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	Faustin Twagiramungu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Faustin Twagiramungu (born 1945 in Cyangugu province) is an ethnic TWA politician in Rwanda.
		He was prime minister from 1994 until his resignation in 1995, the first head of government appointed after the Rwandese Patriotic Front captured Kigali.
		Twagiramungu stood as an independent candidate in the Rwandan presidential election of 2003.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Faustin_Twagiramungu (200 words)

	UK Genocide survivors to sue Twagiramungu - The New Times - - News in rwanda
		To justify the foregoing arguments Twagiramungu was also quoted as saying that, ‘the massacres triggered by the plane clash of the evening of April 6 1994 in which then President of Rwanda Juveneral Habyarimana died, offsetting the atrocities the following day justified the Genocide’.
		Twagiramungu was also quoted as saying that ‘there were many people who were worried that the revolution of 1959 would be repressed by the external invaders’.
		Twagiramungu also said that should he be convicted of the charges he would serve the sentence.
	www.rwandagateway.org /article.php3?id_article=415 (544 words)

	Welcome to World Online Tiscali - News
		Twagiramungu, a moderate Hutu who returned from exile to run in the election, garnered 3,62 percent.
		Twagiramungu, 58, has been accused of ethnic "divisionism" by government media as well as the electoral commission, a serious accusation in the traumatised country.
		The campaign - in which Twagiramungu had to run as an independent after his party was banned - was marred by repeated accusations of government-sponsored intimidation of opposition supporters, several of whom disappeared.
	new2.mweb.co.za /news/news_center_030827.646001.html (399 words)

	Rwanda's Paul Kagame wins in landslide, opposition cries foul
		Paul Kagame was Tuesday declared the landslide winner of Rwanda's historic presidential election, as his main opponent Faustin Twagiramungu cried foul and vowed to contest the result before the Supreme Court.
		Twagiramungu, a moderate Hutu who returned from exile to run in the election, garnered 3.62 percent, while a third candidate, former minister Jean-Nepomuscene Nayinzira, won 1.33 percent, the election chief said.
		Twagiramungu, 58, has been accused of ethnic "divisionism" by government media as well as the electoral commission, a serious accusation in the traumatized country.
	www.terradaily.com /2003/030826213809.tiba6qry.html (710 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Africa / As Rwanda vote nears, regime's catchword gives pause
		Twagiramungu, whose campaign works from a small apartment with 12 staff members and a single computer, smells his opponent behind the heavy hand of the state.
		Twagiramungu, 58, served as prime minister in 1994 and 1995 in cooperation with the Patriotic Front, then quit in protest over what he said was his partner's domineering attitude, and exiled himself.
		Twagiramungu, who lost some of his family in the genocide, disagrees that talking about ethnicity should be a crime.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2003/08/24/as_rwanda_vote_nears_regimes_catchword_gives_pause?mode=PF (976 words)

	The EastAfrican on the Web
		Faustin Twagiramungu's recent return from exile in Belgium and his subsequent declaration that he would be running for president added a touch of excitement to what would otherwise have been a lacklustre election campaign.
		Twagiramungu has a certain economy of movement, and is brisk with those he suspects to have no meaningful business with him.
		Twagiramungu was later to be smuggled out of Rwanda in a United Nations Assistance Mission to Rwanda(Unamir) armoured personnel career to Kigali airport, rolled in a tarpaulin and slung "like a piece of merchandise" into a plane to Nairobi.
	www.nationaudio.com /News/EastAfrican/18082003/Regional/Rwanda_Regional180820033.html (1464 words)

	Kagame's landslide poll victory could backfire: analysts
		He is no relation to Kagame's main challenger, Faustin Twagiramungu, who immediately cried foul, demanding fresh elections after initial results from Monday's polling pointed to a win of more than 90 percent for the incumbent president, who has led Rwanda since the 1994 genocide.
		Twagiramungu, a moderate Hutu who returned from exile to take part in the polls, decided on the eve of the election to order his polling agents not to be present at polling stations during the voting to prevent accusations of interference or fraud.
		Twagiramungu ran as an independent after his party was banned, and several opposition supporters disappeared in the run-up to the vote.
	www.terradaily.com /2003/030826144607.miordyb3.html (563 words)

	africa.iafrica.com \| c2cnews Rwandans vote in first elections
		Kagame's main challenger, Faustin Twagiramungu (58), a moderate Hutu, served as prime minister from 1994 to 1995 in the national unity government put in place following the genocide where a million Tutsis and their moderate Hutu sympathisers were murdered.
		Twagiramungu's camp has repeatedly denounced threats and intimidation against his supporters during the campaign.
		Twelve members of Twagiramungu's electoral team were arrested on Saturday night, accused by police of plotting to coordinate acts of violence across the country during polling.
	africa.iafrica.com /c2cnews/265221.htm (506 words)

	Arrests, accusations ahead ... - Aug. 25, 2003
		Twagiramungu, 58, a moderate Hutu and former prime minister, told a press conference, and police confirmed, that 12 of his supporters were arrested Saturday, while two fled.
		Twagiramungu served as prime minister from 1994 to 1995 in the national unity government put in place by the RPF.
		Twagiramungu promptly announced his camp would not station observers in polling stations on Monday so the authorities would not be able to accuse him of cheating or interference.
	www.inq7.net /wnw/2003/aug/25/text/wnw_3-1-p.htm (698 words)

	twagiramungu.net! Site pour la démocratie! The web for democracy! Site ya demukarasi!
		The rally was the first key test of support for Mr Twagiramungu, who has claimed the RPF have tried to intimidate his supporters.
		Faustin Twagiramungu's bid for the presidency was fully launched with his first public rally at Nyamirambo stadium on the edge of Kigali.
		Mr Twagiramungu cited cases of individuals he said had disappeared during the RPF-led transitional government - and called on the government to explain their fate.
	www.twagiramungu.net /article0015.htm (427 words)

	Rwanda Information Exchange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He indicated that, Twagiramungu is giving money to the population to influence their votes.
		An independent candidate Faustin Twagiramungu is today in Cyangugu Province for campaigns after Kibuye, Umutara and Kigali city.
		Twagiramungu whose campaigning rally is particularly attended by the youth pledged to increase job opportunities to do away with unemployment, reduce poverty, introduce free primary education, security situation and improve Rwanda’s foreign policy.
	www.rwanda.net /english/News/news082003/news08132003.htm (381 words)

	mostly AFRICA: Rwanda: profile of Faustin Twagiramungu
		Twagiramungu is considered Kagame's most serious opponent because he has a name in the country.
		Twagiramungu was a target of the militas during the genocide and barely escaped with his life.
		Twagiramungu was recently accused by Rwanda's National Electoral Commission of appealing to "ethnic divisions"...
	mostlyafrica.blogspot.com /2003/08/rwanda-profile-of-faustin-twagiramungu.html (289 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Twagiramungu alleged that the polls were rigged, his supporters were intimidated, voters were pressured to vote for President Paul Kagame and other violations of the electoral law.
		Twagiramungu told V-O-A in an interview it was impossible for him to provide proof of his allegations because, he says, his observers were barred from entering polling stations.
		Twagiramungu that there was rigging or intimidation of voters and supporters of the candidates.
	www.help-for-you.com /news/Sep2003/scripts/2de5c1b7.html (308 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| Rwanda opposition launches campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		There was a low-key police presence and Mr Twagiramungu was greeted on his arrival by the mayor of Nyamirambo and two Rwandan army generals.
		He began his speech with a request for a minute's silence in memory of the victims of the Rwandan genocide, those killed in the war in Congo and the assassinated former Minister of Interior, Seth Sendashonga.
		For his part, Mr Twagiramungu said he was encouraged with the size of the turn-out and the crowd's reaction.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/3138861.stm (441 words)

	Defiant Rwandan presidential hopeful Twagiramungu vows to fight on (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Twagiramungu condemned the Rwandan Patriotic Front (FPR) of incumbent President Paul Kagame for what he called "acts of sabotage" against his campaign for the August 25 election.
		A moderate ethnic Hutu, Twagiramungu rejected claims from the ruling, Tutsi-dominated FPR and the national electoral commission that he was fomenting ethnic division -- a serious crime punishable by prison since the 1994 genocide in which Hutu extremists killed up to a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
		Twagiramungu had to defend himself against the claims before the commission last Thursday, a day after the government refused to recognise an opposition party he is thought to maintain close links with.
	quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/al/Qrwanda-vote-opposition.RN1p_DaK.html (289 words)

	AfricaFiles \| Rwanda: Twagiramungu complains of harassment of his supporters
		Twagiramungu, 58, is considered the strongest opponent to Kagame in the country’s first presidential poll after the 1994 genocide of 1994.
		Twagiramungu, a moderate Hutu who was prime minister for 13 months in the first government after the 1994 genocide, also said local officials were sabotaging his efforts by denying him a venue to begin his campaign.
		Twagiramungu and the other two candidates are yet to hold any rallies, with some citing lack of resources and campaign venues as the main causes of their delay.
	www.africafiles.org /article.asp?ID=2454 (539 words)

	Tiptoeing Toward Democracy
		When Faustin Twagiramungu stepped off the plane at Kigali International Airport, ending eight years of self-imposed exile in Belgium, he expected a huge crowd.
		Twagiramungu is one of four candidates running in Rwanda's first real presidential election.
		Twagiramungu, after all, is a Hutu; the incumbent, Paul Kagame, is a Tutsi.
	www.cjr.org /issues/2003/5/scene-temple.asp?printerfriendly=yes (702 words)

	Rwandan election campaign opens old wounds / President accuses challenger of raising Hutu-Tutsi divisions
		But Twagiramungu, a moderate Hutu who is running as an independent, charges that Kagame is using such accusations to create a "environment of fear." Twagiramungu's campaign statements have been denounced by government commissions and lambasted in the government-controlled press.
		Twagiramungu, 58, who opposed the genocide and only managed to escape it himself by being wrapped in a tarpaulin and smuggled out of the country by U.N. forces, argues that the RPF's policy of denying ethnicity disguises the fact that the regime is essentially Tutsi.
		Twagiramungu believes that the RPF is behind these surreptitious efforts to stifle his campaign because he commands respect as a former prime minister.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/08/23/MN115885.DTL (987 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		TEXT: Faustin Twagiramungu is one of four candidates vying for the position of president, a post currently held by President Paul Kagame of the ruling Rwandese Patriotic Front.
		Twagiramungu also claims that the Tutsi-led ruling party is warning that if Rwandans elect a Hutu such as him, there may be a repeat of the 1994 genocide in which up to one million people were killed when Hutu extremists indiscriminately killed members of the Tutsi ethnic group and moderate Hutus.
		Twagiramungu who is basing his campaign on ethnic politics by telling Hutus to take back power.
	www.help-for-you.com /news/Aug2003/scripts/24e571a6.html (376 words)

	Múrinn
		Á hinn bóginn barðist Twagiramungu einnig gegn þeim sem stóðu að þjóðarmorðinu.
		Stuðningsmenn Twagiramungu sökuðu hann um hræðsluáróður og um að hafa reynt að ljúga því að Twagiramungu vildi ná kjöra á etnískum forsendum.
		Twagiramungu var nánast ósýnilegur en veggspjöld af Kagame alstaðar.
	www.murinn.is /eldra_b.asp?nr=281&gerd=Hledsla&arg=4 (958 words)

	THISDAYonline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The candidate regarded as Kagame's strongest challenger, Faustin Twagiramungu, won 3.62 percent and a third candidate, Jean Nepomuscene Nayinzira, had 1.33 percent.
		Twagiramungu said he could not accept the scale of victory already indicated for Kagame by earlier partial provisional results.
		Both Twagiramungu and Nayinzira have said their supporters have been harassed by Kagame's agents and voters were intimidated into choosing him.
	www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2003/08/27/20030827news05.html (513 words)

	CAMEROON-INFO.NET :: Faustin Twagiramungu: Un courageux opposant
		Ayant lui-même échappé de justesse aux tueurs à la machette lors du génocide de 1994, Faustin Twagiramungu a conduit le gouvernement d'union nationale pendant un an, jusqu'à sa démission, en août 1995, et son départ pour Bruxelles, capitale belge.
		Chef de file de ce groupe modéré, Faustin Twagiramungu n'en a pas moins accusé le régime de Kagamé de vouloir monopoliser le pouvoir et faire des Hutus (majoritaires) des citoyens de seconde zone.
		Patient, Faustin Twagiramungu veut inscrire son action politique dans la durée, au delà d'une élection dont lui même n'attend pas une grande surprise.
	www.cameroon-info.net /cin_reactions.php?s_id=13137 (347 words)

	Rwanda: Angus Reid Consultants
		Twagiramungu formed a government in the post-genocide era, but fled to Belgium claiming Kagameâs Front Patriotique Rwandais (FPRâ”Rwanda Patriottic Front) was too dominant and undemocratic.
		On Aug. 14, Twagiramungu promised to tone down the language of his campaign, after the electoral commission accused him of using ethnically divisive language in his speeches and leaflets.
		On Aug. 17, Twagiramungu threatened to boycott the election, stating that his supporters were being harassed.
	www.angus-reid.com /tracker/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=315 (847 words)

	Rwanda - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Rwanda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Faustin Twagiramungu of the Hutu-oriented National Revolutionary Development Movement (MRND) became prime minister.
		Prior to the ceasefire, a final Tutsi offensive in the northwest prompted a mass exodus of refugees, mainly Hutus fearing reprisals, into neighbouring Zaire.
		In August 1995 President Bizimungu dismissed Prime Minister Twagiramungu after the latter openly criticized the domination of his government by the FPR.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Rwanda (1491 words)

	twagiramungu.net! Site pour la démocratie! The web for democracy! Site ya demukarasi!
		Faustin Twagiramungu est l’un des grands acteurs-témoins du Rwanda de 1994.
		Pour Faustin Twagiramungu, il ne s’agissait pas d’un témoignage en vue d’un procès, mais d’une démarche visant à aider l’accusation dans ses enquêtes.
		Lors de son témoignage à la Cour, Faustin Twagiramungu a eu la délicate surprise de voir le procureur tenter d’utiliser ce document pour le mettre en contradiction.
	www.twagiramungu.net /article0006.htm (502 words)

	The International response to Conflict and Genocide; Lessons from the Rwanda experience. Study 1. Historical ...
		At Kinihira in June 1993, agreement was reached to nominate Faustin Twagiramungu (MDR) as Prime Minister of the enlarged transitional government.
		Faustin Twagiramungu, who was proposed as Prime Minister, lacked the support of the majority of his party, which was strongly divided.
		For instance, Faustin Twagiramungu (a pro-reform Hutu) was accused of siding with the RPF and of having been corrupted.
	www.ess.uwe.ac.uk /Rwanda/Rwanda4d.htm (6540 words)

	Iwacu1.com: Politike - Twagiramungu afite amahirwe yo kuba Perezida w'u Rwanda?
		Kubyerekeye iyayamamaza rya TWAGIRAMUNGU nkuko nabivuze munyandiko ya 18/02 reka dutegereze ibyo abadepite ba Kagame kukibazo cya MDR tubone kuvuga niba TWAGIRAMUNGU yakwiyamamaza tutibagiwe niba azanasubira mu Rwanda rero tubitege amaso kandi dukomeze gutanga ibitekerezo tudasebyanya.
		Maze kumenya ko Twagiramungu Faustin ashaka kwiyamamariza kuba Président w'igihugu byaranshimishije cyane.
		Twagiramungu ngaho rero icyowaharaniye kuba Prezida ushobora kuba ugiye kubigeraho ariko uzabanze usabe imbabazi zuko wabeshye abnyarwanda cyangwa ko FPR yakubeshye ngo mufatanye muli za 1993 ugatanga igihugu ariko ubisabire imbabazi ndumva abanyarwanda bazaziguha naho ugakina polotike isukuye naqho Kagame nsinkwanga nuko wigira umu gentil kandi urinyamaswa ushobora kwica abandi wabishaste.Ikindi kibazo nakwibariza
	www.iwacu1.com /politike/2002/12/11_Twagiramungu_afite_amahirwe_yo_kuba_Perezida_w_u_Rwanda.html (3719 words)

	mostly AFRICA: Rwanda: election round-up
		Twagiramungu returned to Rwanda in June after eight years in a self-imposed exile in Belgium.
		Twagiramungu was very active in politics in pre-genocide Rwanda as well.
		This past May, Twagiramungu's party, the Hutu-dominated Democratic Republican Movemement (MDR), was officially dissolved for allegedly fomenting ethnic division.
	mostlyafrica.blogspot.com /2003/08/rwanda-election-round-up.html (989 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		A staunch critic of the government, Faustin Twagiramungu, says he will challenge Paul Kagame for the presidency, but he doubts the sincerity of the government to hold free and fair elections.
		When the slaughter was over, Faustin Twagiramungu, a moderate Hutu, became prime minister of Rwanda, but just a year later he resigned and fled into exile, claiming that the Tutsi-dominated Rwandan Patriotic Front was committing atrocities against civilians.
		Twagiramungu's return to the country to run for the presidency, but also saying that you perhaps had something to do with divisions within some political parties in your country.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0303/08/i_if.01.html (3651 words)

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