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First-Hand Observation

Kenya’s vibrancy
Is just a vibe
With little viability.

(UGANDA) - When you live in East Africa
In the vicinity of Kenya;

When you collate
Books like IT’s OUR TURN TO EAT
With what you see in flesh
Where democratically elected MPs
Pass draconian Bills
Just to piss of those
Who coveted their turn
To gorge themselves;

Facts Do Not Cease to Exist Because They are Ignored

"Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed." - Friedrich Nietzsche

(WASHINGTON DC) - Many have researched, conducted interviews, mapped the area and even written many reports on the assassination of former President Habyarimana of Rwanda and former President Ntaryamira of Burundi whose plane was shot down by a surface to air missile on April 6, 1994.

The French crewmembers as well as both Presidential aides were killed as the plane crashed to the ground on the very land where former President Habyarimana’s house resided. His own son watched the event happen while lounging at the pool. Body parts were scattered among the wreckage...

The Dangers of Doing Business in Rwanda, Foreign Investors Beware!

Foreign investors beware! According to new laws, your business too could be seized as “abandoned” if you do not reside in Rwanda.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda makes for good reading and at first glance, one feels hope and prosperity for the landlocked country of Rwanda.

However, once one embarks on further research of how these amendments are put into practice it is a quick lesson in the saying “not worth the paper it is written on.” For example, the constitution declares there is freedom of speech, freedom for political groups to exist and protection of human rights.

For True Reconciliation, You Must First Know The Truth

Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa testifies in Spain

(WASHINGTON DC) - In a brief statement on social media today, Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa, founding member of the Rwanda National Congress, made the following statement: PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME RESPONSIBLE FOR THE KILLING OF NINE SPANISH CITIZENS

Today, 14/10/2013, I appeared before the Spanish Investigative Judge Andreu Merelles to testify that President Paul Kagame is responsible for the death of nine Spanish citizens...Dr. Rudasingwa testified in three specific areas before Judge Andreu Merelles covering the downing of former President Habyarimana’s plane in April 1994 killing two sitting heads of state as well as the French crew aboard the plane.

Oh! Africa

Oh! Africa, how many sins
Have been committed in your name
For the sake of keeping our tyrants
Unaccountable for their evil deeds?

(UGANDA) - Now that we ceased to give recognition
To ICC that only targets “our statesmen”
Why shan’t we also do away?
With our own kangaroo courts

Notorious for their selective justice
By only targeting small time crooks
While turning a blind eye
To big time corrupts

President Kagame in Toronto

September 27 -28, 2013: President Kagame in Toronto or the promise of a distastefully hot weekend

(MONTREAL / TORONTO) - While the Syrian civil war remains on the front pages of the major world newspapers, the war in the African Great Lakes region continues unabated with its death toll since twenty years, and Western media outlets keep scrambling for hot stories, unmoved by the African bloodletting.

Taking advantage of that media passiveness, the perpetrators of the foolish massive human slaughter, which has already taken more than eight million lives, are touring Western capitals and cities with utmost delight, while their handy-men go on rampage, slaughtering entire families.

Rwanda, M23 and the UNSC

Thus far, Rwanda’s most notable contribution to the UNSC is to deny any reports published against it by the group of experts.

(Washington, D.C.) - The United Nations demonstrated hypocrisy in its decision to grant Rwanda a seat on its Security Council (UNSC).

This, despite the country’s well-documented history of destabilization in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Land Grabs in Africa

An exclusive, acoustic version of “In My Place” by Coldplay was created in partnership with Oxfam. The band’s fans filmed themselves to raise awareness of land grabs and its devastating impact on communities.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Big land deals in Africa are leaving people homeless and hungry. Families are being unfairly removed from their land and left with no way to grow food or earn a living. Poor families are often evicted without their consent, no warning and no compensation.

Many of these cases involve ancestral lands that families have occupied for generations. Communities are being ripped apart.

An Open Letter to the International Community: Please ignore Rwanda

Dissent is not allowed in Rwanda, not in public speeches, in the press, or certainly not for political candidates...

(WASHINGTON DC) - Please ignore Rwanda. Parliamentary elections are coming up in Rwanda this September, and the world should ignore them. You read this correctly.

I am not asking for election monitors, nor intervention, nor even international observers. We already know how these elections will turn out, so why bother?

Piggybacking on the Hunt For Massive Oil Discoveries

How to get in elephant-sized plays in the East African Rift...

(LONDON OilPrices.com) - Africa is becoming the top choice for North American oil companies looking to diversify, and the East African Rift is the hottest of the hot.

Kenya waiting on commercial viability, Angola and Ghana already on the road to rival Nigeria and two newcomers—Namibia and Zambia—where the doors have been thrown open for exploration.