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DRC: President of FDLR confirms that renounces armed struggle

June 2, 2014 Global AuthorArms, DRC, FDLR, MONUSCO, UN

President Victor Byiringiro have FDLR The acting president of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), General Victor Byiringiro confirms that his men have laid down their arms since December 30, 2013. This statement Rwandan Hutu rebels, some of whom are accused by Kigali of being former genocidal raises some suspicion both on the side of Rwanda and… Read More

Rwanda: The Victims Who Weren’t Commemorated

May 13, 2014 Global Author1994, 20th anniversary, Commemoration, Genocide, hutu, Kagame, murder, Rwanda, Victims

By Andy Piascik. A solemn ceremony was held in Rwanda last month to mark the 20thanniversary of the mass killings in that country in 1994. Corporate media from the United States and the rest of the world covered the event in some depth, underscoring the horrible deaths of hundreds of thousands killed by the state and Hutu civilians. Dignitaries and… Read More

French journalist Camille Lepage killed in CAR

May 13, 2014 Global AuthorAmnesty international, Camille Lepage, CAR, Doctors without Borders, French, Journalist, murdered

Ms Lepage had been working in CAR for several months French photojournalist Camille Lepage has been murdered while working in the Central African Republic, presidential officials in Paris say. The body of Ms Lepage, 26, was found when a French patrol stopped a car driven by Christian anti-balaka militia in the Bouar region, a statement said. She had reportedly been… Read More

Vision GRAM-International : Impunity to Justice in DR Congo

May 12, 2014 Global AuthorDR Congo, DRC, impunity, sexual warfare, Vision-GRAM International

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Vision GRAM International By: Victor Amisi, Executive Director Vision GRAM International (Ottawa, May 10) -Since the wars in DR Congo, women and girls were victims of rape and sexual violence. Acts committed in violation of international human rights law and humanitarian law. Efforts were made to put an end to barbaric acts committed by all armed groups.… Read More

Ex-DR Congo warlord Mutebusi dies in Rwanda

May 12, 2014 Global Authordead, DRC, DRC warlord, Mutebusi, Nkunda, Rwanda, war

Jules Mutebusi (R) pictured alongside General Laurent Nkunda (L) on 04 june 2004, after their troops overran the town of Goma. AFP KINSHASA – Jules Mutebusi, a former DR Congo rebel leader often described as a Rwandan proxy, has died in Kigali where he had been exiled for a decade, relatives and officials said Sunday. “He died on Friday evening in… Read More

In Rwanda, Finding Echoes of Germany

May 11, 2014 Global AuthorGenocide, Germany, Holocaust, impunity, Rwanda, war

I MOVED to Nairobi last year for a challenge and to try something new. I thought that reporting from all over East Africa would be nothing like my previous assignment covering Central Europe from Berlin and I was excited to leave behind the stolid German Finance Ministry and embark on bumpy jeep rides through lush jungles and desert dunes. If… Read More

DR Congo faces food insecurity despite aid

May 11, 2014 Global AuthorDRC, food crisis, Malnutrition, Starvation, war

In war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, aid is not turning into food security – leaving populations close to famine. Bureaucracy can lead to food sitting in warehouses while local communities face hunger Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo – When the World Food Programme delivered aid to internally displaced people in the camps nearest to… Read More

“The Dead can play a powerful political role only if the living allow them to speak”

May 9, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergAlison Des Forges, Genocide, Kagame, RPF, Rwanda, University of BUffalo

By: Jennifer Fierberg Dr. Alison Des Forges, born in Schenectady, New York, in 1942, began studying Rwanda as a student and dedicated her life and work to understanding the country as well as exposing the serial abuses suffered by its people with the goal of helping to bring about change in the country. Tragically, she died in the crash of… Read More

Assassination in Africa: Inside the plots to kill Rwanda’s dissidents

May 2, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergassassination, gahima, Judi Rever, Kagame, Karegeya, Kayumba, murder, rudasingwa, Rwanda, South Africa, York

Rwanda’s Hunted Much of the world regards President Paul Kagame as a hero. But 20 years after he helped to stop his country’s brutal genocide, there are mounting allegations that he is silencing dissenters with violence. A months-long, international inquiry by The Globe’sGeoffrey York and contributor Judi Rever has uncovered explosive testimonies from those who say they were recruited for assassinations – including an… Read More

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

April 30, 2014 Global Authorcongo, dictator, DRC, John Kerry, Organize, Paul Kagame, President Obama, RNC, RPF, Rwanda

URGENT CALL TO ALL RWANDANS: UNITE, MOBILIZE AND ORGANISE FOR A NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION ! For almost all of us Rwandans, we know how much suffering we are undergoing. We are a fearful nation. On every hill we live in fear, anger, suspicion, and uncertain of the future. We are in jails in Rwanda. We are in jails in Arusha,… Read More

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