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UN International Brigade of Intervention for Eastern Congo: Even if it was…
SADC seeking to be included in the peace talks on the Democratic Republic of Congo convened by the US Secretary of State John Kerry
After Adolf Hitler had caused havoc in Europe invading and occupying other countries, instead of only watching him make his territorial conquests, the rest of the world felt threatened by his ambitions. This explained the reason other countries came together to fight him. Would've not been illogical for Nazi Germany to claim that the coalition against it aimed at destabilizing it? Of course, it was aimed at limiting the damages Germans were doing to other nations.
Paul Kagame, after causing the Rwandan genocide which took more than 500,000 lives, and the ongoing Congolese genocide with an already high death toll of almost 8 million people, if not more, it surprises to hear Rwanda complaining at the UN saying that there is a UN force with intentions of destabilizing its territory. They are definitely masters in the game of always playing the victim.
I don't recall how many years it took to the rest of the world to put a coalition against Hitler, but it is long due for the UN to come up with a force that would stop for good what the Rwandan president has been doing for so many years in the Great Lakes region. Nearly 23 years have passed since his Rwandan Patriotic Front forces invaded Rwanda from Uganda.
That Kigali tries today to sideline SADC group of countries in peace talks about security in the Democratic Republic of Congo, pretending that the newly established UN international brigade of intervention intends to harm Rwanda; these are the politics of diversion. The contingent of the unit comprises Tanzanians, South Africans and Malawians.
Despite all the damages caused in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda of President Paul Kagame is aimed at pursuing the status quo which enables it to plunder Congolese resources, this since 1996, the year it entered ex-Zaire under the AFDL banner with other looters: Uganda, Burundi and global multinational interested in strategic mineral resources.
Even if the UN brigade of intervention for Eastern Congo was aimed at destabilizing Rwanda, there would be many strong grounds in favour of such move, considered the millions of lives which have been lost both in Rwanda and DRC, and especially in the latter country where evil strategies of decimating populations for generations to come are being applied by Kagame's funded militias and rebel forces.
Unfortunately, so far, there is no indication to envisage that that brigade intends to go after Kagame and his forces. It does not have the capacity and the mandate. Can this change at some stage in the upcoming future? This is the real question.
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Africa Realities Media exposes that system.
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Africa Realities Media is rooted in one principle: African lives deserve equal truth, equal justice and equal protection.
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Africa Realities Media speaks to Africa and to the developed world. Many abuses facing African people are committed by African states and ruling elites, but they are often protected by international silence, lobbying, public relations, trade interests, migration deals and unequal global accountability. While governments pay lobbyists to present a good image abroad, ordinary African people continue to face violence, hunger, disease, poverty, repression and exclusion. We challenge the normalisation of African suffering and demand equal truth, equal justice and equal protection.
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Africa Realities Media s’adresse à l’Afrique et au monde développé. De nombreux abus subis par les peuples africains sont commis par des États africains et des élites dirigeantes, mais ils sont souvent protégés par le silence international, le lobbying, les relations publiques, les intérêts commerciaux, les accords migratoires et une responsabilité mondiale inégale. Tandis que des gouvernements paient des lobbyistes pour présenter une bonne image à l’étranger, des Africains ordinaires continuent de faire face à la violence, à la faim, aux maladies, à la pauvreté, à la répression et à l’exclusion. Nous contestons la normalisation de la souffrance africaine et exigeons une vérité égale, une justice égale et une protection égale.
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Our work is designed to trigger debate, discomfort and action. We do not only expose injustice; we work for policy and systems change.
We want governments and institutions to address the root causes of inequality, disadvantage, discrimination, exclusion and barriers affecting African people. We believe lasting change must be shaped by people with lived experience.
Exposing Injustice in Africa
Africa Realities Media is an independent African accountability platform based in London. We report, analyse and challenge the systems that shape African suffering, silence African victims and protect abusive power.
We are not here to repeat diplomatic language. We are here to ask the questions that are often avoided: why are African deaths treated as normal? Why are African victims given less urgency? Why are governments that imprison, exclude, displace or kill their own people protected when they serve powerful international interests?
Africa Realities Media gives space to writers, researchers, experts, activists, community voices, campaigners, analysts and people with lived experience who want to contribute thoughtful, responsible and courageous content about the changes needed in the region, as well as the political, economic, cultural and social African realities that are often ignored, minimised or misrepresented.
Our articles and videos aim to encourage debate, raise awareness, stimulate critical thinking and support reflection. We seek to help people in the Great Lakes Region understand their rights to human rights, development and wellbeing, while also encouraging decision-makers to be more transparent, responsive and accountable.
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