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Counter Piracy Update

Status of seized vessels and crews in Somalia, the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. U.S.A.: Nothing to celebrate this 4th of July.

(NAIROBI, Kenya Ecoterra) - Today, at least 34 larger plus 17 smaller foreign vessels and one stranded barge are kept in Somali hands against the will of their owners

At least 573 hostages or captives - including a South-African yachting couple as well as a Danish yacht-family with three children and two friends suffer to be released.

Rwanda`s Opposition Leaders Criticize Tony Blair

The letter in its entirety is published below in its original format with no editing by this writer.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - In London on July 1, 2011 President Paul Kagame received the Humanitarian award from The Chello Foundation for his work in the areas of children’s education and healthcare and the promotion of women’s rights.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s introduction of President Kagame came via video where he praised the Rwandan President in the above listed areas as well as his leadership of Rwanda.

Congo, a Poem

I have to wonder why more women, in particular, are not raising attention; flying flags and freaking out over what women are enduring in D.R. Congo.

(CLEVELAND) - As Salem-News.com Reporter Jennifer Fierberg wrote this week in her article, Mass Rape in D.R. Congo: Where is the end to suffering?, we were updated on the continual, brutal mass rapes in the Democratic Republic Congo. Reports continue to surface on every day and they are ugly.

Freedom of expression in the eyes my pro-Woyanne `Ethiopian-American` friend

The latest victim of this costly exercise of repression is a television network launched by patriotic and professional Ethiopians from America.

(UGANDA) - One pro-Woyanne1 friend of mine, who has been living in America for over two decades, cited Addis Fortune Newspaper as a testimony to the existence of freedom of speech in Ethiopia.

Reducing Food Waste: Making the Most of Our Abundance

Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet emphasizes reducing food waste as a means to meet the needs of a growing human population, alleviate hunger, and conserve resources.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - According to staggering new statistics from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), roughly one-third of the food produced worldwide for human consumption is lost or wasted, amounting to some 1.3 billion tons per year.

In the developing world, over 40 percent of food losses occur after harvest-while being stored or transported, and during processing and packing.

Mass Rape in D.R. Congo: Where is the end to suffering?

Not one more woman should have to suffer a fate like this in any country.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The ongoing reports of brutal mass rapes in the D.R. Congo continue to surface on a daily basis.

12 Weeks of Continued Isolation for Democracy Prisoner Victoire Ingabire

The government needs to stop its pressure and allow a proper, meticulous and thorough preparation of the defence for a lengthy political process.

(KIGALI, Rwanda) - The political prisoner Victoire Ingabire, chair of FDU-Inkingi, is spending her 246th day in maximum security.

For the 12th consecutive week, she is refused any visits by party members.

Dictator Kagame Humbled in Chicago

The brave protestors against the tyrant won the day.

(CHICAGO) - One Kagame praise-singer named Joseph Rwagatare writing in the Kagame propaganda paper New Times, would have you believe that the Rwandan dictator made a triumphant entry into Chicago according to plan. This is what the praise-singer writes:

“And the message to the thousands gathered inside the hotel, when it came, it was appropriately rousing and fit the occasion to perfection.”

The I-HATE-MY-FATHER Generation

Walking the tight rope of moral uprightness is a huge challenge these days.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - There is a generation in Africa and beyond that is utterly confused. Of course the word “confused” has a power to evoke some really strong feelings or reactions. But the confusion here is not of this generation’s own making - at least according to the way they look at things.

It is their fathers’ fault that they are confused, or so they say and that’s the sad part about the so-called fatherless generation.

Kudos to Timothy Kalyegira who Speaks Truth to any Power

A lesson on Google's fat envelopes for poor souls from the Sub-Saharan Africa.

(JOHANNESBURG ) - George Orwell condemned the sending of poor children from downtrodden parentage to a school for rich kids from affluent family. If memory serves me right, he dubbed it as the worst crime that can be inflicted on a child.