Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with africa www.salem-news.com 2010 Ethiopia has grown more authoritarian in nature since the controversial 2005 elections ended in bloodshed. Meles Zenawi is known for suppressing free speech, wrongful and arbitrary detention and arrest, and zero transparency. http://salem-news.com/articles/may202012/zenawi-obama-letter-wg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may202012/zenawi-obama-letter-wg.php Sun, 20 May 2012 01:49:00 PDT The Rwandan tyrannical ruler, General Paul Kagame, is known for his excessive and brutal control of the media for his warfare. The former rebel leader will stop at nothing to grab ‘international recognition’ thanks to his complex and exorbitant public-relations and lobbyists network. http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/rwandan-despot-ckkmk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/rwandan-despot-ckkmk.php Sat, 19 May 2012 07:20:00 PDT As President of RPP, I hereby once more write to you on the second anniversary of the founding of our party and commend all of you in Rwanda and in the Diaspora who have stood shoulder to shoulder with the party for the last two years. We have collectively made great strides and registered significant achievements. http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/rpp-statement-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may152012/rpp-statement-jf.php Tue, 15 May 2012 14:03:00 PDT Police and the Rwandan Secret Service faced approximately 30 Rwandan, Burundian and Congolese protesters in Iowa this week. They gathered to object to the convocation speech and granting of the Honorary Doctorate degree of Humane Letters upon Rwanda Pres. Paul Kagame. http://salem-news.com/articles/may142012/kagame-visit-jf-1.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may142012/kagame-visit-jf-1.php Mon, 14 May 2012 17:26:00 PDT Emmanuel Jal, peace activist, musician, and former Sudanese child soldier, brought the reality of conflict to the conference hall at the start of the 2012 Rotary World Symposium in Bangkok. Emmanuel, who was born in 1980 in southern Sudan, spoke graphically about how he came to be recruited as a child soldier. http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/rotary-peace-media-rp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/rotary-peace-media-rp.php Sat, 12 May 2012 21:29:00 PDT On behalf of the Rwanda National Congress, let me take this opportunity to bring to your kind attention concerns regarding the deepening humanitarian and security crisis in eastern DRC. More than 300,000 internally displaced people in North and South Kivu in the first quarter of this year alone. http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/kagame-memo-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may122012/kagame-memo-jf.php Sat, 12 May 2012 19:48:00 PDT Three days ago, a young orphan known as Sadiki Mutabazi doused and set himself self-ablaze in Rubavu district (Gisenyi) where he worked as a mobile vendor for a living. He was rushed to the emergency unit of a local hospital but later transferred to Kigali University hospital (CHUK) in a critical condition. http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/rwanda-imolation.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may112012/rwanda-imolation.php Fri, 11 May 2012 16:50:00 PDT After a five year term in office former President Sarkozy of France has conceded defeat to President Elect Mr. Francois Hollade. France and Rwanda have had a complex relationship for many decades with attempted amends being made when President Paul Kagame of Rwanda visited former President Sarkozy in 2011 to mend relations between the two countries. http://salem-news.com/articles/may072012/hollande-congrats-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may072012/hollande-congrats-jf.php Mon, 07 May 2012 15:37:00 PDT Bosco Ntaganda’s avoidance of arrest is emblematic of continued lawlessness in eastern Congo. The Democratic Republic of Congo should immediately arrest Bosco Ntaganda, who is known for brutal human rights abuses over many years that have impacted tens of thousands of Congolese citizens in eastern Congo. http://salem-news.com/articles/may032012/congo-ntaganda-wg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may032012/congo-ntaganda-wg.php Thu, 03 May 2012 13:53:00 PDT President Paul Kagame will be addressing William Penn University for their commencement speech to the graduating class of 2012 on May 12th, 2012. It is apparent that this school has no idea of his record of human right abuses. http://salem-news.com/articles/may032012/kagame-penn-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may032012/kagame-penn-jf.php Thu, 03 May 2012 12:19:00 PDT The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reports that 18 independent Rwandan journalists live in exile. Additionally, four journalists have been murdered with their cases having gone unsolved let alone investigated. http://salem-news.com/articles/may022012/world-and-rwanda-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may022012/world-and-rwanda-jf.php Wed, 02 May 2012 22:52:00 PDT It seems the sudden demise of Mr. Bingu WA Mutharika, president of Malawi, brought a specter of death on a number of our “venerable” African strongmen. Many such specters are real and hanging over the head of some of our despots... http://salem-news.com/articles/april292012/african-expressions-kh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april292012/african-expressions-kh.php Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:44:00 PDT During a meeting between Congolese and Rwandan officials, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda instructed his soldiers to kill Bosco Ntaganda. In this meeting it was first agreed upon that they should initially arrest or kill Ntaganda’s soldiers in order to gain access him. http://salem-news.com/articles/april242012/ntaganda-kagame-rf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april242012/ntaganda-kagame-rf.php Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:06:00 PDT When I was growing up as a young man in Uganda, I was told many stories about the greatest dictator President General Idi Amin Dada until his fall in 1979 by Tanzanian forces. I was too young to experience his atrocities but my family like other citizens surely had live under his terror for numerous years. http://salem-news.com/articles/april242012/rwanda-repeat-history-nm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april242012/rwanda-repeat-history-nm.php Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:25:00 PDT In an ironic analysis of the media situation in Rwanda, the publication, East African Business Week of Kampala, published a piece on March 26, 2012 entitled “Rwanda: Nation Moves to Improve Media Image”. However, Rwanda has just kicked their worst tabloid/gossip paper into high gear. http://salem-news.com/articles/april202012/rwanda-journalism-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april202012/rwanda-journalism-jf.php Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:21:00 PDT On 20 April 2012 Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa testified in front of Judge Trevidic in France for over six hours. He reported that he explained all that he knew regarding the shooting down of former President Habyarimanas airplane in 1994 just before the genocide. http://salem-news.com/articles/april202012/rwanda-crash.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april202012/rwanda-crash.php Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:53:00 PDT Leonard Leo, Chairman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), issued the following statement on Escalating Tensions in Sudan and South Sudan. Trust between South Sudan’s Sudan People's Liberation Movement and Sudan’s National Congress Party has steadily dissipated. http://salem-news.com/articles/april192012/sudan-tensions.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april192012/sudan-tensions.php Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:19:00 PDT Adam and Amber Stutzman have six adorable children. Amber is a nurse and Adam is a Lab Technician for ODOT and a volunteer Fireman and policeman for City of Silverton. You’d think they would be overwhelmed with their jobs plus six kids. http://salem-news.com/articles/april182012/ethiopia-adoption.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april182012/ethiopia-adoption.php Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:07:00 PDT Following continuing intimidation of defense witnesses, opposition leader Madame Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, told today the High Court she lost trust in this show trial and will boycott all the next hearings. She instructed her defense counsel to stay away from this unfortunate circus. http://salem-news.com/articles/april162012/ingibire-trial-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april162012/ingibire-trial-jf.php Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:41:00 PDT Defense witness Colonel Michel Habimana revealed yesterday that the terror case against the opposition leader Ingabire was trumped up by intelligence services in order to stifle her political ambitions. He is under heavy intimidation and threats in order to change his story. The State machinery has embarked on an outrageous mission to “flip” or destroy the defense witnesses. http://salem-news.com/articles/april132012/habimanaingibare-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april132012/habimanaingibare-jf.php Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:15:00 PDT The first president of independent Algeria (1963-1965) Ahmed Ben Bella passed away on April 11th, 2012 at the age of 96 years. At the time of his death we are reprinting the interview he granted us in Geneva on April 16, 2006. Ahmed Ben Bella is one of the great figures of Arab nationalism. He was one of the nine members of the Committee of Algerian Revolutionaries that gave birth to the National Liberation Front (NLF). http://salem-news.com/articles/april112012/ahmed-bella.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april112012/ahmed-bella.php Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:17:00 PDT In a marked turnaround, Congo's president called Wednesday for the arrest of a notorious ex-warlord and army general, who has been allowed to walk freely despite an international indictment, an official said. Bosco Ntaganda is accused of using child soldiers for fighting in Ituri, in northeastern Congo, from 2002 to 2003. http://salem-news.com/articles/april112012/wanted-warlord-ap.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april112012/wanted-warlord-ap.php Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:39:00 PDT A former Rwanda chief prosecutor has warned that the likelihood of renewed conflict, even conflict along sectarian lines, is very real in Rwanda. Gerald Gahima said the Rwandan society has the challenge of ensuring that violence like that experienced in the past does not recur. http://salem-news.com/articles/april092012/gerald-gahima-dm-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april092012/gerald-gahima-dm-jf.php Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:02:00 PDT One month after launching a campaign to help Ugandan children affected by Nodding Syndrome in areas brutalized by Joseph Kony, Medical Teams International is seeing measurable progress among hundreds of children and their families. Nodding Syndrome is a mysterious disease affecting more than 4,000. Specialists are working hard to determine the cause of the syndrome, which involves convulsions, malnutrition and disorientation. http://salem-news.com/articles/april092012/med-teams-nodding-synd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april092012/med-teams-nodding-synd.php Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:57:00 PDT Over 600 participants from 70 countries met in Dakar, Senegal for the first ever Global Green Congress in Africa. They tackled issues such as solidarity, democracy, biodiversity, climate change, and the future of the Global Greens parties. http://salem-news.com/articles/april032012/rwanda-greens-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april032012/rwanda-greens-jf.php Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:09:00 PDT Deep concerns exist over the invitation that the government of South Sudan has extended to President Omar al-Bashir to attend the April 2012 presidential summit in Juba. South Sudan's government should adopt a policy of holding any meetings with Bashir and other Sudanese officials wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) outside of South Sudan. http://salem-news.com/articles/april032012/sudan-law.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april032012/sudan-law.php Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:28:00 PDT After the overthrow of Mobutu of Zaire and naming it Democratic Republic of Congo, Paul Kagame was convinced that his Government will have the biggest access of Congo’s wealth and the right to do whatever he wished without any hindrance. Kagame made Desire Kabila the new president of the DRC, convincing himself that he would use him to control and grab all he laid his hands on in the Congo. http://salem-news.com/articles/april022012/congo-truth-nm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april022012/congo-truth-nm.php Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:56:00 PDT The Rwandan President Paul Kagame was “the instigator of the assassination against Laurent Desire Kabila, the Congolese former president.” This was announced on Saturday, March 31, 2012 by Theogene Rudasingwa, the former chief of staff of Paul Kagame, during a joint town hall meeting of political parties FDU-Inkingi and RNC in Brussels. http://salem-news.com/articles/april022012/laurent-killing-at.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april022012/laurent-killing-at.php Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:12:00 PDT Tragedy blanketed Rwanda which continues to endure the most persistent brutality of killings and persecutions for over five decades. The total incompetence and failures of all Rwanda governments that come and go including that of president Kagame and his RPF regime, to protect the lives and properties of Rwandan people. http://salem-news.com/articles/april012012/rnp-grenade-attacks.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april012012/rnp-grenade-attacks.php Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:14:00 PDT Officials in the self-declared republic of Somaliland are appealing for food aid and potable water for thousands of families who have lost their livelihoods in the current drought. “You can see from far children running to the road waving empty bottles asking you for water and bread or biscuits,” Hussein Muhumed Hog, Somaliland's health minister, told IRIN. http://salem-news.com/articles/march312012/somaliland-drought.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march312012/somaliland-drought.php Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:14:00 PDT