International Justice and Crimes

Embattled New Times CEO Joseph Bideri Fired

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, Share on Facebook

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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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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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Herman Cain, AfroAmerica Network Man of Year 2011

December 18, 2011

Herman Cain, AFROAMERICA NETWORK MAN OF YEAR 2011. He is perhaps better known as the “999” man, after his original proposition on how to overhaul the United States tax system. Black man, born in poor but, according to Cain “happy” black family on December 13, 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee, his father held many jobs as [...]

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Trials of FDLR Leaders at the International Criminal Court (ICC) Collapsing

December 17, 2011

As predicted in our  August 19, 2011 article titled “ Trials of FDLR Leaders Face Hurdles” (click here) , the trials at the International Criminal Court at the Hague of FDLR leaders have started to collapse. In a  December 16, 2011 statement from the ICC, the judges have dismissed the case against Callixte Mbarushamina, the former [...]

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Veteran Congolese Politician Etienne Thisekedi Very ill, Sources in Kinshasa Say

December 14, 2011

Sources in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have informed AfroAmerica Network that Veteran Congolese opposition politician Etienne Thisekedi is very ill. According to the sources, Mr Etienne Tshisekedi has been bedridden since the publication of the controversial results of the November 28, 2011 elections, in which, according to the Congolese electoral commission, CENI, [...]

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Mai-Mai Cheka Slapped with Sanctions by the UN Security Council

November 30, 2011

On 28 November 2011, the United Nations Security Council has slapped the notorious Congolese warlord, Ntabo Ntaberi also known as Mai-Mai Cheka or Sheka, of sanctions. The UN accuses him of carrying out attacks on mines in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including taking over the Bisiye mines and extorting from locals. Mai-Mai [...]

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French Judge To Confirm Habyarimana Juvenal Plane Shot Down by RPF

November 1, 2011

Sources close to the French Judiciary system tell AfroAmerica Network that the French Judges Marc Trevin and Nathalie Poux will soon publish their 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. The assassination of the two [...]

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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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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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