What Ifs of History

September 24, 2026 · Washington, DC, USA

What if humans approached power with humility and dialogue? I witnessed the signing of the Arusha Peace Agreement in 1993. I was also there when that hope was violently extinguished by genocide and war.

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Et tu, Brute: Personal Reflections on the Life and Death of Col. Tom Byabagamba

September 21, 2026 · Washington, DC, USA

I first met Tom Byabagamba in 1990, on the battlefield that would determine Rwanda’s fate and consume many lives. We were young, shaped by exile, exclusion and longing for home. We imagined a transformed society and state in which refugeehood and…

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