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Blair’s links to Rwandan President Kagame must remain secret – Foreign Office Published time: January 30, 2015 13:00 Get short URL Britain's Former Prime Minister Tony Blair (Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett) and Rwanda President Paul Kagame (Reuters/Ruben Sprich) 315 310 Tags Human rights ,  Politics ,  UK Tony Blair’s relationship with the Rwandan regime and its president, Paul Kagame, must remain secret because Blair is a “former prime minister,” according to the Times, after the Foreign Office rejected its Freedom of Information request. The UK government refused to release information about Blair’s involvement with Rwanda and his Africa Governance Initiative charity when probed by Times journalists. After a five-month delay – much longer than the usual 20 day waiting period – officials refused to disclose any details of the relationship. Officials told the Times,  “Factors in favor of disclosure include the strong public interest in tran...

  DRC: Martin Kobler welcomes military operation against FDLR https://m.soundcloud.com/radiyoyacuvoa/martin-kobler-welcomes-military-operation-against-fdlr ### "Aho kwanga no guhora dutuka Abakotanyi n'Umutware wabo, dukwiriye kubasabira ngo Imana ibavane mu bikohwa by'Ibinyabubasha (ibyo ku isi n'iby'ikuzimu) byabigaruriye bikabagira abacakara babyo",  Mwarimu  Rewoporidi MUNYAKAZI. __._,_.___ Posted by: Nzinink <nzinink@yahoo.com> Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • Start a New Topic ...

  http://www.anngarrison.com/audio/2015/01/29/553/open-letter-to-bloomberg-news-re-lorettta-lynch-and-the-ictr Open letter to Bloomberg News re Lorettta Lynch and the ICTR Submitted by  Ann Garrison  on Thu, 01/29/2015 - 18:06 TO: Bloomberg News and Bloomberg News writer  Del Quentin Wilber RE: Bloomberg News Report:   Rwanda Tribunal Taught Loretta Lynch Real Power of Prosecutors   News outlets have been praising Loretta Lynch's credentials as a former Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Whatever else Loretta Lynch's qualifications may be, this is not a credential to praise or take pride in. Those who know the disgraceful history of victor's justice at the ICTR, and its service to the predatory US/NATO agenda in the Global South, are aware of this. See my KPFA News produced with CIUT-Toronto host Phil Taylor and published on the San Francisco Bay View website, for a start, " Phil ...

  Letter from Ann Garrison, on sharing the Victoire Prize with Pere Sampol i Mas               Letter from Ann Garrison, on sharing the Victoire Prize ... I can't imagine a greater honor than the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Democracy and Peace Prize I can't imagine a greater honor than the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza D... View on www.rifdp-iwndp.org Preview by Yahoo   Letter from Ann Garrison, on sharing the Victoire Prize with Pere Sampol i Mas I can't imagine a greater honor than the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Democracy and Peace Prize I can't imagine a greater honor than the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Democracy and Peace Prize, and I send my deepest thanks to the Womens International Network for Democracy and Peace for giving me this chance to share it with Spanish Senator Pere Sampol i Mas.  Victoire herself bestowed the only comparable honor on me, after my reporting on Rwanda's 2010 "presidenti...

  http://untribune.com/rwanda-yemen-among-eight-countries-lose-unga-voting-rights/ Rwanda and Yemen Among Eight Countries to Lose UNGA Voting Rights January 26, 2015 at 1:31 pm by Denis Fitzgerald Tags:  2015 ,  Dues ,  Macedonia ,  Rwanda ,  UNGA ,  Voting ,  Yemen Jan. 26, 2014 – Rwanda and Yemen are among eight countries to have their General Assembly voting rights suspended over non-payment of dues. These countries have fallen foul of  Article 19  of the UN Charter, which states that countries will lose their UNGA vote if their "arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years." Rwanda completed a two-year stint on the Security Council on Dec. 31, 2014. It is the fifth biggest troop contributor to UN peacekeeping operations. Minimum payments of $69,948 from Yemen and $7,636 from Rwanda are required to get their...

The facts of killing: how do we write about the Rwandan Genocide? Twenty years on, we still struggle to comprehend the trauma. BY  GILES FODEN   PUBLISHED  7 APRIL, 2014 - 08:48   Spéciose Mukakibibi, photographed in 1995, aged 37. Interahamwe militiamen attacked her with machetes and killed three of her five children. Photograph: Jenny Matthews/Panos When the Hills Ask for Your Blood: a Personal Story of Rwanda and Genocide David Belton Doubleday, 333pp, £16.99 Everything reminds me of the past. I go to Kibuye, I drive past men and I think, did you kill my mum and my brothers? Did  you ? And  you ? I go to a wedding and I have to make the speech as the head of the family and I know it should be my dad speaking. The killers killed one million people. This is not a joke. This is not an idea. Jean-Pierre In the 20 years since the genocide, Rwanda has become a much-studied topic, in writing that has proliferated across genr...