On June 27th the foreign ministers of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo stood smiling in the Oval Office next to Donald Trump, America’s president, who hailed the importance of the peace ...

The African Union has sometimes been a byword for institutional inertia and bureaucratic bumbling. But can recent reforms help to improve the performance of this crucial organisation, asks Joël ...

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has been flying high for a while. His reputation – mainly international though he wields some continental clout – has been growing. Through skilful diplomacy, he has ...

JOHANNESBURG - Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has lashed out at President Cyril Ramaphosa. He accuses him of lies, deliberate attacks and distorting their conversation on the DRC conflict ...

Just a few minutes later, the general promised to visit his “big brother" Félix Tshisekedi, President of the DRC, to convince him of the need for peace, because, he said, his "uncle" President ...

Rwanda tries to silence critics abroad by targeting relatives back home, at times arresting and torturing them, say former officials and other exiled Rwandans.

Paul Kagame, formerly the Tutsi military leader of the RPF, became president of Rwanda in 2000, and he continues to occupy that office today. In some respects, he has been an enormously successful ...

Published: August 23, 2024 8:55am EDT Paul Kagame started his fourth term as Rwanda’s president in August 2024. He first became president in April 2000.

KIGALI, Rwanda Paul Kagame won a fourth term in office, with more than 99% of the vote in Rwanda's recent presidential elections, according to partial results from the National Electoral Commission.

Kigali — Paul Kagame’s win in Rwanda's presidential election this week was widely expected, although critics say the vote was neither free nor fair. Lewis Mudge is the central Africa director ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame won a fourth consecutive term with more than 99% of the vote so far in a general election in the East African nation, according to preliminary results.

President Paul Kagame is widely credited with Rwanda's post-genocide recovery. But critics say he has stifled opposition and endangered democracy. He led the Uganda-based Rwandan Patriotic Front ...