Deadly anniversary

The regime prepares to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the genocide

Six months after his Front Patriotique Rwandais swept the board at last year's presidential and parliamentary elections, President Paul Kagame is still putting his regime in order (AC Vol 44 No 20). He has faced no effective political opposition since the presidential campaign, when his main opponent, the Hutu former Prime Minister, Faustin Twagiramungu, found his Mouvement Démocratique Républicain (MDR) banned as 'divisionist'. That fatally weakened the opposition Alliance Démocratique pour l'Equité et le Progrès-Espoir (ADEP-Mizero), whose leaders noted that their treatment aroused no significant international protest. With the elections won, the government went on suppressing its opponents.

Article Tags:
Paul Kagame, Faustin Twagiramungu, Léonard Hitimana, Augustin Cyiza, Célestin Kambanda, Faustin Minani, Pasteur Bizimungu, Back to college for dissidents, John-Bosco Kazura, Nigeria, Alexis Kagame, Kenya, Théogène Rudasingwa, United States, Gérald Gahima, Jack Nziza, Paul Rwakarabije, Congo-Kinshasa, James Kabarebe, Kayumba Nyamwasa, Patrick Karageya, , Christian Marara, Zepher Mutanguha, Tanzania, Town and country contrasts, Congo-Kinshasa, Front Patriotique Rwandais, Mouvement Démocratique Républicain, Alliance Démocratique pour l'Equité et le Progrès-Espoir, Mizero, Mizero, Parti Démocratique pour le Renouveau-Ubanyanja, Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Rwanda-Forces Combattantes Abacunguzi, Umuseso, Umuseso, Banque Nationale du Rwanda, Banque Continentale Africaine, Cimenterie Cimerwa, gacaca, gacaca, génocidaires, gacaca, en masse, génocidaires, Fonds d'Aide aux Rescapés du Génocide, Armée Patriotique Rwandaise

end of preview

To read the rest of the article you need to either log in or do one of the following:

Subscribe to Africa Confidential Find out more
Purchase this article on its own Find out more

If you have a print subscription already please click here for full access to the website.
If you have already logged in and believe you should have access to this article please contact customer services.