African Great Lakes Observer

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1363166/Forget-Gaddafi-Blairs-NEW-best-friend-despot-guilty-bloodier-slaughter.html#ixzz1IahWVDD0 Forget Gaddafi. Blair's NEW best friend is a despot guilty of even bloodier slaughter Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1363166/Forget-Gaddafi-Blairs-NEW-best-friend-despot-guilty-bloodier-slaughter.html#ixzz1Fn7AnVms By Paul Scott Last updated at 12:49 AM on 5th March 2011 One morning a month ago, amid the kind of hearty backslapping and synthetic bonhomie at which he is so adept, Tony Blair played host to a select group of bankers for what is known in the business as a 'billion dollar breakfast'. As is so often the case these days, the principal criterion for gaining admission to the event at a luxurious Swiss hotel — and some much sought-after 'face time' with the great man himself — was that you should be very seriously rich. Mr Blair, tight-grinned and tanned in a trademark open-necked white shirt a...

London's Gaddafi-funded university: business as usual in the UK This is not unusual in the UK higher learning institutions. In addition to Tony Blair, the London School of Economics is connected to undemocratic regimes where there are fragrant human rights abuses.   Such countries include Rwanda and many other countries in Asia and the Middle East. This is why teaching about international issues in most UK universities   focus on Asia and the Middle East. This is corruption that has been going for many years among UK universities.    Most UK Universities have been awarding Honoris Causa Doctorates to dictators and other individuals on the basis of the money they give to these universities. Most people believe that the Gaddafi's son may have bought his degrees from the London School of Economics without passing his exams and dissertations. In the UK, with money everything is possible! More at: http://www.france24.com/en/20110304-london-school-economics-lse-gad...

It is good news that UK has now re-focused their foreign aid to poorer countries. UK must acknowledge the negative impacts of their foreign aid to developing countries: Over the last    decade, UK has campaigned for promoting the budget support which has contributed to fuel wars and ethnic violence in the African Great lakes Region starting from Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda to Democratic Republic of Congo. UK foreign aid has been used to buy weapons to fight these wars. UK does not recognise the political opposition voices based in the UK and in aid recipient countries. UK aid budget support is used to run foreign governments, the military apparatus and the Parliament whose members are not chosen on the basis of democratic principles. UK   has been campaigning for the   removal of foreign aid conditionalities and the current revolt and   un unrest in several countries is the result of this UK policy. Where the condition of human rights have been clearly...

UN Mapping report on Crimes in D.R.Congo; Capitol Hill Advocacy objectives Posted on February 27, 2011 In an interview with Ann Garrison of KPFA radio on the upcoming congressional briefing on March 2, AFJN Policy Analyst, Bahati Jacques said: "Our goal is to rally U.S. support for justice for the crimes committed by the Rwandan, Ugandan, and Burundian armies and their Congolese collaborators in the war against Congo in 1996 to 2003. Also we want the U.S. to take a clear stand on this issue, supporting the UN Mapping Report recommendations to set up an investigation to determine whether the targeted and massive killing of Congolese, Burundian, and Rwandan Hutu were a genocide." Listen or read the full interview here ( http://afjn.org/focus-campaigns/promote-peace-d-r-congo/71-policy-objectives/935-un-mapping-report-on-crimes-in-drcongo-capitol-hill-advocacy-objectives.html )

Actually, Kagame is worse than Ghadafi; his anger for absolute power is rather terrible. In this article below, I talk about that ego and how he tries to achieve that through dirty mwars on his genuine critics..... Kagame’s ego and the dirty war against Kayumba, Karegeya Last month, The New times, Kigali’s main pro-government daily quoted The Executive Secretary International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), Ambassador Liberata Mulamula as seeking regional cooperation of governments in a bid to have former RDF Generals, Gen. Nyamwasa Kayumba and Col. Patrick Karegeya arrested and extradited to Rwanda’. The official expressed that such, if achieved would be a positive development as regards regional stability. Such a statement was not a surprise from the Lady, whose husband, a Tanzanian Engineer, George Mulamula is a proud beneficiary of Kagame’s regime as an employee in Kigali-not to be personal, just to get to facts. Yes, he has been emplo...

Rwandans ask UK Members of Parliament to follow through British prime minister's new foreign policy on dictators Posted on February 25, 2011 by therisingcontinent | Leave a comment On February 25 th , 2011, a group of Rwandans living in UK organised a public protest in front of the UK Parliament. They requested from Members of the British Parliament to put pressure on Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda, for the unconditional release of all political prisoners held in Rwandan prisons. Among the detainees are Mrs Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, Chairperson of FDU-Inkingi in prison since October 14 th , 2010 Me Bernard Ntaganda, Chairperson of PS-Imberakuri in prison since June 24 th , 2010 and sentenced to 4 years in prison Mr Deogratias Mushayidi, President of PDP-Imanzi sentenced to life imprisonment Dr Theoneste Niyitegetse, former presidential candidate of 2003 elections imprisoned since then Charles Ntakirutinka Founder of PDR-Ubuyanja in prison for more than 10 years Jour...

UN Mapping report on Crimes in D.R.Congo; Capitol Hill Advocacy objectives   Posted on February 27, 2011 In an interview with Ann Garrison of KPFA radio on the upcoming congressional briefing on March 2 , AFJN Policy Analyst, Bahati Jacques said: "Our goal is to rally U.S. support for justice for the crimes committed by the Rwandan, Ugandan, and Burundian armies and their Congolese collaborators in the war against Congo in 1996 to 2003.  Also we want the U.S. to take a clear stand on this issue, supporting the UN Mapping Report recommendations to set up an investigation to determine whether the targeted and massive killing of Congolese, Burundian, and Rwandan Hutu were a genocide." Listen or read the full interview here ( http://afjn.org/focus-campaigns/promote-peace-d-r-congo/71-policy-objectives/935-un-mapping-report-on-crimes-in-drcongo-capitol-hill-advocacy-objectives.html )