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30 Jan 2015
Blair’s links to Rwandan President Kagame must remain secret – Foreign Office
[AfricaRealities.com] DRC: Martin Kobler welcomes military operation against FDLR by radiyoyacuvoa on SoundCloud
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[AfricaRealities.com] USA: Open letter to Bloomberg News re Lorettta Lynch and the ICTR
Open letter to Bloomberg News re Lorettta Lynch and the ICTR
RE: Bloomberg News Report: Rwanda Tribunal Taught Loretta Lynch Real Power of Prosecutors
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29 Jan 2015
[AfricaRealities.com] Rwanda--Victoire Prize 2014: Letter from Ann Garrison
Letter from Ann Garrison, on sharing the Victoire Prize ... I can't imagine a greater honor than the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Democracy and Peace Prize I can't imagine a greater honor than the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza D... | |||||||
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I can't imagine a greater honor than the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Democracy and Peace Prize
"Victoire Ingabire does not believe in invading the neighbors. She believes in living peacefully with your neighbors, and if there is a conflict, resolving it peacefully. If Victoire Ingabire was allowed to run for president in Rwanda, and she won, there would be a major change in how Rwandans and Congolese live as neighbors, because that would be the end of Rwanda invading Congo." Claude Gatebuke, Rwandan Genocide survivor and Executive Director, African Great Lakes Action Network.
"If there's one person in the world that Kagame fears today, it is Victoire Ingabire. Because Kagame is a military man, he knows how to fight wars. So anybody who tries to go fight him militarily, Kagame's ready for that. What he is not ready for is an unarmed woman standing up and saying, 'I'm here for democracy. I'm here for human rights. Please let these people be free.'" Aimable Mugara, Rwandan Genocide survivor and human rights activist.
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27 Jan 2015
[AfricaRealities.com] UN TribuneRwanda and Yemen Among Eight Countries to Lose UNGA Voting Rights » UN Tribune
Jan. 26, 2014 – Rwanda and Yemen are among eight countries to have their General Assembly voting rights suspended over non-payment of dues.
These countries have fallen foul of Article 19 of the UN Charter, which states that countries will lose their UNGA vote if their "arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years."
Rwanda completed a two-year stint on the Security Council on Dec. 31, 2014. It is the fifth biggest troop contributor to UN peacekeeping operations.
Minimum payments of $69,948 from Yemen and $7,636 from Rwanda are required to get their voting privileges back, according to a letter from Ban Ki-moon to the president of the General Assembly. Liberia is also listed in Ban's letter but he has since informed the GA that Monrovia has made the necessary payment.
Macedonia is also among the countries currently without a General Assembly vote. It will have to make a minimum payment of $24,606.
In total, 12 countries are not in compliance with Article 19, but four of those, including Guinea-Bissau and Somalia, can still vote as the GA decided that inability to pay is beyond their control.
The eight countries currently without a vote in the General Assembly:
1. Yemen
2. Grenada
3. Kyrgyzstan
4. Marshall Islands
5. Rwanda
6. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
7. Tonga
8. Vanuatu
Rwanda has been assessed dues of $54, 271 for 2015 while Yemen's dues are $271,357 for the year.
- Denis Fitzgerald
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The facts of killing: how do we write about the Rwandan Genocide?
The facts of killing: how do we write about the Rwandan Genocide?
Twenty years on, we still struggle to comprehend the trauma.
attacked her with machetes and killed three of her five children.
Photograph: Jenny Matthews/Panos
Story of Rwanda and Genocide
David Belton
Doubleday, 333pp, £16.99
Everything reminds me of the past. I go to Kibuye, I drive past men and I think, did you kill my mum and my brothers? Did you? And you? I go to a wedding and I have to make the speech as the head of the family and I know it should be my dad speaking. The killers killed one million people. This is not a joke. This is not an idea.Jean-Pierre
Goma refugee camp, eastern Zaire (now Congo), 1994.
Photograph: Mikkel Ostergaard/Panos
“Don’t talk to me. Get away. Who are you to ask me these questions? I can go anywhere I like. Go. You.”Jean-Pierre’s voice got bigger, challenging not just the man but all the silent stares of those who had stopped to gawp.“Who are you? Where were you? I was here.”