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USA/Rwanda: Munyenyezi’s fate far from decided

http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/4743673-95/munyenyezi-appeal-law-role   Editorial: Munyenyezi's fate far from decided Thursday, February 28, 2013 (Published in print: Thursday, February 28, 2013)   W e are not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that Manchester resident Beatrice Munyenyezi received justice. Munyenyezi is the Rwandan refugee convicted this month by a federal court in Concord of lying on her U.S. immigration forms and stripped of her U.S. citizenship. She may or may not have lied on federal immigration forms. She may or may not have been a participant in the genocide that claimed the lives of an estimated 1 million people. She may or may not have had an affiliation with a political party. We don't know because, though the jury was convinced, we don't believe the testimony of the witnesses on either side was credible. One side, which included Munyenyezi's relatives, claimed that the young mother closeted herself in her family's hote...

USA/Rwanda: Munyenyezi’s fate far from decided

http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/4743673-95/munyenyezi-appeal-law-role   Editorial: Munyenyezi's fate far from decided Thursday, February 28, 2013 (Published in print: Thursday, February 28, 2013)   W e are not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that Manchester resident Beatrice Munyenyezi received justice. Munyenyezi is the Rwandan refugee convicted this month by a federal court in Concord of lying on her U.S. immigration forms and stripped of her U.S. citizenship. She may or may not have lied on federal immigration forms. She may or may not have been a participant in the genocide that claimed the lives of an estimated 1 million people. She may or may not have had an affiliation with a political party. We don't know because, though the jury was convinced, we don't believe the testimony of the witnesses on either side was credible. One side, which included Munyenyezi's relatives, claimed that the young mother closeted herself in her family's hote...

Kagame naturalises Tanzanian, appoints him Cabinet minister: News-africareview.com

http://www.africareview.com//News/Kagame-naturalises-Tanzanian-appoints-him-key-minister/-/979180/1706876/-/buapcnz/-/index.html?relative=true# Kagame naturalises Tanzanian, appoints him Cabinet minister By THE CITIZEN | Thursday, February 28  2013 at  09:23   16     5     29 Font size:    A+  |  Reset  |  A- Prof Silas Lwakabamba (left) is seen in this file photo together with Rwandan Health minister of Health Agnes Binagwaho, and Mr Eric Goosby the Coordinator for US Global Office on HIV AIDS at a past event. Prof Lwakabamba has been appointed to Paul Kagame's Cabinet. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP   President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has appointed a professor of Tanzanian origin, Silas Lwakabamba, as his minister for Infrastructure in Cabinet changes announced Tuesday. President Kagame reshuffled his Cabinet, bringing in new faces as well as creating new portfolios. Among the newcomers include Prof Lwakabamba, w...

Kagame naturalises Tanzanian, appoints him Cabinet minister: News-africareview.com

http://www.africareview.com//News/Kagame-naturalises-Tanzanian-appoints-him-key-minister/-/979180/1706876/-/buapcnz/-/index.html?relative=true# Kagame naturalises Tanzanian, appoints him Cabinet minister By THE CITIZEN | Thursday, February 28  2013 at  09:23   16     5     29 Font size:    A+  |  Reset  |  A- Prof Silas Lwakabamba (left) is seen in this file photo together with Rwandan Health minister of Health Agnes Binagwaho, and Mr Eric Goosby the Coordinator for US Global Office on HIV AIDS at a past event. Prof Lwakabamba has been appointed to Paul Kagame's Cabinet. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP   President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has appointed a professor of Tanzanian origin, Silas Lwakabamba, as his minister for Infrastructure in Cabinet changes announced Tuesday. President Kagame reshuffled his Cabinet, bringing in new faces as well as creating new portfolios. Among the newcomers include Prof Lwakabamba, w...

Kenya's new imperialists | Ngugi wa Thiong'o

http://m.guardiannews.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/27/kenya-new-imperialists-corporate-greed   Wednesday 27 February 2013 16.00 EST Kenya's new imperialists On Monday Kenyans elect a new generation of leaders, forged not by the independence struggle but western corporate greed A man walks past a wall sprayed with graffiti reading 'We need peace in Kenya' in Nairobi's Kibera district on 27 February 2013. Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images Ngugi wa Thiong'o When  Kenya goes to the polls  on Monday, it will mark a generational change – no matter who wins. For the first time in its history, the country will be run by a leadership with hardly any direct experience of colonialism. There are risks to this development: the new leadership might trivialise what it means to be colonised, and the insidious ways in which imperialism is reproduced. The outgoing president, Mwai Kĩibaki, is the last of the generation that led the country to independence, and for whom, whatever t...

Kenya's new imperialists | Ngugi wa Thiong'o

http://m.guardiannews.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/27/kenya-new-imperialists-corporate-greed   Wednesday 27 February 2013 16.00 EST Kenya's new imperialists On Monday Kenyans elect a new generation of leaders, forged not by the independence struggle but western corporate greed A man walks past a wall sprayed with graffiti reading 'We need peace in Kenya' in Nairobi's Kibera district on 27 February 2013. Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images Ngugi wa Thiong'o When  Kenya goes to the polls  on Monday, it will mark a generational change – no matter who wins. For the first time in its history, the country will be run by a leadership with hardly any direct experience of colonialism. There are risks to this development: the new leadership might trivialise what it means to be colonised, and the insidious ways in which imperialism is reproduced. The outgoing president, Mwai Kĩibaki, is the last of the generation that led the country to independence, and for whom, whatever t...

U.N.'s Ban tones down criticism of Rwanda over Congo claims

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE91R04320130228?irpc=932 U.N.'s Ban tones down criticism of Rwanda over Congo claims By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS  |  Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:45pm EST SHARE THIS ARTICLE Email Facebook Twitter By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - In a special report to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon toned down criticism of Rwanda over accusations that it supports rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but still warned against external support for the revolt. A draft of Ban's report seen by Reuters on Monday had applauded states who suspended aid to Rwanda after U.N. experts, who monitor compliance with sanctions and an arms embargo on Congo, accused Rwanda of supporting M23 rebels in eastern Congo. The draft report read: "Actions taken by some bilateral donors to suspend aid and funds to those countries reportedly supporting in particular the M23 send a strong message that such practices must cea...

U.N.'s Ban tones down criticism of Rwanda over Congo claims

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE91R04320130228?irpc=932 U.N.'s Ban tones down criticism of Rwanda over Congo claims By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS  |  Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:45pm EST SHARE THIS ARTICLE Email Facebook Twitter By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - In a special report to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon toned down criticism of Rwanda over accusations that it supports rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but still warned against external support for the revolt. A draft of Ban's report seen by Reuters on Monday had applauded states who suspended aid to Rwanda after U.N. experts, who monitor compliance with sanctions and an arms embargo on Congo, accused Rwanda of supporting M23 rebels in eastern Congo. The draft report read: "Actions taken by some bilateral donors to suspend aid and funds to those countries reportedly supporting in particular the M23 send a strong message that such practices must cea...