Rwanda

Rwanda

Population: 10.0 million
GDP: $5000 million
Debt: $16.7% of GDP
Overview:

President Paul Kagame will certainly win the presidential elections in August and opposition candidates will face major strictures even if his tenuous deal with Kinshasa starts to unravel with fresh violence in Eastern Congo.

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  • Vol 46 No 16
  • 05/08/2005

Inside track

Concern is mounting about the fate of army Spokesman and former Director of External Intelligence Colonel Patrick Karegeya, embroiled in a power struggle within the ruling Front Patriotique Rwandais (AC Vol 46 No 10). Human rights groups have been tol...

  • Vol 46 No 10
  • 13/05/2005

Colonel inside

The arrest of the army spokesman and former Director of External Intelligence, Colonel Patrick Karegeya, on 30 April points to new tensions in President Paul Rugambwa Kagame's government. Some are internal rivalries, some linked to pressure on Kigali's...

  • Vol 45 No 25
  • 17/12/2004

On edge

The fighting in North Kivu threatens both next year's promised elections and Congo's fragile peace. President Joseph Kabila's cheerleaders in Kinshasa blame Rwandan aggression for the latest clashes, and claim to have captured Rwandan soldiers. Kigali ...

  • Vol 45 No 24
  • 03/12/2004

Coming to blows

Somebody fired katyusha rockets into Rwerere village in Rwanda's northern Gisenyi province, on 15 November. Three people were hurt. A similar attack followed in Ruhengeri province. President Paul Kagame threatened to send his forces across the Congo bo...

  • Vol 45 No 22
  • 05/11/2004

Militant diplomacy

Kigali's muscular foreign policy has won a grudging respect

  • Vol 45 No 14
  • 09/07/2004

Military might

This week's military agreement between Rwanda and South Africa may be touted as African Union cooperation and regional peace-building. But some in Pretoria fear that if Kigali continues to meddle in Congo-Kinshasa, South Africa will be blamed for helping ...

  • Vol 45 No 7
  • 02/04/2004

Starting again

Military might and economic rigour have sustained Kigali's recovery

  • Vol 45 No 7
  • 02/04/2004

On trial for genocide

The outpouring of grief and horrific memories ten years after Rwanda's genocide has been accompanied by a less dignified round of finger-pointing among governments, diplomats and journalists. It started last month with Stephen Smith's article in the Paris...

  • Vol 45 No 6
  • 19/03/2004

Who fired the missiles?

Kigali rejects French claims that its fighters shot down President Habyarimana's plane

  • Vol 45 No 4
  • 20/02/2004

Deadly anniversary

The regime prepares to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the genocide

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