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Paul Kagame
Paul Kagame is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who has been the president of Rwanda since 2000. He was previously considered Rwanda's de facto leader between 1994 and 2000, while Vice President and Minister of Defence under President Pasteur Bizimungu, until assuming the Presidency in 2000. He was previously a commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a rebel armed force whi…
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Born 23 October 1957 · Q1231345
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They come in groups of five, 20, 50, sneaking away from the interahamwe with their families, and going back into their own commune. Most of them are never arrested: the population must decide what these individuals did. For one to be denounced there must be many witnesses and a file prepared on them.
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I can be very tough, I can make mistakes like that
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2050· 6 entries
In the late 1990s, Kagame began actively planning methods to achieve national development
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Remarking that "Vision 2020 was about what we had to do in order to survive and regain our dignity
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Has to be about the future we choose, because we can, and because we deserve it
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Focuses around the two main pillars of Economic Growth and Prosperity and High Quality of Life and Standards of Life for Rwandans
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Is the programmatic articulation of Kagame's ambition for Rwanda to become an upper-middle income country by 2035, and a high-income country by 2050
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2026· 5 entries
“They come in groups of five, 20, 50, sneaking away from the interahamwe with their families, and going back into their own commune. Most of them are never arrested: the population must decide what these individuals did. For one to be denounced there must be many witnesses and a file prepared on them.”
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“I can be very tough, I can make mistakes like that”
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Tuko News: Kenyan Nationals Among 27 Granted Rwandan Citizenship by Paul Kagame
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Kawowo Sports: CECAFA awards Rwanda hosting rights for next two Kagame Cups
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YouTube: MURASABWA KUTAZATWNGUHA INTORE IZIRUSHA INTAMBWE PEREZIDA PAUL KAGAME IMANURO ZAHAWE INTORE
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2024· 7 entries
Claimed: “"Now the cooperation [with China] presents more value in terms of trade, investment. This relationship doesn't come with a lot of strings attached like we have had with many other parts of the world."” — rated False by VOA.
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Claimed: “''The United States does more mining in Eastern Congo or in Congo than Rwanda can ever do."” — rated False by VOA.
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UPI: Rwanda's Paul Kagame tops presidential poll to secure fourth term through 2029
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Yahoo: Provisional election results show Rwanda's Kagame cruising to victory, an outcome that was expected
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Bloomberg L.P.: Rwanda’s Besieged Opposition Lives in the Shadow of Paul Kagame
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clickondetroit.com: Paul Kagame appears set to extend his long presidency of Rwanda in an election Monday
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Claimed: ““…. Why are we being accused of supporting M23. ... For those accusing us, actually, I should accuse them of not supporting M23 because it is as if they agree with the injustice that is being done to this community.’’” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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2023· 2 entries
“There is no hiding place from facts of our history”
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“Remarks by President Kagame as national week of mourning begins”
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2022· 1 entry
The Africa Report: Paul Kagame: ‘Coups are the result of bad governance’
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2021· 3 entries
Ghana Fact rated the claim “President Paul Kagame accuses Ghana's government of corruption” Fake.
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Claimed: ““There were no crimes committed, absolutely! (In the Democratic Republic of Congo)”” — rated False by VOA.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “This is a quote from Paul Kagame expressing support for Yoweri Museveni” 1.
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2020· 6 entries
BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Rwandan President Paul Kagame has appointed a 19-year-old as minister of new technologies and development.” False.
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Reported claimRated FALSE: No 19-year-old named Paul Nkuriza was appointed to the Rwandan Cabinet and there is no 'Ministry of New Technologies and Development' in Rwanda. · Namibia Fact Check
Namibia Fact Check rated the claim “Rwandan president Paul Kagame appointed 19-year-old Patrick Nkuriza to his Cabinet as minister of New Technologies and Development.” FALSE: No 19-year-old named Paul Nkuriza was appointed to the Rwandan Cabinet and there is no 'Ministry of New Technologies and Development' in Rwanda..
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Paul Kagame disagrees with WHO on Madagascar COVID-19 herbal remedy” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Rwandan president Paul Kagame deports 18 Chinese nationals?” False.
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“Vision 2020 was about what we had to do in order to survive and regain our dignity. But Vision 2050 has to be about the future we choose, because we can, and because we deserve it.”
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Priority, with a goal of transforming Rwanda into an ICT hub for Africa
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2019· 2 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Rwanda’s President Kagame suggests South Africa be expelled from the African Union” False.
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Kagame – the AU chairman at the time – unsuccessfully called for an AU investigation into the poll
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2018· 2 entries
Career landmark: Chairperson of the African Union (2018–2019).
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Caplan questioned the evidence used by Bruguière and Rever, stating that it has been repeatedly "discredited for its methodology and its dependence on sources who have split bitterly with Kagame"
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2015· 2 entries
A former Rwandan military officer testified before the U
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Which gave Kagame the ability to stand for additional terms, also passed by similar margins
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2013· 1 entry
Foreign aid still made up over 20 percent of GDP and nearly half of the budget
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2012· 7 entries
Won: Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa with Second Class of the Order of the Republic of Serbia (2016) (2012).
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Although it stopped short of suspending aid altogether
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The country's overall ease of doing business index ranking was 52nd out of 185 countries worldwide, and third out of 46 in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Following a pledge by Kagame during his 2010 re-election campaign
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Cited Kagame's defence minister James Kabarebe as being effectively the commander of the M23
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Taking over the presidency of that organisation in April 2013
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Kagame launched the Agaciro Development Fund, following proposals made at a national dialogue session in 2011
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2011· 3 entries
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) issued a report indicating the progress of the Vision 2020 goals
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And plan further integration, including moves toward political federation
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The Rwandan government launched an eight-year US$151
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2010· 6 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the National Order of Benin presented by Thomas Boni Yayi (2010).
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91 children died before their fifth birthday for every 1000 live births, down from 163 under five deaths for every 1000 live births in 1990
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Nicolas Sarkozy became the first French president to visit Rwanda since the genocide, admitting for the first time that France made "grave errors of judgment"
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Rwigara was barred from running in the election
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The United Nations released a report accusing the Rwandan army of committing wide scale human rights violations and crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the First and Second Congo Wars,
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Transparency International ranked Rwanda as the eighth cleanest out of 47 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and sixty-sixth cleanest out of 178 in the world
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the Pioneers of Liberia presented by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (2009).
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“the primary purpose of aid should ultimately be to work itself out”
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2008· 1 entry
Effected laws making health insurance mandatory for all individuals; by 2010, over 90% of the population was covered
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2007· 1 entry
Rwanda joined the East African Community, an intergovernmental organisation for the East Africa region comprising Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, and Rwanda
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2006· 2 entries
French judge Jean-Louis Bruguière released a report on the assassination of President Habyarimana which concluded that Kagame had ordered the shooting of the plane
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By French judge Jean-Louis Bruguière, and in 2008 by Spanish judge Fernando Andreu
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2005· 1 entry
After the country was ranked 158th on the Ease of Doing Business Index, Kagame set up a special unit to analyze the economy and provide solutions to easing business
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2001· 1 entry
But Kagame's government banned it on the grounds that political campaigning was not permitted under the transitional constitution
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2000· 3 entries
Career landmark: President of Rwanda (2000).
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Kagame has faced four presidential elections, in 2003, 2010, 2017 and 2024
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Most likely having been forced to do so, following a falling out with the RPF
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1999· 1 entry
Into two factions: the RCD-Goma, supported by Rwanda, and the RCD-Kisangani, which was allied to Uganda
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1998· 3 entries
The assassination attempts against Nyamwasa in South Africa, as well as the murder of former intelligence chief Patrick Karegeya in South Africa on 31 December 2013
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Was still raging when Kagame assumed the presidency in 2000
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Against Kabila, and later his son Joseph, following the DRC government's expulsion of Rwandan and Ugandan military forces from the country
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1996· 2 entries
But insurgents continued to attack Rwanda
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Was assassinated in Nairobi in May 1998, when a UN vehicle in which he was travelling was fired upon
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1995· 2 entries
That the RPF were surprised that Hutu peasants "showed no enthusiasm for being 'liberated' by them"
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Tri-Star Investments was founded, which in 2009 was renamed Crystal Ventures, an investment fund and financial arm of the Rwandese Patriotic Front
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1994· 4 entries
To 29 in 2010, and the tertiary gross enrollment ratio increased from 4% in 2008 to 7% in 2011
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Rwanda has enjoyed a close relationship with the English speaking world, in particular the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK)
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Career landmark: Minister of Defence (1994–2000).
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Career landmark: Vice President of Rwanda (1994–2000).
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1990· 2 entries
Museveni did not explicitly support them, but according to Prunier it is likely that he had prior knowledge of the plan
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Habyarimana was immediately granted assistance from the President of France, François Mitterrand
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1989· 1 entry
Rwanda's President Habyarimana and many Ugandans in the army began to criticise Museveni over his appointment of Rwandan refugees to senior positions, and he demoted Kagame and Rwigyema
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1986· 1 entry
The NRA captured Kampala with a force of 14,000 soldiers, including 500 Rwandans, and formed a new government
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1981· 1 entry
Museveni formed the rebel Popular Resistance Army (PRA); Kagame and Rwigyema joined as founding soldiers, along with 38 Ugandans
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1978· 1 entry
Fred Rwigyema returned to western Uganda and reunited with Kagame
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1957· 1 entry
Born 1957-10-23.
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