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 Jul 2015

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"What-We-Know" and "What-We-Need-to-Know" About Health Care in Africa: A Columbia University School of Nursing Study Explores the Gap

 

A recent review of the nursing and midwifery research literature conducted in African countries over a ten-year period found that many widespread health care problems in African countries were not investigated by the published research, including infectious disease other than HIV, and non-communicable diseases such as malnutrition, diarrheal disease, hypertension and diabetes. The authors of the study suggest nursing and midwifery research focusing on health care diseases and conditions in Africa have been influenced by the agendas of funding sources.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/07/prweb12835529.htm

 

 

West Africa: Why Too Many Mothers Are Still Dying At Childbirth in West Africa

By Bosede Afolabi, University of Lagos

Maternal mortality rates in West Africa are among the highest in the world. One in every 30 Nigerian mothers die in childbirth compared with one in every 30,000 in Sweden.

This is still much better than it used to be. In Sierra Leone in the early 1990s, more than 2300 women were dying for every 100,000 babies that were born alive. In Nigeria, 1100 women were suffering the same fate. The situation in both countries has improved dramatically in the past 25 years. Sierra Leone has more than halved the number of maternal deaths to 1100 for every 100,000 births, as has Nigeria - where the rate is 576 women for every 100,000 births.

But this is still way out of kilt with developing countries. In Sweden, there are four deaths for every 100,000 births. In the US, there are 28 for every 100,000 births.

Since 1990, maternal deaths worldwide have dropped by 45%. This has been partly as a result of countries adopting the eight Millennium Development Goals. As part of meeting the goals, member countries committed to cut maternal mortality by 75% by the end of December 2015.

 

http://allafrica.com/stories/201507070536.html

 

http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/112682/2/9789241507226_eng.pdf?ua=1

 

South Sudan: UN Mission deplores killing of civilian in Organization compound

7 July 2015 – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has condemned "in the strongest terms" the fatal shooting of an internally displaced person (IDP) at one of its 'protection-of-civilians' sites – the second attack of its kind to strike the African nation and the Organization in less than a week.

According to a press release issued by the Mission earlier today, UN personnel serving at the Organization's compound in Bentiu responded to a gunshot on the evening of 5 July only to find the body of a male IDP fatally wounded in the back.

UNMISS explained that according to eyewitness accounts two armed men in military uniforms were seen inside the 'protection-of-civilians' site and fled into the surrounding bush following the attack.

"Any attack on a protection-of-civilians site constitutes a direct assault against the United Nations and may constitute a war crime," the Mission declared in its condemnation of the attack.

"This is not the first time that an UNMISS protection-of-civilians site has come under attack by armed elements in South Sudan, and such indefensible actions will compromise the Mission's ability to implement its mandate if they continue to go unpunished."

The killing, in fact, follows the shooting death of one internally displaced person (IDP) and the injuring of six others at another UN compound in Malakal early last week.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=51348#.VZ62tflViko

 

Education 'essential to vision of a life of dignity for all,' says Ban at Norway summit

7 July 2015 – The Oslo Summit on Education for Development is a chance to reaffirm the human right to education, an opportunity to mobilize political commitment, and "our moment" to galvanize international support for education, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared today in Norway, where he has been attending a number of high-level events over the past two days.

"We are here to secure commitments to deliver on the promises of the sustainable development agenda. Education is essential to its vision of a life of dignity for all," the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, noting that the Summit is being held just six days before the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, which will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=51350#.VZ627PlViko

 

7 tips for managing your summer job search

 

With hiring managers and recruiters away on leave, hiring decisions can often be put on hold, but that doesn't mean your job search needs to halt. Here are seven tips for managing your job search when it feels like everyone is away at the beach.

https://www.devex.com/news/7-tips-for-managing-your-summer-job-search-86484

 

After missteps on Ebola, WHO must re-establish itself as 'guardian of global public health' – review panel

7 July 2015 – The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed the report issued today by a panel of experts tasked to look into the agency's response to the unprecedented 2014 Ebola outbreak, which said that WHO needs to re-establish its pre-eminence as the guardian of global public health and that this will require it to make significant changes throughout, with strong political and financial support from Member States.

"The Panel firmly believes that this is a defining moment not only for WHO and the global health emergency response but also for the governance of the entire global health system," said the Report of the Ebola Interim Assessment Panel released today. "The challenges raised in this report are critical to the delivery of the proposed Sustainable Development Goals, especially Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all age."

At WHO Executive Board's special session on Ebola in January 2015, Member States adopted a resolution calling for an assessment by a panel of independent experts on all aspects of WHO's response in the Ebola outbreak, which affected more than 27,500 people, including over 11,000 deaths, mostly in West Africa. In response to the resolution, WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan established a panel to undertake this work.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=51349#.VZ62VPlViko

Washington wants a stable partner in the Horn of Africa. But cozying up to the repressive regime in Addis Ababa isn't the way to go about finding one.

 

Later this month, President Barack Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to ever visit Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous country, and a nation viewed by many as a bastion of stability in a region otherwise beset with civil strife. The trip — which will also include a stopover in Kenya — is being billed as part of the Obama administration's regional efforts "to accelerate economic growth, strengthen democratic institutions, and improve security."

These are indeed laudable goals and should be actively pursued by the U.S. government. But the timing and tenor of the visit to Addis Ababa sends a worrying signal that Washington's priorities — not only in Ethiopia, but on the entire continent — are actually at odds with the president's oft-repeatedrhetoric about advancing human rights and strengthening African democracy and institutions.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/08/obama-should-stay-away-from-ethiopia/

 

 

Australia under pressure to boost aid spending on poorest countries

 

Less than one-quarter of Australia's aid money is going to the world's poorest nations, new analysis by aid organisation One has revealed.

About 22.7% of aid money goes to the least developed nations, with the Abbott government instead opting to focus on the Asia-Pacific region. Around 20% of the world's poorest countries are in that region, with more than two-thirds in sub-Saharan Africa.

Australia's aid budget has been slashed by $11bn over the last few years, and in the 2013-14 financial year, the country spent $4.7bn on development funding. Just 5% of that – $240m – went to sub-Saharan Africa. A further $713m went to other under-developed nations.

Nearly all jurisdictions received a cut to funding, as outlined in the 2014-15 May budget, but sub-Saharan Africa received one of the largest cuts, losing 70% of its funding.

Aid group One wants donor countries like Australia to adopt new goals for next week's aid conference in Ethiopia.

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jul/09/australia-under-pressure-boost-aid-spending-poorest-countries

 

Goodbye and good news: 9 big facts about Africa from the UN's last-ever MDG report

 

THE United Nations has released its final report on the millennium development goals (MDGs) as it prepares to roll out their successors later this year, terming the anti-poverty effort "the most successful in history".

The MDGs were based on the Millennium Declaration of 2000 and were couched as eight goals with the main objective of meeting the needs of the world's poorest over a 15-year period.

Expiring this year, they will be replaced by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also over 15 years and which are seen as the best bet of completing the job.

The report released this week is thus the final one on the MDGs, and showed the number of people living in extreme poverty (less than $1.25 a day) has declined by more than half, falling from 1.9 billion in 1990 to 836 million in 2015, with sub-Saharan Africa improving the fastest of all developing regions.

"Following profound and consistent gains, we now know that extreme poverty can be eradicated within one more generation", said UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon. "The MDGs have greatly contributed to this progress and have taught us how governments, business and civil society can work together to achieve transformational breakthroughs".

http://mgafrica.com/article/2015-07-07-9-big-facts-about-africas-growth-from-the-uns-last-ever-mdg-report/

 

Business Forum East Africa highlights regional potential

Published on 08 Jul 2015

 

Financial inclusion, securities markets and regional harmonisation some of the important topics unpacked in Nairobi

The first SWIFT Business Forum East Africa in Nairobi brought together close to 300 delegates from the financial community to discuss the many opportunities and challenges the region faces. The afternoon's keynote speaker, Ehoumann Kassi, Managing Director, Ecobank East Africa, highlighted the importance of regional harmonisation projects to support the growth of regional trade.

"There is still a lot to achieve, but the momentum for regional trade is building," said Kassi. "Four of the countries in the East African Community, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Burundi, do more trade with each other than any other countries in Africa. We already have a young and growing population, and with Ethiopia and South Sudan, that brings an even more dynamic demographic to the EAC. This, the investment in infrastructure and increasing integration, are a good basis for future growth."

However, there are a lot of challenges too, added Kassi. "We have overlapping of trade blocks. Each member of EAC belongs to another trade block. These may have different trade tariffs and other rules, so this adds layers of complexity. Also, the cost is higher in Africa than in other countries. When you lift a container in Africa, it costs $2000; the same container cost in Asia is $900, we have a long way to go to be more competitive."

- See more at: http://www.swift.com/about_swift/shownews?param_dcr=news.data/en/swift_com/2015/event_business_forum_east_africa.xml#sthash.zTf2TIXY.dpuf

 

EU approves 1.15 bln euro aid package for West Africa

 

DAKAR (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday approved 1.15 billion euros in aid for West Africa through to 2020, nearly doubling its previous commitment to a region that is a major source of migrants seeking to enter Europe.

West Africa is home to some of the world's poorest and historically most unstable countries. Even in peaceful states with good economic growth rates, many governments are struggling to create enough jobs for a booming youth population. Some are choosing to flee across the Sahara towards Europe or join criminal or militant networks.

"We will work with a wide range of partners to tackle the challenges that remain in West Africa, such as peace and security, economic integration and trade, as well as sustainable development," said Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development.

The previous five-year European Development Fund programme had a 595 million-euro ($659.20 million) budget.

http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN0PH0JQ20150707

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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.