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.

5 Mar 2014

[AfricaWatch] Women keeping Rwandans’ hope alive

 


"I am several people in one person", explains Angelique Umugwaneza when she is asked who she really is.

Angelique Umugwaneza - Author of "Les Enfants du Rwanda" and survivor of the genocide committed against Hutu refugees between 1996 and 2003 in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Angelique Umugwaneza – Author of "Les Enfants du Rwanda" and survivor of the genocide committed against Hutu refugees between 1996 and 2003 in the Democratic Republic of Congo

You've well read. However the person making such statement is far from suffering any apparent personality disorder. In fact her life experience would've predisposed her to such mental health issue considered what she went through.

Angelique Mugwaneza is one of the few Hutu survivors of the long walk through the Congolese forests [1996 to 2003] who after their suffering thought of writing a public testimony of what they experienced. As Rising Continent is dedicating this month to the role of women in society, we decided to feature her in this post. But in the context of the Rwandan recent history she is not the only one who needs being highlighted.

Twenty years have passed since 1994. From January 7th, 2014 the official Rwanda is remembering the national tragedy in big fashion displays of discriminatory nature among the victims. Millions of innocent Africans' lives were wasted when evil spell took over the region. One can still smell it around. It has not yet evaporated despite the number of years which have gone since.

Joseph Matata, Co-ordinator of CLIIR[Centre de Lutte contre l'Impunite et l'Injustice au Rwanda] likes stressing that: "One cannot discriminate among the dead and at the same time be of any good to the living." He only implies here the different apartheid like policies which characterize the Rwandan Patriotic Front [RPF], favouring Tutsi in every aspect of the Rwandan society, even when the whole nation is remembering officially what happened in 1994.

Presently there is plenty evidence that demonstrates that more Hutus than Tutsis were killed before, during and after the 1994 genocide against Tutsis. After RPF took power, it embarked on several segregationist policies against Hutus. These policies are even today being steadily implemented. Among them is the infamous Gacaca judiciary system which aimed at officially criminalizing all adult Hutus who had survived targeted massacres and dispossessing them of their properties. The result of the policy has been that today more than 1.5 million Hutu males have been officially labelled genocidaires and are consequently being treated as such by the RPF government. Those who have not done their time in prison are still there. Many died in jail or immediately after their release.

These victims have families: wives and children, and sometimes orphans to care for from related families. Their dependents are intentionally deprived of the most basic fundamental rights: health, housing, education or employment. Once out of jail, the victims can no longer participate in the life of their society because of the genocide stigma. They automatically become second-class citizens. Their lives are thereafter at the mercy of the arbitrary.

Victoire Ingabire, the Rwandan imprisoned icon of democracy; she is in jail since October 14th, 2010 and was sentenced for 15 years in prison on December 13th, 2013.

Victoire Ingabire, the Rwandan imprisoned icon of democracy; she is in jail since October 14th, 2010 and was sentenced for 15 years in prison on December 13th, 2013.

In the midst of all these injustices certain women stand up and voice the plight of the victims. Victoire Ingabire, chairperson of FDU-Inkingi is one of them. Journalists Agnes Uwimana and Saidati Mukakibibi who were imprisoned for their articles in their newspapers are some others. There are as well millions of Rwandan women across the country who are Hutu in their majority, but also Tutsi that RPF system does not favour because of where they were before 1994 – those whose parents did not go in exile after the social revolution of 1959 and continued living harmoniously with Hutu are labelled as betrayers by those who returned after the RPF victory. All these Hutu and Tutsi victims are struggling day after day to survive without a husband to support them because their partners are either in prison, have died, been murdered during the 94 genocide or through other atrocities thereafter that targeted specifically Hutus.

Starting from 1996 with the destruction of Hutu refugees camps of North and South Kivu in Eastern Congo, we see other Rwandan women survivors who attest of an exceptional courage despite adversity. According to the Mapping Report published in October 2010, the world community has today proof that killings of genocide nature of hundreds of thousands of Hutu refugees by RPF soldiers took place between 1993 and 2003 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. These are ironically the same soldiers that the UN has been sending around Africa in peacekeeping missions.

Among the Hutu victims fallen in the Congolese forests, the majority were women, children and elderly. However, by some divine protection, Marie Beatrice Umubyeyi and Angelique Umugwaneza – though the latter was still a teenager-, managed to survive and could put down in writing their stories. Angelique Umugwaneza recently published "Les Enfants du Rwanda", which is a touching story of courage of a human being that everything is against but where, by some unexplainable fate goes through the horrible experience relatively safely and finally emerges strengthened.

In the following long excerpt from the French online news outlet leJDD, we reproduce what its editor says about Angelique Umugwaneza and her book.

"Why I survived, I do not know."

Why me? Why not others? This is the burning question in all survivors. "Why I survived, I do not know. Luck, fate, this is the big question. I've seen people fight against their fate and abandon, and others die. I realize today I was among the weakest, yet here I am. I felt great guilt when it came to the writing of this book." Even at the sole thought of her brother that she had to leave behind. "At the time I seriously thought that that was the best thing to do for him. Letting him to join us in the unspeakable journey, he would not have survived." Still, Angelique asks her brother, who yet ultimately survived, if he is not angry about what she did. The answer is always the same inscrutable and unchanging: "No, why?". Angélique stands up. She has tears in her eyes. She who has crossed forests after forests on thousands of kilometers of distance, saw death, experienced hunger, lost her loved ones [mother and brother], is so alive today, does not support such moment of weakness which only makes her so human. "What I did was not morally acceptable," she whispers. Her brother is studying in Kenya; she pays for her studies.

Angélique has never returned to Rwanda. "This is not a priority. And with this book, I'm not certainly welcome." She knows where her father is: in Rwanda, but she has not seen him in 20 years. Her sister with whom she has survived and who lives in Oslo, she does not see her more either. In this sense, Angelique is right that the history of genocide in Rwanda did not stop there suddenly, after the massacres. Her family has been dislocated, as did her identity. She has gone from refugee status to being citizen.  Today, she is Danish of Rwandan origin, but still looks at this world (this white world) which saved her yet, suspiciously. "They (UN and humanitarian organizations) have abandoned us there." Angelique gives nothing. Paradoxically, she admits that her life with whites is not easy. "I do not know what they think of me." A subject of intense discussion with Peter who wants to make her understand that identity is not a matter of color but of culture. But Angélique also admits that even in Africa, she feels foreign. In Rwanda, men killed other men. In this madness, they provoked forced displacements of innocent women and children. Angélique Umugwaneza was lost along the way but then found a piece of her destiny. But her, who is she really? "I am several people in one person."

In this long note dedicated to Rwandan women confronted

Nadine Claire Kasinge - Spokesperson of the presidential candidate Father Thomas Nahimana of Ishema Party, for the elections scheduled for 2017.

Nadine Claire Kasinge – Spokesperson of the presidential candidate Father Thomas Nahimana of Ishema Party, for the elections scheduled for 2017 in Rwanda.

with adversity, on the political front, particularly of the Rwandan opposition, on top of the Rwandan icon of democracy Victoire Ingabire, there are other figures like Marie Madeleine Bicamumpaka from FDU-Inkingi or Nadine Claire Kasinge from Ishema Party. In other political parties there are Marie Mukamwiza from RDI-Rwanda Rwiza and some others.

Overall, Rwandan women bear the hope of their nation. The general assessment is however that there are not enough of them among politicians of the opposition seeking change in Rwanda. Understandably change does not necessarily emerge from one and only sector of society. It has to be a conjunction of movements undertaken from every area of concern. While those already on the political scene might be struggling to occupy fully their right and dignified place in society, we invite those who think they can bring their contribution to rebuilding sustainable foundations of a different Rwanda from what we see today. Please don't be shy. You are truly needed and would most be welcome, supported and celebrated. 

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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.