October 2011

The Dilemma of Dictatorts Part V: Focus on Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea

October 28, 2011

Part IV of AfroAmerica Network’s series: The Dilemma of Dictators focused on arguably the most ruthless, corrupt, and cunning dictator that Africa has ever known: the self styled General Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda. As we write this, the extent of his appalling human rights record and massacres and his empire of corruption is being [...]

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The Dilemma of Dictators Part IV: One Down, More to Go: Focus on Paul Kagame of Rwanda

October 23, 2011

In Part III of our series, the Dilemma of Dictators, we urged dictators to break the cycle of violence and fade away in peace, instead of being haunted by the ghosts of their crimes for years in dark cells, if not killed in the process, meeting the same fate as Samuel Doe, Nicolae Ceausescu, and [...]

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Rwandan Defense Forces Troops Attack and Loot Rutshuru and Masisi in Eastern DRC

October 22, 2011

AfroAmerica Network correspondents in North-Kivu province of Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and in Kigali, Rwanda report that the units of the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) that have been infiltrating the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have started military operations and looting in the areas of Rutshuru and Masisi. The Rwandan Defense [...]

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US Based Enough Project Requests Elite Forces to Attack FDLR Leaders

October 14, 2011

The US based Enough Project is requesting that troops composed by elite forces be formed to deal with FDLR military leaders. At the same time, Enough urges the US Government to “work at a senior level with Rwanda and donor countries to design a specialized demobilization, dialogue, and economic reintegration program for mid-level FDLR commanders.” [...]

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General Paul Kagame Assassinated President Juvenal Habyarimana, Former RPF Secretary General and Kagame’s Chief of Staff Says

October 1, 2011

On October 1, 2011, Major Dr Theogene Rudasingwa, former Secretary General of the Rwandan ruling party, Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), Ambassador of Rwanda to the United States, and Chief of Staff for President Paul Kagame has revealed, in a press release to the media obtained by AfroAmerica Network, that the current Rwandan President is directly [...]

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Rwandan Intelligence Services Behind So-called King Kigeli’s Army

October 1, 2011

Over the last six months, AfroAmerica Network has been conducting an extensive journalistic investigation on what the Rwandan government has been calling King Kigeli’Army. Rwandan government officials have been accusing King Kigeli’s Army of seeking to overthrow the RPF government and replace it with the monarchy. Several people, mostly from the ethnic Tutsi minority have [...]

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Colonel Yave, Rutshuru FARDC Commander Escapes Assassination [Updated}

October 1, 2011

Yesterday, AfroAmerica Network correspondents in North-Kivu province of Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported that Rwandan troops had killed FARDC Army commander in charge of the Rutshuru military operations sector. According to the latest news, it appears that the commander, Colonel Yave, survived the assassination attempt by special forces of the Rwandan Defense [...]

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