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Former president Kagame’ s bodyguard kidnapped

August 14, 2013 Global AuthorBOdyguard, Kagame, Kampala, Rwanda

A former bodyguard to president Kagame who fled Rwanda to Uganda went missing since Aug 12, 2013. Kalisa Innocent Kalisa Innocent worked with President Kagame as a close bodyguard. He was jailed after he was suspected to corroborate with the jailed Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Umuhoza Ingabire of FDU? Yesterday, Kalisa was walking on the streets of Kampala when unidentified cars surrounded… Read More

Egypt explained: 6 key questions

August 14, 2013 Global AuthorEgypt, Morsy, Muslim brotherhood, violence

A month after mass protests led to the ouster of President Mohamed Morsy, Egypt is still in turmoil. Morsy’s removal, carried out by the military on July 3, has angered his supporters and created deep division in the country. In some cases, the tension has led to violence. Hundreds have been killed and thousands have been injured in recent weeks, either… Read More

MSF forced to close all medical programmes in Somalia

August 14, 2013 Global AuthorHumanitarian work, Medical programs, MSF, Somalia

Abuse and manipulation of humanitarian action end 22 years of medical aid in Somalia; armed groups and civilian leadership support and tolerance of violent attacks against MSF undermine minimum security guarantees needed to maintain assistance programmes Nairobi, 14 August 2013 — After working continuously in Somalia since 1991, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today announced the closure of all its… Read More

MSF forced to close all medical programmes in Somalia

August 14, 2013 Global AuthorHumanitarian work, Medical programs, MSF, Somalia

Whose Government Is It Anyway

August 13, 2013 Global AuthorDeo Lukyamuzi, government, Kagame, Rwanda

By Deo Lukyamuzi Abraham Lincoln, American 16th President is credited with what has become a universally famous quote, “government of the people, by the people, for the people”. He coined these wise words during a brief speech he made at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, in honour of the fallen soldiers of the American Civil war. Many people around the world yearn for… Read More

Rwanda opposition party to sit out vote after late registration

August 12, 2013 Global AuthorFrank habineza, Green Party, Kagame, Opposition, Rwanda

Rwanda’s Democratic Green Party said on Monday it will sit out September’s parliamentary election after the electoral commission took three years to register it, finally doing so just days before the deadline. Analysts say President Paul Kagame has a well-documented record of blocking, threatening or infiltrating rival parties to stifle even nascent political opposition, and that the belated registration of… Read More

President dos Santos is “missing”

August 8, 2013October 22, 2016 Global Authorafrica, Angola, Dos Dantos, President missing, Southern Africa

President Jose Eduardo dos Santos left Angola on June 26th for a private visit to Barcelona in Spain, where he is reported to have travelled in the past for medical attention. With his stay overseas now exceeding 44 days, more than the duration of any previous visit, his absence has come under scrutiny in Angola. While he may well reappear… Read More

Please ignore Rwanda

August 8, 2013 Global AuthorElection, Hotel Rwanda, RPF, Rusesabagina, Rwanda

An Open Letter to the International Community: Please ignore Rwanda. Please ignore Rwanda. Parliamentary elections are coming up in Rwanda this September, and the world should ignore them. You read this correctly. I am not asking for election monitors, nor intervention, nor even international observers. We already know how these elections will turn out, so why bother? The… Read More

Kenya’s Main Airport Resume Domestic Flights After Fire

August 7, 2013October 21, 2016 Global AuthorAirport, fire, Flights, kenya

Segeni Ngethe/AP Photo Passengers at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport are safe and the entire facility is being evacuated, the Nairobi-based Kenya Airports Authority said in a statement on its Twitter feed today, after a fire broke out at the arrivals terminal. Kenya’s main airport resumed cargo and domestic flights and may reopen international routes tomorrow after a fire razed the… Read More

World Bank Approves $340 Million for Africa Hydro-Power Project

August 7, 2013 Global AuthorBurundi, hydroelectric Project, Rwanda, Tanzania, World Bank

The World Bank said its board approved $340 million of financing for a hydroelectric project intended to provide electricity to 62 million people in Rwanda, Tanzania and Burundi. The Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project has a total cost of $468.6 million and will eventually have generation capacity of 80 megawatts, according to a statement released today by the Washington-based bank. Each… Read More