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…

Does the U.S. Support Destabilization in the DR Congo?

December 27, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergDRC, Jennifer Fierberg, Kabila, Obama, Paul Kagame, RPF, Rwanda, Susan Rice

By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW One of the most profound and saddening statement I have read recently was made by Kambale Musuvuli, a Congolese activist and spokesperson for Friends of the Congo; he said, “Congo is a test for humanity. Future generations will ask why it took two decades to stop killing of Congolese reaching 6 million dead.” Why indeed. The… Read More

Has torture ever been a secret in Rwanda?

October 25, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergAmnesty international, Gerald Gahima, International law, Kayumba Nyamwasa, Paul Kagame, RPF, Rwanda, Torture, Victorie Ingabire

By: Jennifer Fierberg Another damming report has been released about Rwanda. Amnesty International published a report on October 8, 2012 condemning the “unlawful detention and torture by military intelligence” and urging Rwanda to investigate such findings. The report “Shrouded in Secrecy” is based on seven research visits to Rwanda between September 2010 and June 2012. Amnesty International conducted over 70… Read More

“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot”

October 17, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergIMF, Paul Kagame, RPF, Rwanda, Theogene Turatsinze, UN, World Bank

By: Jennifer Fierberg Holding too much information and working closely with the government in Rwanda can be a lethal combination. This was evidenced again on Monday when the body of Theogene Turatsinze was found after having been missing since Friday night in Mozambique. Sources held report that he had been abducted by unknown assailants and was never seen alive again. … Read More

Opposition still under attack In Rwanda

October 2, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergFDU-INKINGI, Hillary Clinton, Ingabire, Kagame, Obama, RNC, Rwanda, Susan Rice

By: Jennifer Fierberg In the wise and profound words of Winston Churchill: “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful... Read More

Rwanda

There can be no impunity for those who violate human rights

September 29, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergcentral africa, congo, Kabila, Kagame, Obama, Rwanda, UN, UNSC

By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW Louise Mushikiwabo, Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, told members of the press that Rwanda is expecting to be voted as the African representative at the 2012 United Nations Security Council election to be held on 18 October 2012 during the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly, to be held at the United Nations Headquarters… Read More

On a sunny afternoon in Boston…

September 28, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergAgaciro, Boston, congo, EU, Genocide, Kayumba Nyamwasa, Obama, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa, UN

Rwanda Day 2012 By: Jennifer Fierberg At the corner of Dartmouth and St. James in Boston, Massachusetts about one hundred people gathered for two separate but related reasons. On the one side were approximately a dozen supporters for President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and directly across the street just over one hundred people gathered to protest the arrival and hosting… Read More

Un-answered questions about the death of Gen Fred Rwigema

September 18, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergFred Rwigema, Museveni, Paul Kagame, RPA, RPF, Rwanda, Uganda

Behind the Presidential Curtains It has been nearly 22 years since Gen Fred Rwigema died in his mother-land leading before leading an exodus of Rwandan children who had been incarcerated in exile for over 30 years. Fred Gisa Rwigema (10 April 1957 – 2 October 1990), born Emmanuel Gisa was a founding member and leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front. Rwigema was born… Read More

Rwanda: 3 opponents in prison, nominated for the Sakharov Prize of the European Parliament 2012

September 14, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergKagame, Nelson Mandela, RPF, Rwanda, Victorie Ingabire

Three opponents of the RPF regime currently in power in Rwanda were nominated this Thursday, September 13, 2012 by 42 MEPs for the prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2012 of the European Parliament. Umuhoza Victoire Ingabire, Bernard Ntaganda and Deogratias Mushyayidi, all three are currently imprisoned in Kigali and should know the result around 10 December. Created in… Read More

HRW confirms today Kagame’s ongoing and unscrupulous support to M23

September 11, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergcongo, human rights watch, Kabila, Kagame, M23, RPF, Rwanda, Terrorism

BY: Ambrose Nzeyimana Young people without official employment across Rwanda are being round up. On 23/08/12, this group was taken into police custody in Rusizi area. A similar exercise was performed this week in Kimicanga area of Kigali – the Rwandan capital. Sources in the country confirm that some of these young people end up forcibly given accelerated military training… Read More

“Freedom lies in being bold”

September 4, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergDeo Lukyamuzi, FDU-INKINGI, Genocide, Kagame, RNC, RPF, Rwanda, victoire ingabire

By: Jennifer Fierberg with Deo Lukyamuzi In an interview with Deo Lukyamuzi, Commissioner for External Relations for one faction of the FDU-INKINGI, he reveals his parties plans for a free and peaceful Rwanda as well as the role of Victoire Ingabire who went to Rwanda in 2010 ahead of the presidential election in order to register their party and run... Read More