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SA heads for new DRC war

January 14, 2015 Global AuthorDRC, FDLR, Kagame, Kerry, Obama, Rebels, Rwanda, South Africa, UN, Zuma

South Africa has 1000 troops in the DRC as part of the UN’s Force Intervention Brigade, which is tasked with “neutralising” threats to the region. File photoImage by: SIPHIWE SIBEKO / REUTERS The government yesterday announced that a confrontation with Forces for Democratic Liberation of Rwanda in the Democratic Republic of Congo was “inevitable”. Four thousand FDLR soldiers, many of… 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

Military Purges in Rwanda Expose Cracks in Kagame Regime

September 24, 2014October 20, 2016 Global AuthorDRC, Filip Reyntjens, Kerry, military, Military purge, Obama, politics, Rwanda

Rwandan President Paul Kagame speaking at the London Summit on Family Planning, July 11, 2012 (U.K. Department for International Development photo). Last month, three high-ranking Rwandan military figures close to President Paul Kagame were arrested and charged with so-called crimes against state security. The military purgeshave fueled fears of a political crisis for Kagame with dissension among the ranks of… Read More

KAGAME’S IMPERSONATION AND PARANOIA: THE DEADLY COMBINATION

September 17, 2014October 20, 2016 Global Author1994, dictator, disappearances, Genocide, Kerry, Obama, Paul Kagame, power, Rwanda

Authored by Eng Emmanuel Ngarambe Rwanda is thousands of years old. Kings have ruled and left. Presidents have faked democracy and undemocratically left. Rwanda has remained. Rwanda will remain. Unlike us Rwandans, Rwanda is everlasting. Our ancestors lived in Rwanda and died. Like you and me, Kagame will die one day. Rwanda will never die. Rwanda will always be there… Read More

“Your silence gives consent”

September 15, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg1994 Genocide, Kerry, Leah Karegeya, murder, Obama, Patrick Karegeya, Paul Kagame, RPF, Rwanda, South Africa, strangulation, The Hawks, Tutsi

By Jennifer Fierberg There are no words that can provide comfort to someone who has experienced profound loss. Mere attempts at platitudes and words of solace can never fill a void so big it cannot be measured. However, sitting with Leah Karegeya, one knows they are in the presence of strength, courage, power and a woman filled with God’s love. … 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

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