African Great Lakes Observer

  AUTHORITARIAN AFRICAN LEADERS WITH A THIN VENEER OF DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY ANN GARRISON MAY 30,2015 - A + A 0 Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza is seeking a third five-year term in office, despite violent street protest, and a failed coup détat. Nkurunziza was elected by Burundi's Parliament in 2005, and he now claims that the Burundian constitution allows him to run for election twice by voters enjoying "universal suffrage," and the Burundian  constitutional  court has upheld his  claim . The US, EU, and Western media have, nevertheless, relentlessly decried Nkurunziza's decision.   Western powers and press  fail  to note that neighboring DR Congo's President, Joseph Kabila, was appointed in 2001, not elected by universal suffrage, that Kabila then ran and claimed victory in 2006 and 2011, and that many were killed in election violence both times. They also fail to note that neighboring Rwanda'...

  Thank you  BBC for your accurate, neutral, unbiased  and measured reporting in this difficult times Burundi is facing.   BBC is not encouraging violence like  RFI which seems to support the opposition in Burundi. RFI is reporting Burundi's events in the same way as they did during  the  Rwanda war which triggered massacres of both Hutus and Tutsi. RFI was  supporting one side of the war:  Kagame's mass killings and guerrilla war.   Burundi elections: EU withdraws poll observers   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-32923214   __._,_.___ Posted by: Alfred Nganzo <alfrednganzo@yahoo.com> Reply via web post • ...

  ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Jean Bosco Sibomana sibomanaxyz999@gmail.com [rwanda_revolution]" <rwanda_revolution@yahoogroups.com> To: Sibomana Jean Bosco <Sibomanaxyz999@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, 26 May 2015, 15:25 Subject: [rwanda_revolution] African presidents' dilemma: Should I stay or should I go?   African presidents' dilemma: Should I stay or should I go? African presidents bending the constitution to their own purposes is nothing new. Sam Nujoma amended  Namibia's  constitution in 1999 to allow him a third term as president – he finally ceded power in 2004. Zambia's Frederick Chiluba and Malawi's Bakili Muluzi, however, failed to achieve the same amid domestic criticism. There was also speculation that former South African President Thabo Mbeki aspired to a third term as state president with his unsuccessful bid for a t...

  Begin forwarded message: From: " agnesmurebwayire@yahoo.fr [Democracy_Human_Rights]" < Democracy_Human_Rights@yahoogroupes.fr > Date: May 25, 2015 at 6:14:01 PM EDT To: < Democracy_Human_Rights@yahoogroupes.fr > Subject: *DHR* Rwanda:asylum seekers who left Israel describe a hopeless journey Reply-To: Democracy_Human_Rights@yahoogroupes.fr Ilan Lior  -  haaretz.com , May 24, 2015 Prof. Galia Sabar traveled to Rwanda and Uganda to hear about the Sudanese and Eritreans' wretched living conditions — partly courtesy of Israel.  The villa in a well-off neighborhood in the Rwandan capital Kigali looks perfectly normal. In recent months, new residents have arrived regularly, but they remain for only a few days. The villa, discovered by Prof. Galia Sabar, is a way station for Eritrean asylum seekers who have agreed to leave Israel for Rwanda. Sabar, the head of African Studies at Tel Aviv University's Middle Eas...

  "We will vote for him until the return of Jesus Christ, that is, until the end of time," said Sylvie with a laugh, adding that for her, Nkurunziza "should be president for life." Burundi president seen as 'divine' hero in rural homeland               Burundi president seen as 'divine' hero in rural homelan... On the streets of Burundi's capital, protesters have spent a month fighting running battles with police, erecting barricades and demanding President Pierre Nkurunzi... View on news.yahoo.com Preview by Yahoo   ### "Hate Cannot Drive Out Hate. Only Love Can Do That", Dr. Martin Luther King . __._,_.___ Posted by: Nzinink <nzinink@yahoo.com> Reply via web post • ...