Archives for AFRICA - Page 413
Charles Ntakirutinka yafunguwe
Charles Ntakirutinka wahoze ari ministri w’ibikorwa remezo mu Rwanda yafunguwe kuri uyu wa kane, amaze imyaka icumi muri gereza. Ntakirutinka yafunzwe amaze guhamwa n’ibyaha bitatu byo kugambanira igihugu, gukwirakwiza ibihuha…
Who is Paul Kagame
Lanky and soft-spoken, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame portrays himself as a modern-day politician who sees social media as championing democracy and development. With a website that boasts Twitter, Flickr, podcasts…
Behind the Presidential curtains
A president who once assaulted a subordinate's teenage maid, I might admit how after a long time I keep recollecting on a few incidents that I witnessed as a young…
Experts condemn expanding number of psychiatric disorders
Experts condemn expanding number of psychiatric disorders Fri 10 Feb, 2012 01:00 pm GMT © Simone van den Berg - Shyness in children, depression stemming from bereavement and internet addiction…
Shy children could be labelled as mentally ill
Experts condemn expanding number of psychiatric disorders Fri 10 Feb, 2012 01:00 pm GMT © Simone van den Berg - Shyness in children, depression stemming from bereavement and internet addiction…
THE WESTERN HEART OF DARKNESS: Mineral-Rich Congo Ravaged by Genocide and Western Plunder
Rarely has Western savagery been more destructive than in the Congo. After 115 years of Belgian colonialism and neo-colonialism, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today is a war-ravaged, balkanized…
Reaction on the arrest of the Rwanda Defence Force Generals RNC/FDU inkingi.
20th January 2012 FDU-INKINGI and RNC Statement on the suspension, arrest and detention of Senior Military Officers of Rwanda Defence Forces. Three Rwandan generals and a colonel were suspended from…
Zimbabwe MP Lynette Karenyi free over ‘Mugabe gay’ jibe
Zimbabwe's president infamously said gays were "worse than pigs or dogs" A Zimbabwean MP has been freed after spending Christmas in jail for allegedly saying President Robert Mugabe had had…
Google and Facebook top 2011’s most visited sites in US
Google was the most popular website with US users in 2011 but Facebook was not far behind, according to market researchers. Nielsen suggests more than 153 million visitors clicked onto…
BT sues Google over Android ‘patent infringements’
 UK-based telecoms group BT is suing Google in the US over claims that   six of its patents have been infringed. The British company's complaints centre on technologies at…