The dictator Kagame at UN

The dictator Kagame at UN
Dictators like Kagame who have changed their national constitutions to remain indefinitely on power should not be involved in UN high level and global activities including chairing UN meetings

Why has the UN ignored its own report about the massacres of Hutu refugees in DRC ?

The UN has ignored its own reports, NGOs and media reports about the massacres of hundreds of thousands of Hutu in DRC Congo (estimated to be more than 400,000) by Kagame when he attacked Hutu refugee camps in Eastern DRC in 1996. This barbaric killings and human rights violations were perpetrated by Kagame’s RPF with the approval of UK and USA and with sympathetic understanding and knowledge of UNHCR and international NGOs which were operating in the refugees camps. According to the UN, NGO and media reports between 1993 and 2003 women and girls were raped. Men slaughtered. Refugees killed with machetes and sticks. The attacks of refugees also prevented humanitarian organisations to help many other refugees and were forced to die from cholera and other diseases. Other refugees who tried to return to Rwanda where killed on their way by RFI and did not reach their homes. No media, no UNHCR, no NGO were there to witness these massacres. When Kagame plans to kill, he makes sure no NGO and no media are prevent. Kagame always kills at night.

10 Jul 2013

Labour and the Conservatives have both been too soft on Rwanda aid - Telegraph


Labour and the Conservatives have both been too soft on Rwanda aid
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame (left) with Andrew Mitchell in July 2011
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame (left) with Andrew Mitchell in July 2011
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By Ivan Lewis and Ian Lucas8:15AM BST 09 Jul 2013

Aid to Rwanda should be conditional on the upholding of human rights and a no-tolerance approach to corruption, write Ivan Lewis and Ian Lucas.

The eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo have, for many years, posed one of the toughest challenges to international law and order. Following the horrendous Rwandan genocide in 1994 and consequential cross-border impact, perpetual conflict has led to 5.4 million people losing their lives, 2.2 million displaced civilians and a permanent humanatarian crisis. A culture of impunity has meant levels of sexual violence in Eastern DRC are among the worse in the world and such violence is systematically used as a weapon of war. Weak governance and the exploitation of the enormous mineral wealth the region holds have led to the emergence of a multitude of militia groups. Extreme poverty blights the lives and life chances of the vast majority of citizens.

After a three-year period of relative stability and closer security cooperation between DRC and Rwanda, the political and security situation in Eastern DRC has once again worsened during the past year. This was precipitated by an armed rebellion by a breakaway militia from the DRC army, the M23 group which has close links to Rwanda and seized the regional capital of Goma. This happened despite the presence of MONUSCO, the largest UN peacekeeping force anywhere in the world, consisting of 17,000 troops. Unfortunately, when tested on this occasion and others the force has failed to maintain security and protect the civilian population.

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Only a coherent strategy combining security, a regional political process and sustainable long-term development has the possibility of achieving change in eastern DRC. In this context it is essential that the international community supports the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework (PCSF) initiative which attempts to bring stability and prosperity to eastern DRC. This was agreed in February 2013 and signed up to by 11 countries. The deployment of an additional African Union brigade with a more assertive mandate to strengthen UN forces together with appointment of Mary Robinson as the UN Secretary General's special envoy also offer a glimmer of hope.

Crucial to any progress in Eastern DRC is the DRC's relationship with Rwanda. The UK and Rwanda enjoy a close relationship built on partnership, trust, and respect. We recognise the horrendous and long-term scars caused by the Rwandan genocide and the significant progress the government of Rwanda led by President Kagame has made to generate substantial economic growth and reduce poverty. Rwandans value their relationship with the UK, both with this Tory-led Government and its Labour predecessor.

This relationship, however, has been tested by the suspension of UK general budget support to Rwanda in November 2012. This decision was rightly made in response to a report by the UN Group of Experts which alleged that ministers in the Rwandan government had been supporting the M23 rebels in eastern DRC.

This involvement was a breach of the partnership principles which underpin the rules by which general aid from UK to Rwanda is dispersed. These principles include a commitment by the Rwandan government to take strong action to tackle corruption, to extend accountability and transparency to their citizens, and to adhere to international obligations to respect human rights and to support peace. The British Government has made it clear that any decision to reinstate general budget support to Rwanda must clearly be informed by these partnership principles. That is why we opposed Andrew Mitchell's premature reinstatement of general budget support and welcomed Justine Greening's reversal of his decision.

Ongoing concerns relating to the registration of opposition political parties and lack of an open political culture in Rwanda has also challenged Rwanda's adherence to the partnership principles. At this crucial time, the UK should take steps to support Rwanda's progress to a more open political culture. It is unclear whether Justine Greening raised these concerns with President Kagame during her recent, low-profile visit to Kigali.

It is essential that any decision to restart direct UK funding to the Rwandan Government must be conditional on the partnership principles being upheld. More specifically, Labour will only support the reinstatement of direct UK funding if it can be demonstrated that for at least a 12-month period no direct or indirect support has been provided by the Government of Rwanda to militias operating in DRC. Recent press reports suggest an updated UN report which has not yet been published will state such support has continued, albeit on a smaller scale. This would be unacceptable. In addition, we want the Government to make it clear publically that should President Kagame seek to change the Rwandan constitution at any stage in order to seek a third term of office in 2017, this would raise serious questions about the future of UK support. We would urge other donors to send the same message.

Despite the inherent risks, Labour continues to support the concept of general budget support as a key element of progressive development policy. Supporting Governments to build effective state institutions is a key element of achieving long-term sustainable change. However, there should be more stringent conditionality than there has been under successive British governments, specifically in relation to human rights and corruption.

It is indisputable that under President Kagame's leadership Rwanda has achieved levels of growth and poverty reduction which compare favourably with anywhere in the world. However, Labour and the Tories have been wrong to give him and other leaders "donor darling" status. Too often it can fuel in those leaders an unhealthy belief that their allies will look the other way, however unacceptable their behaviour.

Equally, the DRC leadership should not suggest all their problems are connected with Rwandan interference in the East of the country. It is time they started taking responsibility for improving the lives of their citizens. It is also time donors including the UK showed leadership and moved from perpetual humanitarian assistance to a development plan which matches the scale of the challenge. The UK occupies a pivotal position and should work with neighbouring countries and the international community to deliver long overdue change. The people of Eastern DRC deserve better.

Ivan Lewis is shadow secretary of state for international development and MP for Bury South; Ian Lucas is shadow minister for Africa and the Middle East and MP for Wrexham.

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-“The enemies of Freedom do not argue ; they shout and they shoot.”

The principal key root causes that lead to the Rwandan genocide of 1994 that affected all Rwandan ethnic groups were:

1)The majority Hutu community’s fear of the return of the discriminatory monarchy system that was practiced by the minority Tutsi community against the enslaved majority Hutu community for about 500 years

2)The Hutu community’s fear of Kagame’s guerrilla that committed massacres in the North of the country and other parts of the countries including assassinations of Rwandan politicians.

3) The Rwandan people felt abandoned by the international community ( who was believed to support Kagame’s guerrilla) and then decided to defend themselves with whatever means they had against the advance of Kagame’ guerrilla supported by Ugandan, Tanzanian and Ethiopian armies and other Western powers.

-“The enemies of Freedom do not argue ; they shout and they shoot.”

-“The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”

-“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”

-“I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.”

The Rwanda war of 1990-1994 had multiple dimensions.

The Rwanda war of 1990-1994 had multiple dimensions. Among Kagame’s rebels who were fighting against the Rwandan government, there were foreigners, mainly Ugandan fighters who were hired to kill and rape innocent Rwandan people in Rwanda and refugees in DRC.

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SUMMARY : THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE BRITISH BUDGET SUPPORT AND GEO-STRATEGIC AMBITIONS

United Kingdom's Proxy Wars in Africa: The Case of Rwanda and DR Congo:

The Rwandan genocide and 6,000,000 Congolese and Hutu refugees killed are the culminating point of a long UK’s battle to expand their influence to the African Great Lakes Region. UK supported Kagame’s guerrilla war by providing military support and money. The UK refused to intervene in Rwanda during the genocide to allow Kagame to take power by military means that triggered the genocide. Kagame’s fighters and their families were on the Ugandan payroll paid by UK budget support.


· 4 Heads of State assassinated in the francophone African Great Lakes Region.
· 2,000,000 people died in Hutu and Tutsi genocides in Rwanda, Burundi and RD.Congo.
· 600,000 Hutu refugees killed in R.D.Congo, Uganda, Central African Republic and Rep of Congo.
· 6,000,000 Congolese dead.
· 8,000,000 internal displaced people in Rwanda, Burundi and DR. Congo.
· 500,000 permanent Rwandan and Burundian Hutu refugees, and Congolese refugees around the world.
· English language expansion to Rwanda to replace the French language.
· 20,000 Kagame’s fighters paid salaries from the British Budget Support from 1986 to present.
· £500,000 of British taxpayer’s money paid, so far, to Kagame and his cronies through the budget support, SWAPs, Tutsi-dominated parliament, consultancy, British and Tutsi-owned NGOs.
· Kagame has paid back the British aid received to invade Rwanda and to strengthen his political power by joining the East African Community together with Burundi, joining the Commonwealth, imposing the English Language to Rwandans to replace the French language; helping the British to establish businesses and to access to jobs in Rwanda, and to exploit minerals in D.R.Congo.


Thousands of Hutu murdered by Kagame inside Rwanda, e.g. Kibeho massacres

Thousands of Hutu murdered by Kagame inside Rwanda, e.g. Kibeho massacres
Kagame killed 200,000 Hutus from all regions of the country, the elderly and children who were left by their relatives, the disabled were burned alive. Other thousands of people were killed in several camps of displaced persons including Kibeho camp. All these war crimes remain unpunished.The British news reporters were accompanying Kagame’s fighters on day-by-day basis and witnessed these massacres, but they never reported on this.

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25,000 Hutu bodies floated down River Akagera into Lake Victoria in Uganda.

25,000 Hutu bodies floated down River Akagera into Lake Victoria in Uganda.
The British irrational, extremist, partisan,biased, one-sided media and politicians have disregarded Kagame war crimes e.g. the Kibeho camp massacres, massacres of innocents Hutu refugees in DR. Congo. The British media have been supporting Kagame since he invaded Rwanda by organising the propaganda against the French over the Rwandan genocide, suppressing the truth about the genocide and promoting the impunity of Kagame and his cronies in the African Great Lakes Region. For the British, Rwanda does not need democracy, Rwanda is the African Israel; and Kagame and his guerilla fighters are heroes.The extremist British news reporters including Fergal Keane, Chris Simpson, Chris McGreal, Mark Doyle, etc. continue to hate the Hutus communities and to polarise the Rwandan society.

Kagame political ambitions triggered the genocide.

Kagame political ambitions triggered the genocide.
Kagame’s guerrilla war was aimed at accessing to power at any cost. He rejected all attempts and advice that could stop his military adventures including the cease-fire, political negotiations and cohabitation, and UN peacekeeping interventions. He ignored all warnings that could have helped him to manage the war without tragic consequences. Either you supported Kagame’ s wars and you are now his friend, or you were against his wars and you are his enemy. Therefore, Kagame as the Rwandan strong man now, you have to apologise to him for having been against his war and condemned his war crimes, or accept to be labelled as having been involved in the genocide. All key Kagame’s fighters who committed war crimes and crimes against humanity are the ones who hold key positions in Rwandan army and government for the last 15 years. They continue to be supported and advised by the British including Tony Blair, Andrew Mitchell MP, and the British army senior officials.

Aid that kills: The British Budget Support financed Museveni and Kagame’s wars in Rwanda and DRC.

Aid that kills: The British Budget Support financed Museveni and Kagame’s wars in Rwanda and DRC.
Genocide propaganda and fabrications are used by the so-called British scholars, news reporters and investigative journalists to promote their CVs and to get income out of the genocide through the selling of their books, providing testimonies against the French, access to consultancy contracts from the UN and Kagame, and participation in conferences and lectures in Rwanda, UK and internationally about genocide. Genocide propaganda has become a lucrative business for Kagame and the British. Anyone who condemned or did not support Kagame’s war is now in jail in Rwanda under the gacaca courts system suuported by British tax payer's money, or his/she is on arrest warrant if he/she managed to flee the Kagame’s regime. Others have fled the country and are still fleeing now. Many others Rwandans are being persecuted in their own country. Kagame is waiting indefinitely for the apologies from other players who warn him or who wanted to help to ensure that political negotiations take place between Kagame and the former government he was fighting against. Britain continues to supply foreign aid to Kagame and his cronies with media reports highlighting economic successes of Rwanda. Such reports are flawed and are aimed at misleading the British public to justify the use of British taxpayers’ money. Kagame and his cronies continue to milk British taxpayers’ money under the British budget support. This started from 1986 through the British budget support to Uganda until now.

Dictator Kagame: No remorse for his unwise actions and ambitions that led to the Rwandan genocide.

Dictator Kagame: No remorse for his unwise actions and ambitions that led to the Rwandan genocide.
No apologies yet to the Rwandan people. The assassination of President Juvenal Habyarimana by Kagame was the only gateway for Kagame to access power in Rwanda. The British media, politicians, and the so-called British scholars took the role of obstructing the search for the truth and justice; and of denying this assassination on behalf of General Kagame. General Paul Kagame has been obliging the whole world to apologise for his mistakes and war crimes. The UK’s way to apologise has been pumping massive aid into Rwanda's crony government and parliement; and supporting Kagame though media campaigns.

Fanatical, partisan, suspicious, childish and fawning relations between UK and Kagame

Fanatical, partisan, suspicious, childish and fawning relations between UK and Kagame
Kagame receives the British massive aid through the budget support, British excessive consultancy, sector wide programmes, the Tutsi-dominated parliament, British and Tutsi-owned NGOs; for political, economic and English language expansion to Rwanda. The British aid to Rwanda is not for all Rwandans. It is for Kagame himself and his Tutsi cronies.

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This blog reports the crimes that remain unpunished and the impunity that has generated a continuous cycle of massacres in many parts of Africa. In many cases, the perpetrators of the crimes seem to have acted in the knowledge that they would not be held to account for their actions.

The need to fight this impunity has become even clearer with the massacres and genocide in many parts of Africa and beyond.

The blog also addresses issues such as Rwanda War Crimes, Rwandan Refugee massacres in Dr Congo, genocide, African leaders’ war crimes and crimes against humanity, Africa war criminals, Africa crimes against humanity, Africa Justice.

-The British relentless and long running battle to become the sole player and gain new grounds of influence in the francophone African Great Lakes Region has led to the expulsion of other traditional players from the region, or strained diplomatic relations between the countries of the region and their traditional friends. These new tensions are even encouraged by the British using a variety of political and economic manoeuvres.

-General Kagame has been echoing the British advice that Rwanda does not need any loan or aid from Rwandan traditional development partners, meaning that British aid is enough to solve all Rwandan problems.

-The British obsession for the English Language expansion has become a tyranny that has led to genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, dictatorial regimes, human rights violations, mass killings, destruction of families, communities and cultures, permanent refugees and displaced persons in the African Great Lakes region.

- Rwanda, a country that is run by a corrupt clique of minority-tutsi is governed with institutional discrmination, human rights violations, dictatorship, authoritarianism and autocracy, as everybody would expect.