Rwanda

Reactions in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after the President of Rwanda recently visited this volcanic city in northern Kivu for a bilateral meeting with his Congolese counterpart Félix Tshisekedi. During a press conference on Saturday afternoon, Paul Kagame urged Congolese and Rwandans to flip through the past, look ahead and live together. The residents of Goma did not remain indifferent…

The Rwandan and Congolese presidents met on Saturday in Goma, after Gisenyi yesterday, where they tried to seal a new alliance. For their leaders, the two countries must turn the page and enter a new era. as reported from the Democratic Republic of Congo, William BasimikeSequentiallyCongolese President Félix Tshisekedi welcomed…

Rwandan President Paul Kagame will receive this Friday 25 June 2021 in Gisenyi, on Rwanda's side of the border, Félix Tshisekedi. On Saturday, the two men are expected to be in Goma for a press conference. The two heads of state had not seen each other from Paris and Paul Kagame's words humiliated the survey report and the siege. But according to the Congolese presidency, this side has been reversed.…

In New York, the UN Secretary - General's report on the Central African Republic will be presented to the Security Council on Wednesday morning, 23 June. He makes an overview of the situation in the country, a still "uncertain" security context. Although progress has been made. Antonio Guterres notes positively the…

This is a confirmation, another sign that relations between France and Rwanda are improving. While Paris no longer had an ambassador in Kigali, the Rwandan Council of Ministers validated the accreditation of the diplomat proposed by Paris: Antoine Anfré, a good connoisseur of the continent. A new representative of France in…

The alarm call from a Mozambican human rights organization. A Rwandan journalist seeking asylum in this country is said to be threatened with extradition to Rwanda. Cassien Ntamuhanga has been missing since May 23. He was co-accused by star singer Kizito Mihigo, who has since died in dark conditions in prison. The former…

Yououtubeur Aimable Karasira, a recently fired former university professor, is accused of denying the genocide of the Tutsis. Rwanda's investigation bureau announced its arrest on Monday night on Twitter. as reported from Kigali, Laure broulardOn his YouTube channel with 62,000 subscribers, Aimable Karasira has criticized the…

The mechanism for international criminal justice in The Hague on Tuesday, June 1, refused to declare Félicien Kabuga "unfit to stand trial". On May 6, the defense of the alleged genocide requested that the proceedings against his client be suspended, or failure to release him during trial, for "humanitarian" reasons, given his age and state of health. For the prosecutor, it would have been "too early" to declare Félicien Kabuga unsuitable to try at this stage. And it is obviously this argument that won. On April 15, the…

This week, Denise Époté presents two main headlines. Starting with the French-Gabonese Selena Souah, who set out to democratize internet access on the continent thanks to her company based in Rwanda. Secondly, the young Rwandan agro-entrepreneur Dieudonné Twahirwa, who made chili the first export product in Rwanda. .

Nearly 400,000 people fled to the city of Goma on Thursday, threatened by a new eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano. With our special correspondent in Rubavu, Laure broulardThey are a few thousand who have arrived since Thursday at the Rwandan border, sometimes at the end of long walks and loaded with everything they could take…