Ruanda was ranked 183 out of 195 countries in press freedom in 2008. Human Rights organisations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch criticise the Ruandan Government for imposing harsh and arbitrary justice. Despite this the government of Paul Kagame has been a donor’s darling for years. Guilt tripped over its shameful role in the genocide against the Tutsi in 1994 western governments have largely refrained from challenging the actions of the Tutsi government in Kigali. A spade of new books take a fresh look at the more complex picture of the genocide and the Ruanda’s role in neighbouring Congo. Read “Kagame’s Hidden War in Congo” by Howard French in the September 24 issue of the New York Review of Books.[more]