Embattled New Times CEO Joseph Bideri Fired

by AfroAmerica Network on January 24, 2012

Joseph Bideri, the embattled Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-Chief of Rwandan Intelligence Services’ news media group, New Times, has finally been fired, AfroAmerica Network correspondents in Kigali report.
The New Times is an umbrella of news media controlled by Rwandan Intelligence services. It includes the New Times English daily newspaper, Read Full Article ===>

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UDPS President Etienne Tshisekedi to Form a Parallel Government

by AfroAmerica Network on January 21, 2012

The self-proclaimed President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Etienne Tshisekedi, President of the opposition party UDPS has declared that he will form a parallel government next week.
Etienne Tshisekedi, who officially lost the controversial November 28, 2011 elections (see here) to the incumbent President Joseph Kabila, declared himself President and was sworn in in his backyard on December 24, 2011, after the Congolese police Read Full Article ===>

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Rift within Rwandan Army or Comedy? General Paul Kagame Suspends Top Military Aids

by AfroAmerica Network on January 19, 2012

Rwandan President General Paul Kagame has suspended four of his top military closest aides, in what appears to be yet another sign of a rift within the Rwandan military junta.
The military officers suspended and placed under house arrest on late Tuesday January 17, 2012 include the Chief of Staff of the Reserve Force Lt. General Fred Ibingira, Military Intelligence Chief Brigadier General Rutatina, the head of External Intelligence Colonel Dan Munyuza, and an army division commander Brigadier General Wilson Gumisiriza.
According to a statement to the press by the spokesperson of the Rwandan Ministry of Defense, Colonel Joseph Nzabamwita, Read Full Article ===>

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High Military Expenditures, Low GDP per Capita in Rwanda, US State Department Report Shows

January 15, 2012

On January 10, 2012, The USDepartment of State announced Publication of 29th edition of The World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers WMEAT). The report published a comprehensive set of metrics on military expenditures and other macro economic indicators for countries around the World. According to the report, most of the rich Middle-east states and the poor [...]

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Experts Report on Assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana, a Double Edged Sword for Rwandan President Paul Kagame

January 13, 2012

The long awaited report on the April 6, 1994 shooting down of the plane carrying the Rwandan and Burundian presidents Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira and their staff was published earlier this week. The report by experts appointed by the French Judges French Judges Marc Trevin and Nathalie Poux (see our article here) has pointed [...]

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FDLR Chief of Staff General Leodomir Mugaragu Killed by a Commando

January 13, 2012

The FDLR Chief of Staff, General Leodomir Mugaragu was killed on Wednesday night January 11, 2012 by a military commando, believed to be from Rwanda but working with and under the cover of Congolese Local Defense Forces known as Mai-Mai Guides, sources within  MONUSCO tell AfroAmerica Network. The commando killed him inside his residence in an [...]

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UDPS Accuses MONUSCO of Siding with Joseph Kabila

January 6, 2012

The November 28, 2011 controversial elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were expected to draw international attention. When the international observers and community pointed out severe irregularities and frauds that could invalidate the results, the attention was heightened (see), especially when the elections results were rejected or criticized by Carter Center, Cardinal [...]

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UK Embassy Advises Citizens to Avoid All Travel to Parts of Rwanda After Grenade Attack

January 5, 2012

On January 4, 2012 the Rwanda National Police (RNP) has issued a press release confirming a grenade explosion on the evening of Tuesday, January 3, 2012 in the Gasabo District of Kigali. Following the January 3 attacks, several embassies in Rwanda have warned their citizens and advised them to take additional precautions. Hence the UK [...]

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Yoweri Museveni Reunites With The Prodigal Son General Paul Kagame

December 26, 2011

General Paul Kagame and his family spent the 2011 Christmas weekend in Uganda. The break the family took in Uganda, although barely mediatized by the press in the two countries, may nevertheless signal a major geopolitical realignment in the Great Lakes Region of Africa. In the recent days the two presidents and their two families [...]

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US Government Rejects Joseph Kabila, But Fails to Embrace Etienne Tshisekedi

December 22, 2011

The US State Department have rejected the results of the elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In an open rebuke contained in the December 20, 2011 statement, the US Statement Department says: “The United States is deeply disappointed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the electoral [...]

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