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Congolese refugee scoops woman of the year award
Ten years ago, Marie Jeani Angeya’s life was terribly disrupted and changed forever when her husband and one of their children were killed. Originally running a restaurant in Kasenyi in…
Two shot in city chaos as Besigye is arrested
KAMPALA- At least two civilians were shot, one of them in the back, as chaos erupted around the city’s central business district mid-morning yesterday. A combined military and police operation…
BEYOND THE BIG STICK, CHEQUE BOOK AND GUNBOATS
AN OPEN MEMO TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON THE EVE OF HIS SECOND VISIT TO AFRICA Your Excellency, Shortly, you and your family will board Air Force One and head…
Ijambo rya Perezida wa PPR-Imena ku nzira y’ibiganiro byageza abanyarwanda ku mahoro arambye.
Banyarwanda, Banyarwandakazi, bantu mwese mutaraniye hano, Mwongeye kwirirwa. Mbasuhuje mu izina ry’ishyaka PPR-Imena no mu izina ryanjye bwite : nimugire amahoro. Ayo mahoro dutangiye tubifuriza, ni yo twese duharanira kugeraho. Ni…
Ni iki u Rwanda rukeneye muri iki gihe?
Iyo witegereje neza iy’isi dutuye, ugasubiza amaso inyuma ukareba amateka yayiranze usanga hari byinshi umuntu yakwigiraho, cyane cyane mu mibanire y’abantu, ibihugu ndetse n’imibereho yaburi munsi y’umuntu ku giti cye.…
The Democratic Republic of Congo government Wednesday deployed hundreds of soldiers and tanks along its frontier with M23 rebels territory creating up new tensions in the war-torn country.
The M23 Spokesperson Rene Abandi told the press on Thursday that the DR Congo Army has stationed their forces on several fronts in Mabenga and Butembo and opened more fronts…
How Harper’s New Stance on Mining Could Help This 7-Year-Old Girl
He's never watched this small girl, the age of a Canadian first-grader, slaving on a farm under a baking sun. He's never heard her explain how she's earning money to…
Uganda gives protection to Rwandans
Kampala - A Ugandan government official says 16 Rwandan students who fled to Uganda over alleged recruitment for Congolese rebels are being considered for refugee status despite Rwanda's protestation. David…
“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.â€
By Jennifer Fierberg Foreign Policy is a complex labyrinth of balancing local needs with international interests. This act requires awareness of one’s population, needs of the community, financial and peaceful…
CHRISTIAN SAVIORS & THE ADOPTIONS INDUSTRY IN CONGO EXPLOITING AFRICA’S MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE: CHILDREN
First Published: 18 June 2013 Jennifer Fierberg & Keith Harmon Snow An investigation in the adoptions industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo reveals that the Embassy is facilitating the…