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Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame speaks during a Rwandan Patriotic Front rally on 22 June 2024 ahead of July elections. Guillem Sartorio/AFP via Getty Images

July 8, 2024

Rwanda’s Tutsi minority has been in power for 30 years – but study finds ethnicity doesn’t matter to people if their needs are met

Réginas Ndayiragije, University of Antwerp and Marijke Verpoorten, University of Antwerp

Rwanda’s majority Hutu have over time reported feeling more represented by a Tutsi-dominated government.

Kagame prefers partnership with successful European football clubs to market Rwanda. Luke Dray/FIFA via Getty Images

April 17, 2023

Rusesabagina vs Rwanda: how Kagame wields soft power to get his way with the west

Keith Gottschalk, University of the Western Cape

With Africa’s solid support and his pro-west military and policy adventures, Kagame is able to take on critics.

The New Times of Rwanda announces the arrest of Felicien Kabuga in France, on May 16 2020, where he was living under a false identity. Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP

September 4, 2020

Rwanda: what’s at stake in the trial of Félicien Kabuga

André Guichaoua, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Kabuga’s arrest marks the beginning of a long legal process in which the prosecution faces numerous challenges.

Presidents Paul Kagame (right) and Yoweri Museveni observe a minute of silence during a genocide memorial. EPA/Ricky Gare

March 25, 2019

East Africa should intervene to defuse Rwanda-Uganda war of words

Filip Reyntjens, University of Antwerp

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.

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