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  https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/12/19/statement-nsc-spokesperson-ned-price-rwandan-constitutional-referendum Jump to main content Jump to navigation Briefing Room Your Weekly Address Speeches & Remarks Press Briefings Statements & Releases White House Schedule Presidential Actions Executive Orders Presidential Memoranda Proclamations Legislation Pending Legislation Signed Legislation Vetoed Legislation Nominations & Appointments Disclosures The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release December 19, 2015 Statement by NSC Spokesperson Ned Price on Rwandan Constitutional Referendum The United States is disappointed that a referendum was called on short notice to amend the Rwandan constitution and introduce exceptions to term limits. While we commend the people of Rwanda for peacefully exercising their civic rights, we regret that the arrangements for the referendum failed to provide suffic...

  " Africa · News & Analysis UN Appoints Rwandan General as Head of Darfur Peacekeeping Despite His Senior Rank During Rwandan-Backed Rebellion in Congo by Judi Rever       December 19, 2015 2 Comments This is not the first dubious appointment of Rwandan generals to major UN peacekeeping operations. Army chief of staff Major General Frank Mushyo Kamanzi lays a foundation stone for a health center in Mubare, Rwanda ( Rwanda Government ) T he United Nations has hired a Rwandan general to head a peacekeeping force in Darfur, despite his previous role as army chief of staff at the height of a deadly, Rwandan-backed insurgency in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On Monday the United Nations and the African Union jointly announced that Rwandan Lieutenant General Frank Mushyo Kamanzi had been appointed force commander of UNAMID, a hybrid mission that provides security and humanitarian assistance in war torn Sudan. ...

  USA:  " Paul KAGAME MUST GO".  " Paul KAGAME, STOP TRAINING AND ARMING THE BURUNDIAN REBELLION" http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/chairman-royce-statement-rwanda-referendum Chairman Royce Statement on Rwanda Referendum Media Contact 202-225-5021 DEC 18, 2015 Washington, D.C. –  House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement on today's constitutional referendum in Rwanda that would allow President Kagame to remain in office through 2034: "This referendum is a big step backward for democracy.  President Kagame's move toward a third term, persisting human rights abuses, and Rwanda's recruitment and arming of refugees to sow strife in the tinderbox that is neighboring Burundi are damaging Rwanda's story of recovery and rebuilding from the horrific genocide 20 years ago.  "At his remarks to the African Union this summer, President Obama addressed...

  African leaders who won't stand down SHARE   BOOKMARK PRINT RATING Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has now led Congo-Brazzaville for more than 31 years, and Paul Kagame, Rwanda's head of state since 1994  By AFP Posted  Sunday, December 20   2015 at  13:53 Even the fate of Blaise Compaore, who was ousted after a bloody uprising in 2014 after 27 years as president of Burkina Faso, has not been enough to deter other African leaders from clinging to power long after their constitutions demanded they go.  In 2015, two African presidents amended their constitutions to allow them to seek another term -- or more. Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has now led Congo-Brazzaville for more than 31 years, and Paul Kagame, Rwanda's head of state since 1994, both ordered referendums which will allow them to run again in 2016 and 2017 respectively.  In neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila is due t...