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The Rwandan Opposition Still Own Worst Enemy

August 8, 2014 Global AuthorDeo Lukyimuzi, FDU, Kagame, Opposition, politics, RNC, RPF, Rwanda

For two years in a row, the government of Rwanda the President in particular, has been a lot in the news for the wrong reasons. His visit to Chicago on 11th June, 2011, did not go as planned –it was interrupted with deafening protests by Rwandan, Congolese and other African nationals living across North America and others who came from… Read More

The African Leader Obama Shouldn’t Invite

August 4, 2014 Global AuthorAfrican Leaders SUmmit, David Himbara, DC, Obama, Paul Kagame

When President Obama holds an historic meeting with African leaders this week, one guest will be especially awkward: Rwanda’s increasingly authoritarian president, Paul Kagame. Unless the United States wants to wink at assassinating adversaries, stifling opposition and subverting neighboring nations, Kagame should be stricken from the guest list. Since Kagame won a second seven-year term in 2010 with a reported… Read More

Obama lied and six-million Congolese have died

August 1, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergAfrican Leaders SUmmit, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, DRC, John Kerry, Joseph Kabila, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, war crimes. PL 109-456, White House

By: Jennifer Fierberg When President Barack Obama came into office he rode in on the white horse of the “Obama Law.” Many activist and journalist breathed hope that President Obama would bring change to Central Africa by the strategic and specific law set forth by Mr. Obama as well as Hillary Clinton known as Public… Read More

The Untold Stories: What rules governed RPF State Sponsored Terrorism?

July 30, 2014 Global AuthorDemocratic Green Party of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, RPF, Rwanda

Just before the body of the Transparency International Staff Gustave Makonene, who was gunned down in July last year in Rubavu District, rests in peace, the killers are now hunting the Boss of the Rwandan anti-corruption watch dog Ingabire Immaculate. The Rwandan government has been accused for neglecting the investigation and brings the killers to Justice. Last week, the Human… Read More

Rwanda Dismisses Prime Minister, Appoints Replacement

July 29, 2014 Global AuthorBurundi, Habumuremyi, Kagame, Murekezi, Prime Minister of Rwanda, Rwanda

FILE – Dismissed Rwandan Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi is shown at the Rwandan Parliament in Kigali. Rwandan Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi has been dismissed and Anastase Murekezi appointed to replace him. While the decision to replace Habumuremyi is not officially described as a dismissal, that is how it has been reported in local media. And there… Read More

WASHINGTON DC: ANTI-KAGAME RALLY AT THE WHITE HOUSE

July 29, 2014 Global Authorafrica, Barack Obama, Burundi, congo, development, DRC, John Kerry, Lafayette Park, Paul Kagame, Protest, Rwanda, White House

Rwandan, Burundian and Congolese opposition political parties and civil society organizations operating in the United States of America have pooled their efforts together to denounce Kagame’s visit to the White House. One may wonder how did this renowned criminal -also known as the African Hitler- end up on the Obama’s guest list. Paul Kagame’s human rights abuses, his dictatorship against… Read More

Press Conference: Advocates Call for End of U.S. Support of African Tyrants

July 24, 2014 Global AuthorAfrican Summit, Barack Obama, DRC, Friends of the Congo, Kabila, Kagame, Museveni, Rwanda, Uganda

IPS’ Foreign Policy In Focus joins a diverse U.S. based activist coalition focusing on Africa is calling on U.S. leaders to cease their support and empowerment of brutal dictators across Africa. July 31 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm A diverse U.S. based activist coalition focusing on Africa is calling on U.S. leaders to cease their support and empowerment of brutal… Read More

How to Roll Out the Red Carpet for Africa

July 24, 2014 Global Authorafrica, African Summit, Barack Obama, Civil Society, Washington DC

BY JEFFREY SMITH Obama’s major summit with the continent’s leaders will only succeed if the White House eschews autocrats in favor of a new generation of democratic champions. Over the next few weeks, there is going to be an awful lot of chatter about the current and future state of relations between the United States and Africa. That is because… Read More

Is President Kagame biting more than he can chew?

July 24, 2014 Global AuthorCommunism, Oppression, Paul Kagame, RPF, Rwanda, tyrant

by philipetyang i Rwanda President Paul Kagame and his Communist government has in the recent past been engaging regional and continental leaders in a war of words. His actions are tantamount to trying to assert the “illusionary power” of Rwanda as a country. Early last year, President Kagame was claimed to be heard issuing threats against Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete at an event… Read More

Why is the whole world still silent on the murder of Rwandan activist Makonene?

July 24, 2014 Global AuthorGustave Makonene, Legal, murder, Paul Kagame, Rubavu, Rwanda

Gustave Makonene, coordinator of Transparency International Rwanda’s Advocacy and Legal Advice Center in Rubavu. It has been a year since the murder of Gustave Makonene. The body of the Transparency International Rwanda employee was found on July 18, 2013 on the shore of Lake Kivu, outside the town of Rubavu, in Rwanda’s Western Province. Local residents found his… Read More

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