For Rwanda’s Kagame, critics including foreign nationals have to worry

On 31 December 2013, Patrick Karegeya, a former Rwandan intelligence chief was mysteriously assassinated in his hotel chamber at Michelangelo Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg. Must it be the finger of Rwanda’s strong man–Paul Kagame? Hard to tell.

South Africa (SA) timidly but painfully launched an investigation whose result never came out.The truth, it seems, was simply buried—deep under the moving sand of realpolitik. No one will ever know why.

No place on earth for regime critics

Soon afterwards however, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, who had earlier denied any role in the assassination of the former spy chief, came out from his reserve and warns in no uncertain terms that those who betray him today will perish tomorrow. He then adds he wished he killed the man himself. 

For Kagame, there will be no place on earth for those who criticize his regime. His statement raises eyebrows but little diplomatic outcry.  Read full article on News24