Kagame commended central and local government leaders, urging continuous efforts toward what is in their ability to develop the east African country. Rwanda Investigation Bureau incorporates the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), formerly under Rwanda National Police, according to the ministry of jus...
Valery Zakharov is the CAR’s national security advisor, assuming both military and diplomatic roles, including negotiations with Mahamat Darassa and other rebel leaders. The former intelligence agent, variously described as a veteran of the FSB or the GRU, also has a business role through mining...
On July 5, 1973, the government of Rwanda was overthrown. President Kayibanda was arrested and the National Assembly and RDM Parmehutu party disbanded. Major General J. Habyarimana, minister of the national guard and police in the previous government, took power, assuming the responsibilities of...
backed by a strong state, allowed for efficient implementation of mitigation measures. The use of village leaders “who know the vulnerable people”made it possible to coordinate and implement food
Political leaders generally prefer small coalitions. Yet, in light of mass movements, elite conflicts or severe social conflicts during the early stages of state formation, they are under pressure to broaden their coalition. This argument has been made, for instance, in the case of Asian states ...
This leaves serious negative impact on forests and people's health, which makes the government determined to cut the use of firewood for cooking by institutions such as hotels, schools, hospitals, prisons, police and army, he said. The strategies undertaken by the government to reduce the depend...
While the rebels claimed they took the town of Bunagana in order to stabilize it, local leaders on Monday urged Congo's military to reclaim it. “We deplore the M23 rebel attack and call on the Congolese government to track down and neutralize these rebel groups so that state authori...
Reports of "continuing intimidation and security problems" in camps for Rwandese refugees, particularly in Zaire, were the subject of grave concern by the Security Council on 10 February, when it condemned actions by former Rwandese leaders and their forces living in those camps aimed "to prevent...
The Notre Dame du Nil School was meant to educate the women elite of Rwanda, composed primarily by the daughters of powerful Hutu leaders, businessmen and very few lucky Tutsi who managed to escape selection. At school, Hutu students occupied positions corresponding to the ranks of their fathers...
The Rwandan police said Thursday that a recent joint operation by the Rwandan authorities have seized more than 5,000 assorted substandard bleaching products from beauty shops in different parts of the country, such as body oils, lotions, and toilet soaps....