Tag: Rwanda
government responds to Rwandan accusations of ‘military escalation’ with M23
Kigali accuses Kinshasa of being on the way to military escalation after renewed fighting between the M23 armed group and the Congolese army in Rutshuru province, eastern DRC. In a…
Controversy after the extradition by Germany of a former FDLR rebel to Rwanda
Former leader of the Rwandan rebel group FDLR Straton Musoni was convicted in Germany of crimes against humanity in 2015. After serving his eight-year prison sentence, several concurring press sources…
Beata Umubyeyi Mayor, reconciling and repairing all her identities
Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse was born in Rwanda in 1979. She arrived in France after surviving the genocide of the Tutsi. Her first novel All your children scattered received the Prix…
outlines of foreign intervention following the EAC meeting
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), delegates and experts from member countries of the East African Community (EAC) signed, Thursday, September 8, in Kinshasa, the agreement on the status…
Benin and Rwanda are about to sign an agreement to fight against terrorism
Target of several attacks by armed groups since 2021, Benin is very active in its response strategy. Patrice Talon tries to find allies who have expertise in the fight against…
Denmark and Rwanda agree on asylum relocation
Ministers from Denmark are in Rwanda on Friday to discuss plans for a Danish asylum reception in the African country. In a jointly signed document, the two countries confirm an…
The quest for the lost and found language, with Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse
Winner of the 2020 Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie for her first novel, the Franco-Rwandan Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse has established herself as one of the major voices of…
“Les Anonymes”, the punchy film by Mutiganda Wa Nkunda in Angoulême
The film had already been spotted at Fespaco, the Pan-African film festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, where it won the screenplay prize in 2021. Anonymous, directed by Rwandan Mutiganda Wa…
The youth and freedom of tone of Rwandan cinema in Angoulême
Inviting Rwanda to the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival is a daring bet as the French language, before being rehabilitated as an official language, had been relegated to the background in…
Faced with parallel trafficking and falsification, an African Medicines Agency will be created
Its trade is very flourishing on the markets of Lomé. Africa would be the hub despite the repressive measures put in place in several countries. This is the trade in…