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Peter Ruti

Peter Ruti

In the colonial period, the education system was dominated by the Catholic Church. The same thing during the First Republic. The church wielded significant influence on institutions and leaders of the country.

How the Catholic Church influenced sociopolitical matters under Kayibanda regime

Wednesday, April 02, 2025

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The demise of Inyenzi enabled Gregoire Kayibanda to embark on diplomatic missions

Friday, March 28, 2025

The effects and repercussions of the Inyenzi struggle in 1960s. Courtesy

Lack of unified leadership and clear political line led to defeat of Inyenzi

Monday, March 24, 2025

Grégoire Kayibanda (centre), first elected President of Rwanda, with African and Belgian government representatives, Brussels, December 1961. PHOTO BY AFP

How PARMEHUTU sold out Rwandans by relying on Belgian colonialists

Thursday, March 13, 2025

MDR-PARMEHUTU became a de-facto single party from 1963 after eliminating opposition political parties.

A look back at PARMEHUTU’s oppressive policies and the birth of Inyenzi

Sunday, March 09, 2025

During President Gregoire Kayibanda’s rule, he solely wielded the judicial powers. The constitution stipulated the president and cabinet ministers would exercise the executive powers.

How Kayibanda’s PARMEHUTU eliminated opposition parties

Friday, February 28, 2025

The Tutsi and Hutu masses were used by the elites and the Belgian trusteeship authority.

How Hutu and Tutsi masses hang between elites and Belgian colonialists

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

The Hutu masses were used as pawns to further the interests of Hutu elite and Belgian colonialists. File

How ‘Hutu masses’ were pawns in sociopolitical changes of late-colonial Rwanda

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Grégoire Kayibanda (center), Rwanda’s first elected president, with African and Belgian government representatives in Brussels, December 1961.(AFPGetty)

How the monarchy was replaced by Hutu-based republic

Friday, February 07, 2025

PARMEHUTU members march during the celebration of independance in 1960s. Courtesy

Why Government attempts at reconciliation with UNAR proved fruitless

Thursday, January 30, 2025

The elections and referendum, like their predecessors, were marred by violence and intimidation. PARMEHUTU supporters and officials targeted UNAR members and Tutsi populations at the local council level. The electoral process in Rwanda in 1961 shows the UN's ineffectiveness.

How the UN proved inconsistent and ineffective in Rwanda's electoral process

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Rwandans during the independence period.

UN and Belgium’s contrasting approaches to Rwanda’s independence

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Between June 28 and July 30, 1960, local council elections were held. PARMEHUTU secured 70.4% of the seats, while voter abstention stood at approximately 21.8%. File

Colonial manipulation of elections in Rwanda: A historical analysis

Thursday, January 09, 2025

The Belgian colonial adminisatration in Rwanda favoured PARMEHUTU party against UNAR, which wanted independence.

How Belgium openly sided with PARMEHUTU against UNAR

Friday, December 27, 2024

The divide and rule politics is behind this diversion of reality whose consequences we have had to live with. Internet

How colonialists supported divisionism in Rwanda’s first multiparty politics

Friday, December 20, 2024

Christopher Trott, a British diplomat during a tour of Kigali Genocide Memorial, while learning Rwandan tragic history. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Rwanda’s first multiparty politics reflected divisions of late colonial period

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

King Kigeli V Ndahindurwa was crowned in what colonialists and Hutu militants called a coup d’état. Internet

A glance at socio-political chaos that followed Rudahigwa’s sudden death

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Kigeli V Ndahindurwa was born in 1936 to Yuhi V Musinga and Queen Mukashema in Kamembe (in today’s Rusizi District), where his father had been initially exiled.

How circumstances overtook Kigeli V Ndahindurwa

Thursday, November 28, 2024