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RDC: l'ONU salue les redditions des FDLR Jeune Afrique - 13 hours ago 31/05/2014 à 11:05 Par AFP       Des rebelles hutu rwandais dans la fôret de Panga près de Goma en RDC, le 6 février 2006.© AFP La Mission de l'ONU en République démocratique du Congo a encouragé un processus de redditions de combattants hutu rwandais des FDLR commencé vendredi dans l'est du pays mais a souligné que seul le temps pourrait déterminer le sérieux de l'initiative. Réfugiés dans l'est de la RDC depuis 1994, les rebelles des Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda (FDLR) sont accusés d'avoir participé au génocide des Tutsi, qui a fait au moins 800.000 morts selon l'ONU. Vendredi, 105 hommes se sont rendus avec 100 armes à Kateku, localité agricole à environ 220 kilomètres au nord de Goma, la capitale de la province du Nord-Kivu. "Pour la première journée, c'est un bon dé...
CANADA'S REFUSAL TO ALLOW UGANDAN LGBT ACTIVISTS INTO THE COUNTRY SPEAKS TO A WIDER HYPOCRISY By Muna Mire May 29 2014 A contingent of Ugandan LGBT activists were recently denied visitor visas to attend World Pride 2014, which will be held in Toronto this summer. The move comes as a surprise given the Canadian government's strong, condemnatory stance on Uganda's repressive regime criminalizing homosexuality. The contingent of activists comprised of ten men and women who are all currently risking their lives in the fight for LGBT rights on the ground in Uganda—were invited to a human rights conference at the University of Toronto taking place June 25-27. Just one member of the contingent, keynote speaker Dr. Frank Mugisha, a highly prominent advocate and a 2014 nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, is able to come to Canada on a multiple-entry visa he had been issued for previous travels. Bre...
Comatose Burundi Student to be Flown Home: Brutally Beaten up in Punjab. IBTimes (India) - World 12:07 30-May-14May 30, 2014 16:35 IST Photo: Yannick Nihangaza, a Burundi national, had come to India to study Computer Science. It's been over two years that Burundi national Yannick Nihangaza has been lying in a vegetative state in India, where he had come to pursue higher studies. However, the Punjab government has finally decided to bear the cost of flying Yannick back to his country in an air ambulance. On 22 April 2012, the 24-year-old, who was pursuing a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Lovely Professional University (LPU), was attacked by nine youngsters in Jalandhar, in what is believed to be a racially provacated ambush. Yannick was brutally beaten up and left for dead. The attack left Yannick in a comatose state, and it is understood that the youngster has no chance of ever making it ...
"But in response Membe hit back when responding to MPs' views, accusing the shadow minister of acting on behalf of a foreign country." Tanzania Foreign Minister. Voilà la triste réalité de la politique contemporaine aux Grands Lacs Africains. On est rendu à "acheter" l'opposition pour qu'elle pose des questions embarrassantes au parlement! Mais comme c'est souvent le cas quand on use ses culottes sur les bancs de l'opposition, le chien aboie et la caravane passe... Sibomana Jean Bosco. Rwanda Top Stories Congo unveils tender for exploitation of methane gas on Lake Kivu Reuters 20:24 30-May-14 The nation must take charge of its destiny Times LIVE 23:50 30-May-14 Dar, Kigali face off over Congo conflict... again The East African 15:07 31-May-14 Tanzania-Rwanda relations may worsen - MPs ippmedia.com 07:18 31-May-14 Rwanda National Congress goe...
Rwanda National Congress goes for new faces in party elections  The East African, 3 hours ago By Joint Report The EastAfrican Posted Saturday, May 31 2014 at 14:51 IN SUMMARY Party announced that it will not participate in the 2017 presidential elections. Save for Dr Theogene Rudasingwa, a former director of Cabinet in President Paul Kagame's office, the opposition group said former officials will serve the party in other capacities. Observers say omission of two former senior state officials who still cause unease in Kigali could be a calculated move to remove "most wanted men" from the party's leadership. The Rwanda National Congress, an exiled opposition group operating from Washington, last week held elections that injected fresh blood into the party's leadership. However, the party announced that it will not participate in the 2017 presidential elections because it wan...
Kigali, Dar face off again over DRC conflict   Diplomatic tensions between Tanzania and Rwanda appeared set to escalate as the two countries once again traded accusation over the latter's alleged backing of rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. TEA Graphic The East African, 4 hours ago By JOINT REPORT The EastAfrican Posted Saturday, May 31 2014 at 14:51 IN SUMMARY This is not the first time the countries are trading barbs. Tension was initially sparked off by President Jakaya Kikwete's suggestion that the Rwandan government should hold peace talks with the FDLR rebel group to end violence in the eastern DRC. Sources say the soured relations between the two vitiates the atmosphere required to promote the integration process during Heads of State Summit needed to sign off on key protocols. Diplomatic tensions between Tanzania and Rwanda appeared set to escalate as the two c...
Rwandan rebels begin to surrender, but demand talks with Kigali Photo: A militant from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) squats near a pile of weapons after their surrender in Kateku, a small town in eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), May 30, 2014. (Reuters) - Rwandan rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo began what they claimed was the first step in disarming their fighters on Friday, but warned that continuing the process would depend on the government in Kigali agreeing to talks. Kigali needs to come to the table now. I agree with the Kigali line that you do not negotiate with terrorists and that is the only possible way to describe the FDLR. This partial surrender however changes the dynamics somewhat and if Rwanda is serious about cleaning this mess up now is the time to compromise. The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) ...
Tanzania-Rwanda relations may worsen - MPs IPPmedia - 12 hours ago BY POLYCARP MACHIRA 31st May 2014 Photo: Ezekiel Wenje A war of words between Tanzania and Rwanda may soon resurface as the parliament was this week dragged into discussing tension between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Relations between Tanzania and Rwanda took a plunge in May 2013 following President Jakaya Kikwete's appeal to Rwanda to engage FDRL rebels in talks. Media reported that Kikwete's suggestion at a meeting of the Great Lakes countries, which met on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, did not go down well with Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Rwandan government links the FDLR with the 1994 genocide, in which over 800,000 people, mainly Tutsis and moderate Hutus, were killed. M23, which dominated the North Kivu Province since the end of the Second Congo War in 2003 b...
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T outes les dictatures dirigées par les tueurs sont stables en apparence. Au Rwanda il y avait aussi la stabilite avant Kagame, mais cela ne lui a pas empeche de prendre les armes. Tous les pays de l'Afrique du Nord étaient stables et vous savez ce qui se passe maintenant. La Syrie était aussi stable. La Birmanie est aussi stable ? Et alors ? Qui trompe qui ? From: Veronika Kirimumpuzu <veronika_kirimumpuzu@yahoo.com> To: "musajados@yahoo.fr" <musajados@yahoo.fr>; Samuel Desire <sam4des@yahoo.com>; Agaculama Kibunda <agaculama_mu_ikibunda@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, 28 March 2014, 12:00 Subject: Re: *DHR* Claudine Vidal, faux sociologue. "Utagira isoni ntamarwa?" le sociologue ne peut en aucun cas, soutenir une violence ne plus une dictature le sociologue c'est un médecin de la société....il doit savoir découvrir les maux que souffre la société. il doit savoir disti...
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http://www.congoplanet.com/2014/03/25/news/2084/south-africa-jacob-zuma-extends-deployment-sandf-dr-congo-monusco.jsp Zuma extends deployment of SANDF troops in DR Congo More Sharing Services Share Previous article | Next thepresidency.gov.za - March 25, 2014 President Jacob Zuma of South Africa President Jacob Zuma has informed Parliament that, in terms of section 201(2)(c) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, he has extended the employment of members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for service in fulfilment of the international obligations of the Republic of South Africa towards the United Nations. One Thousand Three Hundred and Forty Five (1345) SANDF members were employed in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the period 01 April 2013 to 31 March 2014 to participate in the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) as part of the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB). Six (...
U.S. to step up efforts to hunt down bloodthirsty Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony A NEWS AGGREGATOR THAT COVERS THE WORLD'S MAJOR WARS AND CONFLICTS. MILITARY, POLITICAL, AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS ARE ALSO COVERED. OCCASIONALLY WE WILL HAVE OUR OWN OPINIONS OR OBSERVATIONS TO MAKE. Joseph Kony is the African warlord made infamous by the 2012 documentary Kony 2012 Kony has been indicted by the UN killing and mutilating innocent civilians and kidnapping thousands of children, forcing them to be soldiers and sex slaves Kony has not been definitively seen in quite some time President Barack Obama has ordered troops and aircraft to Uganda to help local authorities hunt Kony By DAILY MAIL REPORTER PUBLISHED: 04:57 GMT, 24 March 2014 | UPDATED: 12:06 GMT, 24 March 2014 Wanted: Ugandan forces hunting for warlord Joseph Kony (pictured) have hailed the arrest of one of his top commander's as an 'intellige...
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----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "agnesmurebwayire@yahoo.fr" <agnesmurebwayire@yahoo.fr> To: Democracy_Human_Rights@yahoogroupes.fr Sent: Monday, 31 March 2014, 11:20 Subject: *DHR* «J'ai assisté à la préparation de l'attentat qui a déclenché le génocide» Pierre Péan – marianne.net Jean-Marie Micombero, ancien haut gradé du Front patriotique rwandais, accuse Paul Kagamé, actuel président du Rwanda. Son témoignage crucial sur les événements de la journée du 6 avril 1994 contredit les affirmations de Kigali et les conclusions de l'instruction française. « Le 6 avril 1994, j'étais à Kigali, dans le bâtiment du Parlement, appelé CND, où était installé, depuis les accords d'Arusha [actant le partage du pouvoir en août 1993 entre le président et les rebelles du Front patriotique rwandai...
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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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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?
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