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Congo-Kinshasa: Extending the FDLR Disarmament Deadline Will Only Prolong the Agony

January 12, 2015 Global Authorcongo, FDLR, ICGLR, Kabila, Kagame, Kikwete, SADC, South Africa, Tanzania, Zuma

This week all eyes were to be on the joint summit between the South African Development Community (SADC) and the International Conference on the Great Lakes (ICGLR) that was proposed by South African President Jacob Zuma earlier this month, but this event has now been cancelled, apparently at the behest of Angola, which currently holds the presidency of the ICGLR.… Read More

Africa’s Hope at Brisbane G20 Summit

November 14, 2014 Global AuthorAfrica Development, Brisbane, G20 Summit, Nigeria, South Africa

The 2014 annual summit of the group of 20 developed and emerging economies comes up from Nov. 15 to Nov. 16 in the Australian city of Brisbane. As usual the leaders of the G20 countries will be deliberating on issues that will have ramifications for not only their respective economies but also the rest of the world, including those who... Read More

Rwanda and the Criminalisation of International Justice: Anatomy of War Crimes Trials

November 6, 2014 Global AuthorBashir, Charles Taylor, ICC, Jean Kambanda, Milosevic, Muammar Gaddafi, NATO, Saddam Hussein, United nations

The Nato ordered indictment of Muammar Gadaffi by the International Criminal Court (ICC) during the Nato attack on Libya in 2011 echoed the indictment of President Milosevic by International Criminal Tribunal For Yugoslavia, during the Nato attack on Yugoslavia in 1999. Both men ended up dead as a direct consequence. The indictments of these two men, had only one purpose,... Read More

Rwanda on trial in South Africa

September 27, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergKagame, Kayumba Nyamwasa, Kerry, Mushikiwabo, Obama, Refugee rights, rudasingwa, Rwanda, Rwanda National Congress, South Africa, Terrorism

By: Jennifer Fierberg Once again, a court in South Africa has called foul on the Government of Rwanda and their involvement in the attempted assassination of Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa former Chief of staff of the Rwandan Army, now leader in one of Rwanda’s most vocal opposition groups, the Rwanda National Congress. The Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa… Read More

AU Chairperson Dlamini Zuma called for Support for Ebola affected countries

September 9, 2014 Global AuthorAfrican Union, Dlamini Zuma, Ebola

Addis Ababa - The African Union has today called for “a lot of support and solidarity from fellow African countries and from the international community” for its member states affected by the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). African Union Commission Chairperson Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma today spoke at the opening ceremony of an emergency meeting of the Union’s Executive Council, as... Read More

NATO created chaos in Libya and now the future appears dim

September 7, 2014 Global Author

Libya slides deeper into political and military chaos, uncertainty reigns and analysts say it’s difficult to anticipate how things will unfold. Nato the creator of this havoc is nowhere to be seen. Some say Libya needs regional or broader foreign involvement; others say that would only aggravate the situation. In mid-August, Libya’s ambassador to Egypt, Mohamed Jibril, called for international... Read More

Africa and America: Why Ferguson is the Congo

August 29, 2014 Global Authorcongo, Ferguson, John Lewis, Mike Brown

As Africans, our eyes are often turned towards America because for some of us there is an illusion that attracts us – but for others the eye focuses on how the Black man is staged in the American reality. For many Black Americans, as for the majority of Americans, Africa is a land of savages; and this idea has a... Read More

Leadership, Genocide and War Crimes. An African Perspective

August 28, 2014 Global AuthorAfrican Union, Canada, ICC

June 30th the African Union summit meeting at Equatorial Guinea voted the “Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights.” It maintains that while in power, African leaders and “senior officials” are not subject to prosecution for genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity. In principle the Protocol mirrors the... Read More

This Is Why Female Journalists Deserve More Respect

August 27, 2014 Global AuthorFemale Journalists, Men, Troll, Twitter Abuse, Twitter Troll Men Twitter Negative

And this right here, folks, is why it takes a very strong person to be a female journalist. A new study by the think tank Demos looking at millions of Twitter messages found that well-known or famous men receive more offensive and negative messages than their female counterparts. Except in one category: female journalists. Yep, female journalists were the only… Read More

I am an African: Thambo Mbeki

August 26, 2014 Global Author

“I owe my being to the Khoi and the San whose desolate souls haunt the great expanses of the beautiful Cape - they who fell victim to the most merciless genocide our native land has ever seen, they who were first to lose their lives in the struggle to defend our freedom and independence and they who, as a people,... Read More

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