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HRW confirms today Kagame’s ongoing and unscrupulous support to M23

September 11, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergcongo, human rights watch, Kabila, Kagame, M23, RPF, Rwanda, Terrorism

BY: Ambrose Nzeyimana Young people without official employment across Rwanda are being round up. On 23/08/12, this group was taken into police custody in Rusizi area. A similar exercise was performed this week in Kimicanga area of Kigali – the Rwandan capital. Sources in the country confirm that some of these young people end up forcibly given accelerated military training… Read More

Rwanda Peoples Party seeks assistance from Museveni of Uganda

September 11, 2012 Global Authorjohn karuranga, Museveni, Paul Kagame, RPP, Rwanda, Rwanda peoples party, Uganda

The Rwanda People Party (RPP) has written a letter to Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni seeking to gain his influence with President Paul Kagame of Rwanda in order to gain peace talks with opposition groups in the diaspora. The resilient and beautiful people of Rwanda deserve to be aware of all activities that opposition groups are engaging in. The letter is… Read More

“Freedom lies in being bold”

September 4, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergDeo Lukyamuzi, FDU-INKINGI, Genocide, Kagame, RNC, RPF, Rwanda, victoire ingabire

By: Jennifer Fierberg with Deo Lukyamuzi In an interview with Deo Lukyamuzi, Commissioner for External Relations for one faction of the FDU-INKINGI, he reveals his parties plans for a free and peaceful Rwanda as well as the role of Victoire Ingabire who went to Rwanda in 2010 ahead of the presidential election in order to register their party and run... Read More

The South African movement of yesterday is the Congo Movement of today

August 29, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergcongo, DR Congo, Friends of the Congo, Kabila, Kambale Musivuli, M23, Obama, Obama Law, Rwanda, Uganda, UN

By Jennifer Fierberg with Kambale Musavuli The war in the D.R. Congo is not improving and is actually getting worse by the day. The M23 rebel group backed by the Rwandan Military has been terrorizing the Eastern Region of the Congo for many months. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced, raped or killed. The International Community has begun… Read More

Will it ever be safe to speak up in Rwanda?

August 27, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergaid cuts, congo, FDU, Frank habineza, Frank Ntwali, Green Party, M23, Nyamwasa, Oppression, Paul Kagame, RNC, RPF, rudasingwa, Rwanda

By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW It has been another interesting week in the confusion and danger that is Rwandan politics. Frank Habineza, President of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda has announced his return to Rwanda to register his party and run for parliament. This move has sparked many online discussions as to his motives, timing and speculations of him being… Read More

Kigali’s hit squad strikes again in South Africa

August 23, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergassassination, Frank Ntwali, Kayumba Nyamwasa, Paul Kagame, RNC, Rwanda, South Africa, Stabbing

By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW Frank Ntwali, Chairman of the African region of the Rwandan National Congress (RNC) was stabbed multiple times today in South Africa near OR Tambo International Airport. Three men came from behind his vehicle posing as police officers in plain clothes after first signaling for the vehicle to pull over. The men spoke in a local South… Read More

“Democracy demands an Opposition Party”

August 18, 2012 Global Authorchange, Christopher Black, democracy, FDU, Hague, ICC, Kagame, PDP, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa

Today is a historical day for Rwanda that will never be forgotten. As Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus, as Martin Luther King Jr. said, “It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.” The sacrifice for peace marched today in Rwanda as… Read More

Rwanda:Justice Delayed is Just Denied

August 16, 2012 Global Authorcongo, Hague, Holland, ICC, Nikiko Nsengimana, Paul Kagame, RNC/FDU, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa

This common saying means that justice is something meant to be handled at the present moment. This is so because, like Martin Luther King said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." The Rwandan and Congolese people are suffering at the hands of the rebel group going by the name M23. They are back with weapons, munitions, communications equipment... Read More

The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda returns to run for a Parliament Seat

August 14, 2012 Global AuthorDemocratic Green Party of Rwanda, Frank habineza, Global Greens, Green Party, Parliament, Paul Kagame

Politics in Rwanda is currently in a fragile state. Many foreign backers have withdrawn or suspended aid due to the actions of President Paul Kagame supporting the M23 rebel group in the DR Congo. If there is ever an opportunity for opposition groups to the RPF to be organized and prepared it is now. One of these groups is the... Read More

Sweden freezes Rwanda aid after rebel backing

August 13, 2012 Global Authoraid cuts, congo, M23, Paul Kagame, Sweden

Sweden announced Monday that it was provisionally suspending aid to Rwanda pending clarification of reports that the central African nation has backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “We have chosen to hold off with aid to shed light on what is going on Congo and how they (the Rwandan authorities) are involved,” Cooperation Minister Gunilla Carlsson told public… Read More

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