Alice Umutoni, As you can see, what people of Rwanda and Congo in the African Village are saying is that, Kagame killed President Juvenal Habyrimana who is a Hutu. From that point the massacre of Rwanda went full scale. The Rwandese brutally killing themselves, Hutu Vs. Tutsi killing one another free for all fight. Some Tutsi and Hutus both ran to Congo and settled in the Congolese land, as Refugees. Then Kagame having been helped by some of his Tutsi tribal group, with families and friends who include Museveni as well as his friends from the west help him to gain power in Rwanda.
Here the agreement through which Kagame was assisted to gain power included building Rwanda through Congo's wealth and resources. From here, Kagame extended selfishly and greedily to enrich himself and extended the stolen loot from Congo to enrich his unscrupulous corporate special business interest in the West. It is here therefore that organized Rwandan soldiers committed crimes of genocide in the DR Congo between 1993 - 2003? The draft report makes allegations of genocide committed in the DR Congo over various phases since 1993......Helping Rwandese both Hutus and Tutsis in Congo turned to LAND GRABBING FROM CONGOLESE........so Congo people must die to give way their land to Kagame for Hutu/Tutsi land occupation inside Congo.
If such a crime is alleged to have been committed by Rwandan soldiers against other own people, why did Congo people brutally massacre and women raped and Congo childred destroyed??? Why did the UN not at least investigate and bring to book the responsible Rwandan attacking Congo and destroying Congolese??? Why did Kagame proceeded from Rwanda to enter Congo territory....... with whose authority ???
Alice must beware that it is because M23 was the weapon Kagame was using to police ad protect his Tutsi refugee inside Congo and altogether wage wars within Congo with an aim to weaken Congo Government and destroy Congolese; while on the other side he is busy looting Congolese wealth and resources and doing business with his friends overseas........
If Alice is not biased and discriminatory with her request, can she explain what Congo had to do with Rwandans Hutu/Tutsi genocide of killing themselves??? Why did it turn to killing Congolese and destroying Congo for their selfish greed after they were helped into Congo as Refugees??? Is it because Congolese people are fluke and weak who could not defend themselves from genocide masterminded by the Rwandese led by Kagame???
Does Alice Umutoni aware that Kagame was engaged and involved in a conspiracy with his friends of Corporate Special Business Interests, who helped him plan to steal wealth and resources from Congo through merciless killings and destroying livelihood and survival of Congolese people using sophisticated weaponry sent to Kagame by his wealthy friends in the west??........which in the same way they grabbed Congo land, now was extended to Kenya in exactly the same manner to distabilize Luo Nyanza and people of Mombasa and Garissa??? Is Alice aware that Al-shabaab and Al-Queda brought to Kenya was engineered??? Does Alice know casualities we went through as we lost fishermen in Migingo and likewise our prominent leaders in the region who were sucked by Museveni who assisted Kagame to take over Rwanda??? This is why what Civil unrest that is happening in Congo is spreading to occupy the whole of East Africa from Congo........to the benefit of Kagame, Museveni with their Corporate Special Business Interest.
M23 should not have only gotten out of Goma, but out of Congo and back to Rwanda. That is where they belong. They need to go back and develop Rwanda. This is the ultimate resolution to problems in Congo. This is what I expected Alice Umutoni to have in his email to President Obama.
They are in simple terms, Refugees to Congo and now that Rwanda is stable and peaceful they should go back to their home and join together to build Rwanda.......there is nothing for them to negotiate with Congo. They are not Congo responsibility but Rwandan and Kagame should be responsible to own his responsibility and we dont want anymore clean-ups of human lives in the Great Lakes of East Africa.........
This M23 is getting nastier by the day and simply because Kagame and Museveni are both getting stubborn. Both of President Kagame and Museveni must respect sovereignty territorial boundary of Congo......
President Obama cannot waste his time to read Alice letter or reprimand Jakaya Kikwete for saying the right thing to Kagame.
What does respect for territorial integrity mean?
Concurrently, what is happening, something very significant situations are happening and are taking place in East Africa that the UN most definately is not taking serious their international relations that raises questions concerning judgments of the decreasing importance of boundaries consideration:
It is because there are growing disrespect and interferences by organized engineered Rebels and Terrorist invasions allowed to prescribe force to alter neighboring interstate boundaries.........which is referred by International Treaty as the territorial integrity norms.
The development of a norms concern respect for states' territorial where particular importance are laid.
It is because scholars have established that territorial disputes have been the major cause of enduring interstate rivalries, the frequency of war, and the intensity of war.
Now that Bosco is in the ICC Hague, we believe Kagame will be called to begin to talk as witness if not accused and this is the madiaba and butterfly taking rounds in the stomach of Kagame and people like you who cant stand to be told the truth.
What happened in Congo was going to affect Tanzania, Kenya and the rest of the neighbouring Countries to include Somalia and Ethiopia. This was the reason why Kikwete took the opportunity to caution Kagame in Ethiopia........which is why, Kikwete is right to put Kagame on check.........
There are possibility that Kagame's contacts in the USA from his tribe could have been possible negotiating Agents facilitating stolen wealth and resources from Congo for dispatch to their corporate special business connection and I cannot doubt those who question Kikwete's intention to put Kagame on check while they were in Ethiopia.
Watch this ..........
1) Where did he get all the Gold, Diamond and Coltan he was selling and trading with to the west
2) How was he paying back what he stole from the Congolese
3) Why would he have so much interest in the Republic of Congo
4) Why would he want to protect and form policing Rebel groups in side the Congo and finance and supply weaponry to M23 in Congo and why would he be interested and negotiate for leadership in M23 terror group......and where did the M23 get the power to demand part of Congo owning part of its territory......???
5) Why would Kagame keep Bosco under house arrest and later finally release him to go to the American Embassy in Rwanda 6) If Bosco was able to surrender in Rwanda, what was he doing in Congo
7) Why would he plan for a Refugee Tutsi leader inside Republic of Congo to take leadership of Congo government
This and many other are questions that need clearance and answere and that they are the test of eating the pudding.
Why do you think General Kagame and RPF are afraid of talks and negotiate fairly? It is because the outcomes would call to hold RPF and Kagame of genocide crimes where Kagame was responsible for perpetrated massacres in both Rwanda and Congo and where FDLR are among victims in 1990. The Interahamwes are scared of facing relatives of people they hacked and cut their necks with machetes, Kagame and Inkotanyi are haunted by the idea of facing relatives of people whose skulls were crushed by their hoes (jembes).
It was that brutal……..(The Ntarahamwe are the Hutu militia enjoyed the backing of the Hutu-led government leading up to, during, and after the Rwandan Genocide. Since the genocide, they have been forced out of Rwanda, and have sought asylum in Congo. They are currently a terrorist group hiding in the Congo and the Ugandan forest. While still in action, they despised the Tutsis so much that they often referred to them as cockroaches, or inyenzi in Kinyarwanda) THEN (A Tutsi-led army by KAGAME ended the massacres by seizing power and driving the Hutu extremists out of Rwanda)…….You do not follow your enemy into another country to fight them if instead your interest is destroying your neighbor’s country and their people in Congo.
This puts Kagame in a Regional dispute of discriminatory dictatorship of holding Rwandans in Congo as their hostages suffocating democracy in Congo for their selfish and greed to loot and steal Congolese wealth and resources....... which is why, Kikwete was right to throw some light to Kagame.
Friends of Kagame are interested in the whole of East Africa.......which is why there was a conspiracy to do the same in 2007/8 in Kenya. They want the piece of land from Kenya in the Greater Luo Nyanza and in Mombasa. It is the reason Museveni took Migingo with Kibaki and Raila's blessings and now he is demanding Mombasa Port trying to deliver to the same foreign master.
The fight in East Africa is not for nothing. It is the selfish greed that begun in Rwanda and it should not be taken for granted.
The same Rwandese of Tutsi occupying Congo land are the same Rwandese Tutsi negotiating in Kenya to take over the whole of South Nyanza and Nyakach region including the whole of Siaya. It has been strategically planned with investors from Canada and South Africa meant to fool the intelligence. OTO is not parrading Western and the Luo Nyanza for nothing, it started with clean-up joint strategy meeting with Kagame and Museveni for clean-up...... what are they cleaning up, people??? again this is meant to fool people........Our lands are a target and it is time we must speak up and expose everyone. These are the reason why 2,000 families in South Nyanza were evicted from their homes to pave ways for the unscrupulous investments of Kagame and Museveni masters.........we are not fools........and we are tired!!!
When the truth emerges, justice is demand that fairness is implemented. This might include asking Rwandese of Tutsi in Congo as Refugees to go back and help their development in Rwanda and not from Congo. Kagame is not confortable to face reality and he knows too well that RPF are the obstacle to durable sustainable solution to the basic problem inside Congo and in its neighbourhood ......... Now they have grown horns and are spreading to occupy the whole of East Africa from Congo........our villages have been targeted and we are victims of loosing our families who are being killed with mysterious tricks and with funny kwack doctors spraying incecticides in the village homes.........My mother and brother are victims in the village......and the idea is so people can die quickly to give way for funny investors to take our lands.......We must go to who is selling us out...........If it is OTO we want him investigated and know who is behind him.........even at the rate of our rich people dying is very funny......then their money in the bank vanish very mysteriously.......who is after our peoples money.......what about the very recent one......that of Mutula, is there some resemblence??? ......... is his money still in the bank????
Why are the true victims who truely commit and engage in organizing thugs to engage in Criminal activities against Human Rights and violating every sense of dignity and abuse are left scott-free......???
I am beginning to question myself.........Is Uhuru and Ruto the real culprits who engaged in Clean-up of human beings in East Africa from the earth ??? Are they the ones incharge at the time holding full responsibilities or were they the perpetrators of genocide ??? If so, did they do it alone???
We need some light here............We need interrogative investigation of Jicho Pevu to do some evidence gathering for us because we cannot allow to be fooled........???
The time has come where everyone must carry their own cross.........it is because, we cannot afford politics in the conspiracy of finishing people.........it is unacceptable.......something tells me that there is something very wrong.........with people we believe and trust.........
Africans must wake up to view their livelihood and survival very critically.........and engage to streamline ways and means to resolve conflicts problems to safeguard Peace and Unity for shared mutual benefits of all.........
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-- Send Emails to wanabidii@googlegroups.com ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda answers your questions on Bosco Ntaganda and Kenyan cases Published on Mar 22, 2013 International Criminal Court Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda says it's a good day for victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo - after the transfer of rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda to the Hague and earlier this week we saw efforts by lawyers of Kenya's president-elect, Uhuru Kenyatta, to have his ICC case reviewed. And there've been questions over the witnesses in the cases relating to Kenya's post-election violence in early 2008. In an exclusive interview with the BBC's Anna Holligan - the ICC Prosecutor began by explaining the significance of Ntaganda's surrender - for the Congolese people. BBC HARDtalk - Paul Kagame - President of Rwanda (13/7/12) Published on Aug 3, 2012 Is Rwanda's president Paul Kagame in serious danger of losing the international community's goodwill for a country still haunted by the ghosts of genocide? He has been accused of autocratic behaviour and of being unrealistic about the prospects for the economic transformation of Rwanda. Perhaps most damagingly, a recent UN report claims that the Rwandan government is breaking UN sanctions by backing rebels in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Zeinab Badawi talks to President Paul Kagame: can he reclaim his reputation as a bold and visionary leader or is he destined to go down as another African strongman who failed to live up to expectations? ICC asked to prosecute Rwanda's Kagame Published on Aug 17, 2012 Opponents of Rwanda's long-time President Paul Kagame asked the International Criminal Court Friday to pursue him over war crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year. A spokeswoman for the ICC prosecutor's office confirmed it had received a request to prosecute Kagame but stressed the court handled "hundreds" of similar communications a year with equal treatment. In June UN experts in a report accused Kagame of supporting with arms and ammunition rebels of the March 23 (M23) movement, which is fighting government troops in the DR Congo. Kigali has denied the charge. M23 has been fighting the Congolese army since April after a mutiny was spurred by Tutsi army general Bosco Ntaganda, nicknamed "The Terminator", against whom the ICC issued a fresh arrest warrant last month. "We are asking the prosecutor to indict Paul Kagame," said Nkiko Nsengimana, a coordinator of Rwanda's United Democratic Forces (FDU) party. The FDU is the party of opposition leader Victoire Ingabire and is not recognised by Kigali. Close to 100 protesters gathered outside the ICC's heavily-fortified building in The Hague where they chanted slogans such as "Kagame, assassin!" and "Kagame under arrest". "The M23 is simply a Rwandan army," Nsengimana added, calling Kagame "its supreme leader". Lawyer Christopher Black said the request to prosecute Kagame for war crimes committed since March was filed on behalf of the FDU and a second opposition group, the Rwandan National Congress. Black said Kagame charges against Kagame should include M23's alleged use of child soldiers. Meanwhile, Kinshasa this month also claimed Rwanda was backing the rebels and added it would refuse to negotiate with the M23, who are drawn from an earlier rebel movement integrated into the Congolese army in 2009. The rebels claim Kinshasa failed to honour the 2009 peace deal. Spokeswoman for Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's office Florence Olara acknowledged receipt of the request Friday, saying "we will analyse the information received as we do with all... communications to the Prosecutor." But she added: "We receive hundreds of such communications every year from all types of sources relating to the situations we investigate as well as others and we treat all of them equally." The ICC is the world's first permanent tribunal, set up in 2002 to deal with the most serious crimes of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. It has issued several arrest warrants relating to the conflict in the eastern DR Congo, including against militia leader Thomas Lubanga, who was sentenced to 14 years in jail on July 10 for using child soldiers in his rebel army. Ntaganda however, remained at large. Rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda surrenders in Rwanda One of Africa's most wanted warlords has surrendered. Rwandan-born Bosco Ntaganda led a faction of the M23 rebels in DR Congo, and has been on the run for a year. Any WARLORD watching this.... This is your fate for crimes against humanity since the ICC set up in 2005 !!! Presidents Kagame, Museveni hold joint press conference- Kampala, 27 January 2012 Uploaded on Feb 9, 2012 No description available. 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UN Sanctioned Congo "Intervention Brigades" Complement US Africa Strategy Published on Apr 24, 2013 Maurice Carney: 3,000 member force intervention will further militarize Congo; US has power to sanction rebel-backers Rwanda and Uganda, but will not because they are allies in American AFRICOM strategy Complete News - M23 rebels begin withdrawal to Sake Published on Apr 20, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/CompleteNews Why did Rwandan War Lord Accused of Crimes in Congo, Give Himself Up to the Published on Apr 16, 2013 Maurice Carney: Rwanda hands over one warlord to ICC and props up others as it continues plunder of Congo's resources Neocolonialism in Africa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9jXO1rZP40 Published on Feb 3, 2013 Europe and America are trying to find a way out of their economic crisis by continuing more austerity. Our reporter asks whether Americans should have the right to carry personal nuclear weapons. We talk to former UK ambassador to Algeria, Graham Hand, about the foreign policy of western powers in resource rich Africa. These and much more are all reviewed in this edition of Double Standards with Afshin Rattansi. US Covers Up Rwanda Supported Mutiny in Congo Published on Jun 26, 2012 Maurice Carney: American ally Rwanda supports rebel troops in Congo Maurice Carney interviewed by Democracy Now! (1 of 3) Uploaded on Nov 13, 2008 No description available. Congo is worst conflict since WWII-corporations make $$$-2/2 Uploaded on Jan 24, 2008 Corporations Reaping Millions as Congo Suffers Deadliest Conflict Since World War II Now this !!!!
M23 Political Leader Bertrand Bisimwa’s letter to Ban Ki MoonBunagana, May 22nd 2013 Réf : 027/Prés-M23/2013 RE: Actual situation in the Eastern part of DRC To the UN Secretary General New York Your Excellency, We are once again honored to write to you about the situation that is taking place in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The military operations which are taking over in the surrounding of Goma are a result of Congolese army working together with his allies FDLR and MAI-MAI armed groups attacking the M23 positions from Monday 20th may, 2013 at 4:30 am. We would like to see this military hostilities being stopped on both sides as it appears in our letter of 1st May, 2013 addressed to his Excellency MUSEVENI KAGUTA, President of the Republic of Uganda, Mediator of the Kampala peace talks and President of ICGLR, requesting for bilateral cease fire as shows our attached letter. Unfortunately the DRC government consider the Kampala negotiations as an opportunity for a delay, in order to obtain the UN resolution for a militarist option. We again express our political will to have a bilateral cease fire agreement to bring peace to our people and allow the political dialogue to take over. We want this framework to deal with root causes of this conflict rather than a simple treatment of symptoms as it was recommended by H.E OLOUSSEGUN OBASANJO your Special Envoy in this very matter in the year 2008 – 2009. We stay convinced that war will never bring sustainable peace in the DRC and want to assure you, that we believe that, the presence of the UN Mission in DRC remains an opportunity in our quest for peace . Hoping that our correspondence will take your attention, we thank you anticipatively. Respectfully Bertrand BISIMWA CC: - Permanent Members of the Security Council - President of the African Union - Heads of State of the CIRGL - Embassies M23 Leader Bertrand Bisimwa’s letter to Mary ROBINSONBunagana, May 22nd, 2013 Réf : 026/PRES-M23/2013 To the attention of Her Excellency Mary ROBINSON, UN Secretary General Special Envoy in the Great Lakes Region Re: Actual situation in the Eastern of DRC Your Excellency, We are once again honored to write to you about the situation that is taking place in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The military operations which are taking over in the surrounding of Goma are a result of Congolese army working together with his allies FDLR and MAI-MAI armed groups attacking the M23 positions from Monday 20th may, 2013 at 4:30 am. This situation is disturbing the political peace process which was proned by the framework agreement of Addis Ababa of February 24th 2013, the true way for solution in the DRC crisis and even complicates the Kampala negotiations in which we did and do still build our hope. We would like to see this military hostilities being stopped on both sides as it appears in our letter of 1st May, 2013 addressed to his Excellency MUSEVENI KAGUTA, President of the Republic of Uganda, Mediator of the Kampala peace talks and President of ICGLR, requesting for bilateral cease fire between us and the Government of the DRC. Unfortunately the DRC government consider the Kampala negotiations as an opportunity for a delay, in order to obtain the UN resolution for a militarist option. We remain believing that war will never bring sustainable peace in the DRC. We highly thank you, Excellency, as you endeavour to bring peace in our region through the political solution rather than war. Hoping that our correspondence will take your attention, we thank you anticipatively. Respectfully Bertrand BISIMWA CC: - UN Secretary General - Permanent Members of the Security Council - President of the African Union - Heads of State of the CIRGL - Embassies M23 letter To Yoweri Museveni Kaguta President of UgandaBunagana, May 1st, 2013 Réf : 021/Prés-M23/2013 To His Excellency YOWERI MUSEVENI KAGUTA, President of Republic of Uganda, Chairman of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region “ICGLR” and Mediator of the negotiations between the DRC government and M23 Re: Ceasefire Agreement Your Excellency, Mr President, We, at M23, are honored to inform you that we still have hope in peace through the negotiations taking place in Kampala. Since December, 2012 on the request of the international community represented by the International Conference of Great Lakes Region, we submitted ourselves to all requests from the ICGLR, for instance we withdrew from Goma while we were militarily stronger than the DRC Army and we signed the unilateral ceasefire while the DRC government refused to do so. We maintained our military positions as it was requested and we humbly accepted all the demands which allowed the progress in the negotiations today, it’s during the Kampala negotiations period that the DRC government went to the UN seeking for the resolution 2098. At this moment while we are still in negotiations, the DRC Army in coalition with the FDLR have left their positions, crossed over and took our positions in Mabenga. Others came from Tongo through the Virunga national Park where they are preparing to attack ours positions in Rutshuru territory. In Kanyarutshina, the DRC Army in coalition with MONUSCO peace keepers took our positions, which consequently shows that the DRC government is preparing war against us. This is why we at M23, are requesting to the DRC government to sign the ceasefire agreement and to release all our members kept in prison in Kinshasa as a proof of willingness to pursue with negotiations. We are convinced that the ceasefire agreement will bring in the end of the war and allow peaceful negotiations to take place. We believe that the efforts made by the mediator and the ICGLR would not be taken in vain by the DRC government and we thank you for all. Respectfully Bertrand BISIMWA CC: - Heads of States of ICGLR; - His Excellence The Facilitator of Talks between M23 and The DRC’s Government; GOMA – RDC : Une tragédie à l’horizon Des soldats de parade, aussi remarquables les jours de défilé qu’inaptes sous le feu. Qu’il s’agisse d’une escarmouche due à des raisons plus ou moins futiles -la gestion d’une source-, ou d’un accrochage plus sérieux qui pourrait mettre fin à cinq mois d’une trêve de facto, les combats qui ont opposée hier les soldats du M23 aux troupes gouvernementales et aux rebelles hutu rwandais des FDLR, leurs alliés, autour de l’abreuvoir de Mutaho -à une dizaine de kilomètres de Goma, dans l’Est de la RDC- préfigurent certainement une partie du scénario pour les semaines à venir. Lorsque la Brigade d’intervention de la MONUSCO, mise en place par la résolution 2098 du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU pour « neutraliser » les forces de l’Armée Révolutionnaire Congolaise, branche militaire du M23, sera prête à agir, il suffira un épisode déclencheur comme celui de Mutaho -une offensive conjointe FARDC-FDLR contre les positions de l’ARC et la riposte, quoique contenue, de cette dernière- pour susciter l’intervention sur le terrain de la nouvelle unité spéciale onusienne sous commandement d’un général tanzanien. Celle-ci ne se limitera pas, par conséquent, à exercer une fonction de dissuasion mais se déploiera en ordre de combat face aux troupes du général Sultani Makenga, chef militaire du M23. Dans cette perspective d’« affrontement final » contre la « révolution congolaise » du M23, se consomme tristement la dérive des Nations Unies qui abdiquent leur rôle fondateur de partenariat mondial pour la paix pour se muer en force d’agression contre toute forme de résistance au nouvel ordre planétaire établi par les grandes puissances. Un ordre qui exige un pouvoir faible et prédateur en RDC avec Joseph Kabila à la tête de l’Etat et qui sera à tout prix défendu, même au risque d’embraser à nouveau la sous région. Ainsi, l’alliance qui se profile dans les collines et les jungles du Kivu entre Casques Blues, FARDC et FDLR signe -dans la collusion théoriquement contre nature entre une mission de paix devenue mission de guerre et des forces génocidaires- l’arrêt de mort de l’ONU en tant que régulateur impartial des conflits et la perte définitive de sa légitimation en tant qu’agent de paix. Mais les événements de Mutaho nous apprennent une deuxième leçon. La provocation orchestrée par Kabila à la veille de la visite du Secrétaire général des NU à Kinshasa montre jusqu’à quel point le locataire du Palais de la Nation se sent conforté par ses parrains internationaux. Ceux-ci feront probablement mine de critiquer son inaction face aux engagements pris dans l’accord-cadre d’Addis-Abeba. Mais ils sont en réalité les derniers à être intéressés à un véritable processus de réformes en RDC, qui dote par exemple ce géant d’Afrique centrale d’une armée en mesure de faire respecter sa souveraineté nationale et d’un pouvoir capable d’en assurer le développement et de garantir le bien être de ses populations. Pourtant, et avant qu’il ne soit pas trop tard, il faut au moins que les Etats de la sous région prennent la mesure des conséquences de l’intervention de la Brigade onusienne. Car tous ne resteront pas les bras croisés devant le nettoyage ethnique et l’extermination des communautés banyarwanda dans le Nord Kivu. Luigi Elongui Translated in English: Whether it's a skirmish due to reasons more or less trivial-managing a source-or a more serious clash that could end in five months a de facto truce, fighting who opposed yesterday soldiers M23 government troops and Rwandan Hutu FDLR rebels, allies around the trough Mutaho to ten kilometers from Goma, in eastern DRC, certainly foreshadow some scenario for the coming weeks. When the Intervention Brigade of MONUSCO, established by resolution 2098 of the Security Council of the UN to "neutralize" the forces of the Congolese Revolutionary Army, the military wing of the M23 will be ready to act, simply a trigger episode like Mutaho-joint FARDC-FDLR offensive against the positions of the CRA and the response, although contained, this latest addition to spark action on the ground of the new UN special unit under the command of a Tanzanian general. This will not be limited, therefore, to exert a deterrent but will deploy in battle order against the troops of General Sultani Makenga military leader M23. In this perspective of "final battle" against the "Congolese revolution" of the M23, is sadly consumes drift UN abdicate their role founder of Global Partnership for Peace to turn into an aggressive force against any form of resistance the new world order established by the great powers. An order requiring low power and predator in the DRC with Joseph Kabila as head of state and will be defended at any cost, even at the risk of flare again the subregion. Thus, the alliance looming in the hills and jungles of Kivu between Helmets Blues, FARDC and FDLR sign-in collusion against theoretically kind between a peacekeeping mission to become war-forces genocidal death sentence UN as an impartial regulator of conflict and the final loss of its legitimacy as an agent of peace. But the events of Mutaho we learn a second lesson. Provocation orchestrated by Kabila on the eve of the visit of the UN Secretary General in Kinshasa shows how much the tenant of the Palace of the Nation feels buoyed by its international sponsors. They probably do mine to criticize his inaction on commitments made in the framework agreement in Addis Ababa. But in reality they are the last to be interested in a genuine process of reform in the DRC, which endows eg the giant Central African army in a position to enforce its national sovereignty and a power capable of ensure the development and ensure the welfare of its people. Yet, before it is too late, we need at least the countries of the sub region are measuring the impact of the intervention of the UN Brigade. Because all will not stand idly by ethnic cleansing and extermination of Banyarwanda in North Kivu communities. RDC: Le viol est utilisé comme une arme de guerre El Memey Murangwa Par El Memey Murangwa On aura tout vu dans ce pays qui par ses richesses fabuleuses devait devenir un paradis. Hélas ! Les guerres se succèdent emportant avec elles la joie des pauvres habitants qui ne savent à quels dieux confier leur désespoir. Impayés depuis belles lurettes, ceux qui sont commis à la protection des personnes et de leurs biens dévalisent, rançonnent, et sèment la mort. La femme paie le prix fort de cette escalade de violence. Première nourricière de la famille depuis que l’emploi est devenu une denrée rare dans ce pays aux immenses terres arables, elle se réveille au grand matin, traverse la forêt dense pour aller au champ pour qu’au retour elle puisse bien nourrir sa maisonnée. Le plus souvent elle rentre en pleurs après avoir subi un traitement humiliant de la part des hommes en armes qui s’accaparent d’une grande partie de sa récolte et la viole à tour de rôle. Ces véreux n’hésitent même pas à faire de même sur la mineure d’âge qui accompagne sa maman. De retour au village déserté par les hommes, elle est souvent accueillie par des lamentations provenant des vieilles mères qui maudissent les porteurs d’armes qui n’ont pas eu froid aux yeux en découvrant la nudité de ces personnes qui dans un passé récent avaient le respect de toutes les générations. Au Congo dit démocratique, l’état a cessé d’exister depuis une vingtaine d’années, dans les provinces des hommes en armes s’imposent et commettent l’arbitraire sur une population paupérisée par des dictatures successives. Les intellectuels et les jeunes valides se réfugient dans les pays voisins en attendant de sauter sur la première possibilité de se rendre en occident pour une vie meilleure. Dans cette tragédie, le gouvernement reste silencieux. Au lieu de s’attaquer à ceux qui violent, les tenants du pouvoir autocratique ne s’intéressent qu’à ceux qui menacent le régime pendant que le viol continu de faire son chemin. Déshumanisé, les hommes abandonnent les femmes violés condamnant leurs progénitures à un avenir incertain. Les enfants nés de ces ignobles actes deviennent des enfants de la rue et constituent une pépinière qui très vite produit des violeurs impénitents. Au Congo le viol est devenue une arme de guerre, les victimes sont tenues en haleine par une armée d’inciviques qui étendent leurs autorités sur des espaces pouvant contribuer au développement de la nation congolaise. La presse en parle timidement, les confessions religieuses fustigent ce comportement inhumain dans les églises mais n’osent pas interpeller les tenants du pouvoir sur cette question. La presse internationale en parle peu et justifie-le manque d’information par l’inaccessibilité des zones en guerre. Une guerre étrange qui détruit les valeurs humaines et qui contribue à l’émergence d’une génération sans cœur. Une guerre qui véhicule les maladies honteuses et les germes de la mort. Une guerre qui déstabilise la famille, matrice et cellule de toute nation. Qui donc délivrera le Congo de ce fardeau ? La solution ne viendra sans doute pas de la Banque mondiale, ni de l’ONU, mais celle-ci doit venir du Congolais qui doit d’abord prendre conscience de sa condition actuelle et apprendre le plus vite possible à se prendre en charge. © VirungaNews Translated in English: DRC: Rape is used as a weapon of war May 23 El Memey Murangwa El Memey Murangwa We've seen everything in this country by his fabulous wealth had become a paradise. Alas! Successive wars with them, the joy of the poor people who know what gods entrust their despair. Unpaid for beautiful Lurettes, those who are committed to the protection of persons and property rob, extort and cause death. The woman pays a high price for the escalating violence. First foster family since employment has become a rare commodity in this country with huge arable land, she wakes up in the morning, through the dense forest to the field for the return it could well feed his household. Most often it comes in tears after suffering a humiliating treatment by armed men who seized a large part of his harvest and raped in turn. These crooked not even hesitate to do the same on the age minor who accompanies his mother. Back in the village deserted by men, it is often greeted by wailing from old mothers who curse weapon bearers who have not had cold eyes discovering the nakedness of those who had in the recent past the respect for all generations. Said Democratic Congo, the state has ceased to exist for twenty years in the provinces of armed men impose arbitrary and commit a pauperized population by successive dictatorships. Intellectuals and young disabled seek refuge in neighboring countries waiting to jump on the first opportunity to go to the West for a better life. In this tragedy, the government remains silent. Instead of going after those who violate the supporters of autocratic power are only interested in those who threaten the regime while continuing to rape his way. Dehumanized men leaving women violated condemning their offspring to an uncertain future. Children born to these despicable acts become street children and provide a nursery that quickly produces unrepentant rapists. Congo rape has become a weapon of war, victims are held spellbound by an uncivil army authorities to extend their spaces may contribute to the development of the Congolese nation. The press speaks timidly faiths criticize this inhuman behavior in churches but dare not challenge those in power on this issue. The international press spoke little and justify the information by the inaccessibility of war zones lacking. A strange war that destroys human values and contributes to the emergence of a generation without heart. A war that vehicle shameful disease and germs of death. A war which destabilizes the family matrix and cell nation. Who will deliver the Congo this burden? The solution will probably not be the World Bank or the UN, but it must come from the Congolese must first become aware of his present condition and learn as fast as possible to take care of. Paul Kagame: I asked America to kill Congo rebel leader with droneIn an exclusive interview with Chris McGreal in Kigali, Rwanda's president denies backing an accused Congolese war criminal and says challenge to senior US official proves his innocence
 A new M23 recruit demonstrates his martial arts skills in the Democratic Republic of the Congo last week. Rwanda denies aiding them. Photograph: James Akena/Reuters Rwanda's president, Paul Kagame, has rejected accusations from Washington that he was supporting a rebel leader and accused war criminal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by challenging a senior US official to send a drone to kill the wanted man. In an interview with the Observer Magazine, Kagame said that on a visit to Washington in March he came under pressure from the US assistant secretary of state for Africa, Johnnie Carson, to arrest Bosco Ntaganda, leader of the M23 rebels, who was wanted by the international criminal court (ICC). The US administration was increasing pressure on Kagame following a UN report claiming to have uncovered evidence showing that the Rwandan military provided weapons and other support to Ntaganda, whose forces briefly seized control of the region's main city, Goma. "I told him: 'Assistant secretary of state, you support [the UN peacekeeping force] in the Congo. Such a big force, so much money. Have you failed to use that force to arrest whoever you want to arrest in Congo? Now you are turning to me, you are turning to Rwanda?'" he said. "I said that, since you are used to sending drones and gunning people down, why don't you send a drone and get rid of him and stop this nonsense? And he just laughed. I told him: 'I'm serious'." Kagame said that, after he returned to Rwanda, Carson kept up the pressure with a letter demanding that he act against Ntaganda. Days later, the M23 leader appeared at the US embassy in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, saying that he wanted to surrender to the ICC. He was transferred to The Hague. The Rwandan leadership denies any prior knowledge of Ntaganda's decision to hand himself over. It suggests he was facing a rebellion within M23 and feared for his safety. But Kagame's confrontation with Carson reflects how much relationships with even close allies have deteriorated over allegations that Rwanda continues to play a part in the bloodletting in Congo. The US and Britain, Rwanda's largest bilateral aid donors, withheld financial assistance, as did the EU, prompting accusations of betrayal by Rwandan officials. The political impact added impetus to a government campaign to condition the population to become more self-reliant. Kagame is angered by the moves and criticisms of his human rights record in Rwanda, including allegations that he blocks opponents by misusing laws banning hate speech to accuse them of promoting genocide and suppresses press criticism. The Rwandan president is also embittered that countries, led by the US and UK, that blocked intervention to stop the 1994 genocide, and France which sided with the Hutu extremist regime that led the killings, are now judging him on human rights. "We don't live our lives or we don't deal with our affairs more from the dictates from outside than from the dictates of our own situation and conditions," Kagame said. "The outside viewpoint, sometimes you don't know what it is. It keeps changing. They tell you they want you to respect this or fight this and you are doing it and they say you're not doing it the right way. They keep shifting goalposts and interpreting things about us or what we are doing to suit the moment." He is agitated about what he sees as Rwanda being held responsible for all the ills of Congo, when Kigali's military intervention began in 1996 to clear out Hutu extremists using UN-funded refugee camps for raids to murder Tutsis. Kagame said that Rwanda was not responsible for the situation after decades of western colonisation and backing for the Mobutu dictatorship. The Rwandan leader denies supporting M23 and said he has been falsely accused because Congo's president, Joseph Kabila, needs someone to blame because his army cannot fight. "To defeat these fellows doesn't take bravery because they don't go to fight. They just hear bullets and are on the loose running anywhere, looting, raping and doing anything. That's what happened," he said. "President Kabila and the government had made statements about how this issue is going to be contained. They had to look for an explanation for how they were being defeated. They said we are not fighting [Ntaganda], we're actually fighting Rwanda." Mali and the Second Scramble for Africa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnnh1RkwHRE Published on Mar 20, 2013 Pressfortruth.ca correspondent Tyrone Drummond takes a closer look at the ongoing situation in Mali with sociologist, former Canadian Soldier, and author of the book: Globalization of Nato, Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya. Follow Tyrone Drummond on social media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ottawa... Twitter: https://twitter.com/ottawafro Follow Press For Truth on social media: SR 42 Bilderberg - Bill Still.mov Published on May 20, 2012 The Bilderberg 2012 meeting will be near our studios in Chantilly, Virginia this year. Our investigative team went down the road to give you a look at the site before security closed it down. This message is for the Bilderberg members explaining why their solution is ultimately doomed to failure. Good job on addressing the BB Group, Bill. One thing would suggest is that European Nationalism is not necessarily bad, as there are many other examples of balanced European Nationalism. Socrates, Plato, Cato the Elder, Cicero, Voltaire, Frederick the Great are all examples of good and enlightened Nationalists. The problem is when nationalism is mixed with ethnic or racial superiority, IMHO. Even Gandhi is by definition a Nationalist and comes from the European education system. Torin. Well well well, we will get global control of the world population. We will eliminate 6,000,000,000 people leaving only us and half a billion servents. After all, resourses are running out. If you had the means would you want to share the world real estate with the likes of you. Think of it as a purge that will allow a better crop of human beings to live in utopian bliss. You ignorant savages, you believe that the Son of God will return and with a sword. More cabernet, waiter. these Inbred rulers whom rule our world , steaing our money ruining our food with GMO whom the Monsanto scientists creating this poison food make sure they eat all pure organic non gmo foods in their cafeterias must be stopped , wake up and realize they are the enemy and ruining our Country and our World . Wake up and spread the word before we are all in concentration camps they admit now are here for us to be put in . Fearing M23, Hundreds of Congolese Flee to UgandaBy AFP Posted Saturday, May 11 2013 at 09:24 A spokeswoman for the United Nations refugee agency in Uganda says hundreds of Congolese are fleeing into Uganda to avoid being forcibly conscripted into the ranks of the rebel group M23. Lucy Beck of UNHCR said Wednesday that more than 250 Congolese villagers crossed into Uganda on Tuesday alone, joining at least 1,000 more who fled in recent days. She said the situation is "uncertain," with the agency stocking up on supplies in anticipation of more arrivals. M23, the most prominent rebel group in eastern Congo, has been talking up its readiness to defend itself against an offensive brigade of U.N. peacekeepers set to be deployed there. According to Beck, the refugees are "fleeing M23 preparations." Peace talks between the rebels and the Congolese government have hit a dead end. AP NewsUgandan general questions Museveni succession planMay 09, 2013 KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Breaking ranks with the military high command, a general is accusing President Yoweri Museveni of trying to ensure his son replaces him, the first top official to raise concerns about the purported succession plan. David Sejusa, one of only six generals in the Ugandan military and a member of its high command, said in a recent letter to the head of the internal security service that he wants an investigation into allegations that those opposed to Museveni's son as a future leader could be targeted for assassination. The allegations by a military official believed to be near the center of power have shocked many in Uganda. The army's top commander ruled Sejusa "out of order" and accused him of subverting the country's military laws. Some analysts now believe the apparent division among the military's top brass suggests a power struggle amid uncertainty over when Museveni, in power for almost three decades, will retire and who might replace him. Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, the army's top commander, issued a statement Tuesday saying the military was offended by Sejusa's letter, in which Sejusa alleged that the idea of Museveni's son taking over as president when his father retires "is becoming divisive and creating fertile ground for causing intrigue" in the armed forces. "The (Ugandan military) takes exception to the fact that the spirit of the general's letter simply champions the agenda of the radical and anarchic political opposition, hence rendering him partisan," Nyakairima's statement said. "I would like to take this opportunity to reassure the general public that the (Ugandan military) is a cohesive, effective, efficient and pro-people force ... loyal to the people, the commander-in-chief and the constitution of Uganda." Museveni's son, a senior army officer named Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has been rapidly promoted over the years, leading some to believe he's being groomed to succeed his father. Last year he was made an army brigadier in changes that also saw him become the top commander of the country's special forces, an elite unit widely seen as the most powerful in the military. The special forces guard the country's oil installations and are also in charge of the president's security. In this position Kainerugaba answers to his father. Museveni, himself a serving army general, has never publicly said he wants his son to succeed him. But rumors to the contrary have persisted, fuelled in part by the son's strong position in a military institution that wields substantial power in this East African country. Angelo Izama, a Ugandan analyst who runs a security think tank called Fanaka Kwawote, said there was likely a power struggle within the army ranks as the older generation of army officers gradually loses power to the new guard, of which Kainerugaba is the most prominent member. Sejusa is one of the original bush-war fighters at the side of Museveni when his rebels took Kampala in 1986. "The younger officers are now effectively in charge," Izama said. "Some of these things reflect the older officers' disenchantment with this state of affairs. Succession has already begun in the military, and it has proceeded apace." It remains unclear if Museveni will seek another term in office when his current one expires in 2016. Ladislaus Rwakafuuzi, a prominent Ugandan lawyer and political analyst, said Sejusa had given voice to an issue that few in the military have the courage to speak of. "It's a fact that he's not alone in thinking this way about Museveni's son," Rwakafuuzi said. "Many of the army officers haven't spoken their mind, but they know that Muhoozi's meteoric rise does not augur well for politics in this country."
Organization and history[edit]Robert Kajuga, a Tutsi (unusual for this group),[4] was the President of the Interahamwe. The Vice President of Interahamwe was Georges Rutaganda. The Interahamwe was formed by groups of young people of the MRND party. They carried out the Rwandan Genocide acts against the Tutsis in 1994. The Interahamwe formed RTLM, the genocidal radio station which was used to broadcast where the Tutsis were fleeing. Following the invasion of the Rwandan capital Kigali by the Tutsi Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF), many Rwandan civilians and members of the Interahamwe fled to neighbouring countries, most notably to what at the time was Zaire, now Democratic Republic of Congo, and Tanzania. Sudan welcomed former Interahamwe to Juba, and in March 1998, Colonel Tharcisse Renzaho, the former prefect of Kigali, and Colonel Ntiwiragabo, the former Rwandan Presidential Guard commander, arrived in Juba from Nairobi to organize them.[5] It has been nearly impossible to bring the Interahamwe to justice because they did not wear uniforms or have a clearly organized group of followers. They were the neighbors, friends and co-workers of Tutsis. Throughout the war, members of the Interahamwe moved into camps of refugees and the internally displaced. There the victims were mixed in with the enemy and to this day it cannot be proven who killed whom. During the war, millions of Rwandan Hutu refugees fled to Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), along with many members of the Interahamwe, Presidential Guard, and the Rwandan Government Forces (RGF). Following the recruitment of significant numbers of Congolese Hutu the organization took the name Armée de Libération du Rwanda (ALiR).[citation needed] With the Kagame regime still in power, members still take part in border raids from the refugee camps. CHECK THIS OUT !!! As In The African Village: PAUL KAGAME KILLED PRESIDENT JUVENAL HABYARIMANA Details Published on Saturday, 01 October 2011 22:36 Written by Jennifer Fierberg, MSW Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa took to his Facebook page yesterday and wrote out a powerful and telling confession about the assassination of the late President of Rwanda Juvenal Habyarimana. Dr. Rudasingwa’s confession explains in detail how this decision was made and who was involved. This statement, is in its complete and unedited version below. Dr. Rudasingwa said to this writer as to why he wrote this statement, “it is not about a war of words but a battle for the soul of our nation.” Confession PAUL KAGAME KILLED PRESIDENT JUVENAL HABYARIMANA, PRESIDENT CYPRIEN NTARYAMIRA OF BURUNDI, DEOGRATIAS NSABIMANA, ELIE SAGATWA, THADDEE BAGARAGAZA, JUVENAL RENZAHO, EMMANUEL AKINGENEYE, BERNARD CIZA, CYRIAQUE SIMBIZI, JACKY HERAUD, JEAN PIERRE MINABERRY AND JEAN-MICHEL PERRINE On August 4, 1993, in Arusha, Tanzania, the Government of Rwanda and the Rwandese Patriotic Front signed the Arusha Peace Agreement. The provisions of the agreement included a commitment to principles of the rule of law, democracy, national unity, pluralism, the respect of fundamental freedoms and the rights of the individual. The agreement further had provisions on power-sharing, formation of one and single National Army and a new National Gendarmerie from forces of the two warring parties; and a definitive solution to the problem of Rwandan refugees. On April 6, 1994, at 8:25 p.m., the Falcon 50 jet of the President of the Republic of Rwanda, registration number “9XR-NN”, on its return from a summit meeting in DAR-ES-SALAAM,Tanzania, as it was on approach to Kanombe International Airport in KIGALI, Rwanda, was shot down. All on board, including President Juvenal Habyarimana , President Cyprien Ntaryamira of Burundi, their entire entourage and flight crew died. The death of President Juvenal Habyarimana triggered the start of genocide that targeted Tutsi and Hutu moderates, and the resumption of civil war between RPF and the Government of Rwanda. The RPF’s sad and false narrative from that time on has been that Hutu extremists within President Habyarimana’s camp shot down the plane to derail the implementation of the Arusha Peace Agreement, and to find a pretext to start the genocide in which over 800,000 Rwandans died in just 100 days. This narrative has become a predominant one in some international circles, among scholars, and in some human rights organizations. The truth must now be told. Paul Kagame, then overall commander of the Rwandese Patriotic Army, the armed wing of the Rwandese Patriotic Front, was personally responsible for the shooting down of the plane. In July, 1994, Paul Kagame himself, with characteristic callousness and much glee, told me that he was responsible for shooting down the plane. Despite public denials, the fact of Kagame’s culpability in this crime is also a public “secret” within RPF and RDF circles. Like many others in the RPF leadership, I enthusiastically sold this deceptive story line, especially to foreigners who by and large came to believe it, even when I knew that Kagame was the culprit in this crime. The political and social atmosphere during the period from the signing of the Arusha Accords in August 1993 was highly explosive, and the nation was on edge. By killing President Habyarimana, Paul Kagame introduced a wild card in an already fragile ceasefire and dangerous situation. This created a powerful trigger, escalating to a tipping point towards resumption of the civil war, genocide, and the region-wide destabilization that has devastated the Great Lakes region since then. Paul Kagame has to be immediately brought to account for this crime and its consequences. First, there is absolutely nothing honorable or heroic in reaching an agreement for peace with a partner, and then stabbing him in the back. Kagame and Habyarimana did not meet on the battlefield on April 6, 1994. If they had, and one of them or both had died, it would have been tragic, but understandable, as a product of the logic of war. President Habyarimana was returning from a peace summit, and by killing him, Kagame demonstrated the highest form of treachery. Second, Kagame, a Tutsi himself, callously gambled away the lives of innocent Tutsi and moderate Hutu who perished in the genocide. While the killing of President Habyarimana, a Hutu, was not a direct cause of the genocide, it provided a powerful motivation and trigger to those who organized, mobilized and executed the genocide against Tutsi and Hutu moderates. Third, by killing President Habyarimana, Kagame permanently derailed the already fragile Arusha peace process in a dangerous pursuit of absolute power in Rwanda. Kagame feared the letter and spirit of the Arusha Peace Agreement. As the subsequent turn of events has now shown, Kagame does not believe in the unity of Rwandans, democracy, respect of human rights and other fundamental freedoms, the rule of law, power sharing, integrated and accountable security institutions with a national character, and resolving the problem of refugees once and for all. This is what the Arusha Peace Agreement was all about. That is what is lacking in Rwanda today. Last, but not least, Kagame’s and RPF’s false narrative, denials, and deceptions have led to partial justice in Rwanda and at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, thereby undermining prospects for justice for all Rwandan people, reconciliation and healing. The international community has, knowingly or unknowingly, become an accomplice in Kagame’s systematic and shameful game of deception. I was never party to the conspiracy to commit this heinous crime. In fact, I first heard about it on BBC around 1:00 am on April 7, 1994, while I was in Kampala where I had been attending the Pan African Movement conference. I believe the majority of members of RPF and RPA civilians and combatants, like me, were not party to this murderous conspiracy that was hatched and organized by Paul Kagame and executed on his orders. Nevertheless, I was a Secretary General of the RPF, and a Major in the rebel army, RPA. It is in this regard, within the context of collective responsibility, and a spirit of truth-telling in search of forgiveness and healing, that I would like to say I am deeply sorry about this loss of life, and to ask for forgiveness from the families of Juvenal Habyarimana, Cyprien Ntaryamira, Deogratias Nsabimana, Elie Sagatwa, Thaddee Bagaragaza, Emmanuel Akingeneye, Bernard Ciza, Cyriaque Simbizi, Jacky Heraud, Jean-Pierre Minaberry, and Jean-Michel Perrine. I also ask for forgiveness from all Rwandan people, in the hope that we must unanimously and categorically reject murder, treachery, lies and conspiracy as political weapons, eradicate impunity once and for all, and work together to build a culture of truth-telling, forgiveness, healing, and the rule of law. I ask for forgiveness from the people of Burundi and France whose leaders and citizens were killed in this crime. Above all, I ask for forgiveness from God for having lied and concealed evil for too long. In freely telling the truth before God and the Rwandan people, I fully understand the risk I have undertaken, given Paul Kagame’s legendary vindictiveness and unquenchable thirst for spilling the blood of Rwandans. It is a shared risk that Rwandans bear daily in their quest for freedom and justice for all. Neither power and fame, nor gold and silver, are the motivation for me in these matters of death that have defined our nation for too long. Truth cannot wait for tomorrow, because the Rwandan nation is very sick and divided, and cannot rebuild and heal on lies. All Rwandans urgently need truth today. Our individual and collective search for truth will set us free. When we are free, we can freely forgive each other and begin to live fully and heal at last. Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa Former: RPF Secretary General, Ambassador of Rwanda to the United States, and Chief of Staff for President Paul Kagame. E-mail: ngombwa(at)gmail.com; Washington, DC. October 1, 2011 *Juvénal HABYARIMANA, Head of State of Rwanda; Cyprien NTARYAMIRA, Head of State of Burundi; Déogratias NSABIMANA, Chief of Staff of Rwandan Armed Forces (R.A.F.); Elie SAGATWA, Colonel and Chief of the Military Cabinet of the Rwandan president; Thaddée BAGARAGAZA, Major and executive officer in the ‘maison militaire’ of the Rwandan president; Juvénal RENZAHO, foreign affairs adviser to the Rwandan president; Emmanuel AKINGENEYE, personal physician to the Rwandan president; Bernard CIZA, Minister of Planning in the government of Burundi; Cyriaque SIMBIZI, Communications Minister of Burundi; and members of the French flight crew, Jacky HERAUD, pilot;. Jean-Pierre MINABERRY, co-pilot; and , Jean-Michel PERRINE, flight engineer. (Source: africandictator.com) Submitted by: Jennifer Fierberg, MSW @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Samedi 1 octobre 2011601/10/Oct/201112:22
PAUL KAGAME KILLED PRESIDENT JUVENAL HABYARIMANA, PRESIDENT CYPRIEN NTARYAMIRA OF BURUNDI, DEOGRATIAS NSABIMANA, ELIE SAGATWA, THADDEE BAGARAGAZA, JUVENAL RENZAHO, EMMANUEL AKINGENEYE, BERNARD CIZA, CYRIAQUE SIMBIZI, JACKY HERAUD, JEAN PIERRE MINABERRY AND JEAN-MICHEL PERRINE (1) On August 4, 1993, in Arusha, Tanzania, the Government of Rwanda and the Rwandese Patriotic Front signed the Arusha Peace Agreement. The provisions of the agreement included a commitment to principles of the rule of law, democracy, national unity, pluralism, the respect of fundamental freedoms and the rights of the individual. The agreement further had provisions on power-sharing, formation of one and single National Army and a new National Gendarmerie from forces of the two warring parties; and a definitive solution to the problem of Rwandan refugees.
On April 6, 1994, at 8:25 p.m., the Falcon 50 jet of the President of the Republic of Rwanda, registration number “9XR-NN”, on its return from a summit meeting in DAR-ESSALAAM, Tanzania, as it was on approach to Kanombe International Airport in KIGALI, Rwanda, was shot down. All on board, including President Juvenal Habyarimana, President Cyprien Ntaryamira of Burundi, their entire entourage and flight crew died. The death of President Juvenal Habyarimana triggered the start of genocide that targeted Tutsi and Hutu moderates, and the resumption of civil war between RPF and the Government of Rwanda. The RPF’s sad and false narrative from that time on has been that Hutu extremists within President Habyarimana’s camp shot down the plane to derail the implementation of the Arusha Peace Agreement, and to find a pretext to start the genocide in which over 800,000 Rwandans died in just 100 days. This narrative has become a predominant one in some international circles, among scholars, and in some human rights organizations. The truth must now be told. Paul Kagame, then overall commander of the Rwandese Patriotic Army, the armed wing of the Rwandese Patriotic Front, was personally responsible for the shooting down of the plane. In July, 1994, Paul Kagame himself, with characteristic callousness and much glee, told me that he was responsible for shooting down the plane. Despite public denials, the fact of Kagame’s culpability in this crime is also a public “secret” within RPF and RDF circles. Like many others in the RPF leadership, I enthusiastically sold this deceptive story line, especially to foreigners who by and large came to believe it, even when I knew that Kagame was the culprit in this crime. The political and social atmosphere during the period from the signing of the Arusha Accords in August 1993 was highly explosive, and the nation was on edge. By killing President Habyarimana, Paul Kagame introduced a wild card in an already fragile ceasefire and dangerous situation. This created a powerful trigger, escalating to a tipping point towards resumption of the civil war, genocide, and the region-wide destabilization that has devastated the Great Lakes region since then. Paul Kagame has to be immediately brought to account for this crime and its consequences. First, there is absolutely nothing honorable or heroic in reaching an agreement for peace with a partner, and then stabbing him in the back. Kagame and Habyarimana did not meet on the battlefield on April 6, 1994. If they had, and one of them or both had died, it would have been tragic, but understandable, as a product of the logic of war. President Habyarimana was returning from a peace summit, and by killing him, Kagame demonstrated the highest form of treachery. Second, Kagame, a Tutsi himself, callously gambled away the lives of innocent Tutsi and moderate Hutu who perished in the genocide. While the killing of President Habyarimana, a Hutu, was not a direct cause of the genocide, it provided a powerful motivation and trigger to those who organized mobilized and executed the genocide against Tutsi and Hutu moderates. Third, by killing President Habyarimana, Kagame permanently derailed the already fragile Arusha peace process in a dangerous pursuit of absolute power in Rwanda. Kagame feared the letter and spirit of the Arusha Peace Agreement. As the subsequent turn of events has now shown, Kagame does not believe in the unity of Rwandans, democracy, respect of human rights and other fundamental freedoms, the rule of law, power sharing, integrated and accountable security institutions with a national character, and resolving the problem of refugees once and for all. This is what the Arusha Peace Agreement was all about. That is what is lacking in Rwanda today. Last, but not least, Kagame’s and RPF’s false narrative, denials, and deceptions have led to partial justice in Rwanda and at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, thereby undermining prospects for justice for all Rwandan people, reconciliation and healing. The international community has, knowingly or unknowingly, become an accomplice in Kagame’s systematic and shameful game of deception. I was never party to the conspiracy to commit this heinous crime. In fact, I first heard about it on BBC around 1:00 am on April 7, 1994, while I was in Kampala where I had been attending the Pan African Movement conference. I believe the majority of members of RPF and RPA civilians and combatants, like me, were not party to this murderous conspiracy that was hatched and organized by Paul Kagame and executed on his orders. Nevertheless, I was a Secretary General of the RPF, and a Major in the rebel army, RPA. It is in this regard, within the context of collective responsibility, and a spirit of truth-telling in search of forgiveness and healing, that I would like to say I am deeply sorry about this loss of life, and to ask for forgiveness from the families of Juvenal Habyarimana, Cyprien Ntaryamira, Deogratias Nsabimana, Elie Sagatwa, Thaddee Bagaragaza, Emmanuel Akingeneye, Bernard Ciza, Cyriaque Simbizi, Jacky Heraud, Jean-Pierre Minaberry, and Jean-Michel Perrine. I also ask for forgiveness from all Rwandan people, in the hope that we must unanimously and categorically reject murder, treachery, lies and conspiracy as political weapons, eradicate impunity once and for all, and work together to build a culture of truth-telling, forgiveness, healing, and the rule of law. I ask for forgiveness from the people of Burundi and France whose leaders and citizens were killed in this crime. Above all, I ask for forgiveness from God for having lied and concealed evil for too long. In freely telling the truth before God and the Rwandan people, I fully understand the risk I have undertaken, given Paul Kagame’s legendary vindictiveness and unquenchable thirst for spilling the blood of Rwandans. It is a shared risk that Rwandans bear daily in their quest for freedom and justice for all. Neither power and fame, nor gold and silver, are the motivation for me in these matters of death that have defined our nation for too long. Truth cannot wait for tomorrow, because the Rwandan nation is very sick and divided, and cannot rebuild and heal on lies. All Rwandans urgently need truth today. Our individual and collective search for truth will set us free. When we are free, we can freely forgive each other and begin to live fully and heal at last.
(1) Juvénal HABYARIMANA, Head of State of Rwanda; Cyprien NTARYAMIRA, Head of State of Burundi; Déogratias NSABIMANA, Chief of Staff of Rwandan Armed Forces (R.A.F.); Elie SAGATWA, Colonel and Chief of the Military Cabinet of the Rwandan president; Thaddée BAGARAGAZA, Major and executive officer in the ‘maison militaire’ of the Rwandan president; Juvénal RENZAHO, foreign affairs adviser to the Rwandan president; Emmanuel AKINGENEYE, personal physician to the Rwandan president; Bernard CIZA, Minister of Planning in the government of Burundi; Cyriaque SIMBIZI, communications Minister of Burundi; and members of the French flight crew, Jacky HERAUD, pilot;. Jean-Pierre MINABERRY, co-pilot; and Jean-Michel PERRINE, flight engineer. By Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa Former: RPF Secretary General, Ambassador of Rwanda to the United States, and Chiefof Staff for President Paul Kagame. E-mail: ngombwa@gmail.com ; Washington, DC. October 1, 2011 http://www.france-rwanda.info/article-paul-kagame-killed-president-juvenal-habyarimana-85574365.html World: Africa  Interahamwe: A serious military threat Tuesday, March 2, 1999 Published at 12:03 GMT  Hundreds of thousands died in Rwanda in 1994 By Chris Simpson in Kigali The abduction of foreign tourists in the Bwindi National Park in Uganda is being blamed on Rwandan rebels known as the Interahamwe. The Interahamwe are viewed by the Rwandan authorities as the remaining hardcore of the force which carried out much of the mass killing during the genocide of 1994. A Tutsi-led army ended the massacres by seizing power and driving the Hutu extremists out of Rwanda. Close to five years on, the Interahamwe militias are still fighting their own war, sometimes inside Rwanda, but now more often just across the border. Cross-border war The Rwandan Government says a large-scale military campaign has cleaned up the troubled northwest of Rwanda, but accepts that the rebel units have since regrouped in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The Interahamwe's exact strength is not known, and it has proved difficult to identify a clear political and military leadership. But there have been reports that thousands of Rwandan rebels have been brought under arms by Congo President Laurent Kabila to support his fight against Congolese rebels backed by Rwanda and Uganda. Mountain strongholds A report last year by the United Nations confirmed that the Interahamwe were still receiving arms and money from outside supporters. The militia's main strongholds are thought to be in the mountains which straddle the borders of Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a region of volcanoes and thick forests, which is also home to hundreds of mountain gorillas. But wildlife tourism, once a lucrative source of revenue, has been severely hit by the continuing conflicts in this part of Africa, and the Interahamwe have made a point of targeting gorilla sites. The abduction and killing of tourists is now seen as an important tactic for a rebel movement anxious to boost its profile abroad and to cause fresh security worries for the authorities in Rwanda and Uganda. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/288937.stm Who killed President Habyarimana?  President Habyarimana was assassinated on 6 April 1994. To date no inquiry was set up to find the culprits. WHY? Only a month and a half after the February 2005 attack which claimed the life of former Lebanese Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri, the UN Security Council authorised the establishment of an international commission of inquiry to highlight responsibilities. It was the same a year after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan. Sixteen years on, nothing was done to find out who was behind the killing of two incumbent African presidents. Do we have to talk of international conspiracy to conceal the truth? However, whoever killed President Habyarimana is responsible for the atrocities that followed his death and will one day respond to these ignoble acts. Former Kagame aide wants to testify on April 6 plane attack |
By Theogene Rudasingwa, Former: RPF Secretary General, Ambassador of Rwanda to the United States, and Chief
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