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…

US Congress to Hold Hearing on Rwanda’s Troubling Human Rights Record

May 14, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergBarak Obama, David Himbara, House foreign Affairs Subcommittee, Human rights violations, John Kerry, Karen Bass, Paul Kagame, Robert Higiro, RPF, Rwanda, Senator Ed Royce

By: Jennifer Fierberg Democracy in Rwanda Now released the following press statement today stating: The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations announced today that it will hold a hearing on May 20 to examine Rwanda’s deteriorating human rights record under President Paul Kagame. The hearing, “Developments in Rwanda,” will feature testimony from… Read More

Will the world remain silent with Rwanda and Uganda in DR Congo again?

May 11, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergBurundi, DRC, Kabila, Kagame, M23, Museveni, Political oppression, Rebel groups, Rwanda, Uganda

An interview with international criminal defense attorney and former law professor Peter Erlinder Ann Garrison While international attention is focused on the constitutional crisis in Burundi, Rwandan and Ugandan soldiers have again violated the territorial integrity of DR Congo by sending troops into the country. What are they up to? INTRODUCTION Rwandan and Ugandan troops have been reported in the… Read More

Australian troops remember Kibeho massacre in Rwanda

April 21, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergAustralia, Genocide, Kagame, Kibeho Massacre, RPF, Rwanda, violence, War Crimes

“The killing just went on and on right in front of us. None were spared, not even the babies on their mother’s backs.” It’s been 20 years since Terry Pickard witnessed the Kibeho massacre in Rwanda. It is, to this day, something that affects his life. “At least twice a week I have nightmares which wake me up,” he writes… Read More

Stop ignoring massacres in Africa

April 7, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergCNN, DRC, Fox News, Garissa University, Kagame, kenya, Massacres, MSNBC, Museveni, Obama, Terrorism, Uganda, War on Terror

By: Jennifer Fierberg We live in a world filled with terrorist attacks. So much so that they become the noise of the nightly news that most Westerners ignore. Simply watching the nightly news or scanning social media for a few minutes will typically reveal the horrors of terrorism in all corners of the world. However, why do some attacks garner… Read More

“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.”

March 25, 2015March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergBrian Endless, economy, Education, Emmanuel Hakizimana, Paul Kagame, propaganda, Reconciliation, RPF, Rwanda

By: Jennifer Fierberg Rwanda is often touted as a “financial success story” in many publications yet the smoke screen of propaganda quickly dissipates when the reality of facts and statistics confront the mirage. While there certainly are development successes in the country since the war in 1994 the cover up of the financial challenges are much deeper in number. In… Read More

Will Rwandans allow Kagame to Circumvent Democracy….again

March 25, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg3rd term, Charles Kambanda, democracy, elections, Hitler, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwandans

ON RWANDA’S PRESIDENTIAL TERMS LIMIT IN THE 2003 RWANDAN CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED: There is no legal instrument or methods to circumvent the terms limit save for a coup which would suspend or abrogate the Rwandan Constitution in its entirety. A systematic move to drop presidential terms limit, to allow the incumbent to run for the same office after his two… Read More

Who Is Afraid Of The Rwanda Regime?

March 19, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergactivists, David Himbara, dictators, Fear, kigali, London, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwanda House

By: David Himbara The building which houses the Rwandan High Commission in London belongs to president Paul Kagame. The Rwandan government rents it from him. This is one of the case studies of good governance that Rwanda should be praised for: centralisation of assets and revenues in one place. Contrary to what some would think, this is not a case… Read More

A dream in tatters: former Rwanda aide says he has faced threats

March 16, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergDavid Himbara, Education, John Kerry, kigali, Obama, Paul Kagame, refugee, Rwanda, UN

ANDREW FRANCIS WALLACE / TORONTO STAR Order this photo Over the past four years, David Himbara says he has been the target of a failed assassination attempt and a failed kidnapping bid in Kenya. Today, David Himbara lives in partial fear — and with no hope of ever returning to Rwanda. At least, not so long as Paul Kagame remains… Read More

RWANDA: CASE KAREGEYA, EVIDENCE BEEN FALSIFIED?

March 2, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergJustice, Patrick Karegeya, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, South Africa, South African Hawks, Terrorism

Patrick Karegeya.France24 South African police have arrested one of its members accused of in exchange for bribes, tampering or attempting to tamper with evidence in major criminal cases. Among these issues, there is the Karegeya case, the name of the former head of foreign intelligence in Rwanda murdered in a large Johannesburg hotel on December 31, 2013. For the family of… Read More

When the Victors Tell the Story: The UN’s Victims in Rwanda, By: Captain Amadou Deme

February 28, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg1994, Amadou Deme, book review, congo, Genocide, Paul Kagame, Peter Erlinder, RPF, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa, UN, UNAMIR

A book review By: Jennifer Fierberg “History isn’t all fact–it’s just the story the victors tell to keep themselves in power. And it’s been a slow revision. The more time passes, the easier it becomes to reinvent the past.” There is no lack of books written about Rwanda and specifically about the war that was started in 1990 by the… Read More