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  Paul Kagame - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kagame was born in Gitarama, Rwanda on October 23, 1957.
In 1986, Kagame became the head of military intelligence in the NRA, and was regarded as one of Museveni's closest allies.
Kagame is highly critical of the United Nations and its role in the 1994 genocide.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Kagame   (1519 words)

  
 Paul Kagame at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Paul Kagame (born October 23, 1957) is the president of Rwanda, and was recently in the news involving certain accusations against the country of France.
In 1986, Kagame became the head of military intelligence in the NRA, and was always viewed as one of Museveni's closest allies.
Kagame directed RPF forces in neighboring countries such as Uganda and Tanzania to invade the country, battling the Hutu forces and Interahamwe militias who were committing the massacres.
www.wiki.tatet.com /Paul_Kagame.html   (876 words)

  
 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Kagame, Paul   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Kagame was born into a Tutsi family that fled (1960) ethnic violence in Rwanda.
Kagame then led the Rwandan Patriotic Front forces, but failed to oust the Rwandan government until after President Habyarimana's death (1994) and the bloody anti-Tutsi violence and chaos that ensued.
Kagame y la unidad de tutsis y hutus: Elecciones en Ruanda: Kagame participó durante muchos años en la lucha de los tutsis contra la represión ejercida durante décadas por la minoría hutu.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/KagameP1l.asp   (363 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.
Kagame, 46, campaigning on a theme of national unity, had been widely expected to win the poll giving him a seven-year mandate and consolidating his hold on power since his guerrilla force ended the government-led genocide nine years ago.
Kagame to legitimize himself as the sole and irreplaceable leader, as the savior.
www.terradaily.com /2003/030826213809.tiba6qry.html   (710 words)

  
 Kagame Paul - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Kagame, Paul (1957-), President of Rwanda (2000-) and rebel leader in the 1994 overthrow of the Rwandan government.
Paul I (of Russia) (1754-1801), Emperor of Russia (1796-1801).
Paul was born in St Petersburg, the son of Catherine II (The Great) and Peter III....
au.encarta.msn.com /Kagame_Paul.html   (104 words)

  
 Rwanda's Kagame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Kagame said he wanted to be "exemplary," so he was careful about his own example, and perhaps it was his quest for an original response to his truly original circumstances that made him wary of allowing others to imagine the lost world of his childhood.
Kagame, for whom the office of Vice President was specially invented, did not deny that the RPF formed the backbone of the regime, and that as its chief military and political strategist he was the country's most powerful political figure.
At President Paul Kagame's recent trip to Uganda to be at President Yoweri Museveni's swearing-in ceremony at Kololo, Kampala he was cheerfully received by the mammoth crowd of supporters and witnesses at the airstrip.
www.orwelltoday.com /rwandakagame.shtml   (5506 words)

  
 School of International Studies
H.E. Paul Kagame was born in October 1957 in Gitarama Prefecture, Central Rwanda to Deogratius and Asteria Rutagambwa.
Paul Kagame was among the first 27 men who together with Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched a five-year liberation war in Uganda in 1980.
H.E. Paul Kagame was elected First Vice President of the African Union during the Second-Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union held in Maputo, Mozambique on July 11th 2003.
www.uop.edu /sis/kagame/kagame_profile.htm   (407 words)

  
 Rwandan Patriotic Front - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Major Paul Kagame, who was in the United States, was contacted and returned to take control of the rebel forces.
On his arrival Paul Kagame began to reorganize his forces and decided to develop a guerrilla style war in the north of the country.
The RPF continues to be the dominant political party in Rwanda under President Paul Kagame.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rwandese_Patriotic_Front   (1724 words)

  
 The Boston College Chronicle
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, in a speech at Boston College Monday afternoon, marked the anniversary of the genocide that cost the lives of nearly a million of his countrymen in 1994, while endorsing quick action by the international community to address the current violence against civilians in the Darfur region of the Sudan.
Kagame said the massacre of between 800,000 and 1 million Tutsis over 100 days in 1994 was engineered by Hutu extremists in "deliberate and cold-blooded" fashion while the international community failed to intervene.
Kagame appeared at the invitation of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College, and was welcomed by UGBC President Grace Simmons '05.
www.bc.edu /bc_org/rvp/pubaf/chronicle/v13/a14/kagame.html   (764 words)

  
 Why War? Keywords: Paul Kagame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
According to a new French report, Mr Kagame in April 1994 was responsible...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, dismayed at his difficulty in attracting international aid to his genocid...
Paul Kagame (born October 23, 1957) is the president of Rwanda.
www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/people/Paul_Kagame   (147 words)

  
 CRG -- The Shooting Down Of The Aircraft Carrying Rwandan President: Declaration on the Shooting Down of the Aircraft ...
Kagame's choice in 1994 of Pasteur Bizimungu, a Hutu, to be the figurehead President behind whom Kagame could operate secretly, was beneficial to him in helping to bring his plans to fruition without causing international alarm.
Kagame was aware that this would occur, as a response triggered by the death of Habyalimana.
Kagame's take-over took away the lives of a large number of Tutsis and caused the unnecessary exodus of millions of Hutus, many of whom were innocent under the hands of the genocide ringleaders.
www.globalresearch.ca /articles/MUG109A.html   (4202 words)

  
 The New Vision - Rwanda Dev't Review
In his own words, Kagame’s vision is a united country that feels itself as integrated into the sub-region family of nations: a country that is developed and has eradicated poverty — a country that is democratic and above all, a stable country at peace with itself as well as with its neighbours.
A story is told of how Kagame always punctuates his speeches with emphasis on putting the interests of ordinary people at the forefront, whenever he meets with leaders of people at all levels.
Paul Kagame was born in October 1957 to Deogratius and Asterria Rutagambwa in the Central Prefecture of Gitarama.
www.enteruganda.com /brochures/page23n28.html   (1274 words)

  
 Rwanda's Kagame downplays criticism of genocide film - Boston.com
A new film on Rwanda's genocide reduced many survivors to tears at its premiere in Kigali but President Paul Kagame said on Tuesday the movie would help to ensure memories of the mass murder were kept alive.
President of Rwanda Paul Kagame speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative forum in New York September 17, 2005.
Kagame said it was the events of 1994 that caused pain, not films about them.
www.boston.com /ae/movies/articles/2006/03/28/rwandas_kagame_downplays_criticism_of_genocide_film   (532 words)

  
 BBC News | AFRICA | Kagame: Quiet soldier who runs Rwanda
Mr Kagame was made head of NRA military intelligence in 1986 and was always viewed as a close ally of Mr Museveni, both as a guerrilla fighter and in the Ugandan military afterwards.
When the RPF first invaded Rwanda from Uganda in October 1990, Paul Kagame was in the United States on a military training programme.
Paul Kagame is also a firm advocate of Rwanda's continuing military engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo, arguing that vital security issues are at stake and nobody but Rwandans will protect his country's security.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/689405.stm   (402 words)

  
 Jailed Rwandan ex-president pleads for mercy - Boston.com
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Monday he was considering a plea for clemency from the nation's first post-genocide president, in jail for crimes including inciting ethnic violence and embezzling state funds.
KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Monday he was considering a plea for clemency from the nation's first post-genocide president, in jail for crimes including inciting ethnic violence and embezzling state funds.
Kagame, whose Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Army ended the hundred days of slaughter, was then vice-president.
www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2006/05/08/jailed_rwandan_ex_president_pleads_for_mercy   (373 words)

  
 Congo Vision : Nouvelles visions pour le Congo et l'Afrique
Kagame is one of the main players in the death of over 5 million people in the D.R.Congo.
Kagame will not be president or the only possible recipient of the award on behalf of the people.
Kagame if wise enough will not want to be present at a ceremony when he knows the Congolese that hold him responsible for the death, rape, and other atrocities of a father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife, child and other countrymen will be waiting outside and inside to express themselves in this nation of freedom.
www.congovision.com /nouvelles/senga.html   (670 words)

  
 Incumbent Kagame declares self winner in Rwandan poll - Aug. 27, 2003
KIGALI - Close on ten years after the Rwandan genocide, incumbent President Paul Kagame declared himself the victor in presidential polls in the early hours of Tuesday morning with roughly fifty percent of the votes counted.
After the partial vote count was announced, Kagame arrived at the stadium in an armored car and spent time mingling on foot with the crowds.
Kagame, 46, who heads the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) - the former Tutsi rebel movement which fought to end the genocide - had been widely expected to win the poll following a campaign marred by allegations of government-sponsored intimidation of opposition supporters.
www.inq7.net /wnw/2003/aug/27/wnw_6-1.htm   (544 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Rwanda to probe foreign involvement in genocide
KIGALI, Rwanda – President Paul Kagame said Thursday he plans to set up an inquiry into the role of other nations in Rwanda's 1994 genocide, an apparent jab at France which Kagame has accused of being involved in the killings.
Kagame, who led the Tutsi rebel army that swept to power and ended the genocide in July 1994, said Thursday that he could "no longer pretend to ignore the facts" against France.
Kagame repeated that an inquiry by the French magistrate, Jean-Louis Bruguiere, into the downing of Habyarimana's plane was politically motivated and that the judge's "integrity and judgement should be questioned."
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040325-0603-rwanda-kagame.html   (385 words)

  
 Rwandan crisis deepens as Kagame begins seven-year term
Kagame won a landslide victory in the August 25 presidential election, which took place amid a clampdown on organized political opposition in the country and widespread allegations of electoral fraud.
However, she went on to say that she had seen evidence of ballot-stuffing in several voting precincts and that Kagame’s supporters, present at all polling stations, were “intimidating.” For unstated reasons rival candidates decided not to send their supporters to the polling stations.
Kagame, a Tutsi exiled since childhood from Rwanda to Uganda, got his start as a rebel fighter and military intelligence operative in Uganda and came to political prominence as a member of the Tutsi-dominated Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) operating there.
www.wsws.org /articles/2003/sep2003/rwan-s13.shtml   (1373 words)

  
 No heroes in genocide / Role of Rwanda's president is questioned   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Kagame's peacemaking deserves the world's accolades, but the demonstrators at his Stockton visit are a reminder that genocidal conflicts can't be reduced to simple equations in which one side is unquestionably good.
Kagame would have been motivated to give the OK, his detractors say, because he knew the resulting bloodshed would justify a takeover of Rwanda's government by his Rwandan Patriotic Front.
Kagame dismisses France's investigation as a fantasy, saying the French were trying to cover up their own involvement in the genocide.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/05/15/INGPOCNKN71.DTL   (1085 words)

  
 Online NewsHour Update: Rwandans Re-elect President Kagame in First Post-Genocide Vote -- August 26, 2003
Amnesty International also accused Kagame's party of using death threats to intimidate opponents, the BBC reported, and in April the Netherlands withdrew $250,000 in election funding after four men associated with an opposition party disappeared.
Kagame has served as president since 2000 and vice president since 1994 when his rebel force took control of the country, ending a massive campaign of ethnic killing that took the lives of an estimated 800,000 minority Tutsis and their moderate Hutu sympathizers.
Kagame, 46, has since been praised for reducing poverty in the former Belgian colony, boosting Rwanda's economy and helping bridge the divide between Hutus and Tutsis.
www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/rwanda_08-26-03.html   (548 words)

  
 Paris-based African Journalist Sued by President Paul Kagame
In the plaint against Onana, President Kagame's advocate Natacha Renaudin acknowledges that investigations on the plane crash undertaken by French judge Bruguire were underway and accuses Onana of not respecting the principle of "presumption of innocence" for President Kagame in the whole affair.
Two separate entities namely the Rwandan State and President Kagame sue the author with the Rwandan State represented by its Justice Minister Jean De Dieu Mucyo, while kagame demands that the French Justice System condemns the author to pay one symbolic Euro to the Rwandan State for prejudice suffered as a result of the defamation.
Other demands by Kagame include that the accused publishes all or part of the judgment to be delivered in a French or Foreign Media, which must cost an equivalent of 10,000 Euros.
www.theperspective.org /kagame.html   (572 words)

  
 Kagame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It was wrong in Rwanda," said Kagame, a tall, lanky man whose straightforward, mild manner belies his status as a powerful national leader who spent years as a guerrilla fighter.
Kagame, who lived most of his life in Uganda, founded the Rwandan Patriotic Front and entered Rwanda in 1990 to fight the Hutu government.
Kagame remains bitter that the United Nations did not stop the bloodshed in Rwanda in 1994.
www.copresco.com /kagame.htm   (381 words)

  
 CNN.com - Kagame declares victory in Rwanda - Aug. 25, 2003
President Paul Kagame has declared himself the winner in Rwanda's first democratic election since a 1994 genocide, in which hundreds of thousands were killed.
Kagame, a minority Tutsi, had the backing of seven of the country's nine recognized political parties.
Kagame has since led a fight against remnants of the genocidal regime who attacked the country from bases in neighboring Congo.
www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/africa/08/25/rwanda.election   (455 words)

  
 Bartholomew's notes on religion
Warren said he was impressed with the spiritual depth of Rwandan church leaders who opposed the genocide and have led the people into a "spirit of hope and reconciliation." He also said he believes God wants to begin something new in a small country that the world ignores.
Mr Kagame eschews any form of flamboyance and is a low-key, dry public speaker.
Kagame led the rebel troops that finally ended the Hutu-led massacres in 1994, so Warren’s enthusiasm is understandable.
blogs.salon.com /0003494/2005/07/05.html   (1052 words)

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