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US Department: Presidential Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson December 6, 2011 2011/2072 STATEMENT BY MARK TONER, DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON Presidential Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The United States remains deeply committed to supporting the democratic development of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The presidential and legislative elections that took place as…
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Carter Center: DRC Presidential Election Results Lack Credibility
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDec. 10, 2011Source: http://www.cartercenter.orgContact: Baya Kara in Kinshasa +243 81 240 7659 or Deborah Hakes in Atlanta +1 404 420 5124The Carter Center finds the provisional presidential election results announced by the Independent National Election Commission (CENI) on Dec. 9 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to lack credibility. CENI results point to…
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Congressional Briefing: Evaluating the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s 2011 Elections and the Implementation of the United Nations Mapping Exercise Report
On November 28th, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) held its second presidential and parliamentary election since the devastating war that began in 1996 and continues to claim lives in the eastern part of the country. Assassinations, intimidation, and other human rights violations have been reported since the electoral process started. On December 6th, the…
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AFJN Mentioned by Rwanda Genocide Survior Claude Gatebuke
Congo is one of the most mineral rich places in the world.
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Africae Munus: Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation
This article from the Oct-Dec 2011 edition of Around Africa, by Aniedi Okure, AFJN Executive Director Encouragement for the Church in Africa and a challenge to the Universal Church On November 19th, 2011, in the Republic of Benin in West Africa, Pope Benedict XVI published the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Africae Munus which means Africa’s Commitment,…
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US Publicly Recognizes Rwanda’s Lack of Democracy
US finally said publicly what was previously told to Rwandan authorities in private. In her speech entitled “Building a New Nation: Rwanda’s Progress and Potential” delivered at the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology on November 26th, US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice confirmed reports of an undemocratic regime under President Paul Kagame. Humanitarian,…
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Congo (Kinshasa) Elections: A step backward
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the second largest nation in Africa after Algeria, is again dominating the headlines for failure to organize free and fair elections. Some are blaming the country’s size for the logistical failure, but there is no excuse for killing, arresting and imprisoning members of the opposition. Clearly, a lack of…
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South African Catholic Bishops’ Statement Ahead of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change
This global climate change poses a great spiritual challenge to all Christians, people of all faiths, and all people of good will as it is the consequence of the destruction of God’s creation in which we have all participated in one way or another. It calls for a change of mindset, and a change of…
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Dyer Lecture Update
The 3rd Annual Fr. Bill Dyer Lecture went quite well this year! Our speaker Nii Akuetteh’s speech will be published as a paper soon, so even if you couldn’t attend, the content will be available. The house was packed and both the food and discourse were rich. AFJN thanks the Sisters of the Holy Names…
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Conflict Minerals Trade from the Democratic Republic of the Congo: What does the US have to gain?
Colonel Emma K. Coulson, a military fellow researcher at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, says: “It benefits the US to partner with the DRC in settling their conflict and gain positive control of their natural resources,” in her paper “Impact of gender based violence on stability and security.” She argues that: “The…
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DR Congo: As Electoral Campaign Starts, Congolese and International NGOs Call for Urgent Measures to Prevent Escalating Violence
Contested election could lead to widespread violence, warns a coalition of 41 NGOsKinshasa, 28 October 2011 – The national election campaign officially starts today in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), exactly one month ahead of historic presidential and legislative elections, scheduled for November 28 2011. 41 humanitarian and human rights organizations have expressed concern…
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Responses to US Troops in Central Africa
ACHOLI RELIGIOUS LEADERS PEACE INITIATIVE October 24, 2011 Response to the Deployment of U.S. Military Advisors to LRA Affected Regions For us, the Acholi Religious Leaders’ Peace Initiative (ARLPI), President Obama’s October 14th announcement that 100 U.S. troops have been deployed to the region to assist with the capture of Joseph Kony and the dismantling…
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Responses to US Troops in Central Africa
ACHOLI RELIGIOUS LEADERS PEACE INITIATIVE Response to the Deployment of U.S. Military Advisors to LRA Affected Regions For us, the Acholi Religious Leaders’ Peace Initiative (ARLPI), President Obama’s October 14th announcement that 100 U.S. troops have been deployed to the region to assist with the capture of Joseph Kony and the dismantling of his Lord’s…
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Sacramento State University Faculty Say Rwandan President is not Welcome
Here we go again! After Oklahoma City, Chicago, Paris and Pittsburgh, some faculty members at Sacramento State University are also saying that Rwandan President Paul Kagame is not welcome. President Kagame was invited as a keynote speaker at Sacramento State University’s conference entitled “Negationism, Revisionism, Survivors’ Testimonies, Eyewitness Accounts, Justice and Memory.” Sacramento State University…
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Long live Zambia for a peaceful power transfer
by Hervé Cheuzeville, translated from French by Bahati Jacques. Originally published by Echo D’Afrique on September 23, 2011 A major event occurred on September 23rd, 2011. Yet it went largely unnoticed in Western countries. The stock market crisis and Mahmoud Abbas’s attempt to get recognition of a Palestinian State apparently monopolized the attention of mainstream media….
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Burundi: Preventing a Predictable Civil War
“Burundi has passed an important milestones on the path to peace, but the page of the conflict has not yet been definitively turned. Loyal support from external partners remains necessary,” says the European Network for Central Africa (EURAC) in its October report entitled Burundi: Withdrawal by International Partners Would be Disastrous for the Peace Process…
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Elections in DRC
The following article is by Jacques Bahati from the July-Sept edition of Around Africa, AFJN’s newsletter. Direct comments and questions to bahati@afjn.org Preparations for the Democratic Republic of Congo’s General Elections scheduled for November 28th, 2011 are underway. Already, members of the opposition complain of numerous irregularities throughout the electoral process. The lack of political…
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Forced to lie: Kagame Killed Presidents Habyarimana and Ntaryamira
Forced to lie: Kagame killed Presidents Habyarimana and Ntaryamira By Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa, former RPF Secretary General, Ambassador of Rwanda to the United States, and Chief of Staff for President Paul Kagame. Source: Facebook Disclaimer: The views or opinions expressed in this document are solely those of the author and do not represent those of…
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Concession speech by his excellency, Mr Rupiah Bwezani Banda, fourth president of the republic of Zambia, On Friday, 23rd September, 2011
“Zambia must not go backwards, we must all face the future and go forward as one nation. Not to do so would dishonour our history.” “Did we become grey and lacking in ideas? Did we lose momentum? Our duty now is to go away and reflect on any mistakes we may have made and learn…
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US: Cut the Deficit by ending aid to dictatorial regimes like Rwanda
Updated April 19, 2013 The Rwandan opposition leader, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, leader of Rwanda’s FDU-Ingiki remain in prison. She is accused of genocide denial, divisionism and terrorism by President Paul Kagame’s regime. In 2010, she returned from the Netherlands in order to run against Kagame, but she was put under house arrest and soon after…
