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• My Name is Danai Pachedu, Je Suis KWEREKWERE.

  

  Steve Biko – Where is today the black consciusness he preached among South Africans towards their fellow Africans?Kwerekwere: Derogatory term meaning African... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2015 SOCIETY

• Boycotting South African Products: a Panafrican Lesson to Zuma’s Country’s...

  

  Pan-Africanism has been a movement against imperialism in all its forms and for the liberation of Black Africans from the evils of Black enslavement,... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2015 SOCIETY

• A Probable Repeat of 1993/94 in Rwanda and Burundi

  

  Melchior Ndadaye – Former President of BurundiAt the eve of the upcoming elections in Burundi, it is reported that Burundians are fleeing their country and... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 SOCIETY

• She Recalls April 6th 1994, When President Habyarimana Was Assassinated

  

  The title of the chapter in her book “Surviving the slaughter” is Descent into Hell. Marie Beatrice Umutesi tells in her testimony how she experienced the... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2015 SOCIETY

• Ivory Coast Needs a Transition Phase

  

  By Eric Edihttp://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/94277 With a sluggish reconciliation process, nation is not ready for a presidential electionLaurent Gbagbo... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2015 SOCIETY

• ‘Under No Circumstances’ Clause is Inviolable

  

  Prof. Charles Kambanda – On Rwanda’s presidential terms limit in the 2003 constitutionhttp://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/94279There is no legal instrumen... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2015 SOCIETY

• Ashesi University: A New Model of Leadership for Africa

  

  By Ken MaguireKwame Nkrumah mausoleumAwuah has entertained many offers to build or lead other schools, but for now, he says, “we will not attempt to replicate... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 SOCIETY

• Tanzania’s Kikwete Says Burundi Should Heed President Term Limit; Risks...

  

  Tanzanian President Jakawa Kikwete whose forces are part of the international brigade of intervention working alongside MONUSCO in Eastern Congo. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2015 SOCIETY

• Who Is Afraid Of The Rwanda Regime?

  

  By David HimbaraThe building which houses the Rwandan High Commission in London belongs to president Paul Kagame. The Rwandan government rents it from him. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 SOCIETY

• International Women’s Day – A Thought for Kivu’s Mothers and Daughters

  

  By Jane NishimweCongolese women protesting against Rwandan support to M23 – September 2012Across the world, the 8th of March marks a global celebration in honou... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 SOCIETY

• Stop Foreign Intervention In Africa (STOPFIIA) Conference at SOAS on 26/02/15

  

  STOPFIIA organising group arranged a conference that was held at the School of Oriental and African Studies on Thursday 26/02/2015 in LONDON. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2015 SOCIETY

• Kagame’s Existential Question: “To Kill Or Not To Kill”.

  

  “To be, or not to be…” is the opening phrase of a dialog in the “Nunnery Scene” of William Shakespeare‘s play Hamlet.The British writer carries on in the... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2015 SOCIETY

• Rwanda: If You Don’t See It, You Choose Not to See It

  

  Hunted Rwandan refugees in DRC in 1997We are at a point in time where there are 2 types of people who do not see that Rwandan President Paul Kagame is a cold... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2015 SOCIETY

• Issue of Connectedness in Contemporary African Struggle

  

  During the period of African independence, when there was little of the enormous range of today available facilities of communication (instant messaging... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2015 SOCIETY

• Rwanda Missing Debate: Ethnicity and Rule of Law in Relation to Kagame’s Third...

  

  The Rwandan president Paul Kagame during his speech of June 30th, 2013 before the Rwandan youth, during which he asked all Hutus, especially the Hutu youth, to... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 SOCIETY

• Why The International Community Supports Violent Conflicts In The Democratic...

  

  Picture of Ba Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General, by Don’t Be Blind This TimeBy Bosco Mutarambirwa“According to Paul Kagame, FDLR is an “organization of... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2015 SOCIETY

• Trying Understanding Ongoing Crisis in Libya and the Region

  

  By Dan GlazebrookThe original title of the author’s article is :“Egypt is calling the West’s bluff over its phony war on ISIS. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2015 SOCIETY

• Boko Haram and BRICS

  

  by PD LawtonBoko Haram is imperialist terrorism. Boko Haram means “Western education is forbidden” in the Hausa language. Picture by Amma Fosuah Poku – London... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2015 SOCIETY

• Land Grabbing – a Constant in African Contemporary and Past History

  A form of robbery by the powerful through deprivation of rights on properties belonging to indigenous people or their ancestors, land grabbing in Africa took... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2015 SOCIETY

• Mandela Then, Victoire Today – The Start of a Movement

  Saturday 31/01/2015 was a special day for Friends of Victoire, an organisation campaigning for the release of the Rwandan politician woman Victoire Ingabire... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2015 SOCIETY