🧠 Intelligence Brief: Kagame Breaks Silence — Rwanda's President Dismisses Health Rumours as “Toxic Politics” in High-Stakes Power Move
Ujasusi Blog’s Great Lakes Region Monitoring Team |🗓️ 6 July 2025 | 🕜0300 BST
⚠️ Situation Overview
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has emerged from a two-week absence to publicly crush a wave of health rumours that triggered speculation across Rwanda and the wider Great Lakes region. During a hard-hitting speech in Kigali, the 67-year-old president denounced the campaign as political malice, dismissing forged documents alleging he was gravely ill.
This brief decodes:
🔍 Who’s behind the disinformation surge?
🛡 How Kagame is flipping the narrative.
🌍 What does this mean for Rwanda’s power structure and regional security?
🧠 What intelligence actors must watch now.