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DR Congo unrest: Catholic church backs protests

January 21, 2015 Global AuthorCensus, congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, Election, Kabila, Protest, Students, unrest, violence, youth

The Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo has thrown its weight behind protests against President Joseph Kabila extending his rule. It called on people to peacefully oppose his move to delay presidential elections until a census is held. At least 11 people have so far been been killed in the protests. It is the worst unrest in the… Read More

Alex Obote-Odora’s Dishonest Response to Peterson and Herman on the ICTR and BBC

January 16, 2015October 20, 2016 Global Author1994, Alex Obote-Odora, assassination, BBC, Habyarimana, ICTR, Kagame, Rwanda

Alex Obote-Odora’s dishonest response to us on the ICTR and BBC Edward S. Herman and David Peterson It is widely recognized by independent analysts and observers of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) that it is a creature largely of the United States and Britain, established in late 1994 to support the Rwandan dictatorship of Paul Kagame’s Tutsi-led Rwandan… Read More

Boko Haram massacre: ‘I walked through five villages and each one was empty except for dead bodies’

January 14, 2015 Global Authorafrica, Boko Haram, Genocide, Goodluck, Massacre, Nigeria, war

Nigerians cram into a bus to flee a town in north-east Nigeria following Boko Haram attack on Baga. Photograph: Str/EPA Yusuf Sarkin does not remember much about the massacre that drove him from the town where he was born. The gunfire and the screaming and the frenzy of bodies trying to outrun bullets flying through the sandy streets of Baga… Read More

Mozambique beer poisoning deaths rise to 69

January 14, 2015 Global AuthorBeer, Mozambique, Poisoning

Homemade beer is popular in many African countries, as seen here in South Africa The number of people killed after drinking a “poisoned” homemade beer in Mozambique has risen to 69, state radio has reported. The beer, usually made from millet, may have been contaminated with crocodile bile, a health official said. A toddler was among those killed after… Read More

Boko Haram’s ‘deadliest massacre’ reportedly kills 2,000 in Nigeria

January 14, 2015 Global Authorafrica, Boko Haram, Massacre, Nigeria

Jan. 12, 2015 – A child, at rear, walks through the scene of an explosion in a mobile phone market in Potiskum, Nigeria. Two female suicide bombers targeted the busy marketplace on Sunday, killing 4. Amnesty International called Boko Haram’s recent attacks “the “deadliest massacre” in the history of the violent group, saying as many as 2,000 people have died.… Read More

SA heads for new DRC war

January 14, 2015 Global AuthorDRC, FDLR, Kagame, Kerry, Obama, Rebels, Rwanda, South Africa, UN, Zuma

South Africa has 1000 troops in the DRC as part of the UN’s Force Intervention Brigade, which is tasked with “neutralising” threats to the region. File photoImage by: SIPHIWE SIBEKO / REUTERS The government yesterday announced that a confrontation with Forces for Democratic Liberation of Rwanda in the Democratic Republic of Congo was “inevitable”. Four thousand FDLR soldiers, many of… Read More

Congo-Kinshasa: Extending the FDLR Disarmament Deadline Will Only Prolong the Agony

January 12, 2015 Global Authorcongo, FDLR, ICGLR, Kabila, Kagame, Kikwete, SADC, South Africa, Tanzania, Zuma

This week all eyes were to be on the joint summit between the South African Development Community (SADC) and the International Conference on the Great Lakes (ICGLR) that was proposed by South African President Jacob Zuma earlier this month, but this event has now been cancelled, apparently at the behest of Angola, which currently holds the presidency of the ICGLR.… Read More

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF AS THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARES WAR AND ABANDONS RWANDANS AGAIN

January 9, 2015October 20, 2016 Global Author1994, Ban Ki-Moon, Genocide, John Kerry, Kagame, MONUSCO, Obama, rudasingwa, Rwanda, UN, war

Today, 8 January 2015, is another landmark date in the continuing tragic story of Rwanda and the Great Lakes region. The President of the UN Security Council has just issued a statement declaring war against the FDRL. This comes after U.S Special Envoy to the Great Lakes, Russ Feingold, sounded the trumpet call on 30 December 2014. The coercive will… Read More

What Will Likely Become The Ugliest “Non-Political” Fight In Post-Kagame Rwanda?

January 7, 2015October 20, 2016 Global AuthorCrystal Ventures, David Himbara, Kagame, Paul Kagame, politics, RPF, Rwanda

(Editors note: The following article was written by Dr. David Himbara in January of 2013, A Rwanda native, Mr. Himbara spent a total of six years working for President Paul Kagame: from 2006 to 2010 as the head of strategy and policy in the Office of the President and from 2000 to 2002 as the principal private secretary to the president.… Read More

U.N., Congo attack Burundi rebels ahead of drive against Rwandan FDLR

January 5, 2015 Global AuthorBurundi, DRC, FLDR, MONUSCO, Rwanda, UN, war

United Nations and Congolese troops launched strikes on Monday against remnants of a Burundian rebel group based in the rugged borderlands of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a U.N. military spokesman said. The strikes targeted the National Liberation Forces (FNL), but a U.N. diplomat said they were mainly aimed at clearing the way for an offensive against another group, Democratic Forces… Read More