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The Suspension of Aid to Rwanda: A Late but Welcome Decision.

March 1, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergGreening, Kagame, RNC, Rwanda, UK

Jennifer Fierberg By: Emmanuel Hakizimana, Ph.D., Economist, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada and Gallican Gasana, Genocide survivor, Toronto, Canada Kabila, Moon and Kagame (WASHINGTON DC) – On February 21st, 2013, Tony Blair and Howard G. Buffet published an article in The Foreign Policy in which they denounced the suspension of aid to Rwanda by many Western donors as a… Read More

The Men Who Killed Me

February 25, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg1994, Genocide, rape, Rwanda, sexual violence, The Men Who Killed Me

By: Jennifer Fierberg Many books have been written about the 1994 Rwandan Genocide from various perspectives. The majority of the books analyse the unending question of was this war planned, unplanned, a spontaneous outbreak of mass violence or an organized and strategic event that took the lives of almost one million people in just 100 days. Many questions will always… Read More

Rwanda National Congress responds to Blair and Buffets Plea for support to Rwanda

February 25, 2013 Global AuthorHoward Buffet, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa, TOny Blair

RESPONDING TO TONY BLAIR AND HOWARD BUFFET In the Foreign Policy issue of February 21, 2013, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and American billionaire Howard Buffet pleaded with the international community to “stand with Rwanda, and that now is no time to cut aid to Kigali”. Blair and Buffet recognise the shocking consequences of DRC’s Second Congo War, which… Read More

U.N. says Congo again on brink, peacekeepers need to combat rebels

February 22, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, Kagame, M23, Rwanda, UN

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS | Fri Feb 22, 2013 1:30pm EST (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s resource-rich east is again on the brink of a major conflict, a senior U.N. official warned on Friday as he urged the U.N. Security Council to urgently approve plans for a peace enforcement unit to combat armed rebel groups. Roger Meece, head of… Read More

Rwandan army deserters ‘held on Lake Kivu island’

February 21, 2013 Global AuthorIwawa Island, Kagame, RPA, Rwanda

A deserter said some detainees had been held for several years without trial and without visitors Rwanda is holding more than 280 troops accused of desertion on an island in Lake Kivu, the army has revealed. Brig Gen Joseph Nzabamwita told the BBC they were undergoing re-education. An alleged deserter being held on the island had told the BBC the… Read More

Splits deepen within the M23

February 21, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, Kagame, M23, Makanga, Rwanda

Reports from various sources––the UN peacekeeping mission, M23 insiders, and the Congolese army––this afternoon suggest that the rift between Bosco Ntaganda and Sultani Makenga is deepening. Details are still vague, with some going so far as saying that the two have been taking to Kigali for a sitting-down, but it is clear that the long-standing tensions have escalated. To recap:… Read More

Behind the presidential curtains-reasons why President Kagame will clinch on power forever

February 20, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergCrystal Ventures, elections, Kagame, RPF, Third term

BY Noble Marara and Jennifer Fierberg President Paul Kagame has launched a process that he believes can finally end the debate on whether or not he will seek a third term. He has tasked three senior members of his Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) to come up with a “transition formula.” President Kagame used the platform of the party’s annual Nnational… Read More

Foreign Policy in Rwanda: A discussion with Deo Lukyamuzi

February 15, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergaid, Deo Lukyimuzi, FDU-INKINGI, RPF, Rwanda

By: Jennifer Fierberg Rwanda has faced numerous challenges in the past year with their credibility and foreign relations. Both have seen severe declines with the UN GoE report that states the M23 rebel group currently harassing Eastern DRC is being funded and organized by the Government of Rwanda. A claim the Rwandan Government denies. Due to the publications of these… Read More

Stand up for love to stop the use of child soldiers

February 13, 2013March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergChild Soldiers, DRC, Red Hand, Vision-GRAM International

By Jennifer Fierberg February 12, 2013, the world recognizes the International Day of child soldiers. Today, Child Soldiers are reported in 21 on-going conflicts around the world. Vision-GRAM International is an organization based in Canada and run by Congolese activists in order to stop the epidemic of children being forced into combat situations and provides them with education instead. Vision… Read More

FDU-INKINGI urges President Kagame to stop harassment of political opponents

February 11, 2013 Global AuthorFDU_INKINGI, Kagame, RPF, Rwanda

Kigali this Feb. 11, 2013 FDU-INKINGI urge His Excellency Paul Kagame, in his capacity as president of the RPF-INKOTANYI to put an end to acts of provocation against political opponents, using the security services. The FDU INKINGI strongly condemns once again the leadership of the RPF and government INKOTANYI pursuing their claims handling maneuvers security services to harass opposition leaders… Read More

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