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BURUNDI SECURITY AGENTS ATTACK JOURNALIST COVERING MURDER OF TOP GENERAL — CPJ SAYS

August 4, 2015 Global Authorafrica, Burundi, Committee to protect journalists, CPJ Says, Gen. Adolphe Nshimiramana, Kagame, murder, Rwanda, Tom Rhodes

Gen. Adolphe Nshimiramana Burundi security forces detained and beat a journalist on Sunday while he was covering the assassination of a top general in the capital, Bujumbura, according to news reports and the journalist. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the attack and calls on Burundian authorities to launch a full and efficient investigation. Esdras Ndikumana, a correspondent for Agence… Read More

Kagame isn’t the right person to lecture about tolerance, democracy and dialogue

April 20, 2015October 20, 2016 Global Authorafrica, freedom, Genocide, human rights, kigali, Media, military, Paul Kagame, Rwanda

By Nelson Gatsimbazi In a recent meeting called Tana High Level Forum (THLF) on security in African, which took place on 18th April 2015 in Addis Ababa the capital of Ethiopia, where Rwandan President Paul Kagame was among the speakers. His speech left many questions when he began lecturing the world about things beyond his ability of governance. In his… Read More

The Destabilization of Africa and the Role of “Shadowy Islamists”. From Benghazi to Boko Haram

January 26, 2015 Global Authorafrica, Boko Haram, Nigeria

This article was first published by Black Agenda Report on May 14, 2014 and by Global Research on May 16, 2014. You can’t understand the threat posed to Nigeria by Boko Haram, or the ghastly destruction of Syria over the past three years, outside the context of “the vicious NATO obliteration of the state of Libya.” One huge crime begets... Read More

Boko Haram massacre: ‘I walked through five villages and each one was empty except for dead bodies’

January 14, 2015 Global Authorafrica, Boko Haram, Genocide, Goodluck, Massacre, Nigeria, war

Nigerians cram into a bus to flee a town in north-east Nigeria following Boko Haram attack on Baga. Photograph: Str/EPA Yusuf Sarkin does not remember much about the massacre that drove him from the town where he was born. The gunfire and the screaming and the frenzy of bodies trying to outrun bullets flying through the sandy streets of Baga… Read More

Boko Haram’s ‘deadliest massacre’ reportedly kills 2,000 in Nigeria

January 14, 2015 Global Authorafrica, Boko Haram, Massacre, Nigeria

Jan. 12, 2015 – A child, at rear, walks through the scene of an explosion in a mobile phone market in Potiskum, Nigeria. Two female suicide bombers targeted the busy marketplace on Sunday, killing 4. Amnesty International called Boko Haram’s recent attacks “the “deadliest massacre” in the history of the violent group, saying as many as 2,000 people have died.… Read More

ICC: Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta must appear at Hague

October 1, 2014October 21, 2016 Global Author2007, africa, Criminal Court, elections, Ethnic CLensing, Genocide, ICC, Kagame, kenya, KENYATTA, President

The case against Uhuru Kenyatta has angered many African leaders The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected a request by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to avoid appearing at a hearing on 8 October. He denies organising ethnic massacres after the 2007 elections in which 1,200 people were killed, Judges rejected Mr Kenyatta’s request to postpone the hearing or appear… Read More

The Global African Investment Summit

September 30, 2014October 20, 2016 Global Authorafrica, DRC, Global African Investment SUmmit, human rights, international aid, London, Paul Kagame, Protest, Rwanda, Victims

Letter to the Global African Investment Summit The Global African Investment Summit Savoy Hotel –London, UK, 20-21 OctoberSeptember 28, 2014. Re: Protest Against Torture, Murder and Disappearance of Rwandans inside and outside the country We welcome your decision to host the Global African Investment Summit this October on 20-21 in London. While the Summit is an important step in building… Read More

Burundi investigates ‘Rwandan bodies’ in Lake Rweru

August 26, 2014 Global Authorafrica, Burundi, central africa, Genocide, Kagame, Kerry, murder, Obama, RPF, Rwanda

Burundi has set up an investigation after a number of dead bodies wrapped in plastic were found floating in a lake on its border with Rwanda. Fishermen say there are reports of dozens of unidentified bodies being spotted in recent weeks in Lake Rweru. It is not clear how they died. The regional authorities say their investigations indicate the… 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

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

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