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CONFLICT IN NORTH KIVU PROVINCE OF THE DRC

June 5, 2012 Global Authorafrica, congo, DRC, EAC, Kabila, Kagame, London, M23, RPP, Rwanda, Rwanda peoples party

Malmo, Sweden, 04/06/2012Ref: RPP-0001-CNK/J03-GN01-DRC/C-JKV/CD/12J03 Today is not a day for pointing fingers and trading accusations as to who is supporting who or who is fighting who in the DRC. But it should be a day for consoling and showing our sympathy for the thousands of Congolese citizens who have been displaced and made homeless in their own country, and many... Read More

Andrew Mitchell arrives in Malawi for talks with President Banda

May 31, 2012 Global Author

BLANTYRE- Andrew Mitchell, the United Kingdom's secretary of state for International Development, arrived in Malawi Wednesday to hold talks with new President Joyce Banda and have "first-hand experience of Malawi's challenges." . Read More

What the world hears Rwanda does not

May 3, 2012 Global AuthorCPJ, Didas Gasana, McDowell Kalisa, media freedoms, Nelson Gatsimbzi, Paul Kagame, Press, Robert Seburfurira. Rwanda, RPF, Rwanda Journalists in exile, World Press Freedom Day

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reports that 18 independent Rwandan journalists live in exile. Additionally, four journalists have been murdered with their cases having gone unsolved let alone investigated. The regional contrast to Rwanda and media freedoms, CPJ reports, that in the last ten years the DRC has three journalists who have fled into exile, Libya reports one and... Read More

Malawi:Christians – Muslims improve relations for peace and development

April 26, 2012 Global Author

In what can only be described a sa timely bold move, Christians and Moslems came together to discuss strategies in which they can peacefully coexist and spin out a better way for interfaith tolerance in the communities. Dr. Johnson Mbillah, a Ghanaian interfaith expert based at the Procmura Head Office in Nairobi, Kenya, said Malawi is still lucky that its... Read More

General Bosco Ntaganda wanted dead or alive by Rwandan Special Forces

April 24, 2012 Global AuthorBosco Ntaganda, congo, Kagame, RPF, Rwanda, War criminals

In a meeting held in Gisenyi which was attended by the head of Congolese intelligence, the head of the eastern Congo soldiers and General James Kabarebe Rwanda’s minister of defence as well as Gen Charles Kayonga Rwanda’s army Chief and Maj Franco head of external operations President Paul Kagame of Rwanda instructed his soldiers to kill Bosco Ntaganda. In this… Read More

Malawi’s Bingu wa Mutharika buried

April 24, 2012 Global AuthorBingu WA Mutharika, Joyce Banda, Malawi President, Mwai Kibaki, Peter Mutharika, Robert Mugabe

BLANTYRE-- Thousands of Malawians Monday converged on Ndata Farm, the sprawling private estate of former Pres Bingu wa Mutharika, to witness the funeral service of the 78-year-old economist-turned politician. . Read More

Behind The Presidential Curtains: Does history really repeat itself?

April 24, 2012 Global Authordictator, Idi Amin, Paul Kagme, RPF, Rwanda, The Exposer

When I was growing up as a young man in Uganda, I was told many stories about the greatest dictator President General Idi Amin Dada until his fall in 1979 by Tanzanian forces. I was too young to experience his atrocities but my family like other citizens surely had live under his terror for numerous years. A few years after… Read More

Democratic Republic of Congo: Military Reform Urgently Needed

April 16, 2012 Global AuthorDRC, Kabila, OSISA

Kinshasa, April 16, 2012 - The international community and Congolese government must urgently agree upon a new deal to reform the Congolese military, according to a new report by 13 leading international and Congolese civil society groups. The report argues that the lack of political will to reform the security sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) risks... Read More

Importance of Hand washing

April 13, 2012 Global Author

A number of infectious diseases can be spread from person to person by contaminated hands, particularly gastrointestinal infections, influenza and hepatitis A. Washing your hands properly can help prevent the spread of the organisms that cause these diseases. Use liquid soap and warm running water and wash hands for at least 10 seconds. Some forms of gastroenteritis can cause serious... Read More

Sleep hygiene refers to habits that aid in having a good night’s sleep

April 13, 2012 Global Author

Sleep hygiene refers to habits that aid in having a good night’s sleep. Common sleep issues such as inability to sleep well (insomnia) or tiredness after hours of sleep are caused by bad sleep habits, which have been practised over the years. It is possible to train the body and mind to adopt healthy sleeping habits, so that you feel... Read More