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http://www.ww4report.com/node/12666 --    NYC Congolese protest Paul Kagame, Elie Wiesel Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Sun, 09/29/2013 - 19:48 Africa Theater    Arab Revolution   DRC    genocide    politics of World War II    Rwanda    Syria On the evening of Sept. 29, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate  Elie Wiesel  joined Rwandan President  Paul Kagame  on a panel sponsored by  This World: The Jewish Values Network  at New York's Cooper Union entitled "Genocide: Do the Strong Have an Obligation to Protect the Weak?"—with the obvious context being the crisis in Syria. But outside a small group of local Congolese protested, holding banners reading "KAGAME IS A CRIMINAL OF MASS MURDER" and "PROTECT THE WEAK FROM KAGAME." Said protester  Kambale Musavuli  of the group  Friends of the Congo : "He should be on the terrorist list and instead he's being invited to speak about ...

http://www.inumanews.com/index.php/en/politics1/1510-protesters-rally-against-rwandan-president-s-canada-visit.html Protesters rally against Rwandan president's Canada visit TORONTO (CANADA) (AFP) –   Demonstrators rallied in Toronto Saturday against a private visit to Canada by Rwandan President Paul Kagame, urging his arrest. Shouting "No more killing!" and "Kagame is an assassin!" through megaphones, protesters brandished placards with photos of bloodied victims outside a luxury hotel where Kagame and his delegation were believed to be staying ahead of a meeting to mark Rwanda Day. Toronto police, who along with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are providing security for the visit, escorted the roughly 200 demonstrators off the hotel grounds and onto the street. The protesters then set off recordings of sirens and called for Kagame's arrest. Kagame is expected to address members of the Rwandan diaspora in Canada, and speak about his country's pol...

http://www.soas.ac.uk/cas/events/conferences/04oct2013-conference-rwanda-under-the-rpf.html Conference: Rwanda under the RPF Various Date:   4 October 2013 Time:  9:00 AM Finishes:   5 October 2013 Time: 2:00 PM Venue:  Brunei Gallery Room:  Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre Type of Event:  Conference CONFERENCE  -  Rwanda under the RPF: Assessing Twenty Years of Post-Conflict Governance In the nearly two decades since the 1994 genocide, Rwanda has experienced substantial political, social and economic change, due mainly to the ambitious policies of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). Analyses of RPF rule, especially since Paul Kagame became President in 2000, vary greatly, with some scholars characterising it as a visionary form of post-conflict governance and development and others as a destructive brand of national social engineering and the steady entrenchment of authoritarianism. While some commentators describe this period as one of major politi...

http://www.kmbz.com/pages/17388359.php?contentType=4&contentId=13870541 US Special Envoy Calls on Rwanda to End Support of Rebels in Congo ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- Russ Feingold, the former Wisconsin senator and a leading progressive, is now taking on an entirely different role as the U.S. special envoy charged with helping to find a solution to one of the deadliest conflicts in modern times: the two-decades-long war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Shortly after returning from his first trip to the region as special envoy, Feingold sat down with ABC News and had some harsh words for the Rwanda government's apparent support of rebels -- the mostly Tutsi M23 rebels blamed for most of the recent carnage in eastern Congo. "We've seen a credible body of reporting that the Rwandan government has been supportive of the M23," Feingold told ABC News. "That has to stop." The Rwandan government, meanwhile, has publically denied that it supports the M23 reb...

http://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2013/09/26/paul_kagame_rwandas_saviour_or_strongman.html   Paul Kagame: Rwanda's saviour or strongman? Rwandan President Paul Kagame arrives for Rwanda Day in Toronto this weekend, drawing supporters but also, likely, protesters. Rwanda President Paul Kagame arrives for Rwanda Day in Toronto on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. His visit is expected to draw both supporters and protests. By: Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter, Published on Thu Sep 26 2013   Paul Kagame's supporters praise him as the hero who ended the 1994 genocide and turned Rwanda into an African success story. His critics condemn Rwanda's controversial leader as an oppressor of human rights who is governing the country with an iron fist. When Kagame arrives in Toronto for Rwanda Day on Saturday, fans and foes will both be present at an event that in other cities — Chicago, Boston, Paris and London — has draw...

http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/creating-african-synergies-against-third-terms/ Creating African synergies against third terms Posted on   September 24, 2013   |   2 Comments Source: Snakes & Leaders – Africa's political succession. Marshall van Valen/ The African Report We have had the Arab Spring which started in January 2011 with the suicide of Mohamed Bouazzizi in Tunisia and removed President Ben Ali from power. After Tunisia, Egypt then Libya followed. Some thought that the movement for change would spread in Sub-Sahara. But it did not happen as expected. However it created the hope among many in the region that nothing was impossible. Firoze Manji and Sokari Ekine referred to the newly created spirit of change as an  Africa Awakening  in their book published in 2012. There were encouraging stories from Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Mauritania to Sudan passing through Gabon. In the next five years, there will be 20 African presiden...

http://www.prlog.org/12215991-wiesel-is-hero-kagame-has-blood-on-his-hands.html Wiesel is a Hero, Kagame has Blood on His Hands As a Rwandan genocide survivor, Paul Rusesabagina was disturbed to hear that the NYU Bronfman Center and Jewish Values Network is providing a forum for Rwandan President Paul Kagame to polish his image & tell more lies to the international community. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release)  -  Sep. 24, 2013  - CHICAGO  --  Contact: Kitty Kurth  312-617-7288 One is a Hero, the Other has Blood on His Hands Paul Rusesabagina released this statement today regarding the upcoming event with Elie Wiesel and President Paul Kagame sharing the same stage in New York. "As a Rwandan genocide survivor, I was very disturbed to hear that the NYU Bronfman Center and the Jewish Values Network is providing a forum for Rwandan President Paul Kagame to polish his image and tell more lies to the international community. My foundation and I were...

http://www.inyenyerinews.org/politiki/when-dictatorship-is-a-fact-revolution-becomes-a-right/ When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right POLITIKI 13 hours ago By: Jennifer Fierberg Once again, President Kagame of Rwanda is on his autumn tour of North America. Anyone who follows the politics of Rwanda knows that Kagame does not like to stay in one place for very long. This weekend he will be present at the Rwanda Day Toronto event in Canada then he will jet set back to NYC for a baffling event where he will speak alongside Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Laureate, and other Jewish community leaders in at an event entitled "Do the strong have a responsibility to protect the weak?" Many are asking themselves why Mr. Elie Wiesel would sit next to a known killer like Kagame at an event to discuss the protection of civilians.  This event no doubt will weigh in on the potential war in Syria. Yet, why would the world consult a man like Paul Kagame? Despite the national dialogue...

http://sfbayview.com/2013/opposition-leader-bernard-ntaganda-tortured-in-rwandan-prison/ Opposition leader Bernard Ntaganda tortured in Rwandan prison September 24, 2013 6 by Alexis Bakunzibake, P.S. Imberakuri This photo of opposition leader Bernard Ntaganda taken during his recent hunger strike shows the results of years of beatings and torture at the hands of the ruling party, Paul Kagame's Rwandan Patriotic Front. – Photo: P.S. Imberakuri Bernard Ntaganda and his colleagues founded the political party P.S. Imberakuri on Jan. 18, 2009. During its inaugural congress, the party was registered in July 2009, becoming the first opposition party to be registered in Rwanda. Ntaganda began his campaign by implementing mechanisms to promote national reconciliation and equality – for instance, the right for all to remember victims of the conflict in Rwanda during the 1990s, as well as respect of basic human rights with a judicial system that serves the people equally. These kinds of actio...