The Changing Face of Power in Africa
With Laurent Kabila’s successful overthrow of Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko, American policy makers need to conduct a long-overdue reappraisal of the contours of African politics.
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Rwanda’s Butchers: the Interahamwe and Former Rwandan Army
/in Jane's Intelligence Review/by Frank SmythMilitary history will record the Interahamwe and allied Rwandan soldiers uniquely. Back in April 1994, they achieved a dramatic tactical success, while failing…
Rwanda’s Intervention in Zaire?
/in Jane's Intelligence Review/by Frank SmythThe ADFL and the RPA share a community of interest as well as experience. Both represent Tutsi minorities who have suffered under majority rule in their respective countries. Each of their leaders has also long been involved in a guerrilla struggle.
Central African Conflict: Rwanda and Burundi Sink into Abyss of a Long War
/in Fort Worth Star-Telegram/by Frank SmythNYAMIAGABE, Rwanda – Recent killings by Hutu rebels in Rwanda and Burundi, and retaliatory attacks by the Tutsi-dominated army in each country indicate that the…
Tutsis, Hutus Oppose Increased International Presence
/in Fort Worth Star-Telegram/by Frank SmythNyamiagbe, Rwanda — How to curb the violence in Rwanda and Burundi is the question facing the United Nations Security Council and others. No one has offered a viable plan. The two countries have been fighting civil wars since the early 1990s but have been involved in internecine warfare for centuries. For Burundi, the Security […]
Grim Testimony from the Dead of Two Years Ago
/in Fort Worth Star-Telegram/by Frank SmythNYAMIAGABE, Rwanda – Sights, sounds and even the smell of violence frequently remain etched in memory long after they have occurred. The stench of rotting cadavers will stay with you a good while after you’ve…
Many Tutsis Are Strangers in Their Own Homeland
/in Fort Worth Star-Telegram/by Frank SmythMost of Rwanda’s new Tutsis hardly know the country they call their homeland. After Hutus first seized power in Rwanda during the early 1960s amid the region’s transition to independence (in Burundi, the Tutsis never lost power), more than 150,000 Tutsis fled to Uganda and other countries. There they eventually grew to more than 1 million.