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.

13 Nov 2014

[AfricaRealities] Fw: [OurWorldView] Women As Instruments Of Peaceful Elections – The Osun Case Study By Ojoma Akor

 


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Women As Instruments Of Peaceful Elections – The Osun Case Study

By Ojoma Akor
unwomen_logoThe active engagement of women in peace building processes at all levels contributes in no small way to sustainable peaceful co-existence among people and having peaceful elections.
More so, ensuring peace and non violence during elections is key to having free and fair elections. It allows the right people to get into power, helps in providing political equality and building quality democracy.
It also encourages women to participate and contest in elections as electoral violence has been identified by experts as one of the major impediments to women's participation in politics and voting during elections.
During the last Osun State gubernatorial election, women's capacity as powerful agents of peace and security during elections was brought to bear in the state through the Women's Governance Accountability Platform (WGAP) Project, an elections accountability initiative of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN).
Through the project, women under the leadership of the Iyalode of Oshogbo (The highest female title) Chief Bernice Kolade conducted advocacy visits to key leaders, political, religious and traditional in the states for peaceful elections.
Women were trained to participate as observers and also was created a women's situation room. They sensitized people on peaceful and violence free elections, had engagements with political parties, youths, the media and groups among others.
The Women's Governance Accountability Platform (WGAP) Project was designed to monitor, report and document gender based violence in elections with Osun state as the pilot state during its august 9 gubernatorial elections.
It is geared towards promotion of peaceful and non-violent elections while increasing the active participation of women in democratic and electoral processes.
It also supported women's expertise in mobilizing, and leading peace initiatives and actions to prevent or mitigate potential conflicts and threats during and after the Osun state elections. It was piloted in Osun state by the Women's Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) with the support of UN Women.
Last Thursday the report and outcome document of the project in Osun state was launched by UN Women in collaboration with the Women's Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) at Oshogbo, Osun State.
UN Women Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Dr Grace Ongile during the lunch said it is remarkable that over 60 percent of voters during the August election in the state were women.
She said if women had stood for positions during the elections there was a high chance they would win with such huge number of women voters.
Ongile who was represented by the Officer in charge of the project, Desmond Osemhenjie, said the project was piloted in Osun state to see how women could be used as instruments of free and fair elections, adding that with what was recorded during the gubernatorial elections, there will be free and fair elections in the 2015 General Elections in the state and more women coming out to contests.
She said UN Women has made arrangements to support women who come out for elections, is supporting constitutional review for affirmative action, and independent candidates, and policies that will favour women to participate in the 2015 General Elections.
She said the report was launched to enable all stakeholders who participated in the project to see the outcome.
According to the Report, the project provided opportunity for women in the state to lead peaceful processes in the August elections , strengthen dialogue mechanisms and enhance capacity of gender equality advocates and civil society to promote women's political participation.
"The 2014 Osun state Governorship Election was generally adjudged to be free, fair and credible by majority of the observers. There were less incidences of gender based electoral violence. The project no doubt contributed to the peaceful outcomes of the election, women were properly mobilized and reports showed that they constituted over 60 percent of voters," the report said.
Earlier, Executive Director of WARDC , Mrs Abiola Akiode had decried the few number of women holding elective positions in the state saying that their numbers have to be increased, particularly in the house of assembly where there is no woman.
She said the launch of the report provides an opportunity to identify and engage women who will be participating in the February 2015 General elections, to reflect that it will be free and fair and that women will vie in the elections.
The representative of the Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) Osun state chapter at the event, Mrs Tijani Simbiat said women's participation in politics is building structures for future generations.
She said society should not look at woman who contest elections as being of easy virtue saying women will help eradicate corruption in the country when they occupy positions. She urged women not to hesitate to come out to contest positions and also support one another.
The Iyalode of Oshogo, Bernice Kolade called for fund raising ceremonies to be organised for female aspirants saying what women need to vie for elective positions is money.
She thanked UN Women and WARDC for all its efforts for Osun women in respect of governance.
A board member of WARDC, Mrs Funmilayo Thomas urged the stakeholders to go to the grassroots to engage women especially with the primary elections approaching saying it is the right time to encourage women to participate.
Various stakeholders cutting across representatives of political parties in the state, the media, civil society organizations, market women association, women focused non-governmental organizations and religious organizations among others, made the following suggestions on how to increase the number of women in politics and that more of them vie for positions in the 2015 elections:
Women should indicate interest in participating in politics, be confident and do away with the fear of risks.
Men should be enlightened to allow their wives to contest and women themselves should be enlightened that politics is not dirty as they think. They should;
– Organise a summit for female aspirants and enlighten them on politics;
– Change the orientation of some people that women politicians are prostitutes;
– Involve religious and traditional rulers in sensitizing the people.

Stakeholders should also pay advocacy visits to government, political parties and sensitize women on radio and other mass media.





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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.