Paul Kagame
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Africa & World
Rwanda’s economy records 10,2% growth in 2021
RWANDA’S economy is expected to grow by 10.2 percent this year (2021) after its growth was revised upwards from the initial 5.1 percent, Central Bank Governor John Rwangombwa has said. Rwangombwa made the disclosure on Thursday, November 18, 2021 while presenting the National Bank of Rwanda’s 202/021 activity report to Parliament’s both Chambers. In 2020, Rwanda’s economy fell by 3.4…
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Africa & World
Kagame intensifies bid to silence journalists, opposition
RWANDAN authorities have arrested nine people linked to an opposition party and a journalist in the last week, as they intensify their crackdown on opponents and critics, Human Rights Watch said. The crackdown appears connected to an event, “Ingabire Day,” organized by the unregistered opposition party Dalfa-Umurinzi, that had been scheduled for October 14, 2021, to discuss among other things…
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Africa & World
How and why Rwanda spied on Ramaphosa using Pegasus software
The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, may have been the target of Rwandan espionage or monitoring, according to a worldwide investigation conducted by human rights organization Amnesty International, a discovery that is unlikely to improve already tense diplomatic ties between the two nations. Amnesty International said on Wednesday, July 21, that new evidence uncovered by the Pegasus Project revealed…
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