African Great Lakes Observer

Sarkozy admits to errors in France's Tunisia policy. UK should admits their errors of judgement about Kagame's Rwanda French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday that France "underestimated" the gravity of Tunisian political discontent, while noting that France's former colonial role required it to steer clear of Tunisia's "internal affairs". Following fierce criticism of France’s position on the Tunisian crisis, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has admitted that his government “underestimated” the gravity of the situation in the North African nation. Speaking to the press on Monday, Sarkozy noted that Tunisia’s economic and social successes masked a deep political discontent. “[B]ehind the emancipation of women, the drive for education and training, the economic dynamism, the emergence of a middle class – there was despair, a suffering, a sense of suffocation,” he said. “We have to recognise that we underestimated this.” Sarkozy’s remarks ...

Rwanda 2008 Polls: A Mockery of Democracy? Rwandese MP's Taking Oath The media around the world has been awash with headlines of how Rwanda has emerged the giant in the field of gender parity in politics. The recently concluded 2008 parliamentary polls closed with women bagging 56.25 percent of the contested seats. These polls in which women scooped 44 seats in the country’s lower house marked quite a new era in the African and global political arena. In this not-so hotly contested legislative September polls, the predictions came true. The ruling Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) took the lead while (the party always on the second spot) the Social Democratic Party (PSD) maintained its rank with the Liberal Party (PL) behind it. Something that probably interested the world was that Rwandans voted their women representatives who were to occupy their reserved 24 seats, and the curve was higher for the female gender in the end. This development has been successive. In 2003, Rwand...

By Sunkissed Back To My Roots January 5, 2011  2010 was a quiet year for Back To My Roots, but a damning one for Kagame and his cronies. Time after time, and location after location criminal Kagame was challenged, discredited, and outright humiliated. 2010 was very much a damning year for Kagame, and one can only be filled with glee at the prospects of 2011. I can’t promise that blogging will be more regular, but it should be a good year to challenge the Kagame & Co narrative about what happened in Rwanda, who was responsible for what, and who is getting away with murder. The world now knows what Kagame did in Congo , and it’s only a matter of time before the establishment of Rwanda narrative, and the discovery by many, and the acknowledgment of institutions of Kagame & Co’s substantial crimes against humanity. Earlier in the year, Kagame’s biggest thorn in his side touched down in Kigali. And since then, it’s been nothing but a downward spiral for Kagame. A self-identif...

UK: Rwandan Refugees Warned of Elimination Plans Rwandan government allegedly might be planning a series of eliminations and acts of division within the Rwandan exiled community in UK by means of assassinations, poisoning and false accusations . Rwandan Newspaper Umuvugizi claims to have received intelligence materials that, following a meeting between military and intelligence authorities in Kigali, there are plans to eliminate exiled dissidents currently living in United Kingdom. Continue here http://www.theproxylake.com/2011/01/uk-rwandan-refugees-warned-of-elimination-plans/

By Jennifer Fierberg, MSW The Africa Global Village January 7, 2011 The emperors stand naked in front of the word being exposed for crimes against humanity. But who are these emperors? In an article dated 5 January 2011 entitled, ”US Firm gets contract to train Rwanda Soldiers,” by the government-controlled Rwandan News Agency, it is stated that, “The US State Department has granted a multi-million dollar contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation, a leading global security company to train Rwandan soldiers in peacekeeping operations, the firm announced.” In this capacity Northrop stated Tuesday that “the work to be performed involves peace support operations training, train-the-trainer courses for peacekeeping cadre and enhancing the capacity of all three countries (Rwanda, Kenya and Burundi) to participate in multinational peacekeeping operations.” Yet it seems that Northrop Gruman and the US Government are falling into a trap by failing to recognize how Kagame manipulates internat...

By Nkunda Cry for Freedom in Rwanda January 1, 2011 Tony Blair, Rick Warren and anyone else participating in the active or passive oppression of Rwandans, need to be reminded that Paul Kagame is not God. He maybe charismatic, a “visionary” and a brilliant military strategist, but he cannot govern Rwanda without popular consent. He is not immortal, and his destiny is not intertwined with that of Rwanda. Like any other public official before him, however ruthless he may be, he will soon have to leave. What would be better at this time would be for these well meaning friends of Rwanda, to take a comfortable backseat, steer clear of Rwandan politics and let Rwandans decide their destiny. Blair's recent comment that Kagame is a "visionary leader" is as unfortunate as it gets . For the comment ignores the current crisis facing Kagame or even worse, represent a desire to downplay it. In September, the UN high commission for human rights issued a monumental document on ...

Racism at the British Newspaper The Guardian: The UK Guardian Newspaper and the fight against Human Rights in Africa The   British Newspaper the Guardian continue to use controversial writers such as the racist Stephen Kinzer (author of End human rights imperialism now)   who says that   human rights are not needed in Africa.   He is supporting   the dictator Kagame who has imprisoned all his political opponents and deny the massacres of hutu communities in Democratic Republic of Congo. This is pure racism against African people that all African need to fight against. The newsletter uses controversial writers to attract comments on their website.