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KAGAME’S DIPLOMACY IS BROKEN: HOW TO RE-INVENT IT

August 23, 2011 Global AuthorDiplomacy, France, Museveni, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Sarkozy, South Africa, Theogene Rudasingwa, Uganda

By Theogene Rudasingwa A couple of weeks ago President Museveni of Uganda , his wife and child visited Rwanda, and was warmly received by his counterpart, President Kagame. A few weeks before then President Kagame's wife had visited the Museveni family in Uganda. During the four-day state visit, Museveni and Kagame put on their best appearances, said the right things,... Read More

Nato Led Rebels Enter Central Tripoli, Some People Celebrate

August 22, 2011 Global Author

Nato led Libyan rebel fighters pushing for an end to leader Moammar Gadhafi’s rule say they control most of the capital, Tripoli, after moving past the city’s outer defenses and into the central Green Square where thousands of residents celebrated the opposition. Read More

Nato Led Rebels Enter Central Tripoli, Some People Celebrate

August 22, 2011 Global Author

Nato led Libyan rebel fighters pushing for an end to leader Moammar Gadhafi's rule say they control most of the capital, Tripoli, after moving past the city's outer defenses and into the central Green Square where thousands of residents celebrated the opposition. . Read More

I am Nigeria

August 20, 2011 Global Authorcountry, economy, ethnic diversity, football, Nigeria

The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. Located in West Africa, Nigeria shares land borders with the Republic of Benin, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its south coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. She has more than 250 ethnic groups, with varying languages... Read More

The Silence over the CIA Prison in Somalia

August 20, 2011 Global AuthorCIA, counter terrorism training center, Mogadishu airport, Somalia

In the August 1st-8th edition of the Nation Jeremy Scahill wrote a piece that has been met with silence from some of the people one would assume would have something to say about it. . Read More

War Criminals are not welcome in Canada

August 19, 2011 Global AuthorAbraham, BAHATY BAYAVUGE, CBSA, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Democratic Republic of the Congo, War Crimes

Toronto, Ontario, August 18, 2011 — Today, the federal government expanded its “Wanted by the CBSA” list to include individuals who have failed to comply with the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and have criminal convictions in Canada. The announcement was made in Toronto by the Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public... Read More

Media Release: Second Anniversary– Friends of Rwandan Greens Launched in Australia.

August 16, 2011 Global AuthorDemocratic Green Party of Rwanda, Frank habineza, Friends of the Rwandan Greens, Rwanda

On the occasion of the second anniversary of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, a global network of concerned citizens launches Friends of Rwandan Greens (FoRG) in Australia. . Read More

Not one Drop

August 12, 2011October 21, 2016 Global Authoraction aid, conflict, drought, east africa, humanitarian crisis, kenya, water shortage

In northern Kenya, water is a rare sight. In more than a week of travelling between Isiolo and Sericho, I have passed just one expanse of water, and it was unforgettable. There were more goats and camels around that one oasis than I saw in the rest of the week combined. . Read More

Responding to Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa

August 11, 2011 Global Author

Good morning, Chairman Coons, Ranking Member Isakson, and members of the Committee. Thank you for holding this hearing on the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa. We share your grave concern about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa. . Read More

Hillary Clinton Calls on al-Shabaab to Allow Assistance in Somalia

August 11, 2011October 20, 2016 Global AuthorHillary Clinton, Hunger in Somalia, Obama, Somalia, US

MOGADISHU, Somalia, August 8 – As the crisis in the Horn of Africa continues, U.S. agencies are working aggressively to provide urgently-needed humanitarian assistance in Somalia and the Horn of Africa, including in areas in Somalia under the de facto control of al-Shabaab, a terrorist organization that is subject to sanctions by the U.S. and the UN. . Read More

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