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Podcasting Star Mario Nawfal Talks to Rawandan President Paul Kagame

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, March 12, 2025 High-profile X podcaster and Elon Musk protégé Mario Nawfal recently produced some slick propaganda with Rwandan President Paul Kagame. His team repeatedly asked me to record a six-minute response but then neither played it nor explained why. Mario Nawfal recently traveled to Rwanda to interview Rwandan President Paul Kagame,[…]

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Congo Activists to NBA: Black Lives Matter in DRC, Cut Ties With Rwanda

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, February 19, 2025 As Rwandan troops tightened their grip on the capitals of DRC’s Kivu Provinces, activists protested the National Basketball Association’s close collaboration with the Rwandan regime. Activists protested the National Basketball Association’s close relationship with Rwanda outside the NBA All Star Game at San Francisco’s Chase Center on Sunday, February[…]

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Why Hasn’t the UNSC Sanctioned Rwanda or Referred Its President to the ICC

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, January 29, 2024 The UN Security Council (UNSC) has never sanctioned Rwanda or referred its president to the International Criminal Court (ICC), despite decades of UN documentation of their international crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). On December 27, Rwanda’s M23 militia claimed to have seized Goma, the capital[…]

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