The Rwandan Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi has received a Doctorate Diploma in politics on 18th January 2012 from the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.
According to lefaso.net, Habumuremyi defended his thesis entitled “Pouvoir Politique et Ethnicite au Rwanda: Analyse du Conflit Rwandais et de l’offre politique de l’apres -1994 pour la reconstruction d’un Etat-Nation”
HABUMUREMYI emphasizes, in his book, on the contribution of colonizers to the ethnic based conflicts which lasted long in Rwanda till they led to 1994 Tutsi Genocide.
He mentioned Belgium, Catholic Church, UN and France as the most contributors to the Rwanda’s conflicts.
After defending his thesis, the lecturer of Politics in Niamey University, Alou Mahamane Tidjani, one of the jury leaders announced that Pierre Damien Habumuremyi officially wins his PhD in Politics.
The ceremony was attended by Burkinabe Prime Minister’s wife and Koumba Boly, the minister of Education.
Koumba Boly took the incident as a model for Africans both leaders and citizens calling them on valuing their universities, avoiding to consider European universities as worthier than theirs.
The book has been studied for five years and it provides examples of unity and reconciliation level in Rwanda as well as offering pieces of advice.
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