inkingi, PDP-Imanzi, PS-Imberakuri and IHURIRO-RNC – have united in a common platform. The platform calls for the...
View ArticleRwanda: Has Kagame exceeded the limits of his US-EU support?
by Ann Garrison KPFA Weekend News broadcast Dec. 5, 2015 http://sfbayview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/KAGAME-REACHES-LIMITS-OF-US-EU-SUPPORT.mp3 U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power calls on...
View ArticleAfrican Union refuses to invade Burundi
by Ann Garrison If Western press alone could overthrow a government, Burundi’s would be long gone. Anyone searching the web for “Burundi” and “News” in the past year would have seen long lists of...
View ArticleJan. 16 marks 8 years since Victoire Ingabire launched nonviolent movement...
by Justin Bahunga, Commissioner for External Relations and spokesperson, FDU-Inkingi On the 16th of January 2010, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza landed in Kigali to launch the nonviolent movement for...
View ArticleTwo African heroes leave prison in Rwanda
by Ann Garrison Victoire walked out of eight years in prison to meet the press wearing a bright red dress and lime green jacket, the colors of her political party, Unified Democratic Forces (UDF). She...
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