{"id":53441,"date":"2025-03-18T09:30:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T09:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/mwenda-applauds-rwanda-s-bold-break-from-belgium\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T09:29:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T09:29:53","slug":"mwenda-applauds-rwanda-s-bold-break-from-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/mwenda-applauds-rwanda-s-bold-break-from-belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"Mwenda applauds Rwanda\u2019s bold break from Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mwenda argued that Rwanda\u2019s decision demonstrated its commitment to African sovereignty, criticizing Western powers for assuming Africa cannot thrive without them.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda has officially cut diplomatic ties with Belgium, citing interference in regional affairs and its colonial legacy in destabilizing the country.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda\u2019s Foreign Ministry accused Belgium of siding against Rwanda in the DR Congo conflict and using misinformation to damage its international reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium expressed regret over the decision, calling it disproportionate and suggesting that Rwanda was unwilling to engage in dialogue. A claim, Kigali has denied.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Rwanda assured compliance with international conventions, pledging to protect Belgian embassy property and archives despite the severed ties.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-83781 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/mwenda_yagaragaje_ko_ibihugu_nka_amerika_bitifuza_ko_ibihugu_byo_mu_karere_bibana_neza-ce2e3.jpg\" alt=\"Ugandan Veteran journalist and political commentator Andrew Mwenda has praised President Kagame\u2019s administration for taking a bold step against what he called neocolonialism and imperialist influence.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ugandan Veteran journalist and political commentator Andrew Mwenda has praised President Kagame\u2019s administration for taking a bold step against what he called neocolonialism and imperialist influence by cutting ties with Belgium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000083780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000083780,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-441.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-441.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-441.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-441.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-441.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-441.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000083780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53441"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53441"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}