In their eagerness to celebrate Rwanda's...
In their eagerness to celebrate Rwanda's "development success" UK ministers have been shamefully silent about the persistent human rights abuses, and the highly repressive nature of the Rwandan government...
While the focus of the IDC inquiry is UK aid and Rwanda's role in DRC, there are wider questions to be asked about UK policy towards Rwanda...
This neglect of rights concerns is no longer tenable. The new international development secretary, Justine Greening, should make the protection and advancement of human rights a much more central focus of DfID policy towards Rwanda. David Mepham
On November 8, 2012, Former Secretary of State for International Development Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP was questioned by the International Development Committee of the British Parliament's House of Commons on his decision to disburse budget support to the Government of Rwanda and subsequently following allegations about the Rwandan Government's role in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic the Congo, and the decision of other donors who withdrew budget support not to reinstate it.