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Politics and International Affairs

M23 Congolese Rebels Reinforced by Rwandan Defense Forces Target Goma

May 22, 2013

On Monday May 20, 2013, Congolese Rebels known as M23 reinforced by Rwandan Defense Forces troops launched attacks on positions held by Congolese Government forces, FARDC around Goma. The attacks, in preparation since late April 2013, threatened Goma, the provincial capital of North-Kivu Province and have sent scores of displaced into the jungles or already [...]

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Rwanda: Under International Pressure, General Kagame Increases Budget for External Intelligence

May 13, 2013

Sources within the Rwandan government inform AfroAmerica Network that General Paul Kagame has ordered a large increase in the budget allocated to External Intelligence Services. Photo: Professor Linda Melvern in Stockholm on April 11, 2012 defending Human Rights Record of Rwandan Government. According to the sources, General Paul Kagame ordered the increase after an extensive [...]

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Peace in Great Lakes Region Needs Active Role Of Women, UN Envoy Tells UN Security Council

May 7, 2013

“I Intend to mobilize the women of the [African] Great Lakes Region countries to play an active role of the PSC [Peace Security and Cooperation] Framework,” UN Envoy to the Great Lakes Region, Ms Mary Robinson told the United Nations Security Council this Monday May 6, 2013. Ms Mary Robinson made the statement while briefing [...]

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Rwanda: La Mémoire, l’Honneur et La Reconstruction Ne Sont Pas à Politiser

April 28, 2013

La Mémoire, l’Honneur et La Reconstruction Ne Sont Pas à Politiser par Felicien Kanyamibwa, PhD. Habituellement, à cette époque j’écris un article sur un sujet qui me tient à cœur. Au moment  où j’essayais de m’imaginer quelle pensée je devais partager avec les autres, je me suis surpris moi-même: je me suis retrouvé entrain de [...]

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M23 Rebels High Command Orders Kidnapping of South African Military Troops

April 13, 2013

Sources with M23 Rebels told AfroAmerica Network that their High Command has ordered the kidnapping of South African Military troops preparing the deployment of the Intervention Brigade. photo: M23 Rebels in Rwanda. The meeting to approve the kidnapping was held at the headquarters of M23 Rebels in Bunagana this Saturday morning, April 13, 2013. “We [...]

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UN Women: Michelle Bachelet’s Resignation Opens Hopes for Rwandan Louise Mushikiwabo

April 2, 2013

United Nations  Women (UN Women) Founding Executive Director and Former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet has resigned from her position as the head of  UN Women. Michellel Bachelet resigned after  less than three years at the top of the organization (see our article Chilean Michelle  Bachelet to Lead UN Women of September 15, 2010, here) . [...]

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What Happened to M23 Rebels Commander Colonel Innocent Zimurinda?

March 26, 2013

He is known as “the butcher of Kiwandja”, the man who led the military operations conducted by CNDP  in November 2008  and who ordered the systematic massacre of Hutu Congolese and Rwandan refugees  in Rutshuru area. Photo: Tombs of Nuns and Priests Killed  by Rwandan Patriotic Army in Kasika in 1998. He  is also known [...]

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General Bosco Ntaganda Evades Rwandan DMI Killing Squad

March 19, 2013

On May 5, 2010 AfroAmerica Network published an article titled Is Mushikiwabo Ignorant, a Liar, or disloyal? That day, the self styled Rwandan Minister Louise Mushikiwabo had made statements contradicting the Rwandan Government’s position on ethnic groups. She had dared to confirm the existence of ethnic groups in Rwanda. She was asked to revise her [...]

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UN Special Envoy in Great Lakes: Will Rwandan President Kagame Seize the Opportunity

March 7, 2013

On January 6, 2013 AfroAmerica Network first disclosed the political wranglings at the United Nations about the nomination of a UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes of Africa (see our article: UN Special Envoy in the Great Lakes: Will 2013 Bring Peace in Eastern DRC? . The idea came to fruition on February 24, [...]

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M23 General Sultani Makenga Escapes Assassination Attempt

February 23, 2013

Sources in Eastern DRC inform AfroAmerica Network that the General Sultani Makenga, the Commander of congolese rebels known as M23, has barely escaped an assassination attempt on Friday February 22, 2013. According to the sources, the assassination attempt was the work of the de facto commander of the M23 rebels, General Bosco Ntaganda. General Bosco [...]

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