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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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Kivu Boiling: Rwanda Rearming CNDP and Serufuri’s RCD As Tshisekedi Is Expected to Win Elections

December 2, 2011

The situation is tense in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo following the rumors that early counts show the veteran Congolese Etienne Tshisekedi has overwhelmingly won elections. Since yesterday, the military officers of the former Rwandan backed rebels, CNDP and Serufuri’s RCD have been mobilizing their militants against what they call the “upcoming Western DRC [...]

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The West and South Africa Working on Succession Plan in Rwanda, DRC, and Uganda

November 24, 2011

AfroAmerica Network has learned that the West and South Africa have been developing power succession plans for three countries in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Uganda. The plans, already in advanced stages, include three scenarios: Succession through elections Succession through peacefully handing over power Coup-d’etat [...]

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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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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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Vindicated: Ms Agathe Habyarimana’s Extradition Case Overturned by French Courts.

September 28, 2011

The widow of the assassinated late Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, Ms Agathe Habyarimana, has been cleared by French courts and may no longer face extradition to Rwanda. The Rwandan government, whose leader General Paul Kagame is accused of assassinating his predecessor, has been lobbying the French government and judicial system to have the widow extradited [...]

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Wikileaks: US Embassy in Kinshasa on RUD-Urunana and RPR Leaders: Part 2

September 4, 2011

Our Part 1 on Wikileaks cables allegedly from the US Embassy in Kinshasa describe the position of the US Embassy on the Kisangani process and its somewhat guarded support. Over the year  2008, Rwandan rebels based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) had engaged in negotiations with the DRC government with the facilitation [...]

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The Dilemma of Dictators: Part III

August 19, 2011

In our previous discourses titled the Dilemma of Dictators Part I and Part II, we contrasted a few African dictators with a figure from the Hebrew Bible and looked at the dilemmas faced by dictators. We then put forward propositions on how to overcome the dilemmas. Since then, a lot happened.  Laurent Gdagbo of Ivory [...]

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US AFRICOM to Focus on National Security

August 17, 2011

“We’re going to focus more on the threats to national security,”  Navy Capt. Edward Bradfield, AFRICOM’s regional chief for western and central Africa told the media after the US Defense announced deep cuts in spending, due to US budget constraints. The cuts will not only impact several AFRICOM programs initiated under the concept of “soft [...]

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