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A dream in tatters: former Rwanda aide says he has faced threats

March 16, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergDavid Himbara, Education, John Kerry, kigali, Obama, Paul Kagame, refugee, Rwanda, UN

ANDREW FRANCIS WALLACE / TORONTO STAR Order this photo Over the past four years, David Himbara says he has been the target of a failed assassination attempt and a failed kidnapping bid in Kenya. Today, David Himbara lives in partial fear — and with no hope of ever returning to Rwanda. At least, not so long as Paul Kagame remains… Read More

When the Victors Tell the Story: The UN’s Victims in Rwanda, By: Captain Amadou Deme

February 28, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg1994, Amadou Deme, book review, congo, Genocide, Paul Kagame, Peter Erlinder, RPF, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa, UN, UNAMIR

A book review By: Jennifer Fierberg “History isn’t all fact–it’s just the story the victors tell to keep themselves in power. And it’s been a slow revision. The more time passes, the easier it becomes to reinvent the past.” There is no lack of books written about Rwanda and specifically about the war that was started in 1990 by the… 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

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF AS THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARES WAR AND ABANDONS RWANDANS AGAIN

January 9, 2015October 20, 2016 Global Author1994, Ban Ki-Moon, Genocide, John Kerry, Kagame, MONUSCO, Obama, rudasingwa, Rwanda, UN, war

Today, 8 January 2015, is another landmark date in the continuing tragic story of Rwanda and the Great Lakes region. The President of the UN Security Council has just issued a statement declaring war against the FDRL. This comes after U.S Special Envoy to the Great Lakes, Russ Feingold, sounded the trumpet call on 30 December 2014. The coercive will… Read More

U.N., Congo attack Burundi rebels ahead of drive against Rwandan FDLR

January 5, 2015 Global AuthorBurundi, DRC, FLDR, MONUSCO, Rwanda, UN, war

United Nations and Congolese troops launched strikes on Monday against remnants of a Burundian rebel group based in the rugged borderlands of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a U.N. military spokesman said. The strikes targeted the National Liberation Forces (FNL), but a U.N. diplomat said they were mainly aimed at clearing the way for an offensive against another group, Democratic Forces… Read More

Cuba joins international response to Ebola

September 13, 2014 Global AuthorCuba, Ebola, Margarat Chan, Roberto Morales, UN, WHO

After meeting in Geneva with World Health Organization director general Margaret Chan, Cuban Health Minister Roberto Morales said that given the history of Cuban international collaboration, particularly in healthcare, Cuba has been asked to join the group of countries which will provide an initial response to the Ebola epidemic in Africa. . Read More

Al Jazeera exclusive: South Sudan rebel threatened UN just before helicopter shooting

September 11, 2014 Global AuthorAl Jazeera, South Sudan, Sudan, UN

Jazeera has aired exclusive audio of South Sudan Liberation Army rebel commander Peter Gadet threatening to shoot incoming UN aircraft, just nine days before a UN helicopter was shot down on 26 August 2014 over Bentiu in Unity State, South Sudan. Three Russian crew were killed in the crash. . Read More

Fifth Biennial Meeting of States on Illicit Trade in Small Arms

June 20, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergArms Trade Treaty, Biennial Meeting, Control Arms, UN, Vision-GRAM International

By Jennifer Fierberg In a Press Release by the General Assembly of the UN dated 16 June 2014, they stated: “Since 2003, Member States have gathered to consider implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, adopted in 2001. The Programme of Action prescribes… Read More

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile….except in Rwanda

June 5, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergHitler, human rights, John Kerry, Massacre, Obama, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, UN

Top Image: Kagame 6/2014 Bottom image: Hitler followers By: Michel MUSHIMIYIMANA with Jennifer Fierberg Terrorist, President Paul Kagame pledges Rwandans to publicly shoot his critics or renegades on site in a public statement today while addressing residents of Nyabihu district in the northwestern part of the country. Remember that in Rwanda it is said that, “there is no death sentence,”… Read More

DRC: President of FDLR confirms that renounces armed struggle

June 2, 2014 Global AuthorArms, DRC, FDLR, MONUSCO, UN

President Victor Byiringiro have FDLR The acting president of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), General Victor Byiringiro confirms that his men have laid down their arms since December 30, 2013. This statement Rwandan Hutu rebels, some of whom are accused by Kigali of being former genocidal raises some suspicion both on the side of Rwanda and… Read More

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