In a political environment as polarised as Rwanda’s, there is no room for moderates and no space for critical voices.
President Pierre Nkurunziza arrives to inaugurate Burundi’s Chinese-built state house on September 27, 2019.
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History will judge Nkurunziza as a man who brought unnecessary pain to a nation that had long suffered from political misrule.
The date of arrest and a red cross marked on the face of Felicien Kabuga on a wanted poster at the Genocide Fugitive Tracking Unit office in Kigali, Rwanda, on May 19, 2020.
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Frank Mattheis, University of Pretoria y Ueli Staeger, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
Africa's new continental free trade area, the AfCFTA, is a remarkable achievement. However, decisive diplomatic, technical and social action is needed for it to succeed.
Security is tight in Rwanda’s authoritarian state.
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A military confrontation between Uganda and Rwanda remains implausible. But the stand-off between the two countries is reminiscent of the worst days between them.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Rwanda has a booming economy that is controlled by an authoritarian regime
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Claudine Vidal, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)
An investigative work by journalist Judi Rever is an indictment, describing massacres committed by the Kagame regime so as to establish their qualification as a genocide.
Arsenal FC’s new sponsor is Rwanda.
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Marc Le Pape, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)
Writing about Rwanda sometimes gives the impression of crossing a minefield. It is not a question of controversies between researchers but of denunciation and intimidation.
Jose Eduardo dos Santos has stepped down as president of Angola but the country’s political system hasn’t been overhauled.
EPA/Manuel de Almeida
The Rwandan model can't be replicated easily given that it depends heavily on political dominance and tight, centralised control of patronage networks.
President of the AU Alpha Conde, European Council President Donald Tusk (L) and President of the EU Jean-Claude Juncker.
Reuters/Luc Gnago
The transformation of the EU-Africa summit series into the EU-AU summit is more than just a change of name. It reflects the increasing recognition of the AU as an international actor.
An elderly woman displays her inked finger after casting her vote during the 2016 presidential elections in Uganda.
Reuters/James Akena
The outcome of the race between increasingly artful electoral manipulation and limitless possible manifestations of democratic expression is never entirely certain.
Yarik Turianskyi is Manager of the Governance and African Peer Review Mechanism Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs and guest lecturer in African Governance and Eastern European Politics, University of Pretoria