Originally posted on Africa is a rising lion:
Like other parts of Africa, the great lakes region has been shaped by the colonial legacy with communities sharing the same culture living in different countries. The only way African countries can deal with this colonial legacy is through regional integration. Unfortunately, the international community has adopted…
November 8, 2012
Originally posted on Uwi/Son:
Dear Mr. Chairman and committee members, I am but a solitary citizen of Rwanda: no more, no less. From such a humble platform, please accept my warm and sincere greetings from a country whose citizens have benefited in myriad ways over many years from the strategic and generous investment of British…
October 12, 2012
Originally posted on Uwi/Son:
After dealing with the significant methodological shortcomings of the Group of Experts on the DRC led by Steve Hege, superlawyer Paul Butler moves on to the question of how Hege’s own longstanding biases have affected his work as the Group’s coordinator. It is clear from the outset that, from his…
October 12, 2012
Originally posted on Uwi/Son:
Paul Butler is one of the top lawyers in DC and one of America’s uppermost national security experts. As a matter of fact, he retains to this day Top Secret security clearance. Before working as a special advisor for former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, he was a Deputy Attorney in…
October 12, 2012
Originally posted on Uwi/Son:
I have a lot to get through today so I will break this into three posts: The Hege Outburst (this one), The Hege Treatment, and The Hege Implosion. The second of this trilogy will give you a summary of what one of Washington DC and America’s top lawyers has to…
October 7, 2012
Full script (Below) source The News Time Rwanda Officials of our Country Members of the Diplomatic Corps I greet you all and thank you for being here with us during this event. I especially thank everybody working in the judiciary which is responsible for the justice in Rwanda. We are here for two reasons: The first is […]
October 6, 2012
Originally posted on butamire:
“So, is it raining in Kigali?” I looked up from the phone messages I was reading to see an elderly peasant at the next makeshift table and decided his question was addressed to me, since we were the only two occupants of the simple but clean café, apart from the young…
September 29, 2012
Originally posted on Sunny Ntayombya:
“No more Fear, no more silence, no more, no more, no more. I am a Rwandan, I always was always will be, I was never given my country by any man, I will never give up on my country. Long live Rwanda”-Rama Isibo RPA commander Paul Kagame touring RPF controlled…
September 21, 2012
source http://www.opendemocracy.net/andrew-wallis/dr-congo-beyond-crisis-cycle by Andrew Wallis An eruption of militia-based violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reflects a longer-term pattern of failure by national and international agencies. The effects are now being felt among diaspora communities in Europe as well as citizens in the region. The roots of violence must be addressed if the cycle is to […]
September 19, 2012
Originally posted on Uwi/Son:
Members of the US Congress have only seven working days left before they return to their districts to run for re-election. They haven’t passed a Budget or a jobs bill or a farm bill or a transport bill. They haven’t done a single thing of significance in years. But somehow,…
December 1, 2012
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