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Rwanda

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: Do not politicize Memories, Honor and Rebuilding

April 28, 2013

Do not politicize Memories, Honor and Rebuilding by Felicien Kanyamibwa, PhD Usually, around this time I write a piece on a topic dear to my heart. As I was thinking about the compelling thoughts I should share,  I surprised myself:  I found myself  reading a speech by  General Paul Kagame of Rwanda. On April 7, [...]

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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 Infighting Leaves Tens of Dead; Rwandan Rebels Fight M23 Rebels

February 25, 2013

Sources within Congolese M23 Rebels tell AfroAmerica Network that infighting between General Sultani Makenga’s and General Bosco Ntaganda’s factions have left tens of dead, mostly M23 rebel troops. Several injured rebels are being treated in hospital in Rutshuru. The infighting follows a failed assassination attempt on Share on Facebook

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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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UN Experts on DRC, Belgian Bernard Leloup and Moldovan Marie Plamadiala, targeted by Rwandan Government.

February 14, 2013

Sources at the United Nations in New York inform AfroAmerica Network that the Rwandan government has mounted a forceful lobby campaign targeting UN Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The relations between Rwandan Government and UN Experts on the DRC have soured since last year after the experts published a report documenting [...]

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Ex-Rwandan Ambassador and Minister Setting Up Armed Opposition?

January 27, 2013

Sources within the Rwandan Military Intelligence (DMI) services inform AfroAmerica Network that a former ambassador and minister within the Rwandan Patriotic Front government is forming an armed opposition. The armed opposition is to be based in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and potentially in Northern Burundi. According to the sources, the former ambassador [...]

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NGOs Leaving Rwanda Due to Cuts in International Aid?

January 16, 2013

Sources within the Rwandan Government in Kigali, Rwanda tell AfroAmerica Network that several Non Government Organizations (NGOs) have started to shut down their offices and leaving Rwanda. The flight of the NGOs is consecutive to the drastic cuts in international aid by several Western Governments, including Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, the United States, The Netherlands, [...]

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No FDLR Combatants Have Returned to Rwanda, FDLR Sources Say

January 9, 2013

Sources close to FDLR say that no FDLR combatants have returned to Rwanda, contrary to statements by Rwandan officials. According to officials from the Ministry of Disaster and Refugee Affairs, especially Frederic Ntawukuriryayo, the communications officer and the Chairperson of the Rwanda Demobilisation and Reintegration Commission (RDRC), John Sayinzoga, members of the Rwandan rebels of [...]

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UN Special Envoy in the Great Lakes: Will 2013 Bring Peace in Eastern DRC?

January 6, 2013

Year 2013 has just started. After a lull in political activities in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the Holidays, the momentum is picking up in Eastern DRC, in the Great Lakes Region, at African Union, and at the United Nations. There is a buzz in all the fronts: political, diplomacy, military. On [...]

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