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On the early morning of October 1, 1990, news surfaced that columns and truckloads of soldiers that had been seen the previous evening travelling southwards towards the Rwandan border with Uganda, were actually an invading force. Today we know that these were members of the Rwandese Patriotic Army (RPA) that…

In his liberation speech today, President Paul Kagame paid tribute to the liberation forces, both the living and the departed, saying that 25 years after, the country is governed according to the “liberation ideals”. He said: ‘For the last twenty-five years, we have done our best to govern according to…

Repatriating and resettling ‘Rwandan refugees’ is the sixth point on the original eight-point program of the Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF) and “Elimination of all causes of exile and facilitating repatriation of all Rwandan refugees” is 7th on its current nine-point program. As we celebrate 25 years after liberation, and 29…

In the wee hours of October 1, 1990, the Rwandese Patriotic Army/Front (RPA/F) rebels attacked the Kagitumba border post and overran it. The troops had mostly drove and walked at night to avoid detection of the Ugandan regular army and causing alarm among the local population. They were about 400…

Like hundreds of thousands in 1959, the toddler was grabbed by his parents as they fled colonial-administration instigated ethnic violence. They ended up in camps in south-western Uganda. That is the humble beginning of Mr. Ndoli James, the founder of the now popular “Ndoli Supermarket”. Before his return home, Ndoli…