A thread on why acknowledgement of the genocide against the Tutsti is still vital when discussing Rwandan development and politics today.
1. More than once in different contexts I have encountered similar versions of the same question: 'Why should I acknowledge the Genocide... 2. ... Against the Tutsi when I'm writing about Rwanda today?'

I have seen this vital missing context in discussion about international politics, in discussion about civil society, in discussion about foreign aid, diplomacy, human rights, and other contexts. Sometimes there...

1. A shame, tonight I made the decision to block one of the more controversial scholars who writes on the subject of Rwanda. It was a last resort that I didn't take lightly. I had strongly criticised their recent writing (which I stand by) as it deliberately blurred... 2. ...the boundaries between the civil war in Rwanda that began in 1990 and the Genocide against the Tutsi that occurred in 1994, and effectively presented an inaccurate / incomplete context of the country both historically and contemporarily. As a highly...

Thread: Paul Rusesabagina.

I want to ask those that keep calling for the release Rusesabagina and those who support him some precise questions, where you answer WITHOUT deflecting onto either the manner of his arrest or to something else you argue Paul Kagame might have done... 1. What is your justification or explanation, without deflecting to another issue - your direct explanation for the videos that we know you have all seen of Paul Rusesabagina calling for armed insurrection / attacking Rwanda with force?