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.

26 May 2014

[AfricaWatch] Re: The Zimbabwe Standard - Mugabe, Kagame: A comparative analysis

 

"Kagame on the other hand believes that he is the only one who knows
what is good for the people of Rwanda and he has the credentials to
prove his point, namely a thriving economy", The Zimbabwean Standard.
 
This so-called Rwanda's thriving economy is a myth in all aspects.
 
As I said it before, in today's Rwanda, poverty is widespread and has become endemic. The apparent economic growth which does not translate into higher buying power for the Rwandan people is mostly due to massive international aids during these past two decades, the looting of the DRC and to many unjustified taxes and fees the Rwandan people have to pay on a regular basis. 
 
The article says that "Rwanda's economy is "alleged" to have directly benefitted, with reports
of the creation of the so-called Congo Desk where mining companies
were allegedly taxed and minerals sold for the benefit of Rwanda".
 
It's not just allegations. It is true that Rwanda's economy has tremendously benefited from the plundering of Congo's resources (mostly minerals and  woods).
 
That's why with the defeat of M23 in DRC last year and the suspension of some foreign aids to Rwanda, the so touted Rwanda's economic prosperity is crumbling.
 
The education and healthcare systems which should reflect such an economic growth have been paralyzed for so many years and would need an urgent and complete overhaul.  
 
The Rwandan opposition and the civil society should put more effort at dismantling such a myth that surrounds Rwanda's economy.
 
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Until the summer of 2002, senior members of the Rwandan armed forces would plunder the DRC's mineral reserves, achieving great personal wealth and enriching their homeland. The figures speak for themselves. Rwandan diamond exports increased from 166 carats in 1998 to 30,500 two years later.
 
In 2000, revenue from coltan – a metal used in the manufacture of electronic products – was thought to amount to US$ 80-100 million, equivalent to official defence expenditure. A UN panel of experts found that during 1999 and 2000, the RPA made US$250 million in the space of eighteen months.
 
Similarly, senior members of the Rwandan military made a fortune at a personal level. In August 1999, the Ugandan People's Defence Force (UPDF) and Rwandan military, supposed allies, clashed in Kisangani. The battle is thought to have been caused by antagonisms over the control of diamond fields. In 2001, the UN Security Council condemned this activity as the illegal 'plunder of Congo's resources'.
 
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Subject: *DHR* The Zimbabwe Standard - Mugabe, Kagame: A comparative analysis

 
Mugabe, Kagame: A comparative analysis

The Zimbabwe Standard - 1 hour ago
May 25, 2014 in Editorial

Both Robert Mugabe and Paul Kagame are celebrated freedom fighters who
gallantly fought their way to leadership of their respective countries
after protracted wars.

Sunday Opinion with Farai WT Taderera

Mugabe left home for Mozambique to join the liberation war against
colonial rule while Kagame started as a high-ranking officer in the
Ugandan Army before he left to lead the Rwandan Patriotic Front on its
assault against the French-supported Hutu government of his homeland.

Politics
The post-genocide transitional government of national unity of Rwanda
took office in 1994 headed by Pasteur Bizumungu as president, but only
responsible for home affairs, while Kagame was the defacto ruler as
both vice-president and minister of defence, with an added
responsibility of foreign affairs.

Later on in the late 1990s Kagame began to publicly disagree with
Bizumungu, accusing him of mismanagement and corruption so much that
the president resigned and the Supreme Court appointed Kagame as the
Acting-President. He proceeded to appoint a commission which drafted a
new constitution that was approved by referendum in May 2003.

Among its many laws, the new constitution also sought to prevent Hutu
or Tutsi hegemony over political power by prohibiting the formation of
political parties along any tribal or ethnic lines.

It is this law that Kagame used to silence opposition in his efforts
to preserve unity. For example, the Democratic Republic Movement
(MDR), the second largest party after the RPF in the transitional
government, was banned after it was found guilty of spreading divisive
ideology by a parliamentary commission.

Bizumungu, who had gone on to form an opposition political party which
was hounded out of existence, was later arrested and only released by
presidential pardon in 2007.

Kagame was elected for his first seven-year term as President in
August 1993 according to the new constitution, after silencing and/or
co-opting members of the opposition into the RPF.

Currently serving his final second term, allegations abound of his
crack teams in pursuit of opposition elements who flee for safety to
neighbouring countries in the region.

Kagame appears in no hurry to retire as he scoffs at critics when
asked whether he will change the constitution in order to run for a
third term. He insists that countries should be left to decide their
own destinies and that he was not elected to leave office, but to do
business on behalf of the Rwandans.

Mugabe came to power as Prime Minister in 1980 and seven years later,
amended the constitution to make himself President.

In pursuance of his quest to create a one-party state, he coerced the
only opposition then, Zapu, into his Zanu PF party; a process that was
never really consummated at grassroots level despite the official
rhetoric and the cosmetic appearance of unity.

Since then general elections have been religiously held, with the
outcome always in his favour, especially from the year 2000 with the
advent of formidable opposition from the Movement for Democratic
Change (MDC) led by trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai.

Any talk of regime change is viewed as treasonous despite the fact
that, that is what elections are all about; a process to challenge the
ruling party and replace it with another through the will of the
majority.

The war in the DRC

The two were protagonists on either side of the Congo War where Kagame
fought to topple Laurent Desire Kabila while Mugabe defended the
Congolese leader.

Human Rights groups and other independent organisations have accused
both parties of plundering the host country's mineral wealth.

Rwanda's economy is alleged to have directly benefitted, with reports
of the creation of the so-called Congo Desk where mining companies
were allegedly taxed and minerals sold for the benefit of Rwanda. In
the case of Zimbabwe, it is reported that only senior army and
government officials personally benefitted from the plunder.

On the economy

Shortly after assuming the Presidency, Kagame launched Vision 2020, an
ambitious economic development programme consisting of a list of
projects for the government to transform the highly impoverished
agro-based economy into a middle income country before the year 2020.

As a result, annual economic growth averaged 8%, Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) per capita increased from US$567 in 2000 to US$1 592 in
2013.

With 90% of the population in agriculture, Vision 2020 has resulted in
the service sector alone contributing 43,6% of GDP while tourism is
the leading foreign exchange earner with 16% of visitors being from
outside Africa.

On the business front, the Rwanda Development Board asserts that a
business can be authorised and registered in 24 hours; hence the
country ranks 52 out of 185 countries in the world and three out of 46
in sub-Saharan Africa for its overall ease of doing business.

Transparency International ranks it eight out of 47 in sub-Sahara and
66 out of 178 in the world on its corruption index.

On the contrary, Zimbabwe has embarked upon so many economic
blueprints, including a Vision 2020 of its own, and even the latest,
Zim Asset which is still to be launched with all its attendant
shortcomings; this is more than six months after the last elections.

Average annual income has reduced drastically from US$950 in 1980 to
below US$400 by the year 2003. One of the earliest development
projects, the Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (Esap), was
abandoned midstream.

Even the Land Reform Programme with all its lack of planning,
shortcomings and haphazard launch, is still heralded as a monumental
success notwithstanding the glaring evidence of food shortages and
economic decline.

On a 2010 list of the top 10 countries in the world led by Liberia and
Mongolia, Transparency International rated Zimbabwe as the fourth most
corrupt.

Conclusion

The two men believe they have the divine right to rule until "they
have accomplished their tasks".

Mugabe will not lift a finger to create the right atmosphere for
investment and development of Zimbabwe.

Instead, he looks at such initiatives from a political standpoint; any
economic development that takes place must recognise his unfettered
rule and comply with programmes that perpetuate his political life.

He has made it known that he is not going anywhere any time soon as he
reserves the right to stand again in 2018.

Kagame on the other hand believes that he is the only one who knows
what is good for the people of Rwanda and he has the credentials to
prove his point, namely a thriving economy.

He does not see why he should step down if he is delivering for his people.

The people in turn do appreciate what he has done for them, but
believe that at the end of the day, democracy must prevail and he
should accordingly pass the baton when his second and final term
expires in 2017.

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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.