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Behind The Presidential Curtains: A hungry president the truth behind Congo war.
After the overthrow of Mobutu of Zaire and naming it Democratic Republic of Congo, Paul Kagame was convinced that his Government will have the biggest access of Congo’s wealth and…
S. Africa cop: Rwanda assassination plot suspect offered police $1m bribe after airport arrest
JOHANNESBURG — A South African police detective said Monday a Rwandan businessman offered police a $1 million bribe to free him after his arrest on suspicion of bankrolling an assassination…
Museveni says he will crush lawless civilians
President Museveni meets Ariongs’s family at Naguru Police Barracks yesterday. He said those responsible for the death will face the law. Photo by Stephen Wandera President Museveni yesterday said government…
“We fought for years against a dictator and we put in power a tyrant”
(MO*) —In the African Region of the Great Lakes, the rumors are rife about General Kayumba Nyamwasa and Colonel Patrick Karegeya, two former high-level staff of Paul Kagame, who turned…
DR Congo poll followed by wave of killings – UN
Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo carried out killings and arbitrary arrests after elections last year, according to a UN report. The UN Joint Human Rights Office documented…
Outgoing and Incoming Rwandan Presidents Receive Americans
AD, look at the above photograph. As you see is Paul Kagame receiving a delegation from Oklahoma Christian University yesterday (15 March 2012), who plan to build “a state-of-the-art boarding…
FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in DR Congo
By Jonny Hogg KINSHASA, March 12 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's future remains uncertain following contested elections last November which were marred by violence and widespread fraud. Official results…
Kagame’s “Long Walk to Freedom†From His Crimes
So Kagame has been “exonerated†by French judges from killing Habyarimana? Fat chance. But suppose that were true, does that shorten Kagame’s “long walk to freedom†from his crimes? Hardly.…
RWANDA: AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO EMBEZZLE PUBLIC FUNDS WITH IMPUNITY
Over 20 billion (20,000,000,000) Frw or $40 million US dollars have been embezzled from Rwanda national treasury. One gets these numbers by putting together figures and spreadsheets that were recently…
Explosions at Congo Weapons Depot Kill Scores
By ADAM NOSSITER DAKAR, Senegal — A series of explosions at a weapons depot in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, killed scores of people on Sunday, according…