Ashton Small 🏆🇷🇼🇬🇭
Disability is not inability is his push.. he’s grown a community of 200k people in 1 week. Road to 1 million, his story is deep and deserves to be shared with the world🌍
Happy International Women’s Day! Today and every day, we celebrate the foundational role women continue to play in Rwanda’s transformation. Your resilience, ingenuity and leadership continue to affirm a simple truth: a nation can only truly progress when inclusion and equality are upheld in every sphere. #IWD2026
Since the 1999 Lusaka Peace Accords, more than 10 peace agreements on the DRC conflict have collapsed because of the DRC itself. Let’s walk through it 🧵
🔹 In Nairobi, M23 was barred from dialogue between the DRC Government and other armed groups because it was labeled “foreign.”
🔹 In December 2023, President Tshisekedi expelled the EAC Regional Force after it had secured over 80% of M23-controlled areas. The problem? It wasn’t “offensive enough.”
🔹 In December 2024 in Luanda, the peace process between Rwanda and the DRC collapsed after Kinshasa refused to engage in dialogue with AFC/M23.
🔹 A few months later in Doha, dialogue with the same actors was suddenly acceptable. Interesting…🤨
🔹 In 2025, after intense diplomatic efforts, the Washington and Doha agreements were signed. Yet key commitments were not implemented and bombardments continued, including against Banyamulenge civilians.
🔹 Since the June 2025 Peace Agreement, attacks on villages in North and South Kivu have persisted under the pretext of fighting M23.
🔹 In South Kivu, Banyamulenge communities have been pushed into remote areas with severely restricted access to markets, schools, grazing land and healthcare.
Meanwhile, the existential threat posed to Rwanda by the Kinshasa-backed FDLR has not diminished.
During the fall of Goma in January 2026, FARDC/FDLR elements attacked Rwanda, leaving 16 people dead and 161 civilians injured.
International reports continue to document integration, financing and logistical support, alongside a coalition that includes FARDC, Burundian forces, mercenaries, FDLR, Wazalendo and other militias.
So here’s the bottom line: peace is possible with political will and good faith.
Protecting Rwandans is the JOB of the RDF.
Any serious analysis of this region has to honestly assess the role of DRC Gov/FARDC and those backing them too.
To the many friends , Leaders and many well wishers I have not had opportunity to know personally I want to express my deep appreciation for your very warm Birth Day Wishes. Bless!
Happy birthday Afande @PaulKagame. May you have many more. Thank you for your exemplary leadership that is a beacon for Rwanda, the region and Africa. Long live the friendship and strategic alliance between our two countries.
Ukuri kw’impamvu z’ubuhezanguni buranga Uzabakiriho Alfred wiyita Gitifu Sebatware kuri X @GitifuW wafashe umurongo wo gusebya ubuyobozi bw’u Rwanda, gupfobya Jenoside yakorewe abatutsi, akanatagatifuza ababyeyi be, abeshya ko batakoze jenoside, nyamara ari abicanyi bo mu rwego rwo hejuru barimbuye abatutsi mu Mujyi wa Butare.
A. SE WA @GitifuW NI UMUJENOSIDERI RUHARWA
Se wa @GitifuW yitwa UZABAKIRIHO Bernard mwene Gaparayi Innocent na Nyirandushabandi Angélique. Muri 1994 yari umwarimu muri Groupe Scolaire ya Butare. Nyina yitwa NYIRABAKUNGU Antoinette mwene Habimana na Nyiramidibura akaba nawe yari umwarimukazi I Butare. Bombi bavuka mu yahoze ari Perefegitura ya Cyangugu, umwe mu Karere ka Nyamasheke (umugabo), undi mu Karere ka Rusizi (umugore). Uzabakiriho Bernard yaburanye mu nkiko Gacaca, urw’ibanze no mu bujurire z’Umurenge wa Ngoma-Butare Ville zimuhamya ibyaha bya Jenoside we ubwe ku giti cye yakoreye abatutsi mu Mujyi wa Butare (Huye) bikurikira:
1) Uzabakiriho Bernard yagiye mu nama zo gutegura ubwicanyi (planification);
2) Uzabakiriho Bernard yagiye mu bitero byinshi ku Kabutare byishe abatutsi benshi;
3) Uzabakiriho Bernard yari muri groupe mobile, wari Umutwe witwaraga gisilikare wazengurukaga ku Kabutare, ushishikariza abahutu gukora jenoside, ukanahiga abatutsi ngo bicwe;
4) Uzabakiriho Bernard yashinzwe gupanga uburyo abicanyi bajya kuri za bariyeri;
5) Uzabakiriho Bernard yari mu gitero cyagabwe kwa Minani gitwara abatutsi 2 : Masudi na Gahamanyi bari barahungiye kwa Minani barabica;
6) Uzabakiriho Bernard yagize uruhare:
- mu iyicwa rya Nturo, Nyetera Eugène, Rwagashayija Innocent n’umusore yari acumbikiye;
- mu iyicwa rya Frère Grégoire, Umulisa Grâce n’abana ba Samüel Gasana.
Ibihano: Tariki 18/11/2006, Urukiko Gacaca rw’Umurenge wa Ngoma-Butare Ville, Akarere ka Huye, rwakatiye UZABAKIRIHO Bernard igifungo cy’imyaka 30 kuri ibi byaha. YARABISINYIYE yongeraho ko ajuriye.
UZABAKIRIHO Bernard yaburanye mu bujurire, tariki 14/11/2007, Urukiko Gacaca rw’ubujurire rwa Ngoma-Butare Ville, Akarere ka Huye, rusanga kandi rwemeza ko ibyaha bya jenoside yashinjwaga bimuhama, ruhamishaho igihano yahawe n’Urukiko rw’ibanze cy’igifungo cy’imyaka 30. UZABAKIRIHO Bernard yapfiriye muri gereza ya Huye arangiza iki gihano. Mu bafatanyacyaha, harimo abari abarimu muri Groupe Scolaire Butare bakurikira : Twagirayezu Faustin, Murekeye Elisée, Bandora André alias Cyuma, Nsengiyumva Ignace, Kimanuka Tharcisse n’abandi.
B. NYINA WA GITIFU @GitifuW NAWE NI UMUJENOSIDERI RUHARWA
Nyina wa @GitifuW ni NYIRABAKUNGU Antoinette, nawe akaba kimwe n'umugabo we, yarahamwe n’ibyaha bya jenoside yakoze bikurikira:
1) Kwica abari mu rugo rwa Rwagashayija Innocent, Angelina n’abana be babiri n’umugore wavukaga ku Kibuye;
2) Kuba mu gatsiko k’abagore bigaga gutera grenades;
3) Kujya mu bitero no gusahura;
4) Kubiba irondabwoko, amacakubiri n’ivangura mu mashuri.
Mu iburana, NYIRABAKUNGU Antoinette yatanze abatangabuhamya bamushinjura haba mu rukiko rw’ibanze no mu bujurire. Mu rukiko rw’ibanze yahamijwe icyaha cya jenoside ahanishwa igifungo cy’imyaka 25. NYIRABAKUNGU Antoinette yajuriye avuga ko mu rukiko rw’ibanze atahawe umwanya uhagije wo kwisobanura ndetse ko afite n’abatangabuhamya bashya. Baratumijwe mu bujurire, Urukiko rw’ubujurire rwanzura ko “abatangabuhamya bashinjura nta n’umwe washoboye gutanga ibimenyetso byerekana ko ibyaha aregwa atabikoze, no muribo nta n’umwe wari uri ku Kabutare mu gihe cya jenoside aho ibyaha byakorewe ngo abe yariboneye n’amaso ye ko atagiye mu bwicanyi. Nyamara, hari abatangabuhamya batandukanye bagaragaza neza ibikorwa bye bigize icyaha cya jenoside yakoreye ku Kabutare”.
Tariki 14/11/2007, Urukiko Gacaca rw’ubujurire rushingiye ku bimenyetso ndashidikanywaho rufite, rwemeje uruhare rwa NYIRABAKUNGU Antoinette muri Jenoside yakorewe abatutsi, rumuhanisha igihano cy’igifungo cy’imyaka 19. NYIRABAZUNGU Antoinette kimwe n'umugabo we nawe yaguye muri gereza ya Huye arangiza igihano cye. Bombi bari bafite uburwayi bwa SIDA bivuje batinze ikaba ariyo yabahitanye.
C. INAMA YA KIGABO
Aya makuru areba abahezanguni tuyatangira kugira ngo tugaragarize ukuri abasoma ibinyoma ndengakamere byandikwa cyangwa bivugwa nabo. Harimo bamwe nka Gitifu bakomoka ku babyeyi bakoze jenoside batitandukanya n'ibyaha byakozwe n'ababyeyi babo, ngo bemere ko icyaha ari gatozi, bitandukanye nacyo, bahitemo kubaka u Rwanda, ahubwo bagakomeza ubuhezanguni bw'irondabwoko bwaranze ababyeyi babo. Dushima ko hari benshi cyane mu rubyiruko rukomoka ku babyeyi bakoze jenoside, bahisemo kudaheranwa n'amateka mabi y'abo babyeyi babaye gito, bakaba barahisemo kuba inkwakuzi mu kugarura ubumwe bw'abanyarwanda no kubaka igihugu cya Twese.
Abakiri mu mwijima w'icuraburindi ry'ingengabitekerezo ya jenoside nka ba @GitifuW, @PatrickRugaba, bene Shingiro Mbonyumutwa n'abo bafatanyije @jamboasbl bose bakomoka ku bahezanguni ba PARMEHUTU, MRND, CDR na Hutu pawa yose, bene Habyarimana Yuvenali @JLHaby na mubyara wabo mwene Zigiranyirazo Protazi @MukizaAntoine, wa mukobwa mwene Safari Stanley warimbuye Cyarwa na Tumba (Huye) wiyita Ingabire ya Safari n'uwa Karoli Ndereyehe Ntahontuye warimbuye ISAR Rubona, wa musore mwene Mbonampeka Stanislas warimbuye Ndera, wa mukobwa wa Marcel Sebatware @dzaneza warimbuye Bugarama (Rusizi), bene Gatebuke @shinani1 n'abandi bahisemo gukurikira umurongo w'icyaha cya jenoside cy'abo mwavutseho, inama tutazahwema kubagira nuko mwava mu buhezanguni murimo, mukaba abantu nyabantu barangwa no gukunda igihugu, mukiyama kandi mukigobotora ubujenosieri bw'ababyeyi banyu, tugafatanya kubaka u Rwanda rwa TWESE, rutazongera kwitwa igihugu cya bamwe (rubanda nyamwinshi nkuko biyitaga) no gukorwamo jenoside. Nimuze.
Afande wacu,
Thank you for always reminding us that punching above our weight is the only way forward. We may be a small country, but we cannot afford to be a small people.
As a people, we walk taller because you remind us that dignity is not given; it is claimed and protected. Tukuri inyuma Haki ya Mungu
📸: @djasiri12