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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

Why is Kigali burning?

July 20, 2014 Global Authoraid, development, Fires, Infrastructure, Kagame, RPF, Rwanda

By: Dr. David Himbara I have been asked by several Facebook friends to comment on Kigali fires but I resisted until now. I initially held back for obvious reason that I would not know the cause. I am thousands of kilometers away, so I have no way of knowing whether these fires are due to accidents or sabotage. Nevertheless, we… Read More

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 Democratic Green Party’s Organizing Secretary, Jean Damascene MUNYESHYAKA Missing

July 2, 2014 Global AuthorJean Damascene MUNYESHYAKA, Kagame, missing person, RPF, Rwanda, Rwanda Democratic Green Party, Rwanda Police

Jean Damascene Munyeshyaka missing The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR) requests all national security organs to help in finding the whereabouts of its Organizing Secretary Mr.Jean Damascene MUNYESHYAKA, who has been missing since Friday last week (27th June 2014). Mr.Munyeshyaka Jean Damascene was called on phone by an unknown person around 15:00 hrs on Friday in Nyamata town, Bugesera… Read More

“It is not safe in the new Rwanda to share what you really think”

June 25, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergColgate University, Gacaca, Kagame, poverty, power, RPF, Rwanda, Susan Thomson

Whispering Truth to Power: Everyday Resistance to Reconciliation in Post-genocide Rwanda Author Dr. Susan Thomson By: Jennifer Fierberg Powerlessness can be defined as the inability to make changes in one’s own life or having the lack of ability to effect change. This lack of power can be a product of social hierarchy, racism, cultural contexts and the influence of political… Read More

Is Peace in Rwanda and in The Great Regions of Africa Achievable?

June 12, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg1994, congo, DRC, FDLR, Genocdie, Kagame, RPF, weapons

By: Nziyyumvira Bosco Since The Rwandan Patriot Front (RPF) invasion on October 01, 1990, as well as during period post invasion, RPF has had a reputation of undermining any chance of a peaceful resolution and has instead waged terror, arbitration, kidnapping and killing of politicians and other everyday Rwandans who dared ask questions. Recently on June 05, 2014 in NYABIHU… Read More

Rwanda: A government with deep pockets and shallow morals

June 4, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergAmnesty international, Corruption, human rights, human rights watch, Kagame, Obama, Rene Mugenzi, rudasingwa, Rwanda, Susan Thomson, US State Department

By: Jennifer Fierberg The US State Department made a strong statement today in regards to the ongoing reports of the arrests and disappearances of dozens of Rwandans over the last two months. The statement by Marie Harf, Deputy Department Spokesperson, and Office of the Spokesperson US State Department stated in part: “Rwandan authorities held individuals incommunicado for periods up to… 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

“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

Assassination in Africa: Inside the plots to kill Rwanda’s dissidents

May 2, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergassassination, gahima, Judi Rever, Kagame, Karegeya, Kayumba, murder, rudasingwa, Rwanda, South Africa, York

Rwanda’s Hunted Much of the world regards President Paul Kagame as a hero. But 20 years after he helped to stop his country’s brutal genocide, there are mounting allegations that he is silencing dissenters with violence. A months-long, international inquiry by The Globe’sGeoffrey York and contributor Judi Rever has uncovered explosive testimonies from those who say they were recruited for assassinations – including an… Read More

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