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Malawi:President Bingu WA Mutharika says Donors can go to Hell

March 9, 2012 Global AuthorBingu WA Mutharika, Christine Lagarde, Donors, IMF, Malawi, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner

President Bingu wa Mutharika has told any donor who thinks his leadership is not up to democratic expectations, to go to hell, pack up and go. He was speaking on Sunday 4th March when he opened a road in his home district of Thyolo. . Read More

World Bank bailout could end Malawi’s economic woes – Giugale

March 8, 2012 Global Authoreconomy, Malawi, Marcel Giugelo, politics, World Bank

Malawi, strung in a web of economic and political woes, could finally realise better times should an offer by the World Bank’s (WB)African Regional Director of Economic Management, Marcel Giugelo, could pass through. The Country Director responsible for Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, Kundlavi Kadiresan, also said. . Read More

Behind the Presidential Curtain: President Kagame and his house staff

March 7, 2012 Global AuthorBehind the presidential Curtain, Noble Marara, Paul Kagame, RPF, Rwanda

By: Noble Marara In 1994, our soldiers went out from Byumba to Musha, when I talk of our soldiers I mean the high command alongside President Kagame, they found a child of three years old her parents had been killed. Though she was three she had been sent to explain more about herself. She was unable to provide her own… Read More

RWANDA: AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO EMBEZZLE PUBLIC FUNDS WITH IMPUNITY

March 6, 2012 Global Authorembezzlement, Kagame, money, RPF, Rwanda

Kigali, February 23, 2012. Over 20 billion (20,000,000,000) Frw or $40 million US dollars have been embezzled from Rwanda national treasury. One gets these numbers by putting together figures and spreadsheets that were recently made public in a report written by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), a commission of the Rwandan legislative assembly, in charge of monitoring the utilization of… Read More

Explosions at Congo Weapons Depot Kill Scores

March 5, 2012 Global AuthorBrazzaville, congo, death toll, explosion, weapons

DAKAR, Senegal — A series of explosions at a weapons depot in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, killed scores of people on Sunday, according to Congolese Web sites and news agency dispatches. A man was treated at a hospital on Sunday after multiple explosions occurred at a munitions depot in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. Witness described collapsed… Read More

Rwanda Peoples Party congratulates Vladimir Putin

March 5, 2012 Global Authorjohn karuranga, President, Russia, Rwanda, Rwanda peoples party, Vladimir Putin

Vaxjo, Sweden, 05/03/2012 Ref: RPP/CE/VP-01/1743/MCM/RF12/05/JVK-VP03 H.E. President, Vladimir Putin … Read More

How to end Rwanda’s PR problem

March 1, 2012 Global Authordevelopment, Museveni, Paul Kagame, PR Issues, Rwanda, Rwandans, Steve Tirrell, Uganda

The time has come for Kigali’s most powerful to make a loud and public cry for security for all Rwandans, even those who are critical of them. As the festive season comes to an end and Valentine’s flowers begin to wither, the year’s first heavy rains have fallen on Kigali. I’ve spent just enough time here to know that the… Read More

STOP THAT SILENT GENOCIDE IN Kivu (eastern DRC)

March 1, 2012 Global AuthorCNDP, DR Congo, FDLR, Genocide, Kivu, Mass killings, Rwanda

The recent presidential and legislative elections in DR Congo have been opportunities for internal and external enemies of our country, to mercilessly pursue the poor indigenous population in eastern Congo. In its determination to invade and annex the east of DR Congo, Rwanda has tried unsuccessfully to conquer by pitched battles, now opted for a more subtle and certainly more… Read More

Uganda to open third refugee camp for fleeing Congolese

March 1, 2012 Global Authorconflict minerals, DR Congo, election fraud, Kabila, rape, refugees, Uganda

Uganda is to set up a new camp to cope with a influx of refugees from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the government has said. At least 100 people a day are now crossing the border to escape an upsurge in violence, Uganda’s refugee minister told the BBC. Women said they had been raped by armed militias, who broke into their… Read More

Rwanda urged to end clampdown on dissent as Charles Ntakirutinka released

March 1, 2012 Global AuthorCharles Ntakirutinka, democracy, Paul Kagame, politics, RPF, Rwanda

The release today of a former government minister following a decade in prison has prompted Amnesty International to call for an end to the ongoing persecution of political opponents and journalists in Rwanda. “Charles Ntakirutinka spent 10 years of his life in prison because he formed a political party,” said Erwin van der Borght, Amnesty International’s Africa Director. “Ten years… Read More