Vol 63 No 3 | RWANDAUGANDA Border reopening points to diplomatic thaw 31st January 2022 President Museveni's son and putative successor played key role in sensitive negotiations as Kampala and Kigali discuss new regional security threats The agreement between Uganda's General Muhoozi Kainerugaba and Rwanda's President Paul Kagame to re-open their countries' common land border on 31 January was driven by economic lo...
Vol 62 No 19 | MOZAMBIQUERWANDA Capital crimes 23rd September 2021 The assassination of the exiled Rwandan businessman Revocant Karemangingo in a hail of bullets in Maputo on 13 September has shocked the country and prompted strong international p...
Vol 62 No 19 | RWANDA A trial on trial 23rd September 2021 The trial of Paul Rusesabagina, 67, the subject of the Hollywood film 'Hotel Rwanda' which depicted him sheltering victims of the 1994 genocide, has prompted criticism from interna...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 18 | RWANDAUGANDA The cold war continues after President Kagame delays response on meeting President Museveni 15th September 2021 There is no end to the froideur between Kigali and Kampala as each country makes new regional trade plans Rwanda's closure of the Katuna border with Uganda – the busiest crossing – curtailed trade between the two countries in early 2019. The crossings stayed closed despite ...
Vol 62 No 16 | RWANDAECONOMY Going to market 5th August 2021 Rwanda became the latest African sovereign to benefit from money markets issuing US$620 million of international bonds on 2 August. The sale, only the second by Rwanda, at an inter...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 15 | RWANDAAFRICAN UNIONMIGRATION Kagame offers Europe a way out on migration 23rd July 2021 Kigali’s attempts to position itself as an international safe haven for asylum-seekers continue apace Last week, a new batch of 133 asylum-seekers intending to travel to Europe from Libya landed in Rwanda to have their claims processed. A further 60 have since joined them this week... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 15 | MOZAMBIQUERWANDA Nyusi annoys the neighbours 22nd July 2021 While 1,000 Rwandan police and troops, widely admired for their military qualities, have arrived on the Afungi peninsula to defend the liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure ag...
Vol 62 No 12 | RWANDADENMARKMIGRATION A new Danelaw 10th June 2021 Denmark last week passed an unprecedented law permitting the government to send asylum-seekers to a third country to have their claims processed. If successful, they would only gai...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 11 | NAMIBIARWANDAGERMANYFRANCE Berlin offers $1.3billion to Namibia and Paris asks for forgiveness for involvement in genocides 1st June 2021 A week of performative diplomacy over genocides raises far more questions than it answers Far from drawing a line under Germany's genocide in Namibia between 1904-1908 and France's involvement in the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, the declarations by Berlin and Paris this ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 11 | RWANDADENMARKEUROPEAN UNION Cash for 'clearing houses' 27th May 2021 Denmark is in talks that could see Rwanda process asylum-seekers currently in the EU country or arriving there in return for development aid. Once the property of the hard right, a...
