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Rwanda: Investigate Anti-Corruption Campaigner’s Murder

January 22, 2014 Global Authoractivist Paul Kagame, human rights watch, Investigate, murder, Rwanda

Gustave Makonene Rwanda: Investigate Anti-Corruption Campaigner’s Murder Stalling, Silence on Activist’s Death (Nairobi, January 22, 2014) – Official investigations into the murder of a Rwandan anti-corruption activist appear to have ground to a halt six months later, Human Rights Watch said today. The case has received surprisingly little public attention, and the victim’s family is still awaiting justice. Human Rights… Read More

In Rwanda, a deadly fight among the ruling elite

January 22, 2014 Global AuthorGenocide, Kagame, Karegeya, Rwanda

(Carl Court, File, Pool/ Associated Press ) – FILE – In this Wednesday, July 11, 2012 file photo, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame speaks during the London Summit on Family Planning organized by the UK Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, in central London. Critics of Rwanda’s government say the killing in… Read More

Memorial service held for Patrick Karegeya the former Rwandan spy chief

January 19, 2014 Global AuthorMozambique, Patrick Karegeya, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, South Africa

The family of a former Rwandan intelligence chief found dead in a Johannesburg hotel held a memorial service for the ex-spymaster turned critic of Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Patrick Karegeya's family and colleagues in an opposition coalition accuse Kagame of ordering his assassination. A week ago, Rwanda's foreign minister said her government had no sympathy for the slain former spy... Read More

U.S. rebukes Rwandan leader amid scrutiny over opponent’s murder

January 17, 2014 Global AuthorJen PSaki, Kagame, Karegeya, Obama, Rwanda, South Africa, US State Department

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame arrives for the extraordinary session of the African Union’s Assembly of Heads of State and Government on the case of African Relationship with the International Criminal Court (ICC), in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, October 12, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/TIKSA NEGERI (Reuters) – The United States says it is deeply worried about threats made by Rwandan President Paul… Read More

UN Says Congo’s Defeated M23 Rebels Active Again

January 13, 2014 Global Authorcongo, DRC, M23

UNITED NATIONS — The top U.N. envoy in Congo said Monday there are "credible reports" that the M23 rebel group is recruiting fighters and resuming activities despite last month's peace agreement with the Congolese government following its military defeat. Martin Kobler told the U.N. Security Council that the M23 must not be allowed to re-emerge as a military force, which... Read More

“In a time of Universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act”-Orwell

January 13, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergJames Kabarebe, Kayumba Nyamwasa, Louise Mushikiwabo, murder, Patrick Karegeya, prayer breakfast, Rwanda, South Africa, Theogene Rudasingwa

By: Jennifer Fierberg Kigali working hard to divide and confuse the opposition The murder of Patrick Karegyea of the Rwandan National Congress (RNC) has left the political opposition as well as Rwandans in the diaspora who support them raw yet determined. His murder continues to be investigated by the South African Police who have refused to comment on an open… Read More

Rwanda dismisses Kagame death rumours

January 10, 2014 Global AuthorDeath rumors, Paul Kagame, Rwanda

Rwandan President Paul Kagame (Picture: AFP) Kigali – Rwanda’s presidency on Friday dismissed rumours that the country’s leader Paul Kagame was dead. The denial came amid reports of street celebrations in the Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma, situated on the border with Rwanda, although it was not immediately clear what sparked the celebrations. “That is completely wrong,” an… Read More

The external independent review submits its report on alleged sexual abuses in DRC

January 10, 2014 Global AuthorDemocratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, ICC

The Registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr Herman von Hebel, has received the independent external review’s panel report which he commissioned in June 2013 following the allegations of sexual assault of four individuals under the ICC’s protection programme by a former ICC staff member working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In announcing this independent review,... Read More

Retraction of information published on 1-7-2013 concerning military arrest in Rwanda

January 8, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg

By Jennifer Fierberg Yesterday I reported that Director General of the National Security Service in Rwanda, Emmanuel Karenzi Karake had been detained in conjunction with the death of Col. Patrick Karegeya. I have since learned that my source was misinformed and I am retracting that statement at this time from that article. I formally apologize to Mr. Karenzi Karake for… Read More

Arrest of Rwanda’s Director General of National Security Service

January 7, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergKarenzi Karake, Patrick Karegeya, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, South Africa

By: Jennifer Fierberg The Director General of the National Security Service in Rwanda, Emmanuel Karenzi Karake has been placed under arrest in an undisclosed facility in Rwanda. Sources held in Rwanda state he was arrested due to frequent and high volume of unexplained phone traffic between him the slain Patrick Karegeya. Lieutenant General Karenzi Karake joined the RPF in the… Read More

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