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Work against institutionalized racism in the United States
We couldn’t agree more with your recent call for Springfield to continue to talk about race. As co-chairs of the Springfield Coalition on Dismantling Racism (SCoDR), we represent citizens who believe...
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Fighting racism and all forms of chauvinism is a matter of life and death
By Mark Leibler It chills me that we have come to a point where we are denying refugees reaching Australian waters any prospect of ever being settled in this country. When we demonise those who arrive...
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UN War Threats in the DR Congo Kick Up Dust
Threats by UN Peacekeeping mission in DRC, MONUSCO, that M23 rebels should disarm before 4pm on Thursday have angered leaders in the Great Lakes region and also set the stage for fresh confrontations...
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People must move beyond skin colour
By Art Laramee With the news media spiking racial tension before, during and after the George Zimmerman trial, there have been calls for a conversation about racism in America. Bill O’Reilly of Fox...
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ICGLR wants to get back DR Congo role
On the face of it, the just-ended special heads of state summit of the Great Lakes countries did not offer any radical solution to the deteriorating security situation in Central Africa. But beneath...
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Congo Rebel Group M23 Threatens To Retake Goma As UN Peacekeepers Increase...
Rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are threatening to retake the eastern city of Goma if their demands are not met, less than one week after the United Nations called for them to turn in...
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20e anniversaire des accords d’Arusha : quand la paix mène au génocide
Il y a tout juste vingt ans, le 4 août 1993, étaient signés à Arusha, en Tanzanie, les accords de paix et de partage du pouvoir censés permettre au Rwanda de sortir de la crise. Un compromis longtemps...
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When racists attack: dealing with public bigotry
Racism continues to animate the Australian public conversation, with a number of high profile verbal sprays on the football pitch, radio and public transport. Nevertheless, very few Australians...
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FIFA focuses on Italian racism, as minister likens her abuse to Balotelli’s
By Mark Baber Italy’s first black government minister Cécile Kyenge has likened the racism she has received – she recently had bananas thrown at her – to the racism that Mario Balotelli has received,...
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Hate speech a precursor to hate crimes
What is happening in Samatya? Can it be a coincidence that on four occasions in the past few weeks, elderly women living on their own — all of them of Armenian descent — were targeted in brutal...
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California congresswoman says “Institutional racism is alive and well” in U.S
By Cat Boardman (CBS News)–While the nation continues to discuss the meaning of the George Zimmerman verdict (Zimmerman was found not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin) with regards to race in...
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The DR Congo based FDLR and grenade attacks in Kigali
One of the suspects who manned the recent grenade attack at Nyabugogo Taxi Park in Kigali, has said that he and his colleagues were sent on a mission by their boss, Colonel Enoch Bizimana alias...
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Peace in the DR Congo, A Bridge Too Far
By Joseph Rwagatare Is the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) anywhere near achieving peace? Hardly, even with the massive deployment of troops, huge expenditure and frantic diplomatic efforts. And...
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DR Congo Government is the foster parent of FDLR
The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo sponsored the founding congress of the so-called Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) militia, a German court heard this week....
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World Bank Approves $340 Million for Hydro-Power to 3 East African countries
The World Bank said its board approved $340 million of financing for a hydroelectric project intended to provide electricity to 62 million people in Rwanda, Tanzania and Burundi. The Regional Rusumo...
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Voices of the Dead in Rwanda still heard
By Rabbi Shmuley Botech Rwanda might not be everyone’s idea of a family trip, but it’s one of my favorite places in the world and, after visiting last year to highlight the 1994 genocide and promote...
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Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda determined to move faster
They say birds of the same feather fly together and that is exactly what the Northern Corridor trade partners of the EAC are doing. Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya have decided to fast-track the Single...
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Tanzanians in Rwanda reassured, they are part of East African Community
While Tanzania is chasing away Rwandans who live in Tanzania, the government of Rwanda reassured Tanzanians living in Rwanda that they should feel welcome and comfortable. Minister Louise Mushikiwabo...
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Netanyahu and Kagame: Leaders Who Know What Genocide Means
By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Having sat with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda in the same week, there is an immediate symmetry one sees between both men. They have the...
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FDLR Top men on trial in Germany: On the 173rd day, one of them speaks out
Straton Musoni grins happily as he is led into the courtroom on the morning of 5 August, handcuffed as always. “Good morning!” he calls out towards the public benches in Room 6 of the Oberlandesgericht...
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