Africa Global Village

Rwanda: Acquitted but still not free

July 14, 2014 Global Authoractivists, africa, Genocide, Hitler, Human rights violations, Kagame, Rwanda

Rwanda gets plenty of applause for putting the genocide behind and creating a reconciled society focused on marching forward to a prosperous future. But is that so? In this article, we learn that former high-ranking officials who were acquitted of genocide charges by the international crimes tribunal in Arusha, or who served their sentences, are not welcome back home. In… Read More

Rwanda: The Victims Who Weren’t Commemorated

May 13, 2014 Global Author1994, 20th anniversary, Commemoration, Genocide, hutu, Kagame, murder, Rwanda, Victims

By Andy Piascik. A solemn ceremony was held in Rwanda last month to mark the 20thanniversary of the mass killings in that country in 1994. Corporate media from the United States and the rest of the world covered the event in some depth, underscoring the horrible deaths of hundreds of thousands killed by the state and Hutu civilians. Dignitaries and… Read More

In Rwanda, Finding Echoes of Germany

May 11, 2014 Global AuthorGenocide, Germany, Holocaust, impunity, Rwanda, war

I MOVED to Nairobi last year for a challenge and to try something new. I thought that reporting from all over East Africa would be nothing like my previous assignment covering Central Europe from Berlin and I was excited to leave behind the stolid German Finance Ministry and embark on bumpy jeep rides through lush jungles and desert dunes. If… Read More

“The Dead can play a powerful political role only if the living allow them to speak”

May 9, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergAlison Des Forges, Genocide, Kagame, RPF, Rwanda, University of BUffalo

By: Jennifer Fierberg Dr. Alison Des Forges, born in Schenectady, New York, in 1942, began studying Rwanda as a student and dedicated her life and work to understanding the country as well as exposing the serial abuses suffered by its people with the goal of helping to bring about change in the country. Tragically, she died in the crash of… Read More

Three MSF Staff Among 16 Civilians Killed at Central African Republic Hospital

April 28, 2014 Global AuthorCAR, Central Africa Republic, Doctors without Borders, Genocide, war

AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK, April 28, 2014 – Sixteen civilians, including three national staff members of the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), were killed during an armed robbery on MSF hospital grounds in the northern town of Boguila in the Central African Republic (CAR) on Saturday, April 26. The incident occurred when armed ex-Seleka members surrounded Boguila’s… Read More

Kagame plays the US for a fool again

April 20, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergAnthony Monaco, Genocide, human rights watch, Kagame, RNC, Royce, rudasingwa, Rwanda, Tufts University, UN Mapping Report

By Theogene Rudasingwa As usual, after Kagame gets his victims dead or in jail, he takes a tour to the West to celebrate and be recognised for what he is not. After getting musician Kizito and his colleagues in jail, he will be in Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, on 22 April, as a guest of the President of Tufts university, Dr.… Read More

PRESIDENT KAGAME HAS REVEALED HIS GREATEST FEAR

April 17, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergGenocide, Kizito Mhigo, Paul Kagame, Reconciliation, Rwanda

By: Emmanuel Hakizimana and Gallican Gasana The alarm clock has been brutal for many Rwandans this Monday, April 14, 2014: Rwandan police had announced the arrest of a young Rwandan renowned musician, Mr. Kizito Mihigo, a young journalist, Mr Cassian and Ntamuhanga a young demobilized Rwandan army (RDF), Paul Dukuzumuremyi. Beyond the fact that they are survivors of the 1994… Read More

“The duty of the youth is to challenge corruption”

April 14, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg1994, FDLR, Genocide, Kagame, kigali, RNC, RPF, Rwanda, Rwanda Police

By Jennifer Fierberg Once again, President Kagame’s delusions have taken over common sensibility. The Rwandan Police published a press release today that a Reconciliation Activist, singer and RPF supporter, Kizito Mihigo, along with a demobilized soldier and Christian Radio station personality have been arrested for collaborating with the Rwandan National Congress as well as the FDLR. Their charges are treason… Read More

What is really behind President Kagames anger at France?

April 8, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg1994, gahima, Genocide, Kagame, RNC, rudasingwa, Rwanda

By Jennifer Fierberg In a surprising turn of events, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda made disparaging comments about France’s role in the Rwandan Genocide in 1994. In response, the French delegation cancelled their plans deciding not to participate in the 20th Commemoration ceremonies of the Rwandan Genocide. France and Rwanda have had strained relations for many years due to numerous… Read More

20th anniversary of Rwandan Genocide commemorated by Paul Rusesabagina

March 30, 2014 Global Author1994, Genocide, Hotel Rwanda, Kagame, Paul Rusesabagina, Rwanda

As the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide draws near, one of the event’s most well-known figures, Paul Rusesabagina, the man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda,” spoke at Rackham Auditorium to more than 700 people as part of the University’s commemoration of the ethnic cleansing. During his address, Rusesabagina outlined the history of the Rwandan Civil War, as… Read More

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