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Rwanda
Population: 10.3 mn.
GDP: 5.6 bn.
Debt: 0.4 bn.
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Regional ructions in Congo-Kinshasa and Burundi will temper international criticism of President Paul Kagame's authoritarian style. The UK remains a close ally. Difficult relations with South Africa after men arrested in Pretoria are charged with trying to assassinate some of Kagame's opponents.

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  • Vol 46 No 17
  •  26th August 2005

Size doesn't matter

Ex-Finance Minister Donald Kaberuka's victory in the 21 July African Development Bank presidential election (AC Vol 46 No 11) is the latest success for Kigali's increasingly effective diplomatic service. His chances of beating veteran Nigerian banker Olab...

  • Vol 46 No 16
  •  5th August 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 told Ka...

  • Vol 46 No 10
  •  13th May 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 o...

  • Vol 45 No 25
  •  17th December 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 den...

  • Vol 45 No 24
  •  3rd December 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 borde...

  • Vol 45 No 22
  •  5th November 2004

Militant diplomacy

Kigali's muscular foreign policy has won a grudging respect

  • Vol 45 No 14
  •  9th July 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
  •  2nd April 2004

Starting again

Military might and economic rigour have sustained Kigali's recovery

  • Vol 45 No 7
  •  2nd April 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
  •  19th March 2004

Who fired the missiles?

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

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