Frank Kagabo is a freelance journalist.
He formerly worked in Kigali, Rwanda with the daily newspaper, The New Times and was a columnist for Rwanda Today/The EastAfrican. Kagabo studied Political Science at Makerere University in Uganda, and later obtained a joint Master’s degree in Journalism, Media and Globalisation from Aarhus University in Denmark and Swansea University in the United Kingdom where he was an Erasmus Mundus scholar.
Twitter: @Kagabo
As five African leaders arrived in Bujumbura Thursday, they certainly are engaging a more emboldened President Pierre Nkurunziza who apparently, has regained the upper hand in the ongoing conflict. This comes after a confidential report to the United Nations Security Council by experts accused Rwanda of training anti Nkurunziza rebels….
Frank Kagabo is a freelance journalist.
Ugandans went to the polls Thursday with reports of delays in the delivery of voting materials in many polling stations of the capital Kampala. Despite these glaring hitches, the just ended campaign season has been marked with a low level of violence and campaign mayhem in comparison to the four…
Frank Kagabo is a freelance journalist.
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, on Tuesday celebrated thirty years in power. He is now on the last leg of his campaign to extend his rule by five more years. When he seized power in 1986, he promised to rule for four years and was famously quoted saying Africa’s problem…
Frank Kagabo is a freelance journalist.
The terminology “new breed” of African leaders was in vogue in the 1990s. These new breed included; Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Laurent Kabila of DRC, Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia and Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea. They were fairly well educated and had replaced career military men who…
Frank Kagabo is a freelance journalist.
President Paul Kagame’s Rwanda has defied international pressure and followed in the footsteps of other countries in the region by changing the constitution – enabling the former rebel commander and leader of the ruling party holds onto power. Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni scrapped term limits in 2005 and recently, Burundi President Pierre…
Frank Kagabo is a freelance journalist.