Global Issues

UDPS President Etienne Tshisekedi to Form a Parallel Government

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 [...]

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

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. [...]

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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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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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Dr Susan Rice – AfroAmerica Network Woman of Year 2011

December 18, 2011

Dr Susan Rice, AFROAMERICA NETWORK WOMAN OF YEAR 2011. She is known to be the one woman in the world dictators, especially African dictators fear the most; from the late General Mobutu Sese Seko Wa Zebanga, to the old generation Zimbabwean Robert Mugabe to the new breed of African dictators, like General Paul Kagame of [...]

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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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Congo’s Ripoff: How Joseph Kabila and Paul Kagame Stole Congolese Elections

December 10, 2011

The Electoral Commission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC) known as CENI has declared the incumbent President Joseph Kabila the winner of November 28, 2011 elections. According to the CENI, he obtained 49% of the vote against 32% for veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi. The rather “expected-unexpected” results appear to have thrown the Congolese [...]

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