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• Uhuru Kenyatta Inaugural Speech as New President of Kenya

  

  Uhuru Kenyatta – New President of KenyaOn behalf of the Kenyan people, I welcome all of you to Kenya. Karibuni Sana!Let me also acknowledge with gratitude and... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Elza Vumi: Everyone Everywhere Must Get Involved

  

  Elza Vumi. Congolese human right activist at the World Francophone Women Forum on March 20th, 2013 in Paris.“MONUSCO is there to protect the looters, not... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Rwanda: Whom to Remember When?

  

  By Jane IshimweRwandans and Congolese know well who is responsible of the genocides their respective countries continue suffering from. Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 SOCIETY

• After Patrice Lumumba

  

  Patrice Emery Lumumba – First only elected prime minister of the CongoIt is difficult to refer to the recent and past history of the Democratic Republic of Cong... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Africa Needs a Mental Revolution; Not Aid

  

  By Honourable Saka“The liberation of the minds of the African people will be a tougher battle than the eradication of settler regimes”. -Patrice Lumumba. Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Congolese Women Against Genocide in DRC

  

  Congolese women protesting against Rwandan support to M23 in Goma – Eastern Congo.“No brutality, no agony, no torture has ever driven me to beg for mercy, for... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Hugo Chavez: New World Rising

  

  by BAR executive editor Glen FordKaddafi and Chavez – Revolutionaries die, but their revolutionary ideas live on in those who continue the fight.The great... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Victoire Ingabire’s Appeal Trial

  

  Imprisoned Rwandan politician, Victoire Ingabire, leader of FDU-Inkingi.Monday 25th March 2013, the leader of the Rwandan political party from the opposition –... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Barriers to African Regional Integration: the International Aid System and...

  

  By Alex de WaalAfricaWhy is the entire African continental economy no larger than Spain’s, at $580 billion? Why is the combined GDP of the 40-plus countries tha... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Perilous Journey of a Hunted ICC Convict

  

  US Embassy in RwandaThis is an extract from an article published by AfroAmerica Network on Bosco Ntaganda last escapade. The story reads like a Hollywood script. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Bosco Ntaganda: Is US Changing Policy on Rwanda?

  

  Let’s not be fooled again. Nothing has changed. Only a different pace on the same path, the one of preserving US interests in the Great Lakes region. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Luc Marchal and Sylvestre Bwira: Winners of Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Prize 2013

  

  By Ruhumuliza DominiqueSylvestre Bwira – Congolese activist, winner of Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Prize for Democracy and PeaceLuc Marchal, who commanded the UN... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 SOCIETY

• M23’s Last Act

  

  By Kambale MusavuliWho are they trying to fool again?ICC convicted Bosco Ntaganda and Rwandan president Paul KagameChecking on the news about the Congo this... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and President Hugo Chavez

  

  A tale of two speeches On questions of the Nation and Unity By Lang T.K.A NubuorKwame NkrumahThe Insight of February 6th 2013 carries a message, dated January... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Chavez Dead, but His Revolution Goes On!

  

  By Yusuf FernandezHugo Chavez died due to the illness he had, which many suspect was inoculated to him by any of his enemies, starting by the US government. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 SOCIETY

• The Danger of Talking of Genocide Against Congolese Women Only

  

  Dr Denis Mukwege – Director of Panzi Hospital [Bukavu - Eastern Congo - DRC]We learn from reliable sources that raping Congolese women has been used as a... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Foreign Reporters Disappointed Over Lack of Post-election Violence in Kenya

  

  “Until lions produce their own historians the story of the hunt will glorify only the hunter.” African proverbForeign media covering Kenyan 2013 electionsNAKURU... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 SOCIETY

• DRC: Goma’s La LUCHA Starts Civil Resistance to Bring Change

  

  Congolese youth from La LUCHA movement in Goma who are determined to stop complaining about the fate of their country but change DRC from the bottom up. Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 SOCIETY

• When DRC Becomes a Country Under UN Mandate

  

  “A man can’t ride on your back unless it’s bent.” Dr. Martin Luther King.People and nations get what they deserve: NATO wanted Libya, and after 8 months of... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Some Reflections of Muammar Kaddafi on the Necessity of Unifying Africa

  

  “…he becomes more of a Yankee than the Yankees themselves.” Muammar Kaddafi“…We should have a link between the African motherland and the states of your... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 SOCIETY