JENNIFER FIERBERG

Written by Jennifer Fierberg

Internet and Media Maven…working to inform, advocate and promote for causes in Central Africa. Having started out as a UN Volunteer many years ago in the media sector I was exposed to the human rights abuses that are rampant in the Great Lakes Region of Africa and have taken this information into internet and social media in order to expose and educate the greater public. Skilled in print and radio interviews, press release publication, intensive research skills and all around comprehensive journalist. I have also edited many books, both fiction…

“Africans want to lead a peaceful and progressive life” ~ An interview with Brigadier General Mujahid Alam

April 11, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergafrica, Amnesty international, Arms Trade Treaty, Jennifer Fierberg, Mujahid Alam, UN

By: Jennifer Fierberg While in New York City at the United Nations covering the Arms Trade Treaty negotiations I had the amazing opportunity to interview Retired Pakistani Brigadier General Mujahid Alam on his role in the negotiations and how a strong Arms Trade Treaty could affect Central Africa. General Alam spent fifteen years in Central Africa and wrote a very… Read More

When two Presidents are murdered and the UN remains silent

April 6, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg1994 Genocide, Cyprian Ntaryamira, hutu, Juvenal Habyarimana, Paul Kagame, Tutsi, UN

By: Jennifer Fierberg Nineteen years ago today the Falcon 50 Jet carrying two heads of state in Central Africa was shot down by a surface to air missile. Presidents Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda and Cyprian Ntaryamira of Burundi were both killed along with their aides and the French crew members. Theories and testimonies of how and why this happened have… Read More

The first reaction to truth is hatred

April 4, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergJennifer Fierberg, Kagame, Noble Marara, RNC, RPF, Rwanda

Jennifer Fierberg Interviewed Noble Marara on Rwanda, Political Parties, and the Rwandese living in diaspora By: Jennifer Fierberg with Noble Marara JF: You have been away from Rwanda for more than ten years. Your series ‘Behind the Presidential Curtains’ has exposed many unknown facts about President Paul Kagame and how he governs Rwanda. What are your thoughts on the current… Read More

Take it or Leave it

March 27, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergArms Trade Treaty, Control Arms, Oxfam, UN, Vision-GRAM International

By Jennifer Fierberg Control Arms has published their reaction to the final draft of the Arms Trade Treaty. Just before the negotiations ended earlier today the President of the committee stated “take it or leave it” and then an hour later the final draft was published. Control Arms is an organization formed to support a strong Arms Trade Treaty and… Read More

Finish the job!

March 26, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergArms Trade Treaty, Control Arms, Victor Amisi, Vision-GRAM International

By Jennifer Fierberg It has been nearly 10 days of tense negotiation at the UN in order to solidify a strong Arms Trade Treaty that will protect human lives across the world. Between legal scrubbing, lobbying, educating, connecting and making sure everyone’s needs are met there is still a large gap where the lives of millions of people remain at… Read More

Legal Scrubbing is a dirty game

March 22, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg

On day four of the Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations at the UN in New York City a draft of the Arms Trade Treaty was presented to all 148 nations present. But to each and every delegation there were complex words such as "of" and "in" that had to be changed and could only be announced through a speech. While the... Read More

In The Shadow Of The Baobab: Kagame Blows Cold And Hot On A Third Mandate

March 19, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergcongo, Kagame, Nyamwasa, RPF, rudasingwa

Paul Kagame: survived his annus horribilis in 2010 and looks to be preparing to reliquish power under his own terms. In October 1990, after Fred Rwigyema’s death on the third day the struggle to conquer Rwanda, Paul Kagame took over the command over the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and led it to victory in July 1994. He became Vice-President and… Read More

Failure is not an option

March 18, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergArms Trade Treaty, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, UN, US, US Politics, Vision-GRAM International

By: Jennifer Fierberg For the next two weeks numerous NGO’s, world government leaders and other groups will convene on the United Nations to negotiate the Arms Trade Treaty that failed to be reached in July 2012.This treaty has been in the making for six years. The goal of this treaty is to create a level playing field for international arms… Read More

The Loss of Innocence

March 8, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergArms Trade Treaty, Child Soldiers, DRC, UN, Vision Gram

By: Jennifer Fierberg The use of child soldiers in combat has gone on for centuries. Not only are boys recruited for various combat tasks girls are also forced into combat situations as cooks, sex slaves, human shields and other demeaning activities. In order to enslave a child in this way they must first be broken down physically, mentally, sexually and… Read More

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them

March 6, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergKagame, Nyamwasa, RPF, rudasingwa, Rwanda

By: Jennifer Fierberg Politics in Rwanda is a complex system of denial, propaganda, fear, lies and impunity. In order to remain safe and free from arbitrary persecution opposition groups have to operate outside of the country under the current ruling regime in Rwanda. Many of these opposition groups are infiltrated by agents of the Rwandan Government for a few dollars… Read More