Sources in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) inform AfroAmerica Network that Rwandan rebels have been reinforcing in the Kivu, the province Eastern DRC.
According to the sources, Rwandan rebel troops were seen in the areas of [click to continue…]
On December 16, 2012 the Paris Appeals Court issued a ruling against the Rwandan Government in its case against former Rwandan Public Works Minister Rafiki Hyancinthe Muhindo Nsengiyumva. The case had been going on since Mr Rafiki Nsengiyumva was detained in France following an INTERPOL notice initiated upon the request of the current Rwandan government. He had initially has been cleared on September 28, 2011, by French courts of the accusations leveled against him after the Rwandan government failed to bring in allocated period the requested formal accusations. Rwandan government then appeared. He was accused of participating in or leading 1994 Rwandan massacres.
On November 28, 2012, [click to continue…]
Thulani Madondo is one of the founders and an Executive Director for the Kliptown Youth Program (KYP), in South Africa. He is responsible for communicating with various stakeholders, including corporations, non government organizations (NGO), government institutions, and volunteers, and is responsible for fundraising.
For more, visit the link: Thulani Madondo, AfroAmerica Network Black Man of Year 2012.
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She is known as the “woman against voter suppression.” But also, the woman who drove the movement to get the President Barack Obama elected in the State of Ohio. Her name is “Nina Turner, Ohio State Senator who represents the 25th District.
For more visit the link :Nina Turner: AfroAmerica Network Black Woman of Year 2012
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On Tuesday December 11, 2012 afternoon, the United States House of Representatives held hearings on the crisis in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the support by the Rwandan Government and Military to the Congolese rebels known as M23. Those who testified include US Assistant Secretary of African Affairs Johnnie Carson, Enough Project Co-Founder John Prendergast, Former Coordinator of UN Group Experts on the DRC Steve Hege, and Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. They testified in front of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights.
From the hearing briefs and the documents received by AfroAmerica Network, major themes were developed by those who testified in front of the US Congress: [click to continue…]
Rwandan UN Special Envoy to Guinea-Bissau Joseph Mutaboba has been recalled to New York and has been briefed by UN Security Council. According to sources at the United Nations, his recall has been in the book for more than six months after it was found he had made serious professional mistakes. The sources have confirmed to AfroAmerica Network that his replacement is already waiting an official appointment and will join Guinea Bissau.
The news on his impending firing was first reported by reported by AfroAmerica Network [click to continue…]
Rwandan President General Paul Kagame has decided to send more troop reinforcements to M23 Congolese rebels. The troops, selected among the Rwandan elite and special forces, will be officially pursuing Rwandan rebels, but the mission is, in reality, making sure that M23 rebels are reinforced when the Kampala negotiations among M23 rebels and the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) collapse.
From AfroAmerica Network sources within Rwandan Defense Forces, the deployment of 1,000 Rwandan Defense Forces soldiers started mid last week. They crossed the border into DRC from Kinigi, in Northen Rwanda. The fresh troops are under the command of [click to continue…]
AfroAmerica Network has been talking to sources inside Rwanda and especially in the Northwestern region, where Rwandan rebels have recently been clashing with Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF). From the sources, despite the brave face put on by Rwandan military and political leaders, the situation is worse than depicted: thousands of civilians have fled their homes and refused to go back, the Rwandan currency (Rwandan Franc or RWF) is collapsing, the Rwandan government, the private sector and NGOs have discretely started massive layoffs, and businesses, faced with mounting inflation and reduced consumption, are closing doors or have put expansion and investment plans on hold. Rwanda is heading towards collapse, unless Rwandans leaders change the course.
General Paul Kagame’s Law of the Jungle.
The Rwandan President General Paul Kagame likes to cite the following law of the jungle: [click to continue…]
Sources close to Rwandan rebels inform AfroAmerica Network that Rwandan rebels have vowed to continue attacking the Rwandan government Defense Forces (RDF) after they successfully launched attacks on the Rwandan army in Mutura, Northwestern Rwanda, on November 27, 2012.
The attack, first reported by AfroAmerica Network (see our article Rwandan Rebels Attack RDF in Mutura; UN Expresses Intention to Sanction Rwandan Leaders of November 27, 2012), [click to continue…]
Sources in Gisenyi, Rwanda tell AfroAmerica Network that Rwandan rebels have attacked Rwandan government forces, the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) troops in the Mutura region bordering the volcanos. The clashes started [click to continue…]
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