Dictator

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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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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Libyan Colonel Muamar Gaddafi and Rwandan General Paul Kagame: The Parable of the Mote and the Beam

July 28, 2011

Libyan Colonel Muamar Gaddafi and Rwandan General Paul Kagame of Rwanda: The Parable of the Mote and the Beam On July 22, 2011 Rwandan President General Paul Kagame addressed a youth militia in Gako, a dusty town in South Central Rwanda. The town is mostly occupied by a huge high security military academy known as [...]

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The Dilemma of Dictators: Part II

March 24, 2011

In our discourse titled the Dilemma of Dictators Part 1, we set a stage by contrasting a few African dictators with a figure from the Hebrew Bible. In this second part, we will continue by looking at the dilemmas faced by dictators and propose how to overcome them.  We focus on how dictators come to [...]

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The Dilemma of Dictators: Part 1

March 24, 2011

On October 8, 2010  AfroAmerica Network published a discourse titled  “A Case For General Paul Kagame: the President of Rwanda”.   Following the publication, AfroAmerica got a lot of comments from the readers. Some reproached AfroAmerica Network of having turned  pro-Kagame, others said we showed our bias against the regime  led by General Paul Kagame and [...]

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Museveni: Dictators Must Negotiate

March 24, 2011

In a statement received by AfroAmerica Network (see statement here ), President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has made public his position that dictators must negotiate is they care about their people and would like to bring peace in their country. According to President Museveni of Uganda, Colonel Muamar Gaddafi of Libya needs to hold a [...]

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PRESIDENT OBAMA URGES SOUTH AFRICA TO SUPPORT OPPOSITION IN AFRICA

September 23, 2010

Today September 23, 2010, US President Barack Obama delivered remarks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York (here) and urged countries like South Africa to support opposition, human rights activists and dissenters across the World.  Building on yesterday’s remarks at the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Summit, President Barack Obama underlined the requirement for [...]

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What Would Rwandan Paul Kagame Do?

August 11, 2010

By David O’Brian, AfroAmerica Network Editor.Cartoon: credit AgaculamamuKibundaAfroAmerica Network has been following with ambivalence the election process in Rwanda. Ambivalence because for one, in the absence of a serious challenge, Paul Kagame was a sure successor to himself, and most importantly because, despite our persistent criticisms of how Paul Kagame is leading Rwanda, AfroAmerice Network [...]

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Captain Gakwerere: Resume of A Professional Assassin

August 5, 2010

Rwandan Intelligence Operative  Captain Francis Gakwerere: A Resume of a Professional Assassin The South African Ambassador to Rwanda, Gladstone Dumisani Gwadiso, has been recalled for consultations to Johannesburg, the South African Director General of Foreign Affairs, Ayanda Ntsaluba, told the press in Johannesburg today. The recall deepens the simmering row between  Rwanda and South Africa. [...]

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