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German lessons for an unstable and destabilizing Paul Kagame regime

An open letter to the German Foreign Minister

Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Federal Republic of Germany
WERDERSCHER MARKT 1
10117 BERLIN

There are few things more sacred than the blood of those who laid down their lives so that yours might be better.

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