By David O’Brian, AfroAmerica Network Editor. Cartoon: credit AgaculamamuKibunda AfroAmerica Network has been following with ambivalence the election process in Rwanda. Ambivalence because for one, in the absence of a serious challenge, Paul Kagame was a sure successor to himself, and most importantly because, despite our persistent criticisms of how Paul Kagame is leading Rwanda,…
*USA** condemns renegade groups FAR/Interahamwe: but who are they? ** *** By AfroAmerica Network. November 16, 2007. AfroAmerica Network has obtained the lengthy “Congolese and Rwandan Joint Communiqué Against Armed Presence in Eastern DRC”, signed in Nairobi, on November 9, 2007 by the Congolese Foreign Affairs Minister Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi, the Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister…
Rwandan Patriotic Army vs. Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda: The Untold Story of the Congolese Tragedy Beyond the Myth of Ex/FAR Interahamwe. By Felicien Kanyamibwa, PhD* January 15, 2009 On December 5, 2008, the Rwandan and the DRC Governments signed in Kigali yet another agreement for the military disarmament of the armed groups roaming the…
In our previous discourses titled the Dilemma of Dictators Part I and Part II, we contrasted a few African dictators with a figure from the Hebrew Bible and looked at the dilemmas faced by dictators. We then put forward propositions on how to overcome the dilemmas. Since then, a lot happened. Laurent Gdagbo of Ivory…
In Part III of our series, the Dilemma of Dictators, we urged dictators to break the cycle of violence and fade away in peace, instead of being haunted by the ghosts of their crimes for years in dark cells, if not killed in the process, meeting the same fate as Samuel Doe, Nicolae Ceausescu, and…
Rwanda: the Charybdis and Scylla dilemma. by David O’Brian Recently I was reading an illustrated book on Rwanda titled “Au Rwanda. La Vie Quotidienne au Pays du Nil Rouge” by Omer Marchal, ©Didier Hatier Bruxelles, 1987. With the help of a French speaking friend I will translate in English a little below. This what he…
12 Years a Slave: A movie I invite everyone to watch; A journey of overcoming, hope, and optimism, and to freedom. by Felicien Kanyamibwa, PhD Today, I watched the movie “12 Years a Slave: The Extraordinary True Story of Solomon Northup”. I can’t find words to describe the experience of watching the movie, directed by…
Editor Note: Mr. William Church uses fallacies to launch vicious attacks on Rusesabagina. by David O’Brian and Felicien Kanyamibwa, PhD, MqBA. AfroAmerica Network. Washington, DC. February 4, 2007 Let me start by being clear. America is the greatest country in the West for minorities. Nowhere in the West are minorities able, in large numbers, to…
The Dead and the Undertaker: Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame threatens the West. by Felicien Kanyamibwa, PhD and David O’Brian AfroAmerica Network. London, Great Britain, March 20, 2009 It is often said that the dead doesn’t argue with the undertaker and that one of the most puzzling phenomenon is why criminals return to the scenes of…
Part IV of AfroAmerica Network’s series: The Dilemma of Dictators focused on arguably the most ruthless, corrupt, and cunning dictator that Africa has ever known: the self styled General Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda. As we write this, the extent of his appalling human rights record and massacres and his empire of corruption is being…
