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Tanzania: We won’t be ready to join any combined attack against the rebels because not all people in eastern DR Congo are FDLR rebels

January 12, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg1994, congo, DRC, FDLR, Genocide, Kabila, Kagame, Kikwete, Rebels, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Tanzania, war

“As a country (Tanzania) we won’t be ready to join any combined attack against the rebels because not all people in eastern DR Congo are FDLR rebels,” Bernard Membe, Tanzania’s Minister for Foreign Affairs told the media in Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania, hence rejecting, for some observers, the urgency of conducting military operations against Rwandan rebels and refugees based in Eastern Democratic… 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

Rwanda Militia Commander ‘Tired Of War’

September 24, 2014 Global Authorcongo, DRC, FDLR, international community, Obama, Obama Law, Rwanda, Rwandan militia, war

The commander of one of the Rwandan militia hiding out in the eastern Congolese mountains has told Sky News his men will not disarm without guarantees for their safety. Colonel Bonheur – as he called himself but which is almost certainly not his real name – said his band of soldiers would be forced to continue fighting unless a political… Read More

RWANDA ON THE BRINK OF WAR AS UNITED STATES AND UNITED KINGDOM FACE A DIFFICULT CHOICE

September 20, 2014October 20, 2016 Global AuthorBarack Obama, FDLR, Genocide, John Kerry, Prime Minister Cameron, RNC, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa, UK, UNSC, USA, war

An Open Note to President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron Your Excellences, In 1994 both of you were still young in distinguished political journeys that eventually placed you at the pinnacles of power in the United States and the United Kingdom. You recall that 1994 was a watershed moment in Rwanda that gave birth to a national tragedy-that of genocide-… Read More

Ex-DR Congo warlord Mutebusi dies in Rwanda

May 12, 2014 Global Authordead, DRC, DRC warlord, Mutebusi, Nkunda, Rwanda, war

Jules Mutebusi (R) pictured alongside General Laurent Nkunda (L) on 04 june 2004, after their troops overran the town of Goma. AFP KINSHASA – Jules Mutebusi, a former DR Congo rebel leader often described as a Rwandan proxy, has died in Kigali where he had been exiled for a decade, relatives and officials said Sunday. “He died on Friday evening in… Read More

In Rwanda, Finding Echoes of Germany

May 11, 2014 Global AuthorGenocide, Germany, Holocaust, impunity, Rwanda, war

I MOVED to Nairobi last year for a challenge and to try something new. I thought that reporting from all over East Africa would be nothing like my previous assignment covering Central Europe from Berlin and I was excited to leave behind the stolid German Finance Ministry and embark on bumpy jeep rides through lush jungles and desert dunes. If… Read More

DR Congo faces food insecurity despite aid

May 11, 2014 Global AuthorDRC, food crisis, Malnutrition, Starvation, war

In war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, aid is not turning into food security – leaving populations close to famine. Bureaucracy can lead to food sitting in warehouses while local communities face hunger Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo – When the World Food Programme delivered aid to internally displaced people in the camps nearest to… Read More

Three MSF Staff Among 16 Civilians Killed at Central African Republic Hospital

April 28, 2014 Global AuthorCAR, Central Africa Republic, Doctors without Borders, Genocide, war

AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK, April 28, 2014 – Sixteen civilians, including three national staff members of the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), were killed during an armed robbery on MSF hospital grounds in the northern town of Boguila in the Central African Republic (CAR) on Saturday, April 26. The incident occurred when armed ex-Seleka members surrounded Boguila’s… Read More

CAR refugees in Chad: “What’s happening right now is unacceptable”

March 18, 2014 Global AuthorCAR, Chad, MSF, refugees, war

“It is critical to recognise that the vast majority of these persons have fled violent situations in order to save their own lives” SARAH CHATEAUHEAD OF MISSION, CHAD 18.03.2014 Refugees fleeing the Central African Republic (CAR) have to endure a long and torturous journey to escape the violence in their home country. Unfortunately once they reach Chad, their struggles… Read More

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