The West does not need Rwanda to plunder Congo. It needs Mobutu, the Kabilas, Tshisekedi and the likes.
Glenchore is already there, bribing its way to Congo's mines and back to its swiss bank accounts. ()
Americans have signed a memorandum of
PAUL KAGAME: HERO OR VILLAIN?
Paul Kagame has become a popular figure among Africans across the continent, who like and share his brilliant responses to arrogant Western interviewers. But is Rwanda’s President really the Pan-African giant that he’s made out to be?
Many think
Kagame goes for 4th term, potentially joining club of ‘power clingers’. If he gets re-elected in August 2024, Paul
#Kagame
will cement his position as East Africa's second longest-serving leader after Uganda’s
#Museveni
, who has been in power since 1986.
#RDC
: « il (Paul Kagame) s'enorgueillit d’être un faiseur de guerre, un spécialiste dans la guerre, il en est fier, moi à sa place je me cacherai, j’aurais honte d’assumer le fait qu’on sème la mort et la desolations, c’est honteux ..diabolique » Tshisekedi à
@PaulKagame
This is one of the reasons why there is so much fuss about house slaves in West Africa. What's the excuse, 5 years after Africa Green Revolution Forum ?
Link:
This is wild. European countries import coffee and cocoa from Africa and then re-export at an average 300% mark-up.
This tactic was widely used by Europeans during the colonial period and it continues to be used today.
The usual anti-Rwanda dimwits are celebrating Labour's victory as if President Kagame had stood for re-election in the UK and been defeated.
Our sister
@OndiroOganga
will explain again for the slow learners.
Link :
It's surprising to see how 29 years later, people outside & inside
#Rwanda
still underestimate the men and women who saved this country from annihilation. If pressure was something they cannot handle & resist, there would have never been a trial to begin with.
#Rusesabagina
𝐈𝐬 𝐑𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐑𝐂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝟐𝟑?
A journalist asked President Kagame this question in today’s interview with France 24.
Kagame’s answer is as straightforward as it can be. It avoids the trap led for him by lazy or ill intentioned
I wish all dictatorships could open their courts to the world. Besides, my support for the "dictatorship" is as transparent as your support for genocidaires.
An astonishing (and very transparent) attempt at turning an African dictatorship into a "pan-African liberation journey" fought by a "white supremacist global structure of oppression". And what would the "popular Rwandan jury" be?
@LonzenRugira
Donkeys' pseudo investigation revealed, that
#Rwanda
is not in the UK immigration deal for pecuniary reasons. Rwanda's ambassador made it clear that whether the deal succeeds or not is not a concern. The concern is to find solutions that protect vulnerable people.
#Ubuntu
.
The crybaby who runs the "rich and big country" and goes around begging for sanctions against neighbors was roasted.
"And then you say you want to be at the same table[with global powers). You'll be on the same table.... but as a meal." ~ Kagame
#RPF35
La prison c’est un pays qui ferme ses frontières sans prévenir, met des obstacles ridicules à l’obtention d’un simple document de voyage et ne peut pas fournir du carburant à ses citoyens pour qu’ils puissent vaquer à leurs occupations et subvenir aux besoins de leurs familles.
Depuis la
#RDC
, le Président du
#Burundi
a invité les Rwandais, « prisonniers », à se libérer. «…Notre lutte doit continuer jusqu’à ce que le peuple
#Rwandais
aussi fasse pression sur ses dirigeants, parce qu'ils ne peuvent pas accepter d’être prisonniers dans la région… »
When it suits her narrative, Michela Wrong would make you think that
#Rwanda
's intelligence services are as deadly as the Mossad, the MI6 or the CIA.
Interestingly, she doesn't think they are good enough to find out who sponsored her book.
Africans who think Kagame impose himself on Rwandans should ask themselves why his peers keep electing him by an overwhelming majority to lead AU reforms and other continental institutions. Were there any threats or were the elections rigged?
We know leadership when we see it.
Critics of
#Rwanda
invariably end up denying/revising the genocide against the Tutsi. A predictable pattern.
Facing the unshakable reality that Rwanda’s leaders are the heroes of the story, they have to rewrite this story & impose their own heroes.
It's simple
Paul Kagame talks about planning better, reducing meetings, and working for the people.
Filip is talking about the ethnic identity of the leaders.
There's no better way to frame this:
Leadership vs divisionism.
"A liberal who gets their information from The New York Times will look over at the Tucker Carlson viewer and tut-tut about Fox News propaganda, then go back to reading a fearmongering article about how the Kremlin is militarizing Russian society."
Maturity Is Realizing That Propaganda Isn't Something That Only Happens To Other People
"It's important to be aware of how advanced western propaganda has become because propaganda only works if you're not aware it's happening."
I get it. For a South African, Rwanda is too safe! Days & days, & years without any carjacking to make life exciting!
Also, the peace of mind in the knowledge that the country's land is yours. No need to shake your buttocks to no end to remind the government that you matter.
🚨🇺🇸SINALOA CARTEL LEADERS TRICKED INTO ARREST ON PRIVATE PLANE
A federal law enforcement source revealed to Fox News that Joaquin Guzman Lopez deceived Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada into boarding a private plane, claiming it was bound for Mexico.
Instead, the flight headed to El
President Kagame said at the time that the fundamental issue about the 2015 crisis in Burundi was not the number of terms. He said the fundamental issue was governance failure. A leader who fails to deliver should not even get a second term, he suggested.
Please learn the value
Everybody remember 2015 speech kagame give criticizing so call 3 term of president nkurunziza and he said at the time he doesn't need 3 Term mandat, today is about western says what a hypocrite
Jeffrey Smith, an american citizen whose job is to meddle in the political affairs of african countries, has accused Rwanda of meddling in neigboring countries and invited the US and western powers to meddle in an ongoing judicial process taking place in Rwanda.
Boris did well. He understood that Rwanda was not a country to mess with. The France-led judicial war against Rwanda’s leaders was always bound to fail. They had no case.
Of course, the white supremacists masquerading as human rights activists behind this account will not ask
General James Kabarebe was given immunity to visit Britain despite being wanted in Europe and accused of directing a militia that displaced 140,000 people.
👉Boris Johnson prevented arrest of Rwandan minister blamed for refugee crisis
Being humble is good. But let us also be accurate and compare apples with apples.
None of these countries came close to the level of destruction that Rwanda had experienced.
None of them had to fight wars of destabilisation imposed on Rwanda by France, with hundreds of
While we are on this topic, I hope Africans won't be fooled by this MI6 agent, Michela Wrong.
She is not fighting for African governments against Western predatory practices.
She is denouncing the right of Africans to make deals among themselves, deals that undermine the
Despite your best efforts to turn this into a sensational story, the only scoop for Africans here is that this contract was not won by a Western company, as is usually the case.
You wrote: "According to a person with knowledge of the contracting process, other companies
Despite your best efforts to turn this into a sensational story, the only scoop for Africans here is that this contract was not won by a Western company, as is usually the case.
You wrote: "According to a person with knowledge of the contracting process, other companies
SCOOP: Rwanda's military-led commercial expansion in Africa continues: TotalEnergies confirmed to me it had hired Isco - owned by Kagame's RPF-backed Crystal Ventures - to guard Mozambique LNG.
It's one of several CVL-linked businesses now operating in Moz
Western academics are overrated, which is why they are invited to comment on things they know little about.
There are at least 3 demonstrably false claims in this paper.
1) The author says that "Kigali hasn't shown the ability or willingness to transfer know-how to local
Rwanda’s military support to other countries is part of a strategy to boost its reputation
💻 Federico Donelli, University of Trieste
@UniTrieste
#Politics
There are enough examples of Kagame walking the talk: in RCA & Mozambique, not to mention trade & cooperation agreements signed with fellow african countries to improve people's lives.
What do these cases,which you know nothing about, have to do with the content of the video ?
Thin-skinned dictator Kagame says the rights things but does the wrong things. This past week Dieudonne was sentenced to 7 years in jail for criticising the government. Idamange, a mother of four, was jailed for 15 years in October for a similar offence
Rarely do you see a leader working so hard to lose control over parts of the territories of their own country.
Tshisekedi should know a war between Rwanda and the DRC will never be fought on Rwandan territory.
BREAKING NEWS! Once again DR Congo ‘s imbecile ruler Tshisekedi menaces to invade Rwanda.
during his last meeting in Kinshasa, President Félix Tshisekedi said:
"if you renew your confidence in me, and if Rwanda continues its desires to the east of our territory, I will bring
White people raised 2 million dollars for coordinated attacks against Rwanda, using 17 media platforms and the black slaves they conscripted in their jihad.
When the offensive failed, they produced a report saying:
“There are coordinated attacks coming from Rwanda.”
🤡
Austrian police hunt for The Unvaccinated, who have been confined to their homes and face fines of $1660 for being in public (except when working).
And the human rights industry, the EU, US and much of the int’l left are silent, if not quietly approving.
Tshisekedi's special security advisor: "We came here to challenge the whole world, especially [some in] the western world, who don't want us to speak and work together. We are here to tell them that we are one and that we never want conflicts amongst us."
Isn’t it fascinating how these western-funded vilification campaigns all end up in the dustbin of history ?
👉🏽France’s fabricated judicial case 🚮
👉🏽UK’s BBC untold story 🚮
👉🏽Michela Wrong book 🚮
👉🏽Mapping report 🚮
And now this ! (loading 🚮)
Absolutely zero impact on
President Kagame recalls how RPA soldiers spent years fighting without receiving salaries and how later they traded their salaries for food so that the government could buy equipment to fight insurgency.
"This is the core of what RPF is", says Kagame.
#RPF35
@Nath_Yamb
Et les négationnistes comme Yamb restent des négationnistes. Au pire ils nient en bloc, au mieux ils deviennent des révisionnistes de l'histoire. Contrairement à Israël, le Rwanda traite tous ses enfants comme des citoyens aux droits égaux, même les génocidaires y vivent en paix.
For those who acknowledge the moral opprobrium that the inaction of our governments 29 years ago throws on our collective conscience– & also because African lives matter – the least that we can do is support
#Rwanda
-ns in these moments that evoke so much suffering.
#Kwibuka29
The idea that the West is destabilizing Congo through a proxy like Rwanda would only make sense if Congo's leaders were protecting the interests of their country against the West's predation.
If you truly believe that Congo has such leaders, you're either delusional or
The West does not need Rwanda to plunder Congo. It needs Mobutu, the Kabilas, Tshisekedi and the likes.
Glenchore is already there, bribing its way to Congo's mines and back to its swiss bank accounts. ()
Americans have signed a memorandum of
"Africans can never experience good governance, democracy, human rights, and freedom as long as their conception and application retains the European reference point."
"Rwandans must be as intentional in pursuing unity as the west has been intentional in attacking it. The persistent quest for harmony & defence of our culture & truths is the only way to honor the colossal efforts that led us to the stability the west seems strangely opposed to"
A relevant quote to this post would be
“𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬.”
Back to the question:
𝐈𝐬 𝐑𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬
you gotta respect rwanda
30yrs ago, it was a heavily impoverished, mostly rural agrarian peasant society
then they got a serious leader, and experienced unprecedented growth
now they are... a heavily impoverished, mostly rural agrarian peasant society
congratulations
Tanzania sent more than 500,000 refugees back to
#Rwanda
, & genocide perpetrators could not hide among the refugees. Tanzania has never had any problems since despite having minerals.
DRC on the other hand decided to treat genocidaires as friends. And here we are.
@IdeologuePower
Simple. If the DRC state had not been so weak, FDLR would have found no sanctuary there to terrorise local communities and provide reasons for the likes of M23 to emerge. Other insurgents (Congolese & from elsewhere) would not have been able to operate freely from there.
.
@RFI
a réussi à écrire un article sur Rusesabagina dans lequel aucune mention n’est faite du groupe armé qu’il a formé, des attaques qu’il a revendiqué publiquement à plusieurs reprises, et des victimes qui aujourd’hui réclament justice.
"Of course, there are people who say 'Well, we give you our money. So, we must tell you what to do and what to be.'
Well, there comes a point when we say: 'Between your money and my rights, and what I want to be, you can your money!' "
"Rwandans are turning up in record numbers at Kagame's campaign rallies because they have no other choice" is a pathetic coping mechanism for those whose ideas of what Rwanda is are being shattered by the festive mood in the country & the love people have for their "dictator".
1/ On Monday, Rwanda will hold presidential elections that are being billed as
#RwandaDecides
, but with dictator Paul Kagame’s most serious political opponents excluded, the only real choice is for the man who has been in power for roughly three decades.
Apparently, Tshisekedi is slowly but surely coming to the bitter realization that, even with the help of FDLR genocidaires, he cannot defeat one of Africa’s greatest generals. Now, he wants to talk.
But what does he want to talk about ?
Does he want cosmetic solutions or is he
Rwanda's critics don't know which narrative to push.
On the one hand, they say Rwanda is a Western client state promoting Western interests in Congo; on the other, they say the West is tired of Rwanda's dictatorship.
These are irreconcilable narratives in a context where the
🔴The untold aspect around this issue is that asylum seekers and refugees are human beings who are capable of lying, especially when they have incentives to do so.
It is a glaring lack of basic ethical standards for a so-called journalist to take the claims of asylum seekers or
This week, the UK will likely pass a law saying Rwanda is "safe" to deport asylum seekers to. Meanwhile, I was recently denied boarding on a flight to Rwanda, presumably because of my journalism on the treatment of refugees there. (THREAD) 1/
Another Western media has just wasted financial resources attacking Rwanda.
This small excerpt (from their otherwise mediocre report) explains why these campaigns of vilification against Rwanda and Kagame have no effect inside the country and no effect on those of Rwanda's
Yesterday, as I was waiting for the rain to stop, I met with a British white supremacist. At some point, he asked why Cubans were going to the US & I asked why he had come to Rwanda. Furious, he asked why Rwanda was part of the colonial commonwealth.
The likes of Michela Wrong who believe that President Kagame's legitimacy is debated and decided in western propaganda media will wake up to a brutal reality.
"The ideology that brings us closer to the people is the secret to our liberation"
If you believe that
#Rwanda
is like North Korea and want other people to buy into your views, you should invite people around the world to
#VisitRwanda
and see by themselves.
The reason you need a mediator is because pressure does not work.
This thread explains the role of Qatar.
The only question that remains unanswered is :
what has Rwanda obtained from the US in exchange for the release of their regime change pawn ?
We confirm the official Rwandan statements that Mr. Paul Rusesabagina’s sentence will be commuted and he will be released in accordance with a presidential decree. The procedure for his transfer to the State of Qatar is under way; and he will then head to the USA.
Beyond the inclusion of notorious genocide deniers in a so called investigation on Rwanda’s “dark side”, there are some noteworthy, aspects around
@lemondefr
serializing of this hit job in different articles.
1) while they insinuate that Williams Ntwali might have been killed,
To reduce the influence of external media,
@LonzenRugira
argues that we need:
- A political leadership that sees the media as essential for security,
- To provide political education to media people,
- To create a critical mass of media people with the requisite pol. education
"Ceux qui parlent d'un double génocide réinventent l'histoire. Il y'a eu une guerre civile avec plusieurs camps mais il n'y a eu qu'un seul génocide. Celui dont nous parlons aujourd'hui." ~ Macron
🔴This fraud would stop pretending that he helped anyone if people actually did basic research on him.
There is a good article in African Arguments on the walking lie that he is.
(Read more here : )
It is worth sharing some of its content.
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“I helped human beings, I did not help Hutus or Tutsis”. Candid reflections on the Rwandan genocide, from real-life Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina.
Our conversation about fighting for human rights, what he calls the "hell" of a Rwandan prison, and the charges against him.
Westerners are cooking stories about
#Rwanda
seeking to exploit CAR. Ironically, they are very happy when Rwanda serves in CAR under UN flag, praising the professional conduct of its troops. What they hate is intra-african cooperation. So, they attack the bilateral relationship.
"Reconciliation" in Parmehutu's language means accommodating the Hutu Power ideology that underpinned the genocide against the Tutsi on the grounds that democracy can only be achieved through *ethnic* majority rule.
"You can perfectly condemn the violence against Israeli civilians (and I do, I find it absolutely disgusting) but at the same time say this doesn't give the right, moral or legal, to kill or starve innocent civilians in turn."
Indeed, this is a no-brainer.
Haaretz, the Israeli newspaper of record, seems to be one of the only mainstream voices of reason in the wider West right now.
Virtually no Western government has voiced any opposition to the decision by the Israeli government to order "a complete siege" on 2 million people,
Removing people is not the
#Rwanda
policy, it's the UK policy. Welcoming people rejected elsewhere is the Rwanda policy.
Don't project your racism, guys. We shall deal with it until Jesus comes and saves you from being white.
Suella Braverman on the UK leaving the European Court of Human Rights.
"The Rwanda policy is vulnerable to claims based on human rights... & we simply won't be able to remove people in significant numbers.. if we don't leave the ECHR"
In our culture we call it Ubuntu.
We shouldn't be asked or reminded to take care of our parents in their old age, nor should we use words like "retirement plan" to describe what we have and that other so called advanced societies have lost and are trying to rediscover.
When mediocrity in the US is exported to
#Africa
to bring about enlightenment.
The case involving "tricking a suspect" which serves as a point of reference in Rusesabagina's case is:
"Walter Stocke Vs. Germany"
The European Commission on Human Rights had this to say:
Genocide denial is not a Pan-African value.
Kagame did not distribute machetes. Neither did he train the militias that carried the genocide or organize meetings to incite Rwandans to kill their fellow compatriots on the basis of ethnicity.
You guys are simply stupid.
Only in
#Africa
does the death of a president spark a genocide because Africans are savages only driven by atavistic emotions : no organization needed, no ideology fueling the killings.
These are the stupidities the miseducated Africans regurgitate
Paul Kagame shit down a plane, killing two sitting presidents and sparking a genocide.
He also organised the murder of DRC president Laurent Kabila, kicked a female foreign minister in the back and pushed her from the office. But parts of Kigali are clean, so that's good.
Caucasians who insist
#Rwanda
amplifies the FDRL threat are telling Africans that they should never imagine that their lives matter as much as those of westerners. A dozen victims of terrorist attacks in, say, Paris matter more than victims in rural Rwanda or even Kigali.
Ken and
@hrw
won't tell you how insane it is to spend $83 billion in a fruitless war while ignoring US citizens' demands for safe-housing and universal health care, but he has something to say about
#VisitRwanda
deal with Arsenal.
Over the past two decades, the U.S. has overestimated the results of the $83 billion it spent training and equipping Afghan security forces and underestimated the brutal strategy of the Taliban.
You cannot form a coherent argument when you're driven by hatred & spread conspiracy theories.
She argued that Rwanda is too poor to invest in partnerships with Arsenal/PSG.
Now, she says Rwanda is rich and doesn't need the UK to bear the cost of its policies.
🤡
It is very strange when 'authoritarian' regimes in 'poor' countries like Rwanda, Cuba and Eritrea provide their citizens the kind of universal healthcare that citizens of the wealthiest 'democracy' are unable to get despite expressing their wish to have it.
"If we keep asking where Africa would be had Lumumba & Sankara lived and we observe the ruins from their untimely departure, how much weight should we attach to Kizito’s plotting against the person who released thousands of convicted genocidaires so as to give peace a chance? "
African conspiracy theorists will not bother to explain how this US statement, which exonerates FDLR genocidaires & their supporters from the 30 years-long destabilization of the Great Lakes region, is coherent with their allegation that
#Rwanda
is fighting for US interests.
The actions of the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group are destabilizing eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United States demands M23 to immediately cease hostilities and withdraw from Sake.
In one sentence, he defended his inability to impose law and order and misrepresented a neighboring country where law and order are the norms.
In his world, incompetence and chaos represent democracy and law and order represent authoritarianism.
“Kenya is not like Rwanda, we all know that in Rwanda it's a one-man show. The President can even close all the churches but you cannot try that here in Kenya. The flurry of lawsuits my office will receive I won't defend,” Justin Muturi, Kenya's Attorney General,
@NationAfrica
Anyone can spit on the memory of a million African victims of the genocide against the Tutsi and nothing will happen to their tweets.
The queen's image is where
@Twitter
draws the line.
Oh wow.
I can't help but think of how these same countries that are mistreating refugees and distorting the facts around the genocide against the Tutsi have been trying to promote her as the next leader of Rwanda through their media 😮😮.
They really hate Rwanda.
When
#Victoire
asked if it isn't time to give back.
The response was an excuse that Rwanda is "poor" somehow similar to the narrative of "a full glass"
This woman should leave the dungeon of denial.
Africans should never fool themselves. The US only pursues its interests. While it may find useful to point fingers to Rwanda to distract gullible Africans who don’t even know who the victims of ethnic cleansing are, it is busy securing deals with its corrupt puppets in Kinshasa.
Waiting for that hilarious moment when western mainstream media & 'experts' will use the arrest warrant issued by the ICC against Putin as evidence that this kangaroo court does not discriminate against Africans.
All areas under SADC control. They're flexing muscles in the
#DRC
against Rwandophone populations fighting for their right to be after failing to defeat terrorists in Mozambique.
What is SADC good for ?
Yesterday, insurgents attacked between
#Macomia
&
#Pemba
, near
#Muaguide
.
They killed a civilian & burned a car. They also stopped a Nagi bus & took money from passengers.
Western media and their copy paste machines on the continent would get hysterical if President Kagame made death threats to Tshisekedi.
But this clown has carte blanche to act like an ill-mannered kid and would be treated like a victim if he got his a** whooped.
#RDC
#Pr
ésidentielle En meeting à
#Bukavu
, Félix
#Tshisekedi
s'adresse à Paul
#Kagame
: "Puisqu’il a voulu se comporter comme Adolf Hitler en ayant des visées expansionnistes, je lui promets de finir comme Adolf Hitler".
"There are African leaders who have refused to perform democracy for the western gallery. They recognize that ultimately their own security can only be guaranteed by their people from whom they seek legitimacy by delivering on their most pressing needs."
Genocidaires & genocide deniers are up in arms against Gn Kabarebe's appointment. It's perfectly understandable. Throughout his military career, he repeatedly defeated them on the battlefield. They expect similar defeats on the diplomatic front.
Ntutinya ishamba, ....😉
"Politicians who want to take aim at the [UK-Rwanda] migration & economic partnership should look into the people they’re joining forces with – genocide deniers and people who want to use violence&hate to take our country back to the days of chaos."
A défaut de demander formellement pardon au nom de la
#France
, Macron offre sa contribution au combat contre le négationnisme: clarté autour du crime, nommer les victimes du génocide, promesse de continuer le travail de recherche et procédures judiciaires contres les génocidaires
Apaiser les corrompus/criminels pour maintenir l’unité du parti ou mettre en place une équipe qui partage le désir de reformer le pays?
Pour s'affranchir de l'ombre de son prédécesseur, quelqu’un va devoir choisir entre sauvegarder ce parti (tel qu’il est) ou sauver le pays.
Congolese:
1. FDLR is a pretext for Rwanda to invade and plunder
2. The FDLR has killed more Congolese than Rwandans.
Also Congolese:
3. FDLR is too weak
But then
1. Why don't you remove the pretext?
2. Why do you protect and arm the murderers of your people ?
3. Why