By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere Rwanda’s regulation of churches has been a live political issue for years, framed by the government as a matter of public safety, accountability, and protection of citizens from fraud, and by critics as a potential constraint on religious freedom. The debate sharpened again on 27 …

By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere All taxes collected in territories under their control, proceeds from mineral sales, and other financial transactions linked to the AFC/M23, the pseudonym used by Paul Kagame’s Rwandan Defence Force (RDF) for its mineral-extraction war in the DRC, are channelled through Criminal Kagame’s own financial institution, …

By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere The Trump administration’s controversial “third country” deportation scheme has ignited a firestorm of criticism from African activists, human rights defenders, and political leaders. At the heart of the outrage is a growing belief that the United States is turning African nations into dumping grounds for …