Paul Kagame's government was irritated by the effusion of sympathy - without material help - lavished on his country; there is a move to announce a major US programme - some estimates put it at $40 million - to assist refugee repatriation in Rwanda...
Those same guerrilla groups have close contacts with the Rwandan Hutu soldiers of the former Forces Armées Rwandaises (FAR) and they get their weapons through the same channels - which is one reason why General Paul Kagame Rwanda's Vice-President and Minister of Defence opposes the embargo...
Vol 39 No 4 |
- CENTRAL AFRICA
Together with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni Congo-K President Laurent-Désiré Kabila and the Rwandan Vice-President and Defence Minister General Paul Kagame are the key figures in Central Africa's new balance of power...