From: Judy Miriga
Subject: Open Letter to H.E. Barack H. Obama ON Remarks by H.E. Jakaya Kikwete,in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
To: "John Rutta"
Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 5:45 PM
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Open Letter to H.E. Barack H. Obama ON Remarks by H.E. Jakaya Kikwete,in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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.........
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson Executive Director Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc., USA http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
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Subject: Re: [wanabidii] To: wanabidii@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 4:24 PM
--- On Wed, 6/12/13, John Rutta
From: John Rutta
Subject: [wanabidii] Open Letter to H.E. Barack H. Obama ON Remarks by H.E. Jakaya Kikwete,in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia To: wanabidii@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 7:57 AM
Subject: Remarks by H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, the President of
the United Republic of Tanzania at the 21st African Union Summit on May 26th,
2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Open Letter to H.E. Barack H. Obama, the President of the
United States of America
May 27th, 2013 Subject: Remarks by H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, the President of the United Republic of Tanzania at the 21st African Union Summit on May 26th, 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Your Excellency the President of the United States of America We, the undersigned, being survivors of the genocide against Tutsi and Rwandans legally living in the United States of America are appalled by the statement made by H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, the President of the United Republic of Tanzania at the 21st African Union Summit on May 26th, 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in which he called upon the Rwandan government to “negotiate” with the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a rebel group predominantly composed of members of the Interahamwe militia and the Armed Forces of Rwanda that carried out the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and for the killings of millions of innocent people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We salute the United States of America’s leadership and commitment to fight the international terrorism, particularly your government’s collaboration with the regional and international players to find a solution to the crisis in the Great Lakes region. Not only you were among the first countries, alongside the United Nations, to name the FDLR, formerly known as the Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALIR), as a terrorist group but also you have placed many five-million-dollar bounties on some Rwandan genocide perpetrators’ heads, including Sylivestre Mudacumura, the FDLR supreme commander who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder, rape, torture and attacking innocent civilians. We believe President Kikwete is fully informed of these still ongoing heinous crimes committed by FDLR towards millions of innocent Congolese and many foreigners, including innocent Americans Rob Haubner and Susan Miller killed in Bwindi Forest in 1999, to name but a few who lost their lives at the hands of FDLR. In 1994, when more than one million innocent Tutsi were brutally murdered, President Kikwete, then the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Tanzania did not speak up. Since then, he has seen his country burying hundreds of thousands of Rwandans whose bodies were damped into Akagera River, in Rwanda by the same genocidaires who formed FDLR with the intent to “finish the job “flooding all the way to Tanzania. Given that the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is based in Tanzania, we have no doubt that President Kikwete has been following the court proceedings and should comprehend the threat posed by the FDLR to Rwanda’s and the region’s peace and security. We appreciate the support you have provided to Rwanda since 1994. As you know, our country has worked tirelessly, despite many challenges, to successfully repatriate millions of Rwandan refugees since the genocide and have reintegrated many FDLR fighters in the Rwandan Defense Forces. As the concerned citizens of Rwanda and legal residents of the United States of America, we acknowledge that Rwanda has paid too big a price for too long and feel obliged to openly and strongly question President Kikwete’s hidden intentions behind such dreadful remarks and hereby request your office to join us in our call to him to immediately withdraw this shocking statement made at the time when as Rwandans, we are still commemorating the 19th anniversary of the genocide and grieving the loss of our beloved ones. President Kikwete should openly apologize to us as survivors of the genocide in Rwanda and Rwandans in general, Congolese, Americans and many more people who have suffered from the FDLR terrorism. Your Excellency, we trust that the United States of America cannot support this kind of political dealings that serve, if anything, as a setback to any progress led by Rwanda and many regional and international players to restore peace in the democratic Republic of Congo. Though we welcome your upcoming visit to our beloved continent, we recommend you cancel your trip to Tanzania unless President Kikwete openly apologizes and disavows any relationship he might have with the FDLR. We look forward to our continued collaboration as we strive to fight impunity and international terrorism in order to ensure a peaceful and secure world for all. Yours faithfully, Alice Umutoni Vice Coordinator of the organizing committee The 19th Commemoration of the Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda in the U.S.A.
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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.
He walked into the US embassy in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, and asked to be taken to the International Criminal Court. The court accuses him of crimes against humanity. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports. Source, credit to Aljazeera- http://www.aljazeera.com/video FAIR USE NOTICE: This video has been posted to further advance our understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, Technological, democratic, scientific, and social justice issues which constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107 for research and educational purposes.
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
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On the Spot Interview with Paul Kagame seg
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Published on Mar 9, 2012
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PAUL KAGAME KILLED PRESIDENT JUVENAL
HABYARIMANA CIUT radio - Canada
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A former ally of Rwandan President Paul
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sparked the 1994 genocide.
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rebel-backers Rwanda and Uganda, but will not because they are allies in
American AFRICOM strategy
Complete News - M23 rebels begin withdrawal to
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Complete News Plz Subscrib for Latest News M23 rebel fighters are marching towards the town of Sake, carrying their weapons and little else. But they aren't pulling out of Goma willingly - their commanders had to persuade them to leave. The people of Goma have seen rebel groups come and go, and there was support for M23 when the rebels arrived 12 days ago - but the mood has changed. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Goma.
Why did Rwandan War Lord Accused of Crimes in Congo,
Give Himself Up to the
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Maurice Carney: Rwanda hands over one warlord
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Now this !!!!
M23 Political Leader Bertrand Bisimwa’s letter to Ban Ki Moon
Bunagana, 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 ROBINSON
Bunagana, 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
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- 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 Uganda
Bunagana, 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
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- 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.
They look like soldiers on parade, but useless under fire
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 warMay23El Memey MurangwaEl 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 drone
In 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
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ongoing situation in Mali with sociologist, former Canadian Soldier, and author
of the book: Globalization of Nato, Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya.
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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 Uganda
By 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 plan
May 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
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Samedi 1 octobre 2011601/10/Oct/201112:22
 By Theogene Rudasingwa, Former: RPF Secretary General,
Ambassador of Rwanda to the United States, and Chiefof Staff for
President Paul
Kagame.
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.
 Paul Kagame killed
president Habyarimana
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.
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
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