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.

9 Jan 2015

Fwd: UN DAILY NEWS DIGEST - 6 January




UN DAILY NEWS from the
UNITED NATIONS NEWS SERVICE

6 January, 2015
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PEACE PROCESS IN MALI AT 'CRUCIAL STAGE' UN PEACEKEEPING CHIEF TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Progress in the political process in Mali over the last three months has been "fairly modest", with fighting continuing despite talks in Algiers that marked the first occasion when armed groups and the Government engaged in direct conversations, the head of United Nations peacekeeping operations said in a briefing to the Security Council today.

"We can say that the inter-Malian peace process is at a crucial stage," said Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, making an appeal to all parties to resolve outstanding issues in the fresh round of talks scheduled for February.

"This appeal is to everyone. There needs to be a decisive spirit here. There needs to be leadership. And there must be a willingness to compromise to reach an agreement. No one should fear that," he said.

While talks held so far had resulted in a draft peace agreement that all parties were currently examining, he pointed to an "extremely volatile" security situation in the North of the country, with "serious fighting" taking place in recent days, including an attack on Malian troops in the Ségou region, where 10 were killed, and disturbances in Gao where three were killed.

"The situation on the ground remains difficult, each side trying to escalate," he said, pointing out that MINUSMA forces had been deployed in response to the violence, facing a situation that was "very dire and costly" for MINUSMA's troops.

"No Mission has been as costly in terms of blood," he said, noting that a total of 33 MINUSMA soldiers had been killed and 109 injured and pointing out that the Mission's peacekeepers face assaults on a virtually daily basis, in the form of rocket attacks on bases and targeted attacks with improvised explosive devices.

He called on all parties to respect the ceasefire and to show good faith, both on the ground and at the negotiating table in Algiers. That required some parties to accept the need to move from their opening positions, something not everybody had done.

He said the crisis in Mali had persisted for 50 years, largely because its roots had never been addressed. That created "fertile ground for terrorism and transnational crime" and it was vital to tackle the conflict's causes. The direct involvement of the international community, specifically the UN, made it possible to re-establish the Malian State and create lasting solutions.

"Let's try not to fall into the mistakes of the past," said Mr. Ladsous, calling for courage, determination and vision.

The implementation plan would be vital for the ceasefire's credibility and MINUSMA would support the implementation, he said, acknowledging that once parties reached agreement, time would be needed for them to explain and "sell" the agreement to their constituents. The spotlight was now falling on the parties involved to show political will and energy.

MINUSMA was established by Security Council resolution 2100 (2013) to support political processes in Mali and to carry out security-related tasks. The Mission was asked to support Mali's transitional authorities in the stabilization of the country and implementation of the transitional roadmap.

In June 2014, the Council adopted resolution 2165, further deciding that the Mission should focus on ensuring security, stabilization and protection of civilians, as well as supporting national political dialogue and reconciliation. It also works to assist the reestablishment of State authority, the rebuilding of the security sector, and the promotion and protection of human rights.


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ON FIRST VISIT TO HARD-HIT NATIONS, NEW UN EBOLA MISSION CHIEF VOWS SCALED-UP SUPPORT TO END CRISIS

The new Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, arrived in Liberia today as part of his first tour of the countries in West Africa most affected by the outbreak of the virus.

On his arrival in the capital of Monrovia, Mr. Ould Cheikh Ahmed met with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as well as UNMEER and UNMIL (UN Mission in Liberia) staff. He also discussed response efforts with the wider diplomatic community.

"I want to visit the affected countries not only to see what's already been done – I know we have made a lot of progress – but to see what we can do to get to zero cases as fast as possible," said Mr. Ould Cheikh Ahmed.

"Beyond that, we also need to scale up our efforts to re-establish basic social services, strengthen health services, support economic activity and build these countries' resilience," he added.

In Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the new Special Representative of the Secretary General – who succeeds UNMEER's inaugural chief, Anthony Banbury – is tasked with assessing response efforts to stop the Ebola outbreak, and determine urgent UN priorities going forward.

Tomorrow, he will travel to Grand Cape Mount County where he will interact with local, traditional and religious leaders, as well as Ebola survivors, before heading to Sierra Leone, which along with Guinea, is among the three front line countries battling the outbreak.

During the visits, Mr. Ould Cheikh Ahmed is scheduled to meet with the Presidents of Sierra Leone and Guinea, as well as other UN Ebola Response partners. He will also visit Ebola Treatment Units and national Ebola Response Centres to see how UNMEER's coordination efforts are playing out on the ground.

As of 31 December 2014, seven of Liberia's 15 counties had reported no new Ebola cases. Still, 22 new cases were reported in Grand Cape Mount, 88 in Montserrado, and 14 in Margibi.

"The UN is wholly committed to supporting all affected and at-risk communities to contain the Ebola outbreak and end this crisis," Mr. Ould Cheikh Ahmed said today in a release.

"We need to pay special attention to the border areas. Zero cases – in Liberia and this entire region – must be everyone's goal," he added, pledging UNMEER's support to 'stand together' with the people affected and their governments until the crisis ends.

According to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) update, as of today, 06 January, 20,712 people have been reported infected and 8,220 have died from the Ebola outbreak.


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UN MISSION CHIEF APPLAUDS JOINT OPERATIONS AGAINST ARMED GROUPS IN EASTERN DR CONGO

A joint operation by United Nations troops and the Congolese army (FARDC) took control of the main bases used by an armed group actively threatening security and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's long-troubled eastern region.

FARDC troops backed by attack helicopters and the Force Intervention Brigade of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) took control of bases used by the National Liberation Front, known by the French acronym FNL, in an area of restive South Kivu Province.

"The joint operation FARDC-MONUSCO against FNL is a strong signal for all armed groups, including the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda): the only way toward peace is through voluntary disarmament," said MONUSCO chief, Martin Kobler.

His comments come as MONUSCO prepares to launch military operations against the FDLR, another armed group operating in eastern DRC, which missed a deadline for the unconditional surrender of its forces on 2 January.

They follow also a joint FARDC-MONUSCO attack against the rebel Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces in North Kivu and the arrest of Cobra Matata, leader of the Force de Résistance Patriotique de l'Ituri (FRPI) which took place over the weekend.

The FNL is a Burundian group that is deemed to pose an unacceptable threat to the security and stability in the eastern DRC and the joint offensive launched against the group was part of an operation initiated in late 2014 aiming to disarm armed groups operating in the Ruzizi plain and nearby areas.

The FNL's neutralization is considered of paramount importance for MONUSCO and the FARDC to ensure civilian security in South Kivu.

"We are prepared to fight all armed groups and protect civilians," said Major General Jean Baillaud, MONUSCO Force Commander ad interim. "This military success clearly shows FARDC and MONUSCO's capacities to conduct joint actions and their common determination to neutralize all armed groups."


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DARFUR: UN-AFRICAN UNION MISSION PEACEKEEPERS ATTACKED IN SPATE OF VIOLENCE

The Joint United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur has reported that its peacekeepers came under two separate attacks today while on patrol, both times by unidentified gunmen.

The first attack occurred in the Burumburum area, about 11 kilometres north-east of Khor Abeche, in South Darfur. Two attackers were killed in the firefight, according to the Mission, known as UNAMID.

"There was no injury to any of the peacekeepers or damage to mission property.

The Mission reports this is the second attack on UNAMID in this area in as many months," the Secretary-General's spokesperson told reporters at a Headquarters briefing this afternoon.

UNAMID's Acting Joint Special Representative, Abiodun Oluremi Bashua, commended the peacekeepers for their robust response to the attackers and called on the Government of Sudan to speedily investigate the incident and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Also today, another UNAMID patrol was attacked at a water point by a group of unidentified assailants about 5 kilometres south-west of the Mission team site in Habilla, in West Darfur.

The peacekeepers did not sustain any injuries but the attackers seized a water tanker and a vehicle.


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NEW YEAR OFFERS LITTLE CHANCE FOR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION IN SYRIA, WARNS UNICEF

Recent school closures in Raqqa and Deir-ez-Zour governorates and parts of rural Aleppo in Syria have disrupted the education of some 670,000 children of primary and lower-high school age, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported today.

Briefing the press in Geneva today, UNICEF's Christophe Boulierac warned that as the conflict enters its fifth year, 2015 will offer little chance for children's education.

Between January and December 2014 alone there were at least 68 attacks on schools across Syria, reported Mr. Boulierac. Those attacks reportedly killed at least 160 children and injured 343. But the real numbers are likely to be higher.

By the end of 2014 the conflict had affected more than eight million children, 5.6 million children inside the country and 1.7 million children living as refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt and other countries in North Africa.

For its part, the agency continues to call on parties to the conflict to uphold their responsibility to protect children, schools and other civilian infrastructure, a call which was repeated with even greater urgency as a new year began.

Now more than ever, children in Syria face the most terrible threats to their safety, wellbeing and their education, said Mr. Boulierac.

Responding to a question about the total number of children out of school in Syria, Mr. Boulierac said the latest UNICEF Education Sector analysis, carried out in partnership with the Syrian Ministry of Education estimated that between 2.1 and 2.4 million children in Syria were out of school and/or not attending school regularly.

Another journalist asked who controlled the three governorates where schools had been forced to close to which Mr. Boulierac replied that the Islamic State was believed to have control in the areas where these schools are located.

However, although the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) had ordered the closure of schools in the affected governorates, UNICEF was not necessarily reporting that the ISIL had full control of that region, he clarified, since the situation on the ground kept changing.

Responding to another question about reasons for the school closures, Mr. Boulierac said in December the ISIL issued a decree ordering education in areas under its control to be stopped, because it wanted to change school curricula.


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UN HEALTH AGENCY SAYS NO EBOLA DETECTED IN IRAQ, CALLS REPORTS OF CASES 'RUMOURS'

Despite reports of Ebola cases in Mosul in several Iraqi media sources last week, the Iraqi Ministry of Health and the United Nations health agency have confirmed today that no cases of the disease have so far been found in the country.

As well as confirming that laboratory facilities in Mosul do not have the necessary capabilities to diagnose and confirm Ebola, the Health Ministry and the UN World Health Organization (WHO) investigated through "existing surveillance networks" and through contacts in local health authorities and hospitals in Mosul.

"All sources contacted have negated the existence of any suspected cases of Ebola," said the WHO in a statement today, which also described the media reports as "rumour."

"The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization remain vigilant and have scaled up surveillance efforts to ensure early detection and safe management of any eventual suspected EVD cases in the country," the statement continued, stressing the precautionary measures being taken to ensure effective preventive programmes are in place.

The statement lists actions taken by the WHO and the Ministry of Health, including assessments of international entry points like airports and ports, strengthened surveillance at health facilities, and the development of a contingency and response plan.


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WILFRIED LEMKE REAPPOINTED AS UN SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT, PEACE

The Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke, stressed that he would continue striving to raise awareness and promote the use of sport as a tool for development and peace as his appointment to the position was extended for another year today.

Mr. Lemke, who has held the position of Special Adviser since April 2008, said he would use the year to explore ways in which sport could be used to promote positive social changes and development.

"Sport is a powerful symbol which eliminates barriers and provides opportunities for rapprochement," he said. "It does not have the power to stop tanks, but is capable of bringing people together and can be an excellent platform to open up dialogue, unite people and build trust. Sport is a bond to make a positive change in the world."

The Special Adviser is tasked with reaching out further to the world of sport, as well as leading and coordinating UN system efforts to promote understanding and support for sport as an instrument in the advancement of development and peace objectives, including the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

After a year of a football World Cup and the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, the focus in 2015 shifts to realization of the MDGs and to establishment of the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

Sport will play a continued and crucial role in the achievement of the new agenda and the Special Adviser's role as advocate and representative of the UN and sport's role in development is expected will remain of great importance.

Mr. Lemke will be assisted in his work over the coming year by the UN Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP), which acts as the UN gateway in fostering support for sport as an efficient tool in the pursuit of humanitarian, development and peace-building objectives.

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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.