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In Malawi mysterious fire guts electoral body warehouse as recount fight rage on

July 15, 2014 Global Authorlilongwe, Malawi, Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Malawi Electoral Commission, MEC, Paul Kagame, Peter Mutharika, Willie Kalonga

Blantyre, Malawi, July 15 (AGV) _ A mysterious fire in the wee hours of Tuesday gutted a Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) warehouse in the capital, Lilongwe, reducing to ashes millions worth of electoral materials. Crucially, some of the destroyed materials were ballot papers which were subject for a recount in a disputed parliamentary result in one of the constituencies in... Read More

Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima appears to be implicated in the famed “CashGate” Scandals

July 15, 2014 Global AuthorCashgate, Luke Kasamba, Malawi, Maxwell Namata, Saulos Chilima

LILONGWE (AGV) -- Malawi vice president Saulos Chilima has been implicated in the cashgate scandal, Malawi's historical fraud which saw over US$100 million of public money getting lost in inexplicable means between 2012 and 2013. Chilima had tight business links with one Maxwell Namata, one of the big fishes considered to have played major roles in the scam when he... Read More

Rwanda: Acquitted but still not free

July 14, 2014 Global Authoractivists, africa, Genocide, Hitler, Human rights violations, Kagame, Rwanda

Rwanda gets plenty of applause for putting the genocide behind and creating a reconciled society focused on marching forward to a prosperous future. But is that so? In this article, we learn that former high-ranking officials who were acquitted of genocide charges by the international crimes tribunal in Arusha, or who served their sentences, are not welcome back home. In… Read More

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas asks UN for international protection in Gaza as hostilities with Israel continue

July 14, 2014 Global AuthorGaza strip, Isreal, Mahmoud Abbas, MIddle East, Palestine, United nations

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has asked the United Nations to put the state of Palestine under “international protection” due to the worsening violence in the Gaza Strip. The ABC’s Matt Brown in Jerusalem Rockets are still streaking out of Gaza into the sky and heading north into Israel, but notably there’s a more low-key feel around the border… Read More

DGPR Calls upon Rwandan Authorities to Expedite Investigations in the Missing of it’s National Organising Secretary.

July 14, 2014 Global AuthorDemocratic Green Party of Rwanda, Frank habineza, Jean Damascen Munyeshyaka, National police of Rwanda

Missing Jean Damascen Munyeshyaka Press Release: The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda calls upon all concerned authorities in the Republic of Rwanda to expedite investigations into the continued disappearance of it’s National Organising Secretary, Mr.Jean Damascene Munyeshyaka, who went missing on 27th June. The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda is very concerned and worried that two weeks later, there… Read More

African Heads of States seek protection before the civilians

July 14, 2014 Global AuthorAfrican Presidents, African Union, human rights, Political immunity, Vision-GRAM International

Press release Ottawa, July 5th, 2014 Heads of African States seek to protect themselves against lawsuits in conferring immunity during their entire term. This is what emerges from the meeting of Africanheads of States, members of the African Union (AU), at their summit on 26 to June 27, 2014, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. For a long time, we have constantly… Read More

Rwanda seizes Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa’s investment in tea sector and private residence: UTC Founder

July 5, 2014 Global AuthorAyabatwa, David Himbara, Paul Kagame, Rwanda

JOHANNESBURG, July 5, 2014 /CNW/ - Rwanda government seized Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa's shares in Nshili Kivu Tea Factory (NKTF) on 25 June 2014. The Commission of Abandoned Properties in Nyaruguru District instructed NKTF to deposit any monies or any other benefits due to Ayabatwa in the District's own bank account for "safekeeping." By this action, government replaced Ayabatwa as shareholder... Read More

Ghana Blackstars Michael Essien explains their world cup’s poor showing

July 3, 2014 Global AuthorBlackstars, Ghana, Kwesi Appiah, Michael Essien, World Cup

Ghana International Michael Essien has issued a statement surrounding his alleged misconduct during the World Cup. This comes after coach Kwesi Appiah stated in a press conference that the legendary player refused to warm up ahead of their Portugal game, something the former Chelsea players has approached in a diplomatic manner. This was explained as below by Michael Essien as... Read More

Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni thinks there are lessons to be learnt from Malawi’s recent elections

July 3, 2014October 21, 2016 Global AuthorBurundi, east africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jessie Kabwila, kenya, Leonard Mulekwa, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Museveni, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

A three man delegation from the Uganda Electoral Commission spent a weeklong visit in Malawi to study voter education processes. Inspite of flaws in the Malawi recents elections the Ugandans believe there are still positive lessons to be learnt. Uganda has less than two years to prepare for the next national elections and this time, election officials say they want... Read More

Nyamwasa: Museveni wrong on Kagame

July 2, 2014 Global AuthorKayumba Nyamwasa, Museveni, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda

After the third attempt on the life of former Chief of the Rwanda Defence Forces, Gen Kayumba Nyamwasa, exiled in South Africa, Robert Mukombozi talked to him recently in an exclusive interview. The exiled general discusses what he calls the dictatorship in Rwanda and compares President Museveni and his own Paul Kagame. Below are excerpts: Let me take you back to the events on… Read More