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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
Agnès Kayijire, a member of the Rwanda Elders Advisory Forum (REAF). COURTESY
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Agnès Kayijire: From tough refugee childhood to serving in Rwanda Elders Advisory Forum

Saturday, March 08, 2025
The event attracted over 1,000 youths from southern districts, including Gisagara, Nyaruguru, Nyamagabe, Huye, Nyanza, and Ruhango, who gathered at Gisagara Gymnase. All photos by Craish Bahizi.
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Gisagara: Minister Bizimana urges youth to strive for unity, learn from the past

Monday, March 03, 2025
Some FDLR terrorists and génocidaires being handed over to Rwandan authorities last Saturday. PHOTO BY IGIHE

The poison of hatred: How impunity fuels genocidal ideology in the DR Congo

Monday, March 03, 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
On February 11, 1959, Bishop André Perraudin, then Vicar Apostolic of Kabgayi, published a pastoral letter known as the “Lent letter” that was circulated in churches all over Rwanda to brainwash Rwandans.

February 11, 1959, a day the unity of Rwandans was wounded

Saturday, February 15, 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