Why Women Should Be Running Africa

For a number of decades, Africa has been synonymous with political failure. There have been changes in rulership, changes in policies, and changes in priorities; but Africa remains at the bottom of the world. An ongoing failure demands not tweaking but rather a radical shift....

Lessons from Rwanda and Burundi

Burundi and Rwanda are sister countries. They were both part of a colonial administration district known as Urundi; and they possess the same ethnic makeup and very similar levels of population and land mass. After someone shot down the plane carrying the presidents of these...

Bernard Munyagishari arrested for Rwandan genocide

The United Nations' court for Rwanda says a top genocide suspect has been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The man, Bernard Munyagishari is accused of being a masterminder in the killings hundreds of...

Rwandan genocide: Augustin Bizimungu given 30-year sentence

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has sentenced a former army chief Augustin Bizimungu to 30 years in prison for his role in the country's genocide in 1994. He is one of the most senior figures...

Post-genocide Rwanda: Can You Love a Child of Rape?

" Post-genocide, Rwandan women raise the children of their attackers. The militias came in the evening and locked us in a house. Then they said they were going to rape us, but they used the word "marry." They said they were going to marry us until we stopped breathing. Every...

Rwandan Coffee Brand Boost

A successful Rwandan company is using coffee shops to promote the nation’s high-quality coffee brands at home and abroad. Started by two Rwandan entrepreneurs three years ago, Bourbon Coffee...

Desmond Tutu Decries Horrific State of Affairs of Gays & Lesbians

A step backward on human rights in Africa Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu decries the horrific state of affairs for Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) people in Africa. Tutu, an anti-apartheid...

the EXCLUDED Nation!

Another day I saw this poster in a reference library. This poster says: (BEFORE my Correction) " http://www.hmd.org.uk/ Zaynab's  Story  ...

the EXCLUDED Nation!

http://www.pbase.com/kombizz/image/121609742 the EXCLUDED Nation! Another day I saw this poster in a reference library. This poster says: (BEFORE my Correction) " http://www.hmd.org.uk/ Zaynab's  Story  ...

Rwanda Joins Commonwealth of Nations

Rwanda becomes another country outside of the sphere of the Commonwealth of Nations to join it. The first country was Mozambique in the 1990's. Louise Mushikiwabo who is the Information Minister is content and talked about the country's progress during the last 15...

Plane Crashes Into Airport VIP Lounge In Rwanda: One Person Dead

A commuter plane operated by RwandAir has crashed on takeoff into the wall of a VIP lounge at the international airport in Kigali, Rwanda. The 57-seat Bombardier CRJ100 plane owned by JetLink Express was headed...

Victimization of Tamil Peopel must stop - Elie Wiesel

Holocaust surviver, Jewish icon, and Nobel laureate, Professor Elie Wiesel stated that victimization of Tamil people must stop, and they should be able to live in peace in their homeland. " TAMIL PEOPLE STATEMENT:...

Ex-Rwanda minister jailed for genocide

A UN Court has given a 30 year jail sentence to a former minister in Rwanda, Callixte Kalimanzira for the 1994 genocide. He was accused of tricking thousands of minority Tutsis people to hide on a...

Responsibility to Protect - Ambassador Rice

In her statement made at the Ambassador Susan E. Rice at the International Peace Institute Vienna Seminar, June 15, 2009, she stated the willingness of USA to work with the international community ending...

Barack Obama means "never again"..but

When asked regarding his visit to concentration camp in Buchenwald, as follows: "since the Holocaust, a constant refrain in the United States has been “never again,” but U.S. President after U.S. President has...

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