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Peter Ruti

Peter Ruti

Grégoire Kayibanda

How Kayibanda’s regime made killings a political process

Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Former presidents of Rwanda Gregoire Kayibanda and Juvenal Habyarimana.

How post-independence regimes paved the way for Genocide in Rwanda

Sunday, November 23, 2025

Former President Juvenal Habyarimana and his delegation during Arusha Accords. File

How RPF warned Habyarimana regime against deviation from Arusha process

Thursday, November 20, 2025

President Juvenal Habyarimana used political polarisation as a weapon to block the process of peace negotiations with the opposition that included the RPF-Inkotanyi.

Of Habyarimana and his manoeuvres to frustrate Arusha Accords

Sunday, November 16, 2025

President Juvénal Habyarimana signs the peace agreement in Arusha, Tanzania.

How Arusha Accords sparked a sense of reconciliation and hope

Wednesday, November 05, 2025

Rwanda Patriotic Army fighters during the Liberation War in Rwanda in 1990s. Courtesy

How RPA's Kinihira attack led to a demilitarised zone wished by UNAMIR

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Rwanda Patriotic Army fighters during the Liberation War in 1990s. Courtesy

How RPF military pressure and political clarity forced Habyarimana back to Arusha talks

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Rwanda Patriotic Army fighters during the Liberation War in 1990s. File

1993: How RPF's withdrawal from captured territory surprised even its sympathisers

Monday, October 13, 2025

The New Times

How RPF taught Habyarimana a lesson

Sunday, October 05, 2025

Former President Juvenal Habyarimana

During Habyarimana regime, the international community attributed insecurity to high-ranking state authorities

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Former President of Rwanda General Juvenal Habyarimana

How Habyarimana controlled his network of killers

Friday, September 19, 2025

Interahamwe during a training under the inspection of the French army in Rwanda in 1990s. File

How Habyarimana regime chose chaos, brutality over civility

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Former President of Rwanda Juvenal Habyarimana

How lack of ideological clarity marred internal opposition against Habyarimana

Monday, September 08, 2025

Members of Interahamwe during a march in 1990s. In 1992, violence against the Tutsis was concentrated in Kibuye prefecture.

A look back at impact of Habyarimana’s use of violence as political strategy

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Interahamwe during the training ahead of the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1990s.

How Habyarimana regime chose political survival at the expense of citizens

Friday, August 15, 2025

Former President of Rwanda Juvenal Habyarimana

How President Habyarimana made Rwanda ungovernable amid RPF struggle

Monday, August 11, 2025

Former President of Rwanda Juvenal Habyarimana during Arusha Agreement.

How Habyarimana mismanaged political crisis, galvanising opposition

Monday, August 04, 2025

Umuganura, Rwanda's national harvest day celebrated on the first Friday of August. Craish Bahizi

How Umuganura is transcendental and unifying in Rwandan society

Friday, August 01, 2025