Has Sejusa been an accident waiting to happen?

Gen Sejusa aka Tinyefunza

Intelligent, intransigent, vindictive and even vengeful! This is the verdict of peers, foes and victims about the disposition of Gen. David Sejusa, who until last year was David Tinyefuza. Sejusa is the Luganda equivalent of the Runyankole name … [Read more...]

Gen. Katumba Wamala to head the Uganda army

Gen Katumba Wamala

President Museveni Friday made changes both in the Cabinet and army, with a number of major figures like Pius Bigirimana and Aronda Nyakairima being given different appointments. Whereas Permanent Secretary Bigirimana has been transferred from the … [Read more...]

FDU-INKINGI AND RWANDA NATIONAL CONGRESS (RNC) COMMEND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS IN RWANDA.

European Pasrliament

The European Parliament passed three separate resolutions on Thursday 23 May 2013, calling for measures leading to the abolition of the death penalty in India and to human rights reforms in Rwanda, and expressing concerns about the situation of … [Read more...]

Impoverished Malawi sells presidential jet for $15 mln

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LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi's luxury presidential jet, bought by late leader Bingu wa Mutharika, has been sold for $15 million to raise cash for the impoverished African country, a government official said on Wednesday. Mutharika, who left … [Read more...]

M23 rebels attack DR Congo army as UN force deploys

M23 on attack

Source-BBC-Heavy fighting has taken place between government and rebel forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. These are the first clashes between the two sides since the rebels pulled out of the regional capital, Goma, last … [Read more...]

M23 rebels announce ceasefire for UN chief’s Congo visit

M23 Training rebels

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rebels in eastern Congo announced a ceasefire on Thursday in fighting with government troops hours before a visit to the conflict-plagued zone by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and World … [Read more...]

PARTI RWANDAIS DES MODERES/MODERATE RWANDA PARTY, PRM/M R P – ABASANGIZI ITANGAZO RIJYANYE N’IBIHE BY’ICYUNAMO

  Banyarwanda banyarwanda kazi; Imyaka ibaye 19 twibuka buri mwaka jenoside yakorewe abatutsi; Imyaka ibaye 23 ubwoko bw’abahutu bwibasiwe n’ibyaha by’intambara byakozwe na FPR Inkotanyi kuva yashoza urugamba mu kwakira 1990; Imyaka … [Read more...]

Obama to skip Kenya again in Africa June visit

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WASHINGTON, May 21 – President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary released on Monday bypasses Kenya, an ancestral homeland. Obama disappointed many Africans … [Read more...]

The Untold Stories: Is Kagame and RPF becoming the Major Boar and Napoleon Characters in the Animal?

Kagame's BM

This morning on the BBC Newsday programme, the Rwandan ruler was interviewed by Komla Dumor where Kagame defended his autocratic rule for almost two (2) decades where persecution of his political opponents in the country and beyond has become … [Read more...]

M23 rebels clash with Congo army for a 2nd day in the country’s east

GOMA, Congo –  A Congolese military official says that fighting between the M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma. Army spokesman Col. Olivier Hamuli said fighting in Mutaho, 10 … [Read more...]