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…

Rwandan Opposition Members continue to be under attack

March 15, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergBonifice Twagirimana, FDU-INKINGI, Kagame, RPF, Rwanda, Trial, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza

By Jennifer Fierberg, MSW In a press release by the FDU-INKINGI party on Monday March 12, 2012 they had the following to state about the ongoing trial of Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza: RWANDA: INGABIRE POLITICAL TRIAL RESUMES. THE HIGH COURT SUSPENDS DEBATES ON GENOCIDE ALLEGATIONS UNTIL CONSTITUTIONALITY RULING. MARCH 12, 2012 Kigali, 12 March 2012 On 12 March 2012, the… Read More

Rwanda: Peaceful change is not dangerous

March 7, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergcongo, john karuranga, Kagame, Peace, refugees, RPF, Rwanda, Rwanda peoples party

In an interview conducted with John V. Karuranga, President of the Rwanda Peoples Party, who lives in exile he expresses his current concerns for Rwanda and his vision of a peaceful and prosperous nation. JF: Did the interview you recently did with a local online news outlet in Rwanda reach the intended audience and what was the reaction? Yes, it… Read More

Twitter and Politics in Rwanda, for better or for worse

February 23, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergAlice Muhirwa, Ian Birrell, Jennifer Fierberg, Paul Kagame, Police State, Rwanda, Twitter, victoire ingabire

By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW President Paul Kagame of Rwanda is no stranger to taking to Twitter to engage with both his supporters and his foes. Some of his dialogues have been the topics of published articles, including the infamous heated debate with UK journalist Ian Birrell in which they passionately discussed a variety of topics. The full exchange can be… Read More

PAUL KAGAME’S ENDLESS DIPLOMATIC GAMBLES

February 23, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergambassador expelled, France, Genocide, Mutsinzi and Mucyo reports, Nicholas Sarkozy, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa, Trevidic report

By: Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa The saga between Kagame and France continues. It is a familiar story that sometimes sounds like a children’s fairy tale. The latest is France recalling its Ambassador to Kigali, whom many have referred to as a French RPF cadre. But what is the reason behind this decision? Kagame does not want the new French nominee to… Read More

“Time is nothing when there is determination” Victorie Ingabire Umuhoza

January 31, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergFDU-INKINGI Treasurer, Fierberg, Jennifer, Kagame, Rwanda

In an interview with Alice Muhirwa, FDU-INKINGI Treasurer, conducted on 27 January 2012, she describes the political climate in Rwanda from her experience in a political opposition group in Rwanda. She describes the challenges she faces in supporting Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza who is currently on her second year in jail while her trial continues to be postponed. Ms. Muhirwa delivers... Read More

Nightmare in the Congo

January 24, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergDemocratic Republic of Congo, Hillary Clinton, Kabila, minerals, Museveni, Obama, Paul Kagame, refugees, Rwanda, Uganda

By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW Imagine the entire state population of Arizona murdered in an 11year period by neighboring rebel groups, all six million people. The women of Phoenix, Flagstaff, Camp Verde and other cities brutally raped while their children and husbands watched. After this horrific act of war, the husbands are shot, dismembered and the women left bleeding and ruined... Read More

When silence serves violence best in Rwanda

January 4, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergFDU-INKINGI, Grenade attack, Jennifer Fierberg, Kagame, kigali, PS-IMBURKI, RNC, rudasingwa, Rwanda

By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW Rwanda’s political opposition is once again under attack. On January 3, 2012 reports out of Kigali stated that another grenade attack occured in a local market. With Grenades, unjustified arrests of opposition leaders, attempted assignations in other countries the oppositional parties to the ruling regime in Rwanda face an uphill battle in striving for peace and… Read More

Rwanda: A State without a Statesman

December 22, 2011March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergNational Dialogue, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandans, Theogene Rudasingwa

In reaction to President Paul Kagame’s 9th National Dialogue (Umushyikirano) at the Parliament Buildings, Kimihurura Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa responded on his Facebook page to the controversial remarks made by President Kagame. Below is the entirety of his message and assessment of the speech given: By: Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa It was an annual event that has been erroneously baptized national dialogue.… Read More

IS RWANDA’S CUT-THROAT LEADER ABOUT TO LEAVE POWER?

December 10, 2011March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergCharles Kambanda, elections, Kagame, politics, power, Putin, RPF, Rwanda

The wary blur of President Kagame’s 2017 promise to relinquish power By: Charles KM KAMBANDA, PhD A Rwandan newspaper, the Chronicles, reported that the former rebel leader and all-powerful iron-handed leader of Rwanda said, “I will not be around as president come 2017”. On the issue of whether or not President Kagame will amend the constitution allowing him to remain… Read More

Rwanda: A sick nation in need of healing

December 2, 2011March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergAli Galayd, Genocide, Paul Rusesabagina, Peace and reconciliation, Pentagon, Peter Erlinder, RNC, Rwanda, Rwandan National Congress, Theogene Ruddasingwa

On November 28, 2011 the first annual roundtable on Rwanda Truth and Reconciliation: The Process Begins was held at The International Humanitarian law Institute of Minnesota. In attendance was Dr. Ali Galayd, the Former Prime Minister of Somalia, Paul Rusesabagina, honored worldwide for his heroic actions during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, recipient of the 2005 U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom… Read More