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Behind The Presidential Curtains: A Summon to my good old Comrades

July 30, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergcongo, Jennifer Fierberg, Kagame, M23, Museveni, Noble Marara, Rebels, RPF, Rwanda, Uganda

With the on-going continued cut of President Kagame’s Foreign aid by his long time Western sponsors for the last week or so due to his continued cruelty to our Congolese brethren I feel compelled to speak on this subject. Kagame has done this by directly supporting the M23 rebel group which is on the brink of capturing the city of… Read More

How the Mighty have fallen…

July 28, 2012 Global Authorcongo, Germany, Kayumba Nyamwasa, Louise Mushikiwabo, M23, Obama, Paul Kagame, Rene Mugenzi, RNC, Robert Sebufirira, RPF, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa, UK, UN, US

A small country in the heart of Africa it is facing an uphill PR and financial battle. Over the last few weeks Rwanda has seen dramatic cuts in foreign aid that amounts to tens of millions of dollars. All of these actions seem to be sparked by the United Nations Group of Experts report that provided overwhelming evidences that Rwanda… Read More

NETHERLANDS CUTS BACK RWANDA SUPPORT

July 26, 2012 Global Authoraid, congo, Kabila, Kagame, M23, military, Museveni, Netherlands, Rwanda

Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, is under growing pressure from international donors to end alleged support for a fresh rebellion in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The Netherlands on Thursday became the first European country to announce it was suspending budget support to the Kigali government as a result of evidence in a report by a United Nations group of… Read More

Clinton, Kagame and M23

July 21, 2012 Global AuthorAmbrose Nzeyimana, Bill Clinton, Dalliare, Genocide, M23, Paul Kagame, RPF, Rwanda

The recent course of events in the Democratic Republic of Congo have brought together African and Western politicians, with probably shared interests, in unconventional circumstances and ways. These meetings started with M23 mutinies deserting the FARDC and then attacking North Kivu province of Eastern Congo from their positions close to the Ugandan border. Though the M23 rebellion only gathered momentum… Read More

U.S. Cuts Military Aid To Rwanda over Congo Rebel Support

July 21, 2012 Global Authorcongo, Kagame, M23, Military funding, Obama, Rebels, Rwanda

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The U.S. government said Saturday it will cut military aid to Rwanda for this year, citing evidence Kigali is supporting rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a significant step by one of Rwanda’s staunchest allies. Rwanda has denied reports by United Nations experts and rights groups that it is backing eastern Congolese rebels, including the… Read More

U.S. tells Rwanda to halt support for Congo rebels

July 2, 2012 Global Authorcongo, Kagame, Kinshasa, M23, Obama, Rebel groups, Rwanda, UN

KINSHASA (Reuters) - The United States has called on Rwanda to stop supporting armed rebel groups in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo after a U.N. investigation implicated senior Kigali officials. . Read More

Stop being an Ostrich when it comes to Rwanda’s role in the DRC

June 28, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergClinton, congo, DRC, Friends of Congo, Genocide, Kagame, M23, Mushikiwabo, Obama, RPF, Rwanda, UN Report

By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW The Sub Saharan region of Africa has been watched closely by the international community as of late. The news coming out of the region has many human rights activists and organizations’ asking a lot of questions about what is really going on between Rwanda and the DR Congo. Last week on June 19th 2012 President Kagame… Read More

President Paul Kagame on a Special visit to Uganda: But why?

June 13, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer FierbergDRC, Jennifer Fierberg, Kabila, Kagame, M23, Museveni, Ntanga, Rwanda, Uganda

By Rwema Francis and Jennifer Fierberg, MSW The Congolese Government’s reaction against the continued support of Rwanda to their enemies in the Congo has led President Kagame back to Uganda to plead for help from His Excellence Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. He was in Uganda yet again in order to seek help because he has nowhere else to turn to… Read More

CONFLICT IN NORTH KIVU PROVINCE OF THE DRC

June 5, 2012 Global Authorafrica, congo, DRC, EAC, Kabila, Kagame, London, M23, RPP, Rwanda, Rwanda peoples party

Malmo, Sweden, 04/06/2012Ref: RPP-0001-CNK/J03-GN01-DRC/C-JKV/CD/12J03 Today is not a day for pointing fingers and trading accusations as to who is supporting who or who is fighting who in the DRC. But it should be a day for consoling and showing our sympathy for the thousands of Congolese citizens who have been displaced and made homeless in their own country, and many... Read More

Lie: An order from President Kagame of Rwanda

June 2, 2012March 30, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergcongo, DRC, Goma, Kagame, M23, MP's, RNC, Rwanda, Theogeme RUdasingwa, war

By: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW Rwandan National Congress (RNC) Speaks on Rwanda’s issues in the CongoThe last few weeks have seen the Central Africa region, particularly the Congo and Rwanda; face many dualities of challenges; from the sentencing of warlords at the ICC to new rebel groups surfacing in the Congo. A central player in all of this has, once again,... Read More

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