Réginas Ndayiragije – The Conversation

Rwandan president Paul Kagame acknowledges the crowd at a campaign rally. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

August 12, 2024

Paul Kagame has had an iron grip on Rwanda for decades – 6 essential reads on what keeps him in power

Julius Maina, The Conversation and Kagure Gacheche, The Conversation

Only Paul Kagame will decide when he exits Rwanda’s political stage.

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame speaks during a Rwandan Patriotic Front rally on 22 June 2024 ahead of July elections. Guillem Sartorio/AFP via Getty Images

July 8, 2024

Rwanda’s Tutsi minority has been in power for 30 years – but study finds ethnicity doesn’t matter to people if their needs are met

Réginas Ndayiragije, University of Antwerp and Marijke Verpoorten, University of Antwerp

Rwanda’s majority Hutu have over time reported feeling more represented by a Tutsi-dominated government.

Burundi president Evariste Ndayishimiye votes in 2020. Evrard Ngendakumana/Xinhua via Getty Images

January 30, 2024

Burundi’s quota for women in politics has had mixed results, but that’s no reason to scrap it

Réginas Ndayiragije, University of Antwerp; Petra Meier, University of Antwerp, and Stef Vandeginste, University of Antwerp

Any state policy looking to increase women’s representation must take into account formal and informal political practices.

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