With the recent arrest of a close associate, while on tour in Europe, attention now focuses on Presidentl Paul Kagame. Is justice closing in, at long last, on the President of Rwanda? Or will powerful western backers such as Canada and USA continue to shield him from accountability for his role in the 1994 regime change/genocide?
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Is Justice Closing in on Rwanda’s Paul Kagame?
6 December 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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TOUMAST, Touareg Protest-Rock (video)
6 December 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
Toumast EPK par VillageVert
Toumast means identity in Touareg and through the music of Toumast one truly embarks on a journey to discover a culture.
"Moussa Ag Keyna was born in the north of the Azawagh valley, a remote region running on each side of the border between Niger and Mali.
In 1987, he left his homeland to join the Touareg political movement, which prepared an offensive attack for the recognition of the Touareg people. During slack periods, Moussa learned to play the guitar (…) -
Colonial style empire-building is making a huge comeback
1 December 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
The Great Land Giveaway: Neo-Colonialism by Invitation Colonial style empire-building is making a huge comeback
by James Petras
Global Research, December 1, 2008
"The deal South Korea’s Daewoo Logistics is negotiating with the Madagascar Government looks rapacious…The Madagascan case looks neo-colonial…The Madagascan people stand to lose half of their arable land." Financial Times Editorial, November 20, 2008
"Cambodia is in talks with several Asian and Middle Eastern governments to (…) -
ICTR: Canada’s Dallaire "failed in his mission", says expert
29 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
A French military historian giving expert testimony at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, says General Romeo Dallaire, who commanded the UN Force in Rwanda in 1994 "failed in his mission."
"He cold have faced the situation and suppressed the massacres."
"A leader, a general must reserve that option instead of being locked up in a protective legalism..."
It has long been suggested in some quarters that Dallaire and another Canadian hero, Louise Arbour were complicit in the (…) -
China and the Congo Wars: AFRICOM. New US Military Command
27 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
China and the Congo Wars: AFRICOM. New US Military Command
by F. William Engdahl
Global Research, November 26, 2008
Just weeks after President George W. Bush signed the Order creating a new US military command dedicated to Africa, AFRICOM, events on the mineral-rich continent have erupted which suggest a major agenda of the incoming Obama Presidency will be for the son of a black Kenyan to focus US resources, military and other, on dealing with the Republic of Congo, the oil-rich Gulf (…) -
DR Congo’s Historic Urgency.
17 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
By Brian McAfee
The conditions in the democratic republic of Congo are dire for millions of its people despite the fact that the Congo has more mineral wealth than any other part of the African continent. Over a quarter of a million people are displaced because of the civil war currently raging in the eastern part of the country. Women and children have been primary targets of both sides in the conflict with rape used as a weapon by both sides. The war between the government forces and (…) -
Miriam Makeba, South African songstress dies at 76 (+videos)
11 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
International Herald Tribune Monday, November 10, 2008
By Alan Cowell
LONDON: Miriam Makeba, a South African singer whose voice stirred hopes of freedom among millions in her own country though her music was formally banned by the apartheid authorities she struggled against, died overnight after performing at a concert in Italy on Sunday. She was 76.
Source: sauvez-didi.wifeo
The cause of death was cardiac arrest, according to Vincenza Di Saia, a physician at the private Pineta (…) -
PORTUGAL: "Angolagate" Bribes in Local Banks
11 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
Mario de Queiroz
LISBON, Nov 3 (IPS) - Portuguese banks that received transfers of money to Angolan politicians implicated in illegal arms sales have kept mum after the Lisbon paper Público reported their involvement.
The Banco de Portugal, the country’s central bank, has remained silent, and the banks mentioned by the newspaper declined to comment in response to queries from IPS Monday, invoking the law on bank secrecy.
Público Journalist Ana Dias Cordeiro, an expert on African (…) -
FRENCH ELITE ON TRIAL: The Sordid Tale of ’Angolagate’
19 October 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
By Stefan Simons in Paris
Corruption, arms sales and a civil war in Africa: France’s biggest ever bribery scandal sees 42 leading figures of the French business and political world on trial. They are accused of being involved in a murky network said to have facilitated the illegal transport of arms to Angola in the 1990s.
The story, the actors and the exclusive scenery are the stuff of movies. The cast includes former cabinet ministers, billionaires, financial experts and glamorous (…) -
Michael Parenti: Myth of UnderDevelopment! (video)
19 September 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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