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http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/4743673-95/munyenyezi-appeal-law-role   Editorial: Munyenyezi's fate far from decided Thursday, February 28, 2013 (Published in print: Thursday, February 28, 2013)   W e are not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that Manchester resident Beatrice Munyenyezi received justice. Munyenyezi is the Rwandan refugee convicted this month by a federal court in Concord of lying on her U.S. immigration forms and stripped of her U.S. citizenship. She may or may not have lied on federal immigration forms. She may or may not have been a participant in the genocide that claimed the lives of an estimated 1 million people. She may or may not have had an affiliation with a political party. We don't know because, though the jury was convinced, we don't believe the testimony of the witnesses on either side was credible. One side, which included Munyenyezi's relatives, claimed that the young mother closeted herself in her family's hote...

BBC Newsday: Opposition politician says Rwanda responsible for eastern DRC https://soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/bbc-newsday-opposition

http://www.africareview.com//News/Kagame-naturalises-Tanzanian-appoints-him-key-minister/-/979180/1706876/-/buapcnz/-/index.html?relative=true# Kagame naturalises Tanzanian, appoints him Cabinet minister By THE CITIZEN | Thursday, February 28  2013 at  09:23   16     5     29 Font size:    A+  |  Reset  |  A- Prof Silas Lwakabamba (left) is seen in this file photo together with Rwandan Health minister of Health Agnes Binagwaho, and Mr Eric Goosby the Coordinator for US Global Office on HIV AIDS at a past event. Prof Lwakabamba has been appointed to Paul Kagame's Cabinet. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP   President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has appointed a professor of Tanzanian origin, Silas Lwakabamba, as his minister for Infrastructure in Cabinet changes announced Tuesday. President Kagame reshuffled his Cabinet, bringing in new faces as well as creating new portfolios. Among the newcomers include Prof Lwakabamba, w...

http://m.guardiannews.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/27/kenya-new-imperialists-corporate-greed   Wednesday 27 February 2013 16.00 EST Kenya's new imperialists On Monday Kenyans elect a new generation of leaders, forged not by the independence struggle but western corporate greed A man walks past a wall sprayed with graffiti reading 'We need peace in Kenya' in Nairobi's Kibera district on 27 February 2013. Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images Ngugi wa Thiong'o When  Kenya goes to the polls  on Monday, it will mark a generational change – no matter who wins. For the first time in its history, the country will be run by a leadership with hardly any direct experience of colonialism. There are risks to this development: the new leadership might trivialise what it means to be colonised, and the insidious ways in which imperialism is reproduced. The outgoing president, Mwai Kĩibaki, is the last of the generation that led the country to independence, and for whom, whatever t...

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE91R04320130228?irpc=932 U.N.'s Ban tones down criticism of Rwanda over Congo claims By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS  |  Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:45pm EST SHARE THIS ARTICLE Email Facebook Twitter By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - In a special report to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon toned down criticism of Rwanda over accusations that it supports rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but still warned against external support for the revolt. A draft of Ban's report seen by Reuters on Monday had applauded states who suspended aid to Rwanda after U.N. experts, who monitor compliance with sanctions and an arms embargo on Congo, accused Rwanda of supporting M23 rebels in eastern Congo. The draft report read: "Actions taken by some bilateral donors to suspend aid and funds to those countries reportedly supporting in particular the M23 send a strong message that such practices must cea...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/26/g8-congo-human-rights-abuse?INTCMP=SRCH G8 must act on Congo human rights abuse Share 56 in Share 0 Email The Guardian ,  Tuesday 26 February 2013 15.59 EST As we prepare to mark 20 years since the first gross violation of international humanitarian laws was committed in the Congo (compiled in the UN mapping exercise 1993-2003), and 10 years since the 1998 Rwandan-led invasion of Congo was said to have officially concluded, we join our voices with that of Save the Congo to appeal to the government to encourage other leaders meeting for the 2013  G8 summit  in Britain to commit to making accountability for crimes of international concern, and violations of UN resolutions in Congo, conditional for direct budgetary support and military support to all governments implicated in the wars and human tragedy overwhelming the Congo ( Eleven states sign UN deal for peace in DRC , 25 February). We also urge the UK government to mobilise o...

http://en.igihe.com/news/president-kagame-says-i-dont-need-a-3rd-term.html VISITS : 2142 COMMENT: 0  President Kagame Says, 'I dont Need a 3rd Term'   Published on  27-02-2013  - at  04:08'  by  Bigabo Patrick Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has said he is not requesting for another term as President of Rwanda after 2017. He categorically cleared the air saying, "Look at me, Iam not the person who needs the third term. I don't need it. I don't need your third term." President Kagame expounded saying," I want to do my business for which the Rwandans entrusted me to do and when am done I will be done...I can continue to serve my country in very different ways." He further said that he was thinking about the future of Rwanda not the third term. Refering to the recent RPF national Executive Committee meeting in which the third term issue arose and gained momentum there after, President Kagame said, "My version was clear. I said everything I...

http://livingtext.blogspot.nl/2013/02/rwandan-dissident-paints-gruesome.html?m=1 2.25.2013 Rwandan Dissident Paints a Gruesome Picture The online news site Jambo News carries a story of a former soldier of Rwanda's Directorate of Military Intelligence who discusses the slaughter, assassination and cover-ups that he participated in both in the Congo and in Rwanda. These crimes were committed on Paul Kagame's orders against both Hutus and Tutsis. What follows is a Google Translate version of the story, translated from French. I did some grammatical touch up here and there and eliminated sentences that were totally unclear.  Rwanda: RPF Crimes in DRC, an exiled ex-soldier testifies "I'll give you my testimony about what happened in the Congo, where I was a soldier of the RPA (now the RDF Rwandese Defence Force) before being assigned to the DMI (Directorate of Military Intelligence). We were sent to kill the refugees in Kisangani at the command of Captain Shema of the DMI ...