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Counter-Piracy Updates: Somalia, Gulf of Aden & the Indian Ocean

Includes video of German Navy attacking and destroying suspected pirate boat.

(NAIROBI, Kenya Ecoterra) - At least 30 ships plus 18 smaller foreign vessels are kept in Somali hands against the will of their owners, while at least 504 hostages or captives - including a South-African yachting couple - suffer to be released.

Washington is Conquering Africa using France, Human Rights, Terrorism, and the National Endowment for Democracy

“Fighting terrorism” and executing “humanitarian missions” are just façades or smokescreens.

(ROME) - A repeat of the disorder and pandemonium generated inside Afghanistan is in the works for the continent of Africa.

The United States, with the help of Britain, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia, created the brutal Taliban and then eventually waged war on its Taliban allies.

Event on October 3rd: Sri Lanka`s Killing Fields at Georgetown University

Sri Lanka's Killing Fields will be shown in the nation's capitol.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Thinking Beyond the Beltway and Amnesty International at Georgetown University invite you to a screening of the harrowing documentary “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” at 4.30 on Monday October 3rd in the ECR (ICC, 7th Floor). The film will be followed by a panel discussion.

First aired on British television in June, “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” captures, through live footage and extensive interviews with witnesses, the atrocities committed against civilians during the Sri Lankan Armed Forces’ final campaign to defeat the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in early 2009.

Rudasingwa Confession!
Paul Kagame Killed President Juvenal Habyarimana

"Paul Kagame, then overall commander of the Rwandese Patriotic Army, the armed wing of the Rwandese Patriotic Front, was personally responsible for the shooting down of the plane."

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa took to his Facebook page yesterday and wrote out a powerful and telling confession about the assassination of the late President of Rwanda Juvenal Habyarimana.

Dr. Rudasingwa’s confession explains in detail how this decision was made and who was involved.

85,000 Demand Nigerian Officials Act on Gang-Rape Video

Explosive campaign on Change.org calls on Nigerian officials to find and arrest five university students who videotaped themselves gang-raping young woman

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - More than 85,000 people worldwide have joined a Nigerian woman’s popular campaign on Change.org calling on officials in Nigeria to arrest five men who videotaped themselves gang-raping a young woman.

Adetomi Aladekomo, who grew up in Nigeria and still has family there, launched the petition on Change.org after being sent the horrifying video, which depicts an hour of a brutal gang-rape by five men reported to be Abia State University (ABSU) students.

Rwandan politics and elections

Sixty-nine percent of those surveyed believe the fear of authority is the major obstacle to freedom of speech and political space, followed closely by the mindset of nepotism and the legacy of Genocide.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Rwandan National Congress (RNC) and the Democratic Forces (FDU-INKINGI) held their first joint meeting in Washington D.C on September 19, 2011. The meeting was attended by approximately 30 Friends of Rwanda representing various countries and political parties.

Spearheading the conference was Dr. Theogene Rudasinwa, former Ambassador to the US from Rwanda under President Kagame, representing the RNC and Dr. Gerald Gahima, former Attorney General also under President Kagame.

ActionAid Urges G20 Ministers to Take Immediate Steps to Avert Food and Finance Crises

ActionAid is also calling on ministers to address tax policy and domestic resource mobilization so that poor countries can better weather the crisis.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - As Greece edges closer to default, confidence in the Euro and the dollar declines and global food prices soar, ActionAid called on G20 finance and development ministers meeting today to put serious reforms in motion.

`We don`t need to Destroy to Rebuild`

Many members and leaders of opposition parties remain in detention as do some innocent relatives of opposition leaders, as the Rwanda Government continues its relentless persecution of government critics.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - On September 16, 2011 the Rwandan National Congress (RNC) and the Forces Démocratique Unifiées- United Democratic Forces (FDU-INKINGI) held their first joint meeting in Washington D.C. The meeting was attended by approximately 30 Friends of Rwanda representing various countries and political parties.

Operation Fast and Furious - The Cover up Continues

Dept. of Justice Inspector General Cynthia Schnedar, may have compromised the investigation.

(OKLAHOMA CITY) - Although I have written only sparingly about the ATF’s misguided attempts to sell and track guns as they went into Mexico, Operation Fast and Furious, I have followed it with some interest.

It is the best example of a sting operation gone bad and as a result, people have died, including one of our own Border Patrol agents. As a direct result of Fast and Furious, Agent Brian Terry was killed with a weapon that was traced back to the operation.

Like and unlike the only `Independent` Journalist in Eritrea

Like and unlike the only "independent”journalist in Eritrea".

(UGANDA ) - Eritrea which is known by all accounts of human rights groups as the top jailer of journalists in addition to a closure of all venues for free expression reportedly hosts, according to www.countercurrents.org,the one and only western “independent” journalist since 2006. He is called Thomas C. Mountain.

Because of the power outage that occurs every other day--sometimes every day-- in Kampala that lasts for over 24 hours, I didn’t have the luxury to find out more about him using search engines such as Google.