turenchi (Free subscription) | yesterday
Survivor groups from Rwanda‘s 1994 genocide say they may stop sending witnesses to the United Nations tribunal in Tanzania, in protest at the court‘s recent acquittals of two genocide ...Survivor groups from Rwanda‘s 1994 genocide say they may stop sending witnesses to the United Nations tribunal in Tanzania, in protest at the court‘s recent acquittals of two genocide ...
Green Party Watch (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Sent in from RNA (Rwanda News Agency) Friday, 20 November 2009 Kigali: The scheduled founding conference of the troubled Green Party did not take place Friday as the group wait for a Police certificate from the new Commissioner-General, Brig. Emmanuel Gasana. But not without new allegations, RNA reports. A man by the names Gaston Bihibindi is claiming [...]
Real Africa's Safari tails (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The following report is from Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge in Rwanda, reporting on the Gorilla groups that can be visited. For details on visiting them yourself contact us for full details or visit our main site. In Volcanoes National Park, with bamboo continuing to shoot in the Virunga Forest, gorillas continued to feast onthis seasonal food resource [...]
Schneider Home (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The East African Union is set to become a proper free trade and free movement area from the middle of next year . This is excellent news. Part of the global trade problem is the extremely high barriers erected between developing countries, especially in Africa. This Union , modeled on the EU, of Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya should promote greater trade and prosperity in the region,...
Geostrategy (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Leaders from five East African nations have signed a common market treaty.The presidents of Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi have agreed to the free movement of people and goods across the region.It is hoped that the deal will lead to greater economic clout for the region. The common market is due to come into effect by July 2010.The East African Community was launched 10 years ago and
All Africa (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
The president of Ibuka, an umbrella body of Genocide survivors' associations, has threatened to cease cooperation with the Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for what the group described as "unfair judgment" in two cases where top Genocide suspects were acquitted.
Inductivist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Coulter is always fun: It cannot be said often enough that the chief of staff of the United States Army, Gen. George Casey, responded to a massacre of 13 Americans in which the suspect is a Muslim by saying: "Our diversity ... is a strength." As long as the general has brought it up: Never in recorded history has diversity been anything but a problem. Look at Ireland with its Protestant and...
JURIST (Free subscription) | yesterday
[JURIST] Groups representing key witnesses appearing before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) told Reuters Saturday that they may no longer participate in court trials following the acquittal of two suspects involved in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The umbrella organization for the various survivor groups in Rwanda, IBUKA, threatened that if the ICTR did not reverse its decisions,...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
Eric Holder's Baffling KSM Decision -- Wall Street Journal Opinion The attorney general's Senate testimony this week did nothing to reassure the families of 9/11's victims. On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee met to question Attorney General Eric Holder about his decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in criminal courts rather than military tribunals. As the father of...
Love Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gordon Gillespie describes the family’s recent trip to Uganda… Why did we go? “An immensely humbling and challenging experience” “hugely inspiring people” “incredible welcomes and hospitality” “amazing Christian faith and love in action” “loving and reaching the poorest of the poor” “hope and joy amidst huge desperation”...
Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lake Kivu, freshwater lake system bordering Rwanda and the Republic of Congo, may soon have dire consequences for those
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
The five member states of the East African Community (EAC) on Friday signed the protocol on the establishment of a common market within the block in Arusha, Tanzania. The signing of the protocol by Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi is the second landmark step of the block toward integration. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete hailed the signing of the protocol...
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
ANGOLA versus Mali will be the opening game of the tournament. Group A will be based in Luanda, Group B will be in Cabinda in the north of the country, Group C will play in Benguela, and Group D will be based in Lubango.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The United Nations has welcomed the recent arrest in Germany of top leaders of the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (FDLR), and urged other nations to follow suit.
The Konformist Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE59D0BR20091014 Modern man a wimp says anthropologist Wed Oct 14, 2009 John Mehaffey LONDON (Reuters) - Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions. Some Tutsi men in Rwanda exceeded the current world high jump record of 2.45 meters during initiation ceremonies in which...
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alexgreat | 17/10/2009
Sovereignty involves rights and duties among which the protection of one's fellow citizens is paramount. Historically people have organized in territorially distinct and independent states to build up the power and security necessary for achieving their goals of prosperity and peace. When a government either fails to fulfill its mandate or malevolently turns against the people, they can overthrow it
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