The UK And Africa, A Reset of The Relationship
Few nations of the Western hemisphere have a more established relationship with Africa, than The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or as it is commonly known, the…
Inyambo, Expulsion From Heaven and Other Rwanda Reflections
Rwandan greetings are a formal affair, an embrace to symbolise esteem and affinity with the other person, followed by good wishes, variously for a long life, children, who are considered…
Victoire Ingabire, Pulling the Media Strings and Basking In Their Spotlight
The seemingly never-ending saga of Victoire Ingabire, might be an entertaining diversion, were it not for her single-minded pursuit of a mission, which if ever it came to…
Felicien Kabuga, Will Covid-19 Help Him Delay Justice?
Arrested at last, after being on the run for more than two decades, Felicien Kabuga, who stands accused of being one of the masterminds behind the 1994 genocide against Tutsi…
It’s Rain, And That Intoxicating Smell, Get To Know Petrichor
An unexpected light shower, after a long dry period, which in some parts of the world, has also been hot and dusty. As the first drops hit the ground, an…
SARS-COV-2, Is the Second Wave of the Virus Inevitable?
More than six months since the World Health Organisation declared a global health emergency, and the coronavirus epidemic, a pandemic, scientists still do not know all they would like, about…
Rwanda Raises The Bar In Response to Climate Change
Appositely, or may be paradoxically, or perhaps, paradoxically apposite, a virus that attacks respiratory pathways has reminded the world of the urgent need to cut air pollution, which costs millions…
COVID-19, Miracle Cures And the Scientific Method
It is the realm of possibility that some wild plant or other might treat Covid-19, and within the realm of possibility that someone may chance upon it. But for…
Covid-19 Treatments, Vaccines And the Dangers of Miracle Cures
The fifth month since the novel coronavirus gate crashed celebrations of the promise of 2020. Time enough for the predictable claims of miracle cures, and too early for scientifically tested…
Human Rights Watch, Crying Wolf Under Covid-19
You can but admire Human Rights Watch. The rights organisation has kept up a singleminded campaign against the government of Rwanda, and their knee jerk reaction to pervert the truth…
New Look Press Conference, But Some Questions Remain the Same
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.” Not what Voltaire meant exactly, but we learn more about the prejudices of the French News networks represented at…
From China with Love, Weapons against Covid-19
“You throw me a peach, and I give you white jade for friendship.” China’s Ambassador to Rwanda, Rao Hongwei, quoting a Chinese saying, as he presented China’s donation…
