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Rwanda Democratic Green Party’s Organizing Secretary, Jean Damascene MUNYESHYAKA Missing

July 2, 2014 Global AuthorJean Damascene MUNYESHYAKA, Kagame, missing person, RPF, Rwanda, Rwanda Democratic Green Party, Rwanda Police

Jean Damascene Munyeshyaka missing The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR) requests all national security organs to help in finding the whereabouts of its Organizing Secretary Mr.Jean Damascene MUNYESHYAKA, who has been missing since Friday last week (27th June 2014). Mr.Munyeshyaka Jean Damascene was called on phone by an unknown person around 15:00 hrs on Friday in Nyamata town, Bugesera… Read More

Africa and its Diaspora in migration dynamics

July 2, 2014 Global Author

For ten years the death toll of African migrants has been endless. In the Atlantic Ocean or the Indian Ocean, in the Sahara desert or the Mediterranean, the dramas of emigration play a scenario where woes are never ending. The images of these Africans - men, women and children - recovered in derisory boats, between life and death, few survivors... Read More

Jailed for being journalists

June 25, 2014 Global AuthorAl Jazeera, Baher Mohamed, Censorship, Egypt, Journalists, Mohamed Fahmy, Peter Greste

On 23 June, Egypt jailed Al Jazeera English staff Mohamed Fahmy, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed for simply doing their job as journalists. Mohamed Fahmy and Peter Greste were dealt seven years in prison for ‘broadcasting false news’ and apparently promoting the banned Muslim Brotherhood group. Baher Mohamed faces ten years behind bars; his sentence is longer as he has… Read More

Uganda Currency Plunges as Anti-Gay Law Prompts U.S. Aid Cuts

June 25, 2014 Global Authoreconomy, Gay Rights, Museveni, Uganda

The shilling slumped 6.1 percent since President Yoweri Museveni signed the bill on Feb. 24, the most after Ghana’s cedi among 24 African currencies monitored by Bloomberg. Photographer: Isaac Kasamani/AFP via Getty Images Uganda’s shilling slumped to the lowest level in 15 months after the U.S. government said it was cutting aid to the East African nation over a… Read More

DGPR’s President re-elected to Chair the African Greens Federation

June 25, 2014 Global AuthorDemocratic Green Party of Rwanda, Frank habineza, Rwanda

Press Release The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda is pleased to inform members of the media and the general public that it’s President, Dr.Frank HABINEZA has been re-elected to Chair the African Greens Federation for the next four years (2014-2018). This vote of confidence took place at the African Greens Congress in Antananarivo-Madagascar, from 20th -21st June 2014. The Congress… Read More

Rwanda Peoples Party responds to the release of Bernard Ntaganda

June 9, 2014 Global Author

By: John Karuranga, President Malmö, Sweden, June 07, 2014 Ref: RPP/1BNR/J07-JK/3001/J2014/BNR/PS01 Subj: The release of Bernard NTAGANDA The release of Bernard Ntaganda after four years of imprisonment is wonderful news for everyone who values freedom and human rights. While the Rwanda People’s Party welcomes his release, we condemn in the strongest terms the horrific treatment he received at the hands… Read More

DRC: President of FDLR confirms that renounces armed struggle

June 2, 2014 Global AuthorArms, DRC, FDLR, MONUSCO, UN

President Victor Byiringiro have FDLR The acting president of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), General Victor Byiringiro confirms that his men have laid down their arms since December 30, 2013. This statement Rwandan Hutu rebels, some of whom are accused by Kigali of being former genocidal raises some suspicion both on the side of Rwanda and… Read More

Further ratifications show wide global support for Arms Trade Treaty

June 2, 2014 Global Authorafrica, Arms Trade Treaty, ATT, Control Arms, Ratification, UN

Urgent call from campaigners for extra push from states – especially African countries – to ratify and help treaty enter into force and save lives New York, June 3 2014: Campaigners say the Arms Trade Treaty which will control the poorly-regulated trade in weapons and ammunition is more urgent now than ever before as the death toll in conflicts across the… Read More

It’s official! It’s Peter Mutharika new Malawi President

May 30, 2014 Global AuthorAtupele Muluzi, Joyce Banda, Lazarus Chakwera, Peter Mutharika

BLANTYRE, May 30 (Marapost) – Its official! Its Peter Mutharika. The embattled Malawi Electoral Commission on Friday declared Mutharika the winner of the 2014 disputed poll, after he bagged 1,904,398 votes against his runners-up Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party, who got 1,455,880 votes. Mutharika’s win was by 36.4 percent, while Chakwera trailed at 27.8 percent. Read More

BBC condemns Ethiopian broadcast Jamming

May 30, 2014 Global Author

30 May 2014. Liliane Landor, acting Director of the BBC World Service Group, has called on the Ethiopian authorities to stop jamming BBC broadcasts in the Middle East and North Africa. She joined directors from Deutsche Welle, France 24, and the US Broadcasting Board of Directors which oversees the Voice of America, in condemning the flagrant violation of the clearly established... Read More