Ignatius Ssuuna is an investigative journalist based in Rwanda.
He writes on human rights, conflicts and humanitarian crisis in the East African region. He writes on a freelance basis for DPA, IRIN, Zam Magazine and the Daily Monitor in Uganda. He was previously investigations editor at The NewTimes, Rwanda's English daily newspaper. He is a freelance researcher with Global Integrity, an independent nonprofit organization tracking governance and corruption trends around the world.
Twitter: @ignatiuskateera
KAMPALA- The death toll is mounting in Burundi, with the United Nations (UN) putting the figure of the dead at over 200 since April. April was the time President Pierre Nkurunziza prompted protests by seeking a third term in office, despite having already served what his opponents saw as his…
Ignatius Ssuuna is an investigative journalist based in Rwanda.
RWANDA- A debate on whether Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame should get himself a third term in 2017 after his final term in office expires or not has grown in number and vehemence in the recent months. The country’s parliament has launched a process that could finally end the debate on…
Ignatius Ssuuna is an investigative journalist based in Rwanda.
Burundi — What does a despot do when he knows his last term to rule his people has ended and that he isn’t really going to be the right leader sitting on the throne anymore? Especially if he is fearful of what “enemies” he has made in the process of…
Ignatius Ssuuna is an investigative journalist based in Rwanda.
GOMA – Though the fight between ex-M23 fighters and the Congolese army ended nearly three years ago in this country of 80 million people, for many victims of this brutal war and children born as a result of rape, the suffering is still on going. The majority of their victims were…
Ignatius Ssuuna is an investigative journalist based in Rwanda.