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Changemaker of the Week: Valens Ntamushobora & the Women of Rwanda

Starting with an idea and mobilising his own skills though a youth leadership and innovation program, the Sprout e-course, Valens created the Lusa Program initiative (LP). The Lusa Program provides Rwandan women with access to ...
by Jessica Trevis
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Bosco Ntaganda: No Coming Back

On one cold Parisian night, in the mid 1660s, the great French mathematician and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal jotted down a thought which, unwittingly done or not, would come to summarise well the principle infirmity be...
by Benjamin Meggitt
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Is Central African Republic The New Rwanda?

As the Crimean crisis and the missing Malaysian airline dominate headlines around the world, the sectarian violence that has been sweeping the Central African Republic for many months continues. Recent reports have confirmed th...
by Aidan Liban
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Five atrocities still defended in the present day

Atrocities have filled our media outlets for decades. Yet despite evidence, many are either ignored or defended by leading academics and national officials, causing human rights violations to go largely unnoticed. “As hum...
by Joe Strong
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The Wound Still Pains, 20 Years Later…

I was sent on assignment by my editor to head to the Rwanda High Commission to cover the Genocide Commemoration. This was the second time I would be attending such an event. The first was in 2011. I must say, I grew up with the...
by Eunice Kilonzo
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Are Children In East Africa Learning (Anything) In School?

I attended a discussion where stakeholders in education around the East Africa region and beyond were gathered to discuss a common fear: Were children in East Africa learning in school? Over 20 leaders drawn from learning ins...
by Eunice Kilonzo
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Rwanda-DR Congo Rebel Support Conflict: The Heart of the Matter

In his book “Politics”, Aristotle argued that man is a political animal, whose motive for action and reaction is ruled by need for wealth, safety and liberty. Aristotle goes on to argue that any state is like a united commu...
by Ivan Atuyambe
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