Jean-Bosco

@JF_LE_DRIAN Will there be a day when African countries will be in non-dependent bilateral and multilateral relationships? Relationships that mean partnership among equal states? Relationships in which if partnerships cease to function no state will be qualified as abandoned?

« Le Rwanda est trop stratégique pour être abandonné. » Cette phrase, prononcée pour se rassurer, révèle en réalité bien plus que sa signification faciale. Elle est l’aveu involontaire d’une dépendance profonde et d’une peur existentielle : celle de ne plus pouvoir compter sur le soutien occidental, américain en tête. Ce même Rwanda qui, dans ses discours officiels, se présente comme un modèle de souveraineté reconquise — un pays qui « n’a besoin de personne », qui « se suffit à lui-même » et qui lançait encore récemment un tonitruant « Go to hell » — se voit contraint de se rassurer par commentateur interposé. L’ironie est saisissante. Derrière la rhétorique de l’indépendance farouche et de l’autosuffisance triomphante se cache une réalité plus prosaïque : celle d’un régime qui sait pertinemment qu’il reste structurellement dépendant du soutien, de la reconnaissance internationale et des partenariats stratégiques avec les puissances occidentales. Dire « le Rwanda est trop stratégique pour être abandonné », c’est admettre, en creux, que ce petit pays aux mille collines se perçoit lui-même comme un enfant capricieux et violent, mais trop utile pour être abandonné aux sanctions qu'il mérite. C’est infantiliser un État qui ne cesse de clamer sa maturité et son invincibilité. C’est reconnaître implicitement que, sans sa valeur stratégique acquise par le crime— blanchiment de minerais, position géopolitique, image de stabilité relative —, Kigali risquerait un isolement fatal. La souveraineté véritable ne se mesure ni aux discours triomphants ni aux meetings où l’on martèle « nous n’avons besoin de personne ». Le régime de Kigali existe et perdure d’abord parce que, pendant plus de trente ans, des milliards d’aide extérieure ont été déversés sur son économie, et parce que ses parrains occidentaux ont longtemps veillé à ce que certaines vérités gênantes — notamment sur les circonstances exactes du déclencheur du génocide de 1994 — ne surgissent jamais trop crûment au grand jour. Il survit aussi parce que les crimes qui lui sont reprochés au Congo — le génocide présumé perpétré au Zaïre puis en RDC, les millions de morts liés à sa politique expansionniste — n’ont jamais été jugés devant une instance internationale digne de ce nom. Washington n’a jamais lâché son « enfant terrible ». En voulant rassurer sur la solidité de la relation rwando-américaine, cette remarque trahit surtout la fragilité du mythe de l’indépendance totale. Le Rwanda peut bien fanfaronner et prétendre se moquer des sanctions. Mais d’autres, visiblement, éprouvent encore le besoin de rappeler à Washington qu’il ne faut surtout pas le lâcher. C’est tout le paradoxe d’un régime qui veut être craint et respecté comme un lion, mais qui reste obligé de se présenter comme un atout indispensable pour ne pas être mis à l’écart.

@Nadia_MUGUNGA1 @UrugwiroVillage @Nduwamungu5 @KUpatriot @PatrickRugaba @Imforutembesa13 @FedRwanda @Umweneforongo @oswaki @paul_rukesha @rbarwanda To me the foundation, clear vision and identity are already present. Once the self proclaimed political elites agree to overcome personal interests, strengthen and defend the chosen path for ubumwe, agaciro, iterambere, ukwigira, etc, the future will be bright

“In Botswana, we do not have the big man syndrome. We believe in institutions and the rule of law.” — Festus Mogae What a powerful legacy. I truly wish Rwanda embraced the same philosophy where institutions are stronger than one man, where the rule of law matters more than personal power, and where leadership serves the people instead of controlling every aspect of national life. May Africa continue learning from leaders who built strong institutions, not personality cults. Rest in peace, President Festus Mogae. @PaulKagame @UrugwiroVillage @duma_boko @NewTimesRwanda

@Nadia_MUGUNGA1 @UrugwiroVillage @Nduwamungu5 @KUpatriot @PatrickRugaba @Imforutembesa13 @FedRwanda @Umweneforongo @oswaki @paul_rukesha @rbarwanda When elites fail to agree on a shared vision and shared identity for their country, the nation-state project fails.

@Nadia_MUGUNGA1 @UrugwiroVillage @Nduwamungu5 @KUpatriot @PatrickRugaba @Imforutembesa13 @FedRwanda @Umweneforongo @oswaki @paul_rukesha @rbarwanda To build strong institutions, political elites, both in Gvt and in opposition, have to have a shared vision of what country they want to build and leave for next generations. They need to overcome tendencies to define national interests in terms of personal and ethnic identities.

@1960dude @theutdcode Actually many Rwandans speak Kinyarwanda, Swahili, French, English, and other languages from the region depending on where they lived before returning to Rwanda after liberation (luganda, lingala, kirundi, etc.)

@theutdcode You cant say the same for his people.

I envy Paul Kagame •Speaks English, Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Luganda, Kinyankole and I assume Tooro He has a basic understanding of French So he is sitting there understanding every word without a problem

@brucejnr2002 @Joe__Bassey So in South Africa there is no rule of law? People have ability to decide who is criminal and which sentence to give? What is the role of Courts?

@Joe__Bassey It’s not only about Jobs, We are chasing drug dealers killing our youth , fake pastors scamming our people , Barbarians vandalising our infrastructure turning our beautiful cities into Makoko slums.

MALEMA DROPS A BOMBSHELL — "AFTER ALL YOUR ATTACKS, HOW MANY JOBS DID YOU CREATE?" 🇿🇦 ✊🏾 South Africa's Julius Malema has silenced the xenophobia debate with one powerful question! You marched. You burnt shops. You beat innocent Africans in the streets. So tell us: where are the jobs? Zimbabweans, Nigerians, and Ethiopians did not steal your future. A broken government and corruption did! Malema said it loud and clear: "I don't want votes that make me hate fellow Africans!" Africa helped South Africa defeat apartheid. This is how you repay the continent? Violence never created a single job. Ever.

@Patriote257 Small identities always. What will be the cure for this danger?

Iyo nitegereje amagorwa abahutu Benewacu mu Rwanda bagowe ndatuntura cane Igihugu c’ u Rwanda kirakeneye kubohorwa vyihuse Abarundi turakwiye kubohora abanyarwanda tukabakurako intwaro y’ agahotoro ya kagame. Twipfuza kubona abahutu, abatutsi n’ abatwa mu Rwanda babanye neza

@Kabubu3033 @StandardKenya The argument that other communities have no issues is just a political narrative. All communities suffer in many ways, but there are communities such as the Tutsi that are singled out, killed and portrayed as foreigners in their own country for political reasons.

Banyamulenge and Tutsi communities protest in Nairobi, accuse DR Congo government of discrimination and killings Video by Jonah Onyango

@africans816671 Identify is a constructed concept. If people choose to represent themselves using a certain Identity by refusing another Identity they do not associate with, that is not a crime.

So Paul Kagame claims that, in the name of “peace,” people must erase their identity no more Hutu, no more Tutsi. That’s not unity, that’s forced silence. Imagine waking up one day and being told that what your forefathers fought and died for no longer exists, that your history, your identity, your truth must be buried. Today, people are afraid to even say “Hutu” or “Tutsi” because it can be treated as a crime and yet they call that freedom? That’s not freedom. That’s control disguised as peace.

@EricLDaugh As if it was not open before the war hahahha

🚨 BREAKING: US ships are CLEARING the Strait of Hormuz right in Iran's face during negotiations, with reports of ships directly crossing the Strait President Trump PROMISED it would open and says we're now clearing it out "as a favor to countries all over the world" 🔥 "We’re now starting the process of clearing out the Strait of Hormuz as a favor to Countries all over the World, including China, Japan, South Korea, France, Germany, and many others. Incredibly, they don’t have the Courage or Will to do this work themselves. Very interestingly, however, empty Oil carrying ships from many Nations are all heading to the United States of America to LOAD UP with Oil. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

@GitifuW Misleading

Nyuma y’Imyaka 30 turi igihugu cya 2 gifite impunzi nyinshi

@EricLDaugh Now the world is following the rule of the jungle. If you are strong, just go and get anything you want from anybody weak. Goodbye International Law

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump just dropped a BRUTAL reality check on our "allies," telling them FIGHT FOR YOURSELF, America is done holding your hand "All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you: Number 1, buy from the U.S., we have plenty, and Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT." "You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us. Iran has been, essentially, decimated. The hard part is done. Go get your own oil!" 🔥🔥🔥

@Patriote257 This reminds me the slogan "olinga olinga te iza na kati ya ..." (like it or not, my choice has to go through): this is a mindset of those who do not accept "no" as an answer. Generally they only learn when they finally face the reality of time.

The candidacy may be proposed by the country of origin or by any other country that is a member of the United Nations Even without the unanimous support of the AU, Macky Sall can officially run. The process continues, and the final vote at the UN will determine the outcome

@Patriote257 The main issue is not that Macky Sall will or will not be candidate. The main question is whether the current AU President is using approaches that unite Africa or not. The dream has always been to have continental consensus rather than divisions

Even Jesus Christ was not accepted by everyone, yet he fulfilled his mission In short, Macky Sall will be the candidate representing the continent let Rwanda take note END ✊

@yigenga Ntabwo habaye rejet ya candidature. Habaye rejet ya procedure iyo candidature yatanzwemo. Birashoboka ko iyo procedure yubahirizwa hari gutorwa uwundi atari Sall kandi yemejwe na continent. Iki ni ikibazo ca leadership

iyi rejet ya Candidature ya Macky Sall 😂😂numwereka Diplomatique dukubiswe....wamu super Ministre, yigisha Diplomatie, ndabibonamwo ukuboko kwiwe, ntimushobora gushigikira candidature yumuntu mutatohoje , utabajije avis aba partenaires(ibihugu bindi ) . mukanya araje arungike babantu biwe ngo batukane... ariko iyi échec niwe ayibazwa , ivya diplomatie nirwiwe.

@SGahamanyi Languages have dialects

If you are from Rwanda and travel to Rutshuru, Masisi, or Nyiragongo, people immediately recognize that you do not speak Kihutu, Kinyabwisha...but Kinyarwanda. You can't even learn their language and accent easily! It's the same way people from Burundi are easily identified in Rwanda by their language, Kirundi.

@mpyana_dacris @albcontact Wrong. The press release mentions rwandophones not Banyarwanda. Rwandophones are people who speak kinyarwanda as language, same as francophone etc. They do not have to be Rwandans.

@albcontact Banyarwanda means from Rwanda. They can seek asylum in Congo, but they can't claim citizenship or Land from Congo. Otherwise they can always go back home(Rwanda). Congo is for BanyaCongo.

DRC Finally some rationality in the midst of all the irrational noise that followed the Washington Accords and Doha Agreements.. finally From the ICG.. Highlights: “efforts by Qatar, the ICGLR and MONUSCO to establish a ceasefire monitoring and verification mechanism. We recall the importance of creating conditions for an inclusive inter-Congolese dialogue with all key Congolese stakeholders – a necessary element for durable peace in the DRC – The ICG further calls on parties to stop incitement to hatred, discrimination or violence, including against Rwandophone minorities, and other actions that gravely endanger civilian populations and social cohesion.” But … yet, one can easily bet that Tshisekedi @Presidence_RDC will not respect what is requested and advised in this “joint statement” … he will keep waging war, openly incite hate against the Banyarwanda and pay lobbyists to make noise in Washington DC … the World capital of Lobbying state.gov/releases/offic…

@oswaki @Rwandapolice @RNPSpokesperson A ntiyemerewe gukomeza umuhanda w'imbere kuko lane (igice cy'umuhanda yafashe kimwerekeza ibumoso gusa. B ishobora kujya ibumoso hanyuma igakomeza muri uriya muhanda wa kabiri. A yemerewe gukata ikajya muri uriya muhanda wa kabiri cg se igakora U-turn. B ikwiye kureka A ikabanza

Fata ko iyo rond-point ari iyo mu Rwanda. Imodoka ifite uburenganzira bwo gutambuka mbere ni iyihe? Ni A? Ni B? Itegeko rivuga ngo iki? @Rwandapolice @RNPSpokesperson babidufashemo. #Turindane

@RNPSpokesperson Ni kuri B kandi iriya modoka iri mu ruhande rwiza rw'umuhanda. Iyo ujya gukata ibumoso muri roundabout ugomba guca mu ruhande rw'ibumoso. Ikindi akatiye muri A yateza impanuka

Twiganirire ku mategeko y’umuhanda: Uri uyu mushoferi urabona wanyura iyihe nzira? Hitamo A cyangwa B usobanure n’impamvu ubibona gutyo.

@willynyamitwe @onduhungirehe @_AfricanUnion Mediation is highly based on the trust the parties to the conflict have in the mediator/facilitator. Good luck to Burundi's President convincing all the parties to the DRC's conflict that he is a trustworthy mediator, whether as AU Chair or as part of an institutional framework

Minister @onduhungirehe’s position appears to be based on a misinterpretation of the situation. His statements misrepresent both #Burundi’s role in eastern #DRC and the principles governing @_AfricanUnion mediation. AU’s mediation is not based on unilateral positions but on collective mandates. As Chairperson of the African Union, H.E. @GeneralNeva operates within an institutional framework, supported by AU organs and in coordination with the Mediator, the panel of Facilitators and regional mechanisms. Therefore, the focus should remain where it belongs: ending violence and advancing durable, African-led solutions. This moment calls for responsibility, not insinuations.