African Great Lakes Observer

  As China eats West's lunch in Africa, bad policy reaps chaos in South Sudan, CAR   Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs Major Western states, with historical dominance over key African regions and markets, have, in the first years of the 21st Century, been losing influence in many areas of Africa.   Often the Western states — the U.S., UK, and France in particular — have been ceding political and economic influence to either the People's Republic of China (PRC), Iran, or merely to an increasing unwillingness of African societies to comply with the wishes of external powers.  Recent Western military or political interventions in such areas as Mali, Central African Republic, Libya, Sudan, and elsewhere have not produced the strategic outcomes desired by the West, implying that Western policies have lacked the ability to adapt to changing African circumstances, ...

  Kagame trolls burn their bridges | Africa | Africa | Mail & Guardian Government staff in Rwanda appear to be using fake accounts to harass journalists on Twitter.  Rwanda has been accused of "unacceptable acts of harassment and intimidation" against the media after a hostile pro-government Twitter account using a fake name was traced to the president's office. Paul Kagame's government last week deported Steve Terrill, a freelance journalist from the United States who exposed the scandal, in its latest attempt to crush freedom of expression at home and abroad, according to the pressure group Reporters without Borders. The strange case began with Sonia Rolley, a Radio France Internationale journalist reporting on the deaths of Rwandan dissidents, who was bullied for months on Twitter by an account with the handle @RichardGoldston – apparently a reference to South African judge Richa...

  Tanzania: Dar Keen On Peace Talks With Rwanda 6 posts - 3 authors - Last p TANZANIA plans to hold talks with Rwanda to iron out differences that the government says have been blown out of proportion by the media. Revealing the above at a press conference in Dar es Salaam, Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Bernard Membe stressed that Tanzania has no conflict with Rwanda. "There has been what we call a ball point war between Rwanda and Tanzania. However, we are planning talks to iron out the differences that have emerged -- and continue to live like brothers," Mr Membe explained. The minister added that if left unchecked, such kind of media propaganda can jeopardise relations between countries that have been enjoying good diplomatic relations. He said what was missing between the two countries is lack of trust, noting that it takes time to build trust. "The offici...

  U.S. to step up efforts to hunt down bloodthirsty Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony A NEWS AGGREGATOR THAT COVERS THE WORLD'S MAJOR WARS AND CONFLICTS. MILITARY, POLITICAL, AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS ARE ALSO COVERED. OCCASIONALLY WE WILL HAVE OUR OWN OPINIONS OR OBSERVATIONS TO MAKE. Joseph Kony is the African warlord made infamous by the 2012 documentary Kony 2012 Kony has been indicted by the UN killing and mutilating innocent civilians and kidnapping thousands of children, forcing them to be soldiers and sex slaves Kony has not been definitively seen in quite some time President Barack Obama has ordered troops and aircraft to Uganda to help local authorities hunt Kony By DAILY MAIL REPORTER PUBLISHED: 04:57 GMT, 24 March 2014 | UPDATED: 12:06 GMT, 24 March 2014 Wanted: Ugandan forces hunting for warlord Joseph Kony (pictured) have hailed the arrest of one of his top commander's as an 'intellige...

  SA absconds from leadership role in Africa March 30 2014 at 09:37am By David Himbara Comment on this story AP Rwandan President Paul Kagame. File picture by: Sayyid Azim, File Related Stories Why SA has fallen out with Rwanda Rwandan's death is sinister SA, Rwandan relations a conundrum David Himbara asks why SA appear to be weak to an inconsequential aggressor like Rwanda? South Africa and Rwanda are as different as night and day. South Africa's population is nearly five times bigger with 52.5 million people versus Rwanda's 11.4 million. South Africa is Africa's largest economy with a gross domestic product (GDP) of $384.3 billion (R4.1 trillion) while Rwanda is among the smallest with a GDP of $7.1bn. South Africa is a multiparty democracy with an independent judiciary and robust media. Rwanda is an autocratic state in which genuine opposition and media leaders are eithe...

  Avec leurs écoutes électroniques, ils ont eu vent que quelque chose se préparait dans le secteur. Je ne pense pas que leur souci soit Joseph Kony, pas plus que se battre pour Kagame ou Museveni. Ils ont tiré des leçons du fiasco des évacuations de leurs ressortissants du Sud-Soudan. Ils veulent éviter que ce genre de fiasco se répète. Une zone de combat des troupes d'élite sudafricaines et tanzaniennes n'est pas un camp de vancaces. La bataille de Bangui est en le plus récent témoin! __._,_.___ Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic ...

http://hungryoftruth.blogspot.com/2009/08/on-legacy-of-numerous-genocide.html?m=1 On The Legacy of Numerous Genocide Memorials in Rwanda By Mamadou Kouyate August 9, 2009 Upon touring Rwanda, the following question might surely pup up in one's mind: why are there so many genocide memorials scattered throughout Rwanda? Without any doubt, most people might proudly respond: for remembrance. In reality, don't they constitute a powerful weapon for domestic and foreign policies for Kagame and his authoritarian regime? Don't they also constitute permanent sanctuaries that continue to fuel ethnic hatred between Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda? Rwanda is the only country where there are more memorials in the world, in numbers and per head of population per square kilometer. Indeed, in each village, each city, apparently for the so called "do not forget" slogan, there is a genocide memorial in memory of Tutsi victims of the Rwandan genocide in 1994. For instance, the Gisozi geno...