Latest update: 01/12/2009

- Commonwealth - Rwanda

Are France and Rwanda turning the page on the past?

After a three year break, France and Rwanda have agreed to restore diplomatic relations but the warming ties came on the same weekend that Rwanda joined the Commonwealth bloc and moved into the Anglophone sphere.

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Nestor Bidadanure, a political journalist, explains the relationship between France and the former Belgian colony. Plus, will Rwanda reap any real economic or political benefits from joining the Commonwealth?

23/05/2012 - CANADA

Students in Quebec march against tuition fee hike

Student protests in the Canadian province Quebec are into their fourth month. Hundreds were arrested at marches to mark 100 days since the protests began. Students are demonstrating against an 80 percent rise in tuition fees in Quebec, the Canadian province that has until now enjoyed the country's lowest rates for higher education.

23/05/2012 - EGYPT

Egyptians head to the polls

Egyptians go to the polls in the country's first truly contested presidential election on Wednesday. With an array of candidates to choose from, voters will decide who's the best man to lead them through the last phase of the country's troubled democratic transition that began with Egypt's revolution in January last year. Cairo correspondents Kathryn Stapley and Sonia Dridi talked to some of the activists whose protests in Tahrir Square changed the course of Egypt's history.

22/05/2012 - EGYPT

A troubling time for Egypt's Coptic Christians

Egyptians go to the polls tomorrow to vote for a new president for the first time since Hosni Mubarak was ousted during the revolution last year. Two of the front-runners in the presidential race with a realistic chance of winning are devout Islamists, which is troubling for Egypt's Coptic Christians. They are Egypt's largest religious minority and many of them don't think any of the candidates are capable of protecting them from the religious violence that has been steadily increasing.

22/05/2012 - WEST BANK

'The Battle of the Empty Stomachs'

Palestinians nicknamed it "the battle of the empty stomachs". For weeks, 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails refused food and drink in what became the longest ever mass hunger strike. Israel finally capitulated and a deal was reached, allowing those in isolation back onto the general wards, and visas for those family members wishing to visit from Gaza. In exchange, prisoners agreed not to carry out "security activities" such as recruiting for terrorist missions.

21/05/2012 - SERBIA

Serbia's new president - nationalist or not?

Serbia has elected a new president - and it's not the one that most people were expecting. Tomislav Nikolic has unseated Boris Tadic, the man in power since 2004. Observers are worried about the new head of state, who used to be part of the ultra-nationalist Radical Party. He once said he would prefer to be allied with Russia than join the EU, but he has since toned down the rhetoric, saying he will take Serbia to Europe after all.

Comments (1)

dont trust white people!!!

by Anonyme - 03/01/2010 - 19:40

I think many africans and our leaders since way back make a mistake of undermining the bad intentions of white people,and thinking that they are angels and we are misfortunate.Our leaders(africans) have been benevolent while their counterparts are driven with greed,and profits and they could careless even if supporting a terrible regime that promotes discrimination among its own society, with arsenal weapons.Everyone knows bitter someone can be when u have acted kindly,honestly and friendly and someone betrays you.They have armed themselves with nuclear weapons that could destroy all life in universe in a matter of seconds,yet they say they are freedom and peace makers.They have supported terrible regimes formally and informally through money,weapons and so forth millions were killed in Rwanda and Burundi yet the word sorry and admitting some responsiblity has been very rare and hard to come from their politicians,infact they continue with their day to day activities of doing their cost and benefits math and how they can maximize their profits.At least Obama is reasonable and try to make things better for them,and i hope many people will realize this and support him,lets wait and see.

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by Anonyme - 01/12/2009 - 12:27

C'est bien d'etablir les relations avec la france mais cela ne doit pas exclure le role de la fance dans le genocide de 1994 au Rwanda, tout les rwandais essentielement les tutsis, qui etaient au Rwanda n'oubliront jamais le jeste inhumain que les francais leur ont montrer. je conseillerai aux politicien francais d'accepter et de demander pardo pour leur participation dans le masacre des tutsi rwandais

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