Tutsi

"My Exile To The World," A Poignant Memoir Released By Audible Publishing Services In Collaboration With Author Faustin Rusanganwa

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Monday, February 19, 2024
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Davis, California--(Newsfile Corp. - February 19, 2024) - Audible Publishing Services have released their latest book, written by the talented author, Faustin Reusanganwa.

Key Points: 
  • Davis, California--(Newsfile Corp. - February 19, 2024) - Audible Publishing Services have released their latest book, written by the talented author, Faustin Reusanganwa.
  • The memoir discusses deeply the feelings of regret and sadness the author feels about leaving his family behind in Rwanda.
  • Audible Publishing Services believes that this memoir is an extremely engaging narrative that shares, in great detail, the inspirational story of Faustin.
  • The author truly lays it all out in this heart-wrenching memoir, describing a life filled with adversity and great struggle.

Rwanda: Paul Kagame is a dictator who clings to power but it’s not just for his own gain

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame recently said he was looking forward to his retirement after 23 years in power.

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  • Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame recently said he was looking forward to his retirement after 23 years in power.
  • After a controversial referendum in 2015, Rwandans voted to extend presidential term limits, allowing Kagame to rule potentially until 2034.
  • More recently, Kagame was re-elected to head the ruling party – the Rwandan Patriotic Front – for another five years.
  • And last year he suggested that he might run for president again in Rwanda’s 2024 elections.
  • Kagame is indeed a dictator who restricts serious political opposition, independent media and civil society.

Kagame’s Rwanda

    • The circumstances, challenges and history of Rwanda are intertwined with Kagame’s own life story.
    • The Rwandan Patriotic Front’s invasion of Rwanda from Uganda in 1990 sparked a civil war.
    • Read more:
      Paul Kagame could be president of Rwanda until 2035 - what's behind his staying power

      Kagame is also idealistic.

    • He sees the end as justifying the means – whether this entails sacrificing innocent lives to save others during the genocide, or sacrificing freedom for prosperity in post-genocide Rwanda.
    • Kagame has received credit for the manner in which Rwanda prospered after the genocide into a clean, modern country with a growing economy.

Kagame’s mission

    • The president launched a project of social engineering where, on the surface, ethnicity no longer matters and the economy is thriving due to extensive modernisation.
    • An example of this is that, for nearly 10 years, the Tutsi have come to be recognised as the only genocide survivors in the country.
    • Read more:
      How Rwanda's annual genocide commemoration fans the flame of ethnicity

      The name change suggests that only the Tutsi are victimised.

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

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Monday, April 17, 2023
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A leader can use soft power by exerting economic, cultural or reputational influence.

Key Points: 
  • A leader can use soft power by exerting economic, cultural or reputational influence.
  • His hard power aside, soft power is something Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame possesses in spades.
  • One of Africa’s long serving leaders, Kagame wields soft power to deal with international criticism of his authoritarianism and human rights abuses.

The source of Kagame’s soft power

    • Kagame’s phenomenal power – both soft and hard – has its origin in the horrific genocide of 1994 when about 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu were massacred within 100 days in Rwanda.
    • Kagame’s Rwandan Patriotic Front overthrew the regime responsible for the genocide in three months.
    • Ever since, he has enjoyed in the west the sort of deference accorded to Israeli governments, also viewed as the heir of survivors of genocide.
    • When the US government punished Rwanda by removing it from the African Growth and Opportunity Act he stood his ground.

How Kagame uses his soft power

    • Kagame has used this soft power to deploy hard power to accumulate more soft power.
    • Though officially labelled as peacekeepers, the Rwandan troops also guarded the oil and gas installations belonging to French company Total Energies against an extremist Islamist insurgency.
    • Soon, a civil engineering subsidiary of Crystal Ventures won contracts for clearing and structural work on the Mozambique gas fields.

Kagame vs critics

    • It also carries out assassinations, reportedly, of opponents who have never taken up arms against the regime.
    • The Rusesabagina abduction marked the first serious dent in western admiration for Kagame.
    • Kagame will have to learn what the limits and consequences of soft power are.

KYBORA and Foundation Rwanda are pleased to announce the launch of the "Foundation Rwanda- KYBORA Initiative"

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Monday, March 20, 2023
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PRINCETON, N.J., and KIGALI, Rwanda, March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- As part of this initiative, KYBORA will dedicate a percentage of its earnings to support the objectives of Foundation Rwanda, a grassroots non-profit with an intergenerational approach to breaking cycles of trauma and poverty. Specifically, the KYBORA initiative will be focused on helping second-generation survivors born of rapes which occurred during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. KYBORA will provide small business loans to empower youth to start businesses of their interest and take the necessary courses and training to be successful.

Key Points: 
  • Specifically, the KYBORA initiative will be focused on helping second-generation survivors born of rapes which occurred during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
  • KYBORA will provide small business loans to empower youth to start businesses of their interest and take the necessary courses and training to be successful.
  • Specifically, the KYBORA initiative will be focused on helping second-generation survivors born of rapes which occurred during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
  • KYBORA is happy to be able to help young men and women realize their dreams to become self-sufficient entrepreneurs.

Statement by the Prime Minister on the 25th commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

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Sunday, April 7, 2019
Rwandan genocide, Hutu, Tutsi, Mass murder, Murder, Human rights abuses

In the months that followed, more than 800,000 innocent people Tutsis, moderate Hutus, and others were senselessly and brutally murdered in an organized campaign of genocide.

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  • In the months that followed, more than 800,000 innocent people Tutsis, moderate Hutus, and others were senselessly and brutally murdered in an organized campaign of genocide.
  • "On this solemn day, we join the Rwandan people and the international community to remember and pay tribute to all those who lost their lives in the genocide.
  • "Today, we also honour the bravery of all those who risked their lives to save others in this dark time.
  • We can honour them by fighting hate, protecting the most vulnerable, and working to make our world a better one."

Colgate Professor Explores Precarious Peace in Rwanda

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Monday, October 22, 2018
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HAMILTON, N.Y., Oct. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Rwanda: From Genocide to Precarious Peace by Susan Thomson, associate professor of peace and conflict studies at Colgate University and former program officer for the United Nations Development Programme, examines the ambitious political and social of President Paul Kagame and the ruling RPF.

Key Points: 
  • HAMILTON, N.Y., Oct. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Rwanda: From Genocide to Precarious Peace by Susan Thomson, associate professor of peace and conflict studies at Colgate University and former program officer for the United Nations Development Programme, examines the ambitious political and social of President Paul Kagame and the ruling RPF.
  • Truly the only study available of its kind, Rwanda: From Genocide to Precarious Peace features Thomson's unique perspective, as she worked for the UN when the Rwandan Patriotic Front came to power in 1994, marking the end of the civil war between the Hutus and Tutsis.
  • If your media organization is interested in learning more about the book or interviewing Thomson, please reach out Daniel DeVries.
  • Rwanda: From Genocide to Precarious Peace is published by Yale University Press, ISBN: 9780300197396