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.

15 Dec 2013

A TERRORIST YESTERDAY AND A HERO TODAY - IN THE SHADOW OF MANDELA’S LEGACY

A TERRORIST YESTERDAY AND A HERO TODAY - IN THE SHADOW OF MANDELA'S LEGACY
Nelson Mandela in prison
By Freddy Wangabo MweneNgabo
Executive Director, ECAAIR
339 York Street, Unit B08
Fredericton, Canada
Postal Code, E3B 3P5
Tel: +1(506) 259-4440
Website: www.ecaair.org

13 December 2013

Today, we celebrate the life of President Nelson Madiba Mandela. The world has lost a true leader, Africa has lost a true son and South Africahas lost a father. The sacrifices made by Mr. Mandela for his nation South Africa are great examples and a source of inspiration for all the young and old across nations. For those of us from countries under occupation and brutality such as my homeland Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) we truly have a lot to learn from Mandela.

Mr. Mandela was an anti-apartheid revolutionary born on 18 July 1918 and who died on 5 December 2013.  He was married to Everlyn Ntoko Mase whom he divorced in 1957; Winnie Madikizela whom he divorced in 1996 and his current wife Graca Machel (married in 1998) the window of the former Mozambican President Samoral Michel. Mr. Mandela is the father of 8 children.

In 1962 he was arrested, convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the state, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Mr. Mandela served over 27 years in prison, initially on Robben Island, and after Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison.  He was released in 1990, thanks to local escalating civil strife and international pressure on the government of the moderate apartheid President Frederik W. de Klerk with whom Mr. Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize later in 1993. In 1994, Mr. Mandela became South Africa's first black president serving only a 4 years term ending in 1999.

I can't imagine what Mr. Mandela had to go through spending 27 years in jail and servitude for the sake of his nation. As a former political prisoner myself in my home country ("the very very Democratic" Republic of Congo-DRC), I can identify with the torture and trauma he must have had to endure over the years. 

There are a lot of inspirational sacrifices made by Mr. Mandela which can serve as learning examples for all nations and ages and I find particularly fascinating his abilities to unify South Africa with a vision of a Rainbow nation, and his desire to forgive and reconcile not only ensured harmony and peace but also served to heal the wounded ones.     

 Mr. Mandela has also been very brave and vocal in defending other oppressed nations. His voice to free Palestine from the oppressive hand of Israel came at a time when he desperately needed the support of the pro-Israel western powers. This move was seen as provocative, politically unconventional, and socially and economically unacceptable by western nations especially by the United States and their western allies. In addition, in 1990 and 1991, Mr. Mandela consecutively visited Presidents Muammar Qaddafi of Libya and Fidel Castro of the communist nation ofCuba. Although Cuba and the United States of America have got a lot in common and there are many reasons and gains for shaping their diplomatic relations with each other, it can be argued that the Cuban-USA relations have been at times bitter, hypocritical, dangerous and combative. Therefore at the time it was a very bold and principled stand for any leader to visit Cuba least of all Mr. Mandela. As a result some people viewed Mr. Mandela as a traitor while others viewed him as a terrorist.

Until 2008, Nelson Mandela was on the U.S. terrorist Watch List and was designated a terrorist for challenging apartheid and his fight for equality and freedom of his people. It was therefore an interesting twist of fate to hear Mr. Barack Hussein Obama, the U.S. President praising the good work of Mr. Mandela during his speech at the Nelson Mandela Memorial Service in South Africa this week and would no doubt have brought a smile of satisfaction to Mandela's face.

On a personal level I remember, in Fredericton, New Brunswick-Canada; at the time I was deciding to observe a hunger strike against injustices in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) being told by my boss that I would be put on the list of terrorists and never be allowed to travel. It is therefore gratifying and inspirational to me personally to learn fromNelson Mandela's life and example.

MANDELA'S FAILIRES AND WEAKENSES

Nevertheless I still find it striking seeing how Mandela's story is now being fictionalized to make one universal truth.  Although I regard Mr. Mandela as a true South African freedom fighter and a peace maker at the same time I know that like any leader he had his failures and weaknesses including some of his deliberate political omissions and unusual silence over injustices, wars and genocide in other parts of the world.

 Mr. Mandela's deliberate political omissions and silence over injustices in some of these instances can be seen as siding with the oppressors and examples can be drawn from the Rwandan Genocide.

 On April 6, 1994, when Rwandans started brutal killings of each other; the world stood idly by and watched the slaughtering. Lasting over 100 days (3 ½ months), the Rwanda genocide left approximately 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus dead.  Mr. Mandela, though he had power and influence as an African statesman did not do enough to either prevent or stop this genocide in Rwanda at the time. Mr. Mandela's silence and lack of actions were similar to that of his trusted friends Mr. Bill Clinton at that time President of the USA, Mr. Tony Blair at that time Prime Minister of theUK and Mr. Koffi Annan at that time United Nations General Secretary. Although these four leaders have accepted guilt over the Rwandan genocide for their lack of actions during the genocide they have in compensation set a goal to support and maintain their groomed friend, Paul Kagame President of Rwanda, in power in spite of the high human cost he has been involved in throughout the whole the Great Lakes Region of Africa.    
The other indisputable truth about Mr. Mandela's silence can be drawn from my homeland, the Democratic republic of Congo (DRC).

Since 1998 to date, the DRC has been devastated by war sometimes referred to as the "African world war" killing between 5.4 and 8 million people, with over 2, 5 million internally displaced, 2 million forced to cross the boarders as refugees, thousands of children coerced by fighting militia groups and 48 women raped every hour at least for the reported cases. The war in Democratic Republic of Congo is also known as the world's deadliest since the World War II.  
While some people may argue that Mr. Mandela was not vocal on the Rwandan genocide and did not take actions to either prevent or end it, because he was newly in power then and he had to be cautious; the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was completely different.

The war crimes, the genocide and the multiple invasions of Democratic Republic of Congo as documented by numerous reports including those by the United Nations have all taken place with Mr. Mandela very well positioned to intervene and make a lasting legacy for the poor Congolese people.

Considering that Mr. Mandela left presidency in 1999, with his profile and respect among nations at a height; more than anybody else on earth Mr. Mandela had nothing to lose and indeed had a moral responsibility to defend peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Given the magnitude of atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo it will be very hard to argue that Mr. Mandela knew about injustice in Palestine and not the injustice and genocide that was going on in my country the Democratic Republic of Congo. His silence therefore in the face of the Democratic Republic of Congo situation was all the more baffling and at odds with his global stance and profile. It was also all the more striking when we as Congolese remember contributions Mobutu and the Congolese in general had made towards the ANC's fight against apartheid long before it became fashionable to be identified with the cause. I remember president Mobutu's speech of 1973 at the United Nations General Assembly being the first of its kind in exposing and condemning the apartheid regime of South Africa. In that same speech Mobutu condemned and broke diplomatic relations with Israel for allowing a state visit to Israel by the foreign affairs minister of South Africa Dr. PieterMulder.   

I may confidently assert that Mr. Mandela's silence and failures to speak up against the proxy wars, invasions, mass killings and genocide that were perpetrated against Congolese has significantly contributed to my peoples suffering in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has led most Congolese to view him as having identified, joined and stood with our oppressors against us.

Being from the Greats Lakes Region of Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo in particular and being involved in many struggles to free my nation; while Mr. Mandela presents to me a challenge to forgive and reconcile communities, I can also say that Mr. Mandela had his failures and weaknesses and like many leaders, his mistakes came at a greater cost to some poor people and nations. The story of his legacy therefore cannot simply be narrated in a one sided reality that is "Black and white".

I can empathize with the people of South Africa in their recognition of Mr. Mandela as their hero and share in their moment of grief for his passing on and I certainly respect and adore his courage to free his nation, but as a Congolese of conscience I would struggle to see him in quite the same way as my hero or the father of African liberty like he is being portrayed to be by western nations and media.

Finally, I believe Mandela's role in the Democratic Republic of Congo's conflicts is relevant to us as Canadians in view of our material and resource contributions towards maintaining MONUSCO, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, our stance for global peace and even more importantly our extensive corporate investments in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I believe it behooves all Canadians to be well informed and maintain a balanced view of issues affecting my country the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

About the Author:

Freddy Wangabo MweneNgabo is a renowned human rights activist from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) currently living in exile inCanada since 2009. Before coming to Canada he has been jailed several times in the DRC because of his work for human rights.

Last year, in Canada, he observed a 48-days hunger strike to influence the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to either boycott or take a leadership role through the 2012 Francophone Summit in Kinshasa if the government there cannot conduct its business by respecting democratic principles and stopping atrocities against civilians.  

With regard to the above article, Freddy Wangabo MweneNgabo particularly finds it striking how Mandela's story is knowingly being written as a fiction to make one universal truth. 

Although Mr. Freddy Wangabo MweneNgabo regards Mr. Mandela as a true South African freedom fighter and a true peace maker, at the same time, he is aware of Mandela's failures and weaknesses including some of his deliberate political omissions and unusual silence over injustices, wars and genocide in other parts of the world.

Should you have any question, concern or would like to discuss this article with him, please feel free to contact him at wangabof@yahoo.fr.

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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.