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UN’s MONUSCO and FIB In The Spotlight After Genocidal FDLR Refuse To Surrender
Pressure continued to pile on the UN mission in Congo (Monusco) and the Congolese government over the weekend to launch military action against the FDLR militia, following expiry of the six-month...
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An Idea To Those Who Romanticise the Criminal FDLR
In a startling dream on Friday night, I saw an assassin in a passionate romance with the target, the two engaged in inaudible pillow-talk whispers; but the target named Fidel seemed worried by what the...
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Angolan Foreign Minister Says the Dismantling of FDLR Long Overdue
The Angolan Foreign Minister, Georges Chikoti, reaffirmed on Saturday in Brasilia, capital of Brazil, for the compulsory disarmament of the rebels of the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR),...
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Ibaruwa ya kabiri ifunguye kuri Frank Habineza wa Democratic Green Party of...
Na: Tom Ndahiro Umwaka mwiza Bwana Frank Habineza. Bitewe namwe, bibaye ngombwa ko nkwandikira umwaka ugitangira. Ariko kandi uzi ko nari naragusezeranyije ko nzabikora nyuma y’aho unsubirije ku...
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A dead deadline? Jan. 2015, the FDLR and its genocidal ideology are still around
Roughly a week ago a much debated disarmament deadline passed for the Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Rwanda (FDLR), the infamous rebel outfit that regroups the remnants of certain Rwandan...
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New UN Report Declare DR Congo Still Arming Murderous FDLR
There is new body of evidence of continued collaboration between the Congolese army, FARDC, and FDLR, the militia blamed for the slaughter of more than a million people during the 1994 Genocide against...
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MONUSCO – Definitive Strike Against Deadly FDLR Supposed To Have Been In 2013
So six months ago, these genocidal militiamen were given an ultimatum to voluntarily lay down arms and put their hands up, without which they would be forcefully disarmed. But as the D-Day for their...
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Delaying the FDLR Disarmament Deadline Will Only Prolong Suffering in the DR...
This week all eyes were to be on the joint summit between the South African Development Community (SADC) and the International Conference on the Great Lakes (ICGLR) that was proposed by South African...
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‘Charlie Hebdo cartoons are bigoted’– Mamdani
Blasphemy involves critiquing a tradition from within, of which Islam has had a long and honourable history (Ijtihad), says renowned academic Mahmood Mamdani. Back with a Prophet Mohammed cartoon on...
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In the West, African lives are worthless
On January 7, the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris came under attack by two masked gunmen who killed 12 people, including the editor, seven other employees, two police officers and two other people....
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President Kabila’s Will Is Key To The Defeat Of Genocidaire FDLR
No amount of pressure will rout the FDLR from the DR Congo unless Kinshasa stops propping up the genocidal militia and round up the bandits whose whereabouts in the vast country are well known to the...
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Ever again in the DRC: A long-awaited push to destroy some of Africa’s most...
THE Rwandan genocide of 1994 killed 800,000 people, most of them ethnic Tutsi, in the space of three months and triggered two successive civil wars in neighbouring Congo. Although these more or less...
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Genocide occurs when ‘warning signs’ ignored, action not taken – UN deputy chief
During a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp this week, United Nations Deputy-Secretary-General Jan Eliasson called for reflection on how...
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As we remember genocide we shouldn’t forget those killed for their religious...
On Tuesday afternoon, 70 candles will be lit across the United Kingdom to mark Holocaust Day and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The Museum at the Mill in Mossley will be one of...
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The world is not very safe, but not falling apart
It’s a good time to be a pessimist. ISIS, Charlie Hebdo, Crimea, Donetsk, Gaza, Burma, Ebola, school shootings, campus rapes, wife-beating athletes, lethal cops — who can avoid the feeling that things...
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Rev. Harrison on the Importance of Remembering Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda
At St Mary’s Church in High Pavement a service was held to mark the 20th anniversary of the genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. Reverend Chris Harrison, who led the service, said he has been moved by the...
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Crucial to Know When Free Speech Becomes Hate Speech
Given the recent events at the Charlie Hebdo magazine headquarters in Paris along with the reactions to the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, the issue of the line between free speech and hate...
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Racism in USA: When is a crime of hatred not a hate crime?
The United States brands itself ‘post-racial’ but has never overcome its long history of racism, as the murder of Jordan Davis by Michael Dunn shows. I saw the story of America in three and a half...
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Tanzania’s Laundering of the FDLR: An Investment Without Profits?
Tanzania’s position on the FDLR rebels is puzzling, and it is putting far too much on the line – for benefits that are unclear. This week could finally see the launch of a military offensive against...
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US Ambassador’s Letter to the Rwandan People
Muraho! After just one week in Rwanda, my heart has been warmed by the welcome that I have received and the beauty of the Rwandan people. Each person I have met has greeted me with sincere smiles and...
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