Kigali Base Station Site Conflict

Does Rwanda have a digital Army?

Analysis: As fighting rages in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the regimes in Kinshasa and Kigali are engaged in an information war that gives pride of place to myth and intoxication. Rwanda can count on its digital army on social networks, and the DRC on a few influencers, starting with conspiracy essayist Charles Onana.

Is Kagame merely protecting himself and the Tutsi community?

While the US, a traditional ally of Kagame’s Rwanda, is increasingly critical of his intervention in the DRC, many other countries continue to subscribe to the Rwandan thesis that he is merely protecting himself and the Tutsi community, or at least look the other way. But it’s hard to find evidence of the wider conspiracies Onana is trying to sell.

How did radio broadcasts affect the genocide in Rwanda?

Researchers have long debated how radio broadcasts affected the dynamics of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, with some arguing that the radio was highly consequential, and others suggesting such effects have been overstated.

Why is Kigali using the M23 in North Kivu?

The M23 is one more iteration in long-standing Rwandan support for rebel groups in the east that Kigali uses not only as a security screen, but to also maintain its political and economic interests in the region. The M23’s re-emergence in North Kivu in late 2021 coincided with a period of Kigali’s perceived regional isolation.