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Rwanda sending ‘chilling message’ to dissenters: U.N. rapporteur

YoopyaJan 28, 2014November 29, 20230

(Reuters) – Rwanda’s track record of prosecuting politicians who criticize President Paul Kagame’s government sends a chilling a message to opposition figures and rights campaigners,

U.S. rebukes Rwandan leader amid scrutiny over opponent’s murder

YoopyaJan 18, 2014July 20, 20230

(Reuters) – The United States says it is deeply worried about threats made by Rwandan President Paul Kagame against political opponents after one of his

Opposition: ex-Rwandan intelligence chief killed

YoopyaJan 2, 2014December 3, 20230

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rwandan opposition leaders say the country’s former spy chief has been found strangled in a hotel in South Africa and accused President

M23 rebels clash with army in eastern Congo

YoopyaOct 25, 2013March 17, 20240

(Reuters) – Congo’s M23 rebels clashed with government troops on Friday near the eastern city of Goma, a rebel leaders said, in the first heavy

Rwandans vote but no contest seen for Kagame’s party

YoopyaSep 16, 2013October 8, 20230

(Reuters) – Rwandans voted in a parliamentary election on Monday that is widely expected to hand an easy win to the ruling coalition in a

Two civilians killed in shelling near Rwanda-Congo border

YoopyaAug 29, 2013April 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Two people were killed when an artillery shell crashed close to a Rwandan market near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, residents

Rwanda blocks proposed U.N. sanctions for two Congo rebels

YoopyaAug 29, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – Rwanda blocked a joint U.S.-French proposal to impose U.N. sanctions on two senior commanders in the M23 rebel group in eastern Congo, arguing that