The Guardian (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Fifteen years after the genocide that killed a million people, Rwanda's warring tribes have reached a truce. But will it hold? Here, the world's leading writer on Rwanda meets the killers, the survivors, and the man bringing them together When I began visiting Rwanda, in 1995, a year after the genocide, the country was still pretty well annihilated: blood-sodden and pillaged, with bands of orphans...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
I'm here I safely arrived in one piece with all my luggage right on schedule I cleared Immigration the Swine Flu Inspectors and Customs with no problem. There was a driver waiting for me with another woman from my office whom I had never met but who was on all of my same flights except she flew business class. She's very nice and I should see her at the office here during the next week.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
JOHN BARNES wasted no time in trying to get back into football by applying for the job as coach to the Rwanda national team.
World Food Program (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Rwanda may be among the first African countries to achieve the Millennium development Goal I, if it maintains or increases its pace in reducing food insecurity amongst its citizens.(..)World Food Programme Country Director Abdoulaye Baldé said that there has been great improvement in ensuring food security in Rwanda.
Miracle in Kigali (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Michel Bagargaza former Director General of Rwanda's tea industry regulator has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in the 1994 Genocide. Full story at Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSL5241228
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
UGANDA'S U-20 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier against Rwanda in Kigali tomorrow has been shifted to a yet undisclosed venue sparking off a protest from the coach Majidah Nantanda.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A United Nations genocide court on Thursday sentenced a former tea industry official from Rwanda to eight years in prison for ordering subordinates to kill hundreds of minority Tutsi hiding in a church.
Eric The Fish (Free subscription) | yesterday
. As The Guardian reports, actress Emma Thompson has declared that Exeter University would be a place where Griffin and the BNP would feel at home. This comes in the light of the treatment she claims her adopted son, Tindy suffered whilst a student there. (She) urged a university to work to stamp out racism after her adopted son endured "unpleasant" experiences while studying there. Thompson...
A Passion to Understand (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rwandan Genocide , originally uploaded by daveblume I’ve started reading A Time for Machetes: The Rwandan Genocide - The Killers Speak . I’m just reading the opening pages where the killers speak about how they were rounded up and organised to kill. I am overwhelmed by a sense of denial. Not in the political sense but the psychological sense; the sense where a dying person reasons that...
Stop Her She's Knitting (Free subscription) | yesterday
So, for your Saturday enjoyment. And because I have a busy day today and so the words must be few. I thought I would regale you with all the pictures that I took in Africa of the things that people carry on their heads. I am always obsessed with taking pictures of these things because I am just fascinated by it. I am always amazed by the variety of things that people transport on their craniums. So,...
Congo Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Congolese government says military operations in the area have been suspended to allow an inquiry into the UN allegations that soldiers had killed civilians. From BBC News Friday, 6 November 2009: DR Congo army 'used aid as bait' The Democratic Republic of Congo army has used vaccination clinics as "bait" to attack civilians, says aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Thousands of...
ricklibrarian (Free subscription) | yesterday
At this point, much has been written about the genocide in Rwanda, yet it is hard for outsiders to imagine and understand. With the bloodbath past, we hope that progress toward peace and reconciliation is being made, and we turn our attention elsewhere. Perhaps there is progress. How else could a film like Munyurangabo be made.? The story of the film is almost as good as the story in the film. Lee...
The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Paris Review editor Philip Gourevitch told his staff this afternoon that he will be stepping down in April after five years on the job. Mr. Gourevitch, who is also a New Yorker staff writer, said in an interview that his decision to resign was motivated by a desire to focus his energies on his writing, and that his current book project, which is about Rwanda, is proving too time-consuming to allow...
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
South African Judge Richard Goldstone has come under fire from both US imperialism and zionist Israel for reporting on the human rights violations commited against the Palestinians in Gaza. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos Kenyans side with Israel on UN vote Africa Leader Friday 6th November, 2009 Kenya has abstained from voting on the endorsement by the UN General Assembly...
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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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