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‘Political prisoner’: Rwanda’s Paul Rusesabagina
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Paul Rusesabagina gets 25 years behind bars

Paul Rusesabagina — credited with saving hundreds of lives during the Rwandan genocide — was recently found guilty of terrorism, after being ‘tricked’ into custody by the Kagame…

  • Simon Allison
  • The Continent
3 min read
Burundians protested when Pierre Nkurunziza decided to seek election for a third term in violation of the Arusha Accords. Photo: Carl de Souza/ AFP)
AFRICAN UNION

Burundi’s poll exacts brutal toll

People are killed, raped, tortured, detained and forced to give up food. Africa, with South Africa’s leadership, needs to urgently stop the violence

  • Lewis Mudge
4 min read
Civil war: Fighting between different militias has hit citizens in the Central African Republic hard. This soldier is with the Central African Armed Forces in the east of the country. (Florent Vergnes/AFP)
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Hope fades over CAR peace deal

Fighting continues in the Central African Republic, and the thorny issue of amnesty for militants has not been clearly resolved

  • Lewis Mudge
4 min read
An anti-balaka militiaman in the Central African Republic. Late last year, the court arrested two leaders of the anti-balaka militias that were parties to the conflict. (Reuters)
BANGUI

Just one month in, optimism around CAR’s peace deal is fading

Armed groups in the CAR believe that a new peace deal has granted them amnesty. But that’s not what the deal actually says

  • Lewis Mudge
4 min read
Backslide: Burundi’s new Constitution has only fortified President Pierre Nkurunziza’s stranglehold over the country.
AFRICAN UNION

SA must help resolve Burundi’s crisis

The Arusha Accords, led by Thabo Mbeki, have been eroded and Cyril Ramaphosa needs to restore peace

  • Lewis Mudge
4 min read