African Great Lakes Observer

Kagame Should Beware of the Tides of Justice Written by Observer Staff Tuesday, 05 June 2012 14:19 According to a Human Rights Watch statement issued on June 4th, 2012, which was titled: “DR Congo: Rwanda Should Stop Aiding War Crimes Suspect,” it was alleged that after a field research conducted by the rights group in March, evidence was uncovered which showed that “Rwandan army officials have provided weapons, ammunition, and an estimated 200 to 300 recruits to support” the army mutiny led by elements of the defunct National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), a Rwandan-backed former rebel group which was incorporated into the ranks of the Congolese National Army as part of an earlier peace agreement.   However, apparently feeling disaffected, elements of the former rebel group, led by General Bosco Ntaganda—aka The Terminator—who is also wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC), have revolted and apparently returned to the bushes. ...

Posted by AFP on June 15, 2012 New ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda seen with her predecessor, Luis Ocampo/ICC THE HAGUE, Jun 15 – Gambian lawyer Fatou Bensouda, who reached the pinnacle of international justice Friday when she became chief prosecutor at the world’s war crimes court, has a reputation as a dogged investigator. The 51-year-old one-time attorney in mainland Africa’s smallest nation, Bensouda is now the public face of the International Criminal Court, The Hague-based tribunal that was established a decade ago with a brief to bring those accused of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity to justice. Bensouda, the first woman and the first African to head the team of prosecutors after serving as predecessor Luis Moreno-Ocampo’s number two since 2004, has vowed to work for justice for Africans. She has already carved out a reputation in legal circles for her dogged investigations of atrocities such as the Rwandan genocide and the use of child soldiers in the De...

  17 years! Criminals in the Assassination of former Rwandan President Habyarimana still off the hook? Posted on April 6, 2011 by therisingcontinent | Leave a comment By Francis Xavier Ndagabanye Muhoozi ( http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/17-years-criminals-in-the-assassination-of-former-rwandan-president-habyarimana-still-off-the-hook/ ) On April 6, 1994, two missiles blew the plane carrying Rwanda's President Juvenal Habyarimana out of the skies, killing all on board, including the President of Burundi and Rwanda's army chief of staff. April 6, 2011, as people around the world mark the 17th anniversary of the terrible Rwandan tragedy triggered by the shooting down of former Rwandan President Habyarimana's plane on April 6, 1994, many reports including the report by French anti-terrorist judge Jean-Louis Bruguière of 2006, Spanish Judge Fernando Andreu's 182-page indictment with two accompanying summary do...

  Rwanda Genocide: Honoring the Dead Without Honoring the Lies ( http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/1762/rwanda-genocide-honoring-the-dead-without-honoring-the-lies/ ) The Nyamata Memorial in Rwanda, pays tribute to the memory of the hundreds of thousands of Rwandans killed during the 1994 genocide. By Ann Garrison April 8, 2010 On April 7 the United Nations began its annual commemoration of the anniversary of what we know as the 1994 Rwanda Genocide, when as many as one million Rwandans were slaughtered in 100 days. The ceremonies raise several questions for all those who contest the received history of the Rwanda Genocide: How to honor Rwanda's dead without honoring the lies? And, how to honor six million more Congolese dead, but not commemorated, in the ongoing aftermath of the Rwanda Genocide when Rwanda's war crossed its western border into neighboring D.R. Congo? Though both tell the received history of the Rwand...

  Crisis In The Congo: Uncovering The Truth The film Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering The Truth explores the role that the United States and its allies, Rwanda and Uganda, have played in triggering the greatest humanitarian crisis at the dawn of the 21st century. The film is a short version of a feature length production to be released in the near future. It locates the Congo crisis in a historical, social and political context. It unveils analysis and prescriptions by leading experts, practitioners, activists and intellectuals that are not normally available to the general public. The film is a call to conscience and action. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ii3tlD-l6k&sns=em ) __._,_.___   

  Kagame & media: Hard times for wolf in sheep's clothing ( http://www.africandictator.org/?p=2772 )   Forget Gaddafi. Blair's NEW best friend is a despot guilty of even bloodier slaughter (1.000) Rwandan Constitutional Law & Oppression of Political Opposition & Dissidents (1.000) Who is Paul Kagame (1.000) Why do they soil themselves with African Dictators? (1.000) Rwandan dictator shows his true intolerant colors on BBC interview (1.000) Shortlink: __._,_.___    . __,_._,___