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South Africa to probe spy cables leak

February 25, 2015 Global AuthorKayumba Nyamwasa, Patrick Karegeya, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, South Africa, spies

. View photo Rwanda’s former army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa walks into court in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 21, 2012 (AFP Photo/Alexander Joe) Johannesburg (AFP) – South Africa has launched an investigation into the leak of espionage secrets to an international television news channel and a British newspaper, the state security minister said Wednesday. “A full investigation… Read More

Ban Ki-Moon Admits Failure in DRC

February 21, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergBan Ki-Moon, Barack Obama, DRC, FDLR, John Kerry, Joseph Kabila, M23, Museveni, Paul Kagame, RNC, Russ Feingold, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa, Uganda

By Jennifer Fierberg Predicts Period of Instability in the Great Lakes Region Just days ago, Senator Russell Feingold, the U.S. special envoy working to stabilize Africa’s Great Lakes region, announced he will give his final speech in this position. His press release stated the following, “On February 24, Senator Feingold will give his final speech as U.S. special envoy at... Read More

BAD INFLUENCE: THE DANGERS OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN RWANDA

February 10, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergambassador, Erica Barkes-Ruggles, Paul Kagame, RNC, RPF, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa

A RESPONSE TO AMBASSADOR ERICA BARKS-RUGGLES Ambassador Erica Barks-Ruggles The United States Embassy in Rwanda2657 Avenue de la Gendarmerie (Kacyiru)P.O. Box 28 KigaliRWANDA Your Excellency, I read your letter to the Rwandan people in the RPF-owned and Rwandan intelligence-controlled newspaper, The New Times of 4th February, 2015. For such a beginning in distant place plagued with demons of death and destruction… Read More

Norway’s Supreme Court Upholds Extradition Of Rwanda Genocide Suspect

February 10, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg1994, Eugene Nkuranyabahizi, Genocide, Kagame, RPF, Rwanda

Norway’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday in Oslo, that a 42-year-old, Eugene Nkuranyabahizi should be extradited to Rwanda to stand trial over alleged involvement in the 1994 genocide in the Central African country. Nkuranyabahizi, a former school teacher, was accused of taking part in massacres that killed about 7,500 people. The four judges were unanimous in their ruling, which upheld two lower… Read More

U.S. envoy urges Congo to set date for presidential election

February 10, 2015 Global Authorcongo, DRC, elections, John Kerry, Kabila, Kagame, Obama, Rwanda

By Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo should promptly set a date for a presidential election in 2016, a senior U.S. envoy said on Monday, increasing international pressure on President Joseph Kabila to step down at the polls next year. Last month, street protests killed 42 people and forced lawmakers to drop an electoral reform bill the… Read More

Rwandwa Tourism:HOT DESTINATION FOR 2015!

February 5, 2015 Global AuthorGame Viewing, Rwanda, Rwandwa Tourism

We’re not just saying it. Rwanda really is remarkable. It’s a country that offers so many exciting experiences – and not just tracking for gorillas which too many visitors fly in to see then leave, missing out on this country's many treasures. • Mountain Gorillas – Seeing these placid and peaceful creatures is one of the worlds most exciting... Read More

How To Talk To Rwandan Rulers: First Flatter Them, And Then Hit Hard With Truth

January 28, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg3rd world, Christine Lagarde, David Himbara, development, Finance, France, IMF, Paul Kagame, Rwanda

By: Dr. David Himbara Managing Directors of IMF are supposed to be dull and boring economists obsessed with balancing countries’ books. Not Christine Lagarde. A former finance minister in France, she is a clever political operator. She proved this in her visit to Rwanda, the high mark of which was her speech in Rwandan parliament on January 27, 2015. Her… Read More

Brothers kill brothers, Remembering Patrick Karegeya

January 25, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergKaregeya Foundation, murder, Patrick Karegeya, RNC, Rwanda, Rwanda Intellegence, South Africa, strangulation, Theogene Rudasingwa

By Jennifer Fierberg Just over a year ago, Patrick Karegeya was murdered in an upscale hotel in South Africa. He was found strangled under suspicious circumstances with a trail of clues that leave few questions in discovering the perpetrator of this crime. There was no money taken from the victim, no valuables were missing from the hotel or his home… Read More

Alex Obote-Odora’s Dishonest Response to Peterson and Herman on the ICTR and BBC

January 16, 2015October 20, 2016 Global Author1994, Alex Obote-Odora, assassination, BBC, Habyarimana, ICTR, Kagame, Rwanda

Alex Obote-Odora’s dishonest response to us on the ICTR and BBC Edward S. Herman and David Peterson It is widely recognized by independent analysts and observers of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) that it is a creature largely of the United States and Britain, established in late 1994 to support the Rwandan dictatorship of Paul Kagame’s Tutsi-led Rwandan… Read More

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

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