RDC : Intambara yafashe indi sura
Kayira Etienne
RDC-Congo Umusirikare yirira Igisheke.
Nubwo Ingabo z’igihugu cya Repubulika Iharanira demokarasi ya Kongo (FARDC) zikomeje gutsindwa ku rugamba zirwana n’ ingabo z’umutwe wa CNDP uyoborwa na Jenerali Laurent Nkunda, Perezida Joseph Kabila wa Kongo n’abanyapolitiki b’icyo gihugu bongeye guhitamo inzira y’imirwano.
Nyuma y’aho ingabo za DRC zitakarije uduce twinshi zarimo mu burasirazuba bwa Congo-Kinshasa harimo n’ inkambi ya gisirikari ya Rumangabo ndetse zikanahunga mu mujyi wa Goma kubera ko abarwanyi ba Nkunda bari hafi kuwinjnjiramo, ibihugu by’ibihangange n’imiryango mpuzamahanga muri iyo minsi byahise byihutira kwamaganira kure ifatwa ry’Umujyi wa Goma n’inyeshyamba za Laurent Nkunda, ahubwo intumwa z’iyo miryango n’ibihugu bikomeye byo ku isi (Amerika n’Uburayi) zasabaga impande zombi zirwana (Leta ya Kinshasa na CNDP) guhagarika imirwano bakagana inzira y’ibiganiro.
Ubwo ingabo za FARDC zongeye kugaruka mu mujyi wa Goma zimaze kumenya ko abarwanyi ba Nkunda batawinjiyemo, Leta ya Kinshasa yahise itanga itangazo ko idashobora kugirana ibiganiro n’umutwe uyirwanya wa CNDP. Ni muri urwo rwego ku wa 03 Ugushyingo 2008 hatangiye kuvugwa amakuru ko Ingabo z’Igihugu cya Angola zasesekaye muri Kisangani no muri Goma mu rwego rwo gutabara ingabo za Kongo-Kinshasa mu rugamba zirwana na CNDP ya Laurent Nkunda.
Abaturage bo mu mujyi wa Goma twavuganye kuri telefone, bamwe bemeza ko mu mujyi wa Goma ngo ku wa 04 Ugushyingo 2008 hari hamaze kugera abakomanda bagera kuri 500, ariko abandi batazwi umubare ngo bari mu nzira bava Kisangani bagana muri Nord-Kivu habera imirwano.
Umwe mu bagize ingabo z’Umuryango w’Abibumbye yatangarije Radio BBC ko abo bitirira abasirikari ba Angola ngo ni ingabo za Kongo-Kinshasa zivuga ururimi rw’igi « Portugale » kubera zabaye muri icyo gihugu ubwo zari mu mahugurwa. N’ubwo uwo mugabo wo muri MONUC yahakanye ko ingabo za Angola zitari muri RDC, muri AFRIKARABIA, undi musirikari wa Monuc yemeje ko izo ngabo z’igihugu gituranyi cya Kongo-Kinshasa zamaze kuhagera ndetse ngo zatangiye kurwana muri Nord Kivu, ariko ko umubare wazo utazwi neza. Perezida Joseph Kabila kwiyambaza ingabo z’ikindi gihugu ku mutabara mu rugamba rwo kwivuna abamurwanya ni uburenganzira bwe nk’igihugu kigenga, gusa binyuranyije n’ibyo abaserukira imiryango mpuzamahanga basabaga byo kurangiza ikibazo hifashishijwe ibiganiro.
Tubibutse ko mu gihe FARDC yagaragazaga kuneshwa n’ingabo za CNDP muri Kibumba, Mushake n’ahandi hatandukanye muri Kivu y’Amajyaruguru, Inteko Nshingamategeko y’icyo gihugu yari yatoye ko Guverinoma iganira na Laurent Nkunda. Ariko inkunga z’abasirikari b’ibindi bihugu icyo cyifuzo cy’inteko yagiteye utwatsi.
Guhitamo urugamba rw’amasasu ni ugukomeza gushyira mu kaga abaturage bo muri Nord-Kivu na Sud-Kivu bamaze imyaka irenga icumi mu ntambara z’urudaca. Izindi ntara zose za DRC zibaye nk’izitekana kubera zitarimo imirwano, ariko ngo imiyoborere ntacyahindutse kuko Guverinoma ya Gizenga Antoine uherutse kwegura ntacyo yagezeho.
Uwamusimbuye ku mwanya wa Minisitiri w’intebe, Bwana Adolphe Muzito ntabwo nawe azoroherwa kuko ngo agomba kuvuguta byihutirwa umuti wo kurangiza intambara ibera muri Kivu y’Amajyaruguru, mu burasirazuba bwa Kongo-Kinshasa.
Tubibutse kandi ko imirwano hagati ya Kinshasa na CNDP ikomeje muri Nord-Kivu aho ingabo za Leta zishaka uburyo ngo zasubirana Runshuru na Mushaki ibirindiro bikomeye bya Laurent Nkunda. Umuvugizi w’ingabo za CNDP, Col. Bertin Bisimwa aremeza ko ingabo za Angola zatangiye kugaragara ku rugamba. Ibyo ngo babyumvira no ku byombo bahamagariraho, dore ko bakoresha ururimi rw’igiporitigale.
Kuza kw’ ingabo za Angola muri DRC ntibiragira gihamya neza kuko ngo zitaje mu buryo bwemewe, aho bavuga ko ziyambariye imyambaro isa n’iya FARDC (Forces Armés de la republique démocratique du Congo).
Martin Luther King yakabije inzozi
Mukagahizi Rose
Pasiteri Martin Luther King, umwirabura w’Umunyamerika, ni we wabaye ku isonga ryo kurwanirira uburenganzira bw’umwirabura muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika. Niwe muntu wahawe igihembo cy’amahoro akiri muto kurusha abandi. Ku itariki yavukiyeho, 15 Mutarama, ni umunsi w’ikiruhuko muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika. Na n’ubu , ibitekerezo bye biracyubashywe, bigenderwaho n’imiryango yose iharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu.
Pasiteri Martin Luther King Jr ni imwe mu ntwari zemerwa kandi zanditse mu mateka ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika. Yamenyekanye cyane ubwo yafataga iya mbere mu mwaka w’1955 kugeza ubwo yishwe arashwe mu mwaka w’1968. Yatitizaga Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika akoresheje amagambo ye n’inyigisho ze zirwanya ivanguramoko n’ikandamiza kubera ko umwirabura wo muri Amerika yari atarafatwa nk’umuntu, ni ukuvuga umuzungu nk’uko bakundaga kuvuga, yari hagati y’inguge n’umuntu.
Martin Luther yari intwari kuko yashize amanga maze agatangira guhamagarira no gukangurira abirabura b’Abanyamerika kwanga ako karengane mu mutuzo n’amahoro, abasaba kwerekana ko barusha bamwe mu bazungu ubumuntu : “niba umuzungu akubwiye ko uri inguge, ukamusingira mu mashati n’uburakari bwinshi, uzaba nyine werekanye ubuguge bwawe. Ariko numusekera, ukamusengera kandi ukamusabira umugisha ku Mana abyumva, uzaba umweretse ko umurusha umutima wa kimuntu”.
Si ibyo gusa kandi kuko umwirabura w’Umunyamerika atemerwaga kuba yatora, yaratotezwaga, ntiyemererwaga gucumbika mu mahoteli meza. Naho Martin ati : “benshi bakunze kubaza igihe umwirabura azatuza kwigaragambya, akemera ibimubaho : watuza ute urara uterwa hejuru n’abagutoteza ? Ni gute se watuza uzi ko umwirabura wo muri Mississipi adafite uburenganzira bwo gutora naho muri New York akaba yarigishijwe ko nta bwenge afite bwo kuba yatora ? Oya. Ntituzatuza kugeza ubwo tuzabona ubutabera butemba nk’imigezi no gukiranuka kududubiza nk’amazi asuma.
Mu rugendo rw’amahoro yari ayoboye rw’imyigaragambyo mu mutuzo, rugatitiriza intagondwa z’abazungu bo muri Amerika muri Kanama 1963, uru rugendo rukaba rwaravuye muri Leta ya Alabama kugeza i Washington DC hafi y’aho Perezida wa Amerika akorera, urwo rugendo rukaba rutazibagirana kuko mu kurusoza, Martin Luther yavugiye ijambo imbere y’abantu ibihumbi 250 bamwumvaga bucece, maze ababwira amagambo akomeye cyane atazigera yibagirana mu mateka. Yagize ati : “bene data mbabwire, ndabizi ko nimusubira mu mijyi yanyu, bari bubazize iki gikorwa tumazemo iminsi. Ariko njye ibyo ntibisiba inzozi narose. Narose ko umunsi umwe iki gihugu kizamenyekana ko abakomoka ku bacakara bazaba bicarana n’abakomoka ku babatotezaga, bakitwa abavandimwe bafite uburenganzira bungana. Narose kandi ko utwana twanjye tune tuzakura tutarebwa ku ruhu ahubwo barebwa ku mpano zabo n’umutoma ubarimo. Si ibyo byonyine. Muri iki gihugu nabonye ibikombe byose byujujwe, ibyiyita imisozi byose byaringanijwe, ibigoramye bigororotse, inzira zidaharuwe ziharurwa”. Njyewe mfite inzozi.
Yari muntu ki ?
Pasiteri Martin Luther King yavutse ku itariki ya 15 Mutarama 1929. Yavukiye mu muryango w’abatambyi, kuko guhera kuri sekuru, bose babaye abashumba (abapasiteri) mu iorero ry’Ababatisita. Yakuze yiga mu mashuri y’abirabura n’abandi nkabo. Ibyo ntibyamubujije gukurana ubwenge bwinshi kuko yarangije amashuri ye yisumbuye afite imyaka 15, akabona impamyabumenyi y’icyiciro cya kabiri cya kaminuza afite imyaka 18 gusa ! Mu mwaka wa 1955 aho yari afite imyaka 26 gusa nibwo yatsindiye impamyabushobozi y’ikirenga “Doctorat” mu bijyanye na Tewologiya (Théologie) ayihawe na kaminuza ya Boston. Niwe mushumba waba yarayoboye imbaga nyinshi y’abantu kuva intambara ya kabiri y’isi yose yarangira kugeza ubu.
Mu 1964 afite imyaka 35 gusa, yahawe igihembo cya Nobel, gihabwa abaharaniye amahoro n’ubworoherane ku isi. Kugeza n’ubu niwe muntu wagihawe akiri muto muri bose. Ku italiki ya 4 Mata 1968, ubwo yari ahagaze ku ibaraza ry’icyumba yari yarayemo I Memphis muri Leta ya Tenesee ahumeka umwuka w’umugoroba, yarashwe amasasu atatu mu gatuza, ahita agwa aho. Ubwo yari aje kwifatanya n’abirabura hamwe n’abandi basuzuguritse bo muri iyo Leta kwigaragambya berekana uburenganzira bwabo. Umugoroba ubanziriza kuraswa kwe, ku itariki ya 3 Mata 1968, ubwo yabwirizaga mu itorero rya Mason Temple Church aho I Memphis, yagize ati : “njye nageze hejuru y’umusozi tunanirwa duterera, nabonye igihugu cy’amasezerano. Nshobora kutazaba ndi kumwe namwe ubwo muzahagera, ariko ibi mbibabwiye ngira ngo musigare muzi ko njye nabonye mugera mu gihugu cy’amasezerano”. Ayo niyo magambo ya nyuma Pasiteri Martin Luther King Jr yavugiye mu ruhame.
Yashyinguwe n’imbaga y’abantu barenga ibihumbi ijana, ku italiki ya 9 Mata 1968. Yari yarashakanye na Colleta Scott King akaba nawe yaritabye Imana ku wa 31 Mutarama 2006, babyaranye abahungu 2 n’abakobwa 2. Itariki y’amavuko Martin yavukiyeho ku wa 15 Mutarama, buri mwaka iba ikiruhuko muri Amerika yose. Hoteli yarasiwemo Lorraine Motel yahise ihindurwa inzu ndangamurage naho Imva ye ikaba yaragizwe irimbi ry’intwali.
Impanuro ye yarasohoye
Inzozi ze yarose zarasohoye kuko ubu umwirabura arishyira akizana muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika. Twiyibukije amateka, Amerika tubona ubu yigisha amahoro na demukarasi ku isi, hashize imyaka 42 yemeye ko umwirabura ari umuntu nk’abandi, Atari hagati y’inguge n’umuntu nk’uko byari bkunze gufatwa cyane mu gice cy’amajyepfo. Mbere y’imyaka ya 1970, hari ibintu byinshi cyane umwirabura Atari afiteho uburenganzira : ntiyashoboraga gutora perezida, abadepite, inzego z’ibanze, n’ibindi. Hari amashuri y’abazungu atakandagiragamo, utubari, restaurants n’ibindi byinshi none dore intsinzi ya perezida Barack Obama, umwirabura wa mbere mu kuyobora Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika nk’umukuru w’igihugu. Yagize ati “niba hari ugishidikanya ko byose bishoboka, niba hari ufite ikibazo kuri demukarasi ya USA narebere kuri iri joro ryarangizaga amatora yo muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika”. Aya akaba ari amagambo Perezida Obama yavuze amaze kwegukana intsinzi yo kuyobora Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika.
Irani: Minisitiri yafatanywe dipolome y’impimbano akurwaho icyizere
Sibo Martin
Inama Nshingamategeko ya Irani iherutse kwirukana Minisitiri w’Ubutegetsi bw’Igihugu Ali Kordan azira ko yakoreshaga dipolome y’inyiganano. Uwo mugabo ngo yavugaga ko yayivanye muri Kaminuza izwi cyane yo mu Bwongereza yitwa “Oxford”.
Perezida wa Iran we akomeje kumuhagararaho yemeza ko bakagombye kumurebera kubyo akora. Ako kaga kajya kumugeraho byaturutse ku itangazo Kaminuza ya Oxford yasohoye ihakana yivuye inyuma ko itigeze iha Minisitiri Ali Kordan impamyabumenyi iyo ariyo yose. Umuyobozi w’Inteko Ishingamategeko ya Irani Ali Larijani yatangaje ko Abadepite 188 kuri 247 batoye ko uriya Minisitiri akurwaho icyizere. Abadepite 45 barabyanze naho 14 barifata. Mu Baminisitiri 21 Perezida Ahmedi Nejad wa Irani yari yatanze Abadepite banzemo abagera ku 10.
Ibi rero bishyira mu kaga Leta ya Ahmadinejad kuko itegeko nshinga kiriya gihugu cya Iran kigenderaho rivuga ko iyo kimwe cya kabiri cy’Abaminisitiri gikuweho icyizere Guverinoma yose igomba kweguzwa byanze bikunze. Ukuriye Inteko ya Irani Bwana Ali Larijani yagize ati “ Ibi birererekana ko Inteko itazihanganira uwo ariwe wese utagendera ku mategeko bityo gukurwaho icyizere kuri Kordan bivuze ko amategeko agomba kubahirizwa”.
Kordan yari amaze gusa amezi atatu ari Minisitiri w’Ubutegetsi bw’Igihugu. Bimaze kumenyekana ko abeshya ku mpamyabumenyi, Abadepite bahise barakara bavuga ko ahemberwa dipolome adafite bityo akaba ngo akwiye gushyirwa mu gihome. Kordan wasimbuye kuri uriya mwanya uwitwa Mustafa Mohammad, yakoze igihe kinini kuri Televiziyo ya Irani ndetse no muri Minisiteri ifite peteroli mu nshingano zayo.
Mu gihugu cya Irani Minisiteri y’Ubutegetsi bw’igihugu niyo icunga umutekano w’imbere mu gihugu, amatora no kuyategura, gushyiraho ba Guverineri no gutanga uruhushya ku mitwe ya politiki tutibagiwe n’imiryango itagengwa na Leta. Minisitiri Kordan we yatangaje ko byose ari ikosa ry’uwari uhagarariye Kaminuza ya Oxford I Tehran wamuhaye dipolome itemewe muri Oxford.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Utuntu n'Utundi
Nabeshye Bruguière abeshya amahanga – Ruzibiza
Ndamage Frank
Umutangabuhamya Abafaransa bizeye ko azashinja u Rwanda Abdul Ruzibiza Josua avugira kuri Radio Contact FM yavuze ko yabeshye umucamanza w’Umufaransa Bruguière nawe abeshya amahanga.
Ruzibiza aremeza ko atigeze avugana na Bruguière kandi ko n’abantu bavugwa muri iriya raporo benshi atabazi. Abajijwe niba koko baramuhimbiye, Ruzibiza yatangaje ko batamuhimbiye ko we ubwe yahimbye iyo nkuru ati « iyo nkuru ni impimbano ijana ku ijana (100%) ». Avuga ko abatangabuhamya benshi bavugwa muri iriya raporo Bruguière ariwe wabashakiraga umupolisi waturukaga muri Perezidansi y’Ubufaransa kandi ko ariwe wakoze iyo raporo. Ruzibiza yemeza ko yahuye na Bruguière gusa agiye gusinya iyo raporo ati nubu duhuye ntabwo yamenya. Avuga ko bahuriraga muri Ambassade y’Ubufaransa muri Uganda. Ati « ntabwo uriya mupolisi yashoboraga kubabona, biriya byose ni inkuru mpimbano ».
Ruzibiza usigaye yibera muri Norway yemez ako hari icyo Abafaransa bapfa n’u Rwanda ko we ntacyo abiziho ati « n’ibyo bavuga byose ngo niwe wabikoze ». Ariko ngo ababajwe cyane cyane n’ifatwa rya Rose. Ruzibiza yibaza impamvu Abafaransa bavuga urupfu rw’Abafaransa 3 gusa ati ubundi umusirikare atwara indege ya gisivili ate ? Yavuze ko azirengera icyo aricyo cyose ariko ko azarenganura Rose Kabuye ati « abo bose narabavuze ariko ntabwo bafite icyo bahuriyeho n’ihanurwa ry’indege yari itwaye Perezida Habyarimana ». Inkuru yo guhanura iyo ndege ni impimbano. Ruzibiza kandi yatangaje ko ibyo yatangarije abo bafaransa ko yumvise Perezida Kagame atanga amategeko abwira Gen. KAyonga ko bagomba kurasa indege itwaye Perezida Habyarimana, yatangaje ko ari impimbano ati « ntabwo nigeze ngera hafi yaho Kagame yabaga ntabwo nibura nigeze nkorera hafi nawe », ati « byose byari ibihimbano. »
Ifatwa rya Kabuye : Amategeko mpuzamahanga ararwaye - Nkongori
Twagira Wilson
Imyigaragabyo yo kwamagana icyo cyemezo i Kigali.
Umunyamategeko Maître Laurent Nkongori Laurent arasanga amategeko mpuzamahanga muri iki gihe yari akwiye gukosorwa kuko ngo asa naho arwaye, ibyo akabishingira kw’ifatwa rya Madamu Rose Kabuye ku ya 9 ugushyingo 2008 hashingiwe ku mpapuro z’umucamanza Bruguière yanditse yiyicariye iwabo mu Burayi nta n’uwo abajije.
Ibyo Maître Nkongori yabivugiye ku biro by’Imvaho Nshya ku ya 10 Ugushyingo 2008, nyuma y’uko abaturage bo mu mujyi wa Kigali, abayobozi ndetse n’abakozi ba Leta bahuriye kuri Ambasade y’Ubudage mu Rwanda mu myigaragambyo yabaye mu ituze igamije kwamagana itabwa muri yombi rya Kabuye wari Umuyobozi wa porotokole ya Perezida wa Repubulika, akaba yarafatiwe mu Budage.
Ubutabera buragenda butakaza icyizere
Mu kiganiro n’uwo munyamakuru, Maitre Nkongori yasobanuye ko imikorere y’abacamanza nka Bruguière n’abandi nka we yari ifite ahandi ibogamiye, bityo bigatuma abaturage bagenda batakaza icyizere mu butabera cyane ko ngo yateguye inyandiko ze akanazohereza nta n’umwe avuganye na we mu Rwanda. Ku bijyanye n’ikibazo cy’ihanurwa ry’indege ya Habyarimana ati « Ntiyakoze nk’umunyamwuga kuko atageze aho icyaha cyabereye ngo abaze impande zose bireba ».
Ku birebana n’ifatwa rya Madamu Kabuye Rose, Maitre Nkongori yakomeje avuga ko iriya raporo y’umucamanza Jean Louis Bruguière itakabaye ihabwa agaciro ifite, dore ko ngo na bamwe mu bakuru b’ibihugu bigize umuryango wa Afurika Yunze Ubumwe « African Union » bari bayamaganye.
Madamu Kabuye yerekanye igikorwa cy’ubutwari
Nk’umunyamategeko, twamubajije uko abibona kuba Madamu Kabuye Rose yarafashwe nyuma y’aho inzego zitandukanye zimuburiye ko hari ikibazo mbere ariko akabirengaho akagenda, Maître Nkongori Laurent asanga ari igikorwa cy’ubutwari Rose Kabuye yagaragaje cyane ko ngo nta n’icyo yishinjaga yaba yarakoze. Aha yakomeje avuga ko ari bimwe mu bizatuma abantu badakomeza kwicwa urubozo mu bitekerezo yise « Torture morale » badakomeza guterwa ubwoba buri gihe ngo nujya hariya baragufata n’ibindi ».
Mu itangazo uhagarariye Imiryango itegamiye kuri Leta yatangiye mu Kiyovu ahabereye imyigaragambyo, yibukije ko imiryango mpuzamahanga yasaba ibihugu by’Iburayi gukuraho agasuzuguro, maze Madamu Rose Kabuye akarenganurwa kuko ngo n’inyandiko yari yashingiweho mu gufata Rose Kabuye itari yahawe agaciro na A.U ndetse n’Umugabane w’Afurika muri rusange.
Yiteguye kwerekana ko ari umwere
Twibutse ko abari mu gikorwa cy’imyigaragambyo ku bari mu rugendo rw’ituze rugamije kwamagana ifatwa rya madamu Rose Kabuye bari bitwaje ibyapa byanditseho amagambo agira ati « Rose is Innocent she is ready to prove it » asobanura ngo Rose ni umwere kandi yiteguye ku bigaragaza.
Ayandi magambo yabonekaga ku byapa yagiraga ati « Twamaganye Bruguière n’ingengabitekerezo y’Abafaransa », « turamagana abacumbikira abakoze Jenoside nka Padiri Munyeshyaka Wensislasi ahubwo bagafata abayihagaritse », n’ayandi magambo yihanangiriza ubushinyaguzi n’agasuzuguro by’Abanyaburayi ku Banyafurika.
Uhagarariye Ubudage mu Rwanda yabaye asubiye iwabo
Niyonsaba Pascal
Inkurikizi y’itabwa muri yombi rya Madamu Rose Kabuye mu Budage ni ikonja ry’umubano w’u Rwanda n’Ubudage. Uwari uhagarariye Ubudage mu Rwanda Bwana Christian Clages yasabwe kuba asubiye iwabo kugeza igihe ikibazo kizabonerwa umuti.
Nk’uko byatangajwe na Minisitiri w’Ububanyi n’Amahanga, Madamu Rosemary Museminari, kuba u Rwanda rwarasabye ko ambasaderi w’Ubudage mu Rwanda aba asubiye iwabo atari ugucana umubano n’Ubudage, ko ari icyemezo gikurikiye ifatwa rya Madamu Rose Kabuye, Umuyobozi wa Protocole mu biro bya Perezida wa Repubulika, wafatiwe ku Kibuga cy’Indege cya Frankfort mu Budage agiye gutegura uruzinduko rwa Perezida wa Repubulika mu Budage.
Nk’uko byasobanuwe kandi na Minisitiri w’Ubutabera, Bwana Tharcisse Karugarama, icyemezo cyo gusaba ambasaderi w’Ubudage mu Rwanda, Bwana Christian Clages kuba asubiye mu gihugu cye, cyabereye rimwe no guhamagaza uhagarariye u Rwanda mu Budage Bwana Richard Gasana, hagati aho hakaba hari ibiganiro bigomba gukorwa ngo ikibazo gikemuke umubano w’Ubudage n’u Rwanda wongere umere neza.
Amakuru aturuka i Berlin mu Budage nayo yemeza ko bariya ba ambasaderi bahamagajwe kugira ngo habe ibiganiro, ngo ariko bafite icyizere cy’uko bazasubira mu mirimo yabo vuba.
Abaturage bo mu Mujyi wa Kigali twaganiriye ku kibazo cy’itabwa muri yombi rya Madamu Rose Kabuye, bavuze ko bibabaje kuko manda zo kumufata ubwazo nta mategeko zishingiyeho; ahubwo ari amarangamutima n’ubuhorahorane bituruka ku kimwaro Ubufaransa bufite kubera uruhare bwagize muri jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994.
Mu 2006, nibwo Ubufaransa bwihishe inyuma y’umucamanza Louis Bruguière maze busohora inyandiko zisaba itabwa muri yombi ry’abayobozi bakuru 9 bo mu Rwanda ngo baba baragize uruhare mu iraswa ry’indege yari itwaye Perezida Habyarimana. Abo bazungu bemeza ko ariyo yabaye imbarutso ya ya jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994.
Muri abo bantu 9 baregwa n’Ubufaransa harimo Madamu Rose Kabuye. Nk’uko byagaragaye muri Kigali no hirya no hino mu gihugu, ntabwo Abanyarwanda bishimiye kiriya gikorwa cyo gufatira Madamu Rose Kabuye i Frankfort mu Budage, ku cyumweru tariki ya 9 Ugushyingo 2008. Abanyarwanda bemeza ko kiriya gikorwa ari ukuvogera ubusugire bw’u Rwanda, kuko bitumvikana ko umuntu wagize uruhare mu guhagarika jenoside afatwa igihe muri ayo mahanga abakoze jenoside bidegembya. Guhamagaza abahagarariye Ubudage n’u Rwanda ni ugushmangira icyifuzo cy’ibihugu bya Afurika byamaganye ibihugu by’i Burayi byitwaza ubutabera mpuzamahanga bigahohotera abayobozi bo mu bihugu bya Afurika.
Mu myigaragambyo abaturage bo mu nzego zitandukanye bakoreye mu Mujyi wa Kigali, ntibahwemye kugaragaza ko gufata Rose Kabuye ari agasuzuguro n’ubwirasi bikabije, bakaba bamagana byimazeyo Abafaransa n’Abadage babashyigikiye mu mugambi wabo wo guhungabanya u Rwanda n’abarutuye. U Rwanda rurasaba ko Rose Kabuye arekurwa mu maguru mashya.
Ku ngingo y’ivangura mbahitiyemo kumvira ijeri-Minisitiri Habineza
Ahishakiye J. d’Amour
na Mukagahizi Rose
Umugani w’umugenurano w’ikinyarwanda uvuga ko ngo uwanze kumvira se na nyina yumvira ijeri. Minisitiri w’Umuco na Siporo, Joseph Habineza arasanga hari ubwo abana bakwiye gutinyuka bakima amatwi ababyeyi babo igihe baba babona ko inyigisho babaha zitanogeye umunyarwanda ugambiriye kwiteza imbere.
Ibi Minisitiri Habineza Joseph yasabye abana 416 bari bateraniye mu nama Nkuru ya Kane y’Abana, inama abana bahisemo guha insanganyamatsiko igaragaza uruhare rwabo mu kurwanya ingengabitekerezo ya jenoside. Minisitiri Habineza akaba yarahamirije abana ko n’ubwo kumvira ababyeyi ari umuco mwiza buri wese ashima, ababyeyi babiba amacakubiri, urwango n’uburozi badakwiye kubahwa no kumvirwa muri izo nyigisho mbi. Minisitiri Habineza ati « Rwose uburenganzira bwo kuvuguruza ababyeyi nk’abo, uburenganzira bwo kubasuzugura no kubashyira ahagaragara ndabubahaye kandi ntihazagire ububambura ». minisitiri Habineza ni umwe mu baganiriye n’abana baje bahagarariye abandi mu Nama nkuru ya Kane y’Abana, inama yari ifite insanganyamatsiko igira iti Uruhare rw’abana mu kurwanya ingengabitekerezo ya jenoside. Abana bakaba baragaragaje ko abenshi bakomora ingengabitekerezo ku babyeyi n’abarezi babo. Ubushakashatsi bwakozwe n’Inteko Ishinga Amategeko Umutwe w’Abadepite bukaba nabwo bwaragaragaje ko abana batekererwa ubwo burozi n’abantu bakuru. Minisitirri Habineza rero agasaba abana bose kujya bima amatwi abo bose bitwikira ububasha n’inshingano nziza bakabaye bafite ku bana bakabaha uburozi.
Minisitiri Habineza yashishikarije abana kwiga bashyizeho umwete, ati « kandi uzabishaka wese akabishyiraho ubushake azabishobora ». Minisitiri Habineza yabagiriye inama yo gukurikiza urugero rwa perezida mushya wa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika wagendeye ku ntego igira iti « Yes we can » (Yego twarabishoboye), akaba yarageze ku rwego abenshi batamutekerezagaho. Abana nabo bakaba baratahanye indahiro n’intego ivuga ko nabo bagiye gushishikara mu byo bifuza byiza byose, kandi bakaba biyemeje ko bazabigeraho nta shiti. Mu byo biyemeje ku ikubitiro harimo guhugura no guhindura imyumvire mibi ya bamwe mu babyeyi babo, bagatana burundu n’ingengabitekerezo ya jenoside. Abana bose bati « Yes, we can ».
Ndamage Frank
Umutangabuhamya Abafaransa bizeye ko azashinja u Rwanda Abdul Ruzibiza Josua avugira kuri Radio Contact FM yavuze ko yabeshye umucamanza w’Umufaransa Bruguière nawe abeshya amahanga.
Ruzibiza aremeza ko atigeze avugana na Bruguière kandi ko n’abantu bavugwa muri iriya raporo benshi atabazi. Abajijwe niba koko baramuhimbiye, Ruzibiza yatangaje ko batamuhimbiye ko we ubwe yahimbye iyo nkuru ati « iyo nkuru ni impimbano ijana ku ijana (100%) ». Avuga ko abatangabuhamya benshi bavugwa muri iriya raporo Bruguière ariwe wabashakiraga umupolisi waturukaga muri Perezidansi y’Ubufaransa kandi ko ariwe wakoze iyo raporo. Ruzibiza yemeza ko yahuye na Bruguière gusa agiye gusinya iyo raporo ati nubu duhuye ntabwo yamenya. Avuga ko bahuriraga muri Ambassade y’Ubufaransa muri Uganda. Ati « ntabwo uriya mupolisi yashoboraga kubabona, biriya byose ni inkuru mpimbano ».
Ruzibiza usigaye yibera muri Norway yemez ako hari icyo Abafaransa bapfa n’u Rwanda ko we ntacyo abiziho ati « n’ibyo bavuga byose ngo niwe wabikoze ». Ariko ngo ababajwe cyane cyane n’ifatwa rya Rose. Ruzibiza yibaza impamvu Abafaransa bavuga urupfu rw’Abafaransa 3 gusa ati ubundi umusirikare atwara indege ya gisivili ate ? Yavuze ko azirengera icyo aricyo cyose ariko ko azarenganura Rose Kabuye ati « abo bose narabavuze ariko ntabwo bafite icyo bahuriyeho n’ihanurwa ry’indege yari itwaye Perezida Habyarimana ». Inkuru yo guhanura iyo ndege ni impimbano. Ruzibiza kandi yatangaje ko ibyo yatangarije abo bafaransa ko yumvise Perezida Kagame atanga amategeko abwira Gen. KAyonga ko bagomba kurasa indege itwaye Perezida Habyarimana, yatangaje ko ari impimbano ati « ntabwo nigeze ngera hafi yaho Kagame yabaga ntabwo nibura nigeze nkorera hafi nawe », ati « byose byari ibihimbano. »
Ifatwa rya Kabuye : Amategeko mpuzamahanga ararwaye - Nkongori
Twagira Wilson
Imyigaragabyo yo kwamagana icyo cyemezo i Kigali.
Umunyamategeko Maître Laurent Nkongori Laurent arasanga amategeko mpuzamahanga muri iki gihe yari akwiye gukosorwa kuko ngo asa naho arwaye, ibyo akabishingira kw’ifatwa rya Madamu Rose Kabuye ku ya 9 ugushyingo 2008 hashingiwe ku mpapuro z’umucamanza Bruguière yanditse yiyicariye iwabo mu Burayi nta n’uwo abajije.
Ibyo Maître Nkongori yabivugiye ku biro by’Imvaho Nshya ku ya 10 Ugushyingo 2008, nyuma y’uko abaturage bo mu mujyi wa Kigali, abayobozi ndetse n’abakozi ba Leta bahuriye kuri Ambasade y’Ubudage mu Rwanda mu myigaragambyo yabaye mu ituze igamije kwamagana itabwa muri yombi rya Kabuye wari Umuyobozi wa porotokole ya Perezida wa Repubulika, akaba yarafatiwe mu Budage.
Ubutabera buragenda butakaza icyizere
Mu kiganiro n’uwo munyamakuru, Maitre Nkongori yasobanuye ko imikorere y’abacamanza nka Bruguière n’abandi nka we yari ifite ahandi ibogamiye, bityo bigatuma abaturage bagenda batakaza icyizere mu butabera cyane ko ngo yateguye inyandiko ze akanazohereza nta n’umwe avuganye na we mu Rwanda. Ku bijyanye n’ikibazo cy’ihanurwa ry’indege ya Habyarimana ati « Ntiyakoze nk’umunyamwuga kuko atageze aho icyaha cyabereye ngo abaze impande zose bireba ».
Ku birebana n’ifatwa rya Madamu Kabuye Rose, Maitre Nkongori yakomeje avuga ko iriya raporo y’umucamanza Jean Louis Bruguière itakabaye ihabwa agaciro ifite, dore ko ngo na bamwe mu bakuru b’ibihugu bigize umuryango wa Afurika Yunze Ubumwe « African Union » bari bayamaganye.
Madamu Kabuye yerekanye igikorwa cy’ubutwari
Nk’umunyamategeko, twamubajije uko abibona kuba Madamu Kabuye Rose yarafashwe nyuma y’aho inzego zitandukanye zimuburiye ko hari ikibazo mbere ariko akabirengaho akagenda, Maître Nkongori Laurent asanga ari igikorwa cy’ubutwari Rose Kabuye yagaragaje cyane ko ngo nta n’icyo yishinjaga yaba yarakoze. Aha yakomeje avuga ko ari bimwe mu bizatuma abantu badakomeza kwicwa urubozo mu bitekerezo yise « Torture morale » badakomeza guterwa ubwoba buri gihe ngo nujya hariya baragufata n’ibindi ».
Mu itangazo uhagarariye Imiryango itegamiye kuri Leta yatangiye mu Kiyovu ahabereye imyigaragambyo, yibukije ko imiryango mpuzamahanga yasaba ibihugu by’Iburayi gukuraho agasuzuguro, maze Madamu Rose Kabuye akarenganurwa kuko ngo n’inyandiko yari yashingiweho mu gufata Rose Kabuye itari yahawe agaciro na A.U ndetse n’Umugabane w’Afurika muri rusange.
Yiteguye kwerekana ko ari umwere
Twibutse ko abari mu gikorwa cy’imyigaragambyo ku bari mu rugendo rw’ituze rugamije kwamagana ifatwa rya madamu Rose Kabuye bari bitwaje ibyapa byanditseho amagambo agira ati « Rose is Innocent she is ready to prove it » asobanura ngo Rose ni umwere kandi yiteguye ku bigaragaza.
Ayandi magambo yabonekaga ku byapa yagiraga ati « Twamaganye Bruguière n’ingengabitekerezo y’Abafaransa », « turamagana abacumbikira abakoze Jenoside nka Padiri Munyeshyaka Wensislasi ahubwo bagafata abayihagaritse », n’ayandi magambo yihanangiriza ubushinyaguzi n’agasuzuguro by’Abanyaburayi ku Banyafurika.
Uhagarariye Ubudage mu Rwanda yabaye asubiye iwabo
Niyonsaba Pascal
Inkurikizi y’itabwa muri yombi rya Madamu Rose Kabuye mu Budage ni ikonja ry’umubano w’u Rwanda n’Ubudage. Uwari uhagarariye Ubudage mu Rwanda Bwana Christian Clages yasabwe kuba asubiye iwabo kugeza igihe ikibazo kizabonerwa umuti.
Nk’uko byatangajwe na Minisitiri w’Ububanyi n’Amahanga, Madamu Rosemary Museminari, kuba u Rwanda rwarasabye ko ambasaderi w’Ubudage mu Rwanda aba asubiye iwabo atari ugucana umubano n’Ubudage, ko ari icyemezo gikurikiye ifatwa rya Madamu Rose Kabuye, Umuyobozi wa Protocole mu biro bya Perezida wa Repubulika, wafatiwe ku Kibuga cy’Indege cya Frankfort mu Budage agiye gutegura uruzinduko rwa Perezida wa Repubulika mu Budage.
Nk’uko byasobanuwe kandi na Minisitiri w’Ubutabera, Bwana Tharcisse Karugarama, icyemezo cyo gusaba ambasaderi w’Ubudage mu Rwanda, Bwana Christian Clages kuba asubiye mu gihugu cye, cyabereye rimwe no guhamagaza uhagarariye u Rwanda mu Budage Bwana Richard Gasana, hagati aho hakaba hari ibiganiro bigomba gukorwa ngo ikibazo gikemuke umubano w’Ubudage n’u Rwanda wongere umere neza.
Amakuru aturuka i Berlin mu Budage nayo yemeza ko bariya ba ambasaderi bahamagajwe kugira ngo habe ibiganiro, ngo ariko bafite icyizere cy’uko bazasubira mu mirimo yabo vuba.
Abaturage bo mu Mujyi wa Kigali twaganiriye ku kibazo cy’itabwa muri yombi rya Madamu Rose Kabuye, bavuze ko bibabaje kuko manda zo kumufata ubwazo nta mategeko zishingiyeho; ahubwo ari amarangamutima n’ubuhorahorane bituruka ku kimwaro Ubufaransa bufite kubera uruhare bwagize muri jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994.
Mu 2006, nibwo Ubufaransa bwihishe inyuma y’umucamanza Louis Bruguière maze busohora inyandiko zisaba itabwa muri yombi ry’abayobozi bakuru 9 bo mu Rwanda ngo baba baragize uruhare mu iraswa ry’indege yari itwaye Perezida Habyarimana. Abo bazungu bemeza ko ariyo yabaye imbarutso ya ya jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994.
Muri abo bantu 9 baregwa n’Ubufaransa harimo Madamu Rose Kabuye. Nk’uko byagaragaye muri Kigali no hirya no hino mu gihugu, ntabwo Abanyarwanda bishimiye kiriya gikorwa cyo gufatira Madamu Rose Kabuye i Frankfort mu Budage, ku cyumweru tariki ya 9 Ugushyingo 2008. Abanyarwanda bemeza ko kiriya gikorwa ari ukuvogera ubusugire bw’u Rwanda, kuko bitumvikana ko umuntu wagize uruhare mu guhagarika jenoside afatwa igihe muri ayo mahanga abakoze jenoside bidegembya. Guhamagaza abahagarariye Ubudage n’u Rwanda ni ugushmangira icyifuzo cy’ibihugu bya Afurika byamaganye ibihugu by’i Burayi byitwaza ubutabera mpuzamahanga bigahohotera abayobozi bo mu bihugu bya Afurika.
Mu myigaragambyo abaturage bo mu nzego zitandukanye bakoreye mu Mujyi wa Kigali, ntibahwemye kugaragaza ko gufata Rose Kabuye ari agasuzuguro n’ubwirasi bikabije, bakaba bamagana byimazeyo Abafaransa n’Abadage babashyigikiye mu mugambi wabo wo guhungabanya u Rwanda n’abarutuye. U Rwanda rurasaba ko Rose Kabuye arekurwa mu maguru mashya.
Ku ngingo y’ivangura mbahitiyemo kumvira ijeri-Minisitiri Habineza
Ahishakiye J. d’Amour
na Mukagahizi Rose
Umugani w’umugenurano w’ikinyarwanda uvuga ko ngo uwanze kumvira se na nyina yumvira ijeri. Minisitiri w’Umuco na Siporo, Joseph Habineza arasanga hari ubwo abana bakwiye gutinyuka bakima amatwi ababyeyi babo igihe baba babona ko inyigisho babaha zitanogeye umunyarwanda ugambiriye kwiteza imbere.
Ibi Minisitiri Habineza Joseph yasabye abana 416 bari bateraniye mu nama Nkuru ya Kane y’Abana, inama abana bahisemo guha insanganyamatsiko igaragaza uruhare rwabo mu kurwanya ingengabitekerezo ya jenoside. Minisitiri Habineza akaba yarahamirije abana ko n’ubwo kumvira ababyeyi ari umuco mwiza buri wese ashima, ababyeyi babiba amacakubiri, urwango n’uburozi badakwiye kubahwa no kumvirwa muri izo nyigisho mbi. Minisitiri Habineza ati « Rwose uburenganzira bwo kuvuguruza ababyeyi nk’abo, uburenganzira bwo kubasuzugura no kubashyira ahagaragara ndabubahaye kandi ntihazagire ububambura ». minisitiri Habineza ni umwe mu baganiriye n’abana baje bahagarariye abandi mu Nama nkuru ya Kane y’Abana, inama yari ifite insanganyamatsiko igira iti Uruhare rw’abana mu kurwanya ingengabitekerezo ya jenoside. Abana bakaba baragaragaje ko abenshi bakomora ingengabitekerezo ku babyeyi n’abarezi babo. Ubushakashatsi bwakozwe n’Inteko Ishinga Amategeko Umutwe w’Abadepite bukaba nabwo bwaragaragaje ko abana batekererwa ubwo burozi n’abantu bakuru. Minisitirri Habineza rero agasaba abana bose kujya bima amatwi abo bose bitwikira ububasha n’inshingano nziza bakabaye bafite ku bana bakabaha uburozi.
Minisitiri Habineza yashishikarije abana kwiga bashyizeho umwete, ati « kandi uzabishaka wese akabishyiraho ubushake azabishobora ». Minisitiri Habineza yabagiriye inama yo gukurikiza urugero rwa perezida mushya wa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika wagendeye ku ntego igira iti « Yes we can » (Yego twarabishoboye), akaba yarageze ku rwego abenshi batamutekerezagaho. Abana nabo bakaba baratahanye indahiro n’intego ivuga ko nabo bagiye gushishikara mu byo bifuza byiza byose, kandi bakaba biyemeje ko bazabigeraho nta shiti. Mu byo biyemeje ku ikubitiro harimo guhugura no guhindura imyumvire mibi ya bamwe mu babyeyi babo, bagatana burundu n’ingengabitekerezo ya jenoside. Abana bose bati « Yes, we can ».
Monday, November 10, 2008
Senior Rwandan official arrested
Ms Kabuye has heroic status in Rwanda as an MP and former guerrilla
German police have arrested a senior Rwandan official in connection with the killing of a previous president whose death triggered the 1994 genocide.
Rose Kabuye - the chief of protocol for current Rwandan President Paul Kagame - was detained on arrival at Frankfurt on a warrant issued by a French judge.
She is one of nine senior Rwandan officials wanted over the shooting down of Juvenal Habyarimana's plane.
All are members of the party which ousted the genocidal regime.
Correspondents say Ms Kabuye, a former guerrilla fighter with the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), now Rwanda's ruling party, has heroic status in Rwanda.
She has served as an MP and mayor of the capital Kigali, and is one of President Kagame's closest aides.
Wreckage of Juvenal Habyarimana's plane
Mystery of Habyarimana death
How the genocide happened
Rwanda-France decades of tension
The plane carrying Habyarimana, a Hutu, was shot down on 6 April 1994, as Mr Kagame's Tutsi rebels were advancing on Kigali.
The Hutu extremist government accused the RPF of the assassination. Shortly afterwards, militias set up roadblocks and started to systematically murder any Tutsis or moderate Hutus they could find.
The RPF has always accused the Hutu extremists of shooting down the plane, to provide a pretext for carrying out their genocidal plans.
Some 800,000 people were slaughtered in just 100 days before Mr Kagame's forces ousted the Hutu government.
A German diplomat told AFP news agency that Ms Kabuye had been in Germany on private business and that Germany was "bound to arrest her" by a French-issued European arrest warrant.
Ms Kabuye has visited the country before but under German law could not be arrested as she was part of an official delegation.
"Rwanda has been made aware on several recent occasions that if Ms Kabuye returned to Germany she would be arrested," said the diplomat.
Diplomatic row
Ms Kabuye's lawyer said she would be transferred to France "as quickly as possible".
"She is ready to speak to the judges, especially since, to our knowledge, there isn't much in the dossier," said Leon-Lef Forster, referring to the evidence against his client.
AFP quoted Rwandan Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo as saying that Ms Kabuye's arrest was a "misuse of international jurisdiction".
Ms Kabuye and the eight other senior RPF officials were indicted in France in 2006 following an investigation.
The BBC's Alasdair Sandford in Paris says the charge led to an immediate break in diplomatic relations between Paris and Kigali which has continued ever since.
Mr Kagame has long accused France of complicity in the genocide.
Earlier this year, Ms Kabuye's lawyers complained that they were being denied access to the indictment dossier, and criticised what they described as France's "silence" over the case, says our correspondent.
The African Union (AU) has said arrest warrants would not be recognised in AU countries and has also accused France of violating international law by failing to bring the case to trial.
German police have arrested a senior Rwandan official in connection with the killing of a previous president whose death triggered the 1994 genocide.
Rose Kabuye - the chief of protocol for current Rwandan President Paul Kagame - was detained on arrival at Frankfurt on a warrant issued by a French judge.
She is one of nine senior Rwandan officials wanted over the shooting down of Juvenal Habyarimana's plane.
All are members of the party which ousted the genocidal regime.
Correspondents say Ms Kabuye, a former guerrilla fighter with the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), now Rwanda's ruling party, has heroic status in Rwanda.
She has served as an MP and mayor of the capital Kigali, and is one of President Kagame's closest aides.
Wreckage of Juvenal Habyarimana's plane
Mystery of Habyarimana death
How the genocide happened
Rwanda-France decades of tension
The plane carrying Habyarimana, a Hutu, was shot down on 6 April 1994, as Mr Kagame's Tutsi rebels were advancing on Kigali.
The Hutu extremist government accused the RPF of the assassination. Shortly afterwards, militias set up roadblocks and started to systematically murder any Tutsis or moderate Hutus they could find.
The RPF has always accused the Hutu extremists of shooting down the plane, to provide a pretext for carrying out their genocidal plans.
Some 800,000 people were slaughtered in just 100 days before Mr Kagame's forces ousted the Hutu government.
A German diplomat told AFP news agency that Ms Kabuye had been in Germany on private business and that Germany was "bound to arrest her" by a French-issued European arrest warrant.
Ms Kabuye has visited the country before but under German law could not be arrested as she was part of an official delegation.
"Rwanda has been made aware on several recent occasions that if Ms Kabuye returned to Germany she would be arrested," said the diplomat.
Diplomatic row
Ms Kabuye's lawyer said she would be transferred to France "as quickly as possible".
"She is ready to speak to the judges, especially since, to our knowledge, there isn't much in the dossier," said Leon-Lef Forster, referring to the evidence against his client.
AFP quoted Rwandan Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo as saying that Ms Kabuye's arrest was a "misuse of international jurisdiction".
Ms Kabuye and the eight other senior RPF officials were indicted in France in 2006 following an investigation.
The BBC's Alasdair Sandford in Paris says the charge led to an immediate break in diplomatic relations between Paris and Kigali which has continued ever since.
Mr Kagame has long accused France of complicity in the genocide.
Earlier this year, Ms Kabuye's lawyers complained that they were being denied access to the indictment dossier, and criticised what they described as France's "silence" over the case, says our correspondent.
The African Union (AU) has said arrest warrants would not be recognised in AU countries and has also accused France of violating international law by failing to bring the case to trial.
Obama 'to reverse Bush decisions'
Barack Obama - 7/11/2008
Mr Obama's team is scrutinising Mr Bush's executive orders
US President-elect Barack Obama will seek to reverse Bush administration policies when he enters office on 20 January, his transition chief has said.
John Podesta said executive orders by President George W Bush on issues such as stem cell research and oil drilling were at odds with Mr Obama's views.
Plans to pass a raft of last-minute regulations are also being watched.
On Monday Mr Obama and Mr Bush will hold their first meeting since the Democrat's election victory.
Mr Obama, his wife, Michelle, and their two daughters - Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven - will be given a tour of their new home at the White House.
Afterwards the president-elect and Mr Bush are expected to hold what Mr Obama has described as "substantive talks".
'Deliberate haste'
The meeting has been arranged with unusual haste - analysts say this is in part because the US is at war, and also the transition is taking place in the midst of an economic crisis.
Mr Obama has said that dealing with the economy is his top priority, and that he will move with "deliberate haste" to choose his cabinet.
John Podesta
You see the Bush administration even today moving aggressively to do things I think are not in the interest of the country
John Podesta
Speaking on Fox News, Mr Podesta said Mr Obama's team was working hard to "build up that core economic team".
Speaking on Friday in his first news conference as president-elect, Mr Obama said he would seek a constructive approach to the meeting with Mr Bush.
"I'm not going to anticipate problems. I'm going to go in there with a spirit of bipartisanship," he said.
However, reports from Washington suggest Mr Obama's transition team has been working hard to identify issues where executive decisions made by Mr Bush could be quickly repealed by Mr Obama.
The Washington Post reported that transition officials had compiled a list of some 200 executive orders to be considered for repeal.
Mr Podesta said executive orders on stem cell research or drilling in Utah could be easily repealed as no congressional action was needed.
In 2001, Mr Bush issued an executive order limiting federal funding for medical research using human embryo stem cells. The move was popular with moral conservatives but critics say it has hampered US medical research efforts.
BUSH DECISIONS UNDER FIRE
Limited federal funding for medical research using human embryo stem cells
Aid groups receiving US aid barred from counselling women about abortion availability
California barred from imposing minimum standards of vehicle fuel efficiency
Utah land being opened up for oil and gas drilling
Mr Podesta highlighted the Bush administration's attempts to authorise oil and gas drilling in Utah as one order which could be easily repealed.
The Washington Post said other orders affecting environmental legislation and abortion issues were also under consideration.
"[Obama is] a transformational figure, and I think he's going to transform the way government acts as we move forward," Mr Podesta said.
Last-minute concerns
Potential plans for a last-minute rush of executive decisions by the White House were also being watched carefully, Mr Podesta said.
"You see the Bush administration even today moving aggressively to do things I think are not in the interest of the country," he added.
The current administration has proposed a number of regulation changes they hope can be approved before Mr Obama's team moves into the White House.
Critics say many of the proposals would weaken environmental and consumer protection as well as reduce controls on drilling and mining companies.
Bush White House officials deny the plans are being rushed through, while critics suggest the proposals could be difficult for Mr Obama's administration to undo, calling them an "assault on the public".
The co-chair of Mr Obama's transition team, Valerie Jarrett, said the new president was aiming ot assemble a diverse, bipartisan cabinet.
"I'm confident his administration will include people from all perspectives," she said.
Mr Bush's chief of staff, Josh Bolten, has pledged a smooth transition.
"If a crisis hits on January 21, they're the ones who are going to have to deal with it. We need to make sure that they're as well prepared as possible," Mr Bolten said.
Mr Obama's team is scrutinising Mr Bush's executive orders
US President-elect Barack Obama will seek to reverse Bush administration policies when he enters office on 20 January, his transition chief has said.
John Podesta said executive orders by President George W Bush on issues such as stem cell research and oil drilling were at odds with Mr Obama's views.
Plans to pass a raft of last-minute regulations are also being watched.
On Monday Mr Obama and Mr Bush will hold their first meeting since the Democrat's election victory.
Mr Obama, his wife, Michelle, and their two daughters - Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven - will be given a tour of their new home at the White House.
Afterwards the president-elect and Mr Bush are expected to hold what Mr Obama has described as "substantive talks".
'Deliberate haste'
The meeting has been arranged with unusual haste - analysts say this is in part because the US is at war, and also the transition is taking place in the midst of an economic crisis.
Mr Obama has said that dealing with the economy is his top priority, and that he will move with "deliberate haste" to choose his cabinet.
John Podesta
You see the Bush administration even today moving aggressively to do things I think are not in the interest of the country
John Podesta
Speaking on Fox News, Mr Podesta said Mr Obama's team was working hard to "build up that core economic team".
Speaking on Friday in his first news conference as president-elect, Mr Obama said he would seek a constructive approach to the meeting with Mr Bush.
"I'm not going to anticipate problems. I'm going to go in there with a spirit of bipartisanship," he said.
However, reports from Washington suggest Mr Obama's transition team has been working hard to identify issues where executive decisions made by Mr Bush could be quickly repealed by Mr Obama.
The Washington Post reported that transition officials had compiled a list of some 200 executive orders to be considered for repeal.
Mr Podesta said executive orders on stem cell research or drilling in Utah could be easily repealed as no congressional action was needed.
In 2001, Mr Bush issued an executive order limiting federal funding for medical research using human embryo stem cells. The move was popular with moral conservatives but critics say it has hampered US medical research efforts.
BUSH DECISIONS UNDER FIRE
Limited federal funding for medical research using human embryo stem cells
Aid groups receiving US aid barred from counselling women about abortion availability
California barred from imposing minimum standards of vehicle fuel efficiency
Utah land being opened up for oil and gas drilling
Mr Podesta highlighted the Bush administration's attempts to authorise oil and gas drilling in Utah as one order which could be easily repealed.
The Washington Post said other orders affecting environmental legislation and abortion issues were also under consideration.
"[Obama is] a transformational figure, and I think he's going to transform the way government acts as we move forward," Mr Podesta said.
Last-minute concerns
Potential plans for a last-minute rush of executive decisions by the White House were also being watched carefully, Mr Podesta said.
"You see the Bush administration even today moving aggressively to do things I think are not in the interest of the country," he added.
The current administration has proposed a number of regulation changes they hope can be approved before Mr Obama's team moves into the White House.
Critics say many of the proposals would weaken environmental and consumer protection as well as reduce controls on drilling and mining companies.
Bush White House officials deny the plans are being rushed through, while critics suggest the proposals could be difficult for Mr Obama's administration to undo, calling them an "assault on the public".
The co-chair of Mr Obama's transition team, Valerie Jarrett, said the new president was aiming ot assemble a diverse, bipartisan cabinet.
"I'm confident his administration will include people from all perspectives," she said.
Mr Bush's chief of staff, Josh Bolten, has pledged a smooth transition.
"If a crisis hits on January 21, they're the ones who are going to have to deal with it. We need to make sure that they're as well prepared as possible," Mr Bolten said.
Interpellation de Rose Kabuye
Article publié le 09/11/2008 Dernière mise à jour le 10/11/2008 à 00:01 TU
Arrêtée à l’aéroport de Francfort, la Rwandaise, chef du protocole rwandais, a indiqué qu’elle souhaite «être transférée en France le plus rapidement possible et est prête à parler aux juges». Ils enquêtent sur l’attentat contre l’avion du président Habyarimana en 1994. Kigali parle d'arrestation «abusive».
Le président rwandais Paul Kagame (g) accompagné de la chef du protocole Rose Kabuye (d), pendant le sommet international de Nairobi, le 7 novembre 2008.(Photo : AFP)
Le président rwandais Paul Kagame (g) accompagné de la chef du protocole Rose Kabuye (d), pendant le sommet international de Nairobi, le 7 novembre 2008.
(Photo : AFP)
Avec notre correspondant à Berlin, Pascal Thibault
Rose Kabuye a été interpellée dimanche matin à l’aéroport de Francfort. L’information nous a été confirmée par les ministères des Affaires étrangères et de la Justice à Berlin, ainsi que par le porte-parole de la l’ambassade rwandaise en Allemagne.
Les autorités allemandes ont agi sur la base du mandat d’arrêt international émis il y a deux ans par le juge français Bruguière. Le chef du protocole du président Kagame se voit reprocher, ainsi que d’autres personnes, d’avoir une part de responsabilité dans l’attentat contre l’avion du président Habyarimana en 1994, un attentat qui avait déclenché le génocide au Rwanda.
Rose Kabuye est donc susceptible d’être remise aux autorités françaises quelques mois après un autre déplacement en Allemagne lors duquel elle n’avait pas été inquiétée. Elle accompagnait au printemps le président Kagame en visite officielle. Berlin était, avant ce déplacement, au courant de l’existence du mandat d’arrêt, mais la législation allemande empêche les autorités d’interpeller une personne membre d’une délégation officielle. Ce n’était pas le cas lors du passage de Rose Kabuye à l’aéroport de Francfort ce dimanche qui a conduit à son interpellation.
Rosemarie Museminali
Ministre rwandaise des Affaires étrangères
« Notre chef du protocole voyageait avec un passeport diplomatique, elle était en mission diplomatique, elle aurait donc dû bénéficier d'une immunité ».
Arrêtée à l’aéroport de Francfort, la Rwandaise, chef du protocole rwandais, a indiqué qu’elle souhaite «être transférée en France le plus rapidement possible et est prête à parler aux juges». Ils enquêtent sur l’attentat contre l’avion du président Habyarimana en 1994. Kigali parle d'arrestation «abusive».
Le président rwandais Paul Kagame (g) accompagné de la chef du protocole Rose Kabuye (d), pendant le sommet international de Nairobi, le 7 novembre 2008.(Photo : AFP)
Le président rwandais Paul Kagame (g) accompagné de la chef du protocole Rose Kabuye (d), pendant le sommet international de Nairobi, le 7 novembre 2008.
(Photo : AFP)
Avec notre correspondant à Berlin, Pascal Thibault
Rose Kabuye a été interpellée dimanche matin à l’aéroport de Francfort. L’information nous a été confirmée par les ministères des Affaires étrangères et de la Justice à Berlin, ainsi que par le porte-parole de la l’ambassade rwandaise en Allemagne.
Les autorités allemandes ont agi sur la base du mandat d’arrêt international émis il y a deux ans par le juge français Bruguière. Le chef du protocole du président Kagame se voit reprocher, ainsi que d’autres personnes, d’avoir une part de responsabilité dans l’attentat contre l’avion du président Habyarimana en 1994, un attentat qui avait déclenché le génocide au Rwanda.
Rose Kabuye est donc susceptible d’être remise aux autorités françaises quelques mois après un autre déplacement en Allemagne lors duquel elle n’avait pas été inquiétée. Elle accompagnait au printemps le président Kagame en visite officielle. Berlin était, avant ce déplacement, au courant de l’existence du mandat d’arrêt, mais la législation allemande empêche les autorités d’interpeller une personne membre d’une délégation officielle. Ce n’était pas le cas lors du passage de Rose Kabuye à l’aéroport de Francfort ce dimanche qui a conduit à son interpellation.
Rosemarie Museminali
Ministre rwandaise des Affaires étrangères
« Notre chef du protocole voyageait avec un passeport diplomatique, elle était en mission diplomatique, elle aurait donc dû bénéficier d'une immunité ».
Le Rwanda et l'avenir de la francophonie
Luc-Normand Tellier, Professeur à l'École des sciences de la gestion de l'UQAM et vice-président de l'APERAU internationale
Édition du samedi 18 et du dimanche 19 octobre 2008
Mots clés : rupture des relations diplomatiques, Éducation, Français (langue), France (pays), Rwanda (pays)
Je reviens du Rwanda. J'y ai enseigné de 1964 à 1966, aussi en 1977 et en 1978, j'y suis retourné en 1996, puis maintenant en 2007. J'ai été le tout premier citoyen canadien dans l'histoire à travailler à Kigali. Je me targue de faire partie du peu de Canadiens laïques qui connaissent bien ce pays. À titre de vice-président d'un organisme officiel de la francophonie (l'APERAU, Association pour la promotion de l'enseignement et de la recherche en aménagement et urbanisme), je m'inquiète grandement des conséquences de ce qui se passe là-bas pour la francophonie.
Le 24 novembre 2006, le Rwanda a annoncé la rupture de ses relations diplomatiques avec la France. Cette mesure a pris effet le 27 novembre. Entre ces deux dates, tous les coopérants et tous les diplomates français ont dû quitter le territoire rwandais. L'École internationale française a été fermée de même que le centre culturel français. [...]
Ce qui se passe au Rwanda est lourd de conséquences pour la francophonie mondiale. Actuellement, le français recule partout au Rwanda, surtout au niveau de l'éducation supérieure. Les recteurs et vice-recteurs sont presque tous anglophones (j'en ai rencontré plusieurs). À l'Université nationale du Rwanda, les réunions se font maintenant le plus souvent en anglais.
Au suivant!
Après le Rwanda, ce sera sans doute le Burundi qui passera à l'anglais, puis rien de moins que la République démocratique du Congo, le plus grand pays francophone d'Afrique sub-saharienne. Le président Kabila actuel est d'ailleurs plus à l'aise en anglais qu'en français.
Le Rwanda est un pays qui exerce une grande influence en Afrique noire aujourd'hui. Disons seulement que Kigali, qui ne comptait qu'environ 7000 habitants en 1964, quand j'y suis arrivé, en compte maintenant 800 000 et plus. C'est l'une des villes les plus belles, les plus propres et les plus sûres de l'Afrique noire. C'est aussi une ville riche où la richesse est détenue par des Africains et non par des Blancs (c'est la principale différence avec le Rwanda de ma jeunesse).
En outre, les nombreux coopérants étrangers qui jouaient un si grand rôle sous Habyarimana sont presque tous disparus. Ils ont très souvent été remplacés par des Rwandais rentrés d'exil.
Enfin, les universités sont en pleine croissance au Rwanda. Leurs professeurs sont le plus souvent des Rwandais, souvent revenus d'exil, et rarement des Blancs. Les collèges aussi se multiplient. Tout le domaine de l'éducation est en grande effervescence.
Sauver la francophonie
Cela dit, dans plusieurs régions rurales, la pauvreté que j'ai pu observer rappelle celle de 1964. Le Rwanda est un pays de plus en plus surpeuplé. Sa population était de 2,5 millions en 1964; elle est de huit millions aujourd'hui, et cela, ce n'est pas la faute de Kagame. Au contraire, la limitation des naissances, autrefois taboue, est enfin à l'ordre du jour. En dehors des parcs nationaux, toutes les collines sont occupées jusqu'à leur sommet.
Ne viennent au secours du français au Rwanda ni la Belgique dominée par les Flamands, le plus souvent francophobes, ni le Canada à très forte majorité anglophone.
La seule politique intelligente des pays francophones au Rwanda consiste à reconnaître les torts de l'État français dans le génocide rwandais, à convaincre la France de présenter des excuses (infiniment moins coupables, la Belgique et les États-Unis l'ont fait), à cesser de pointer comme coupable du génocide le seul et unique pouvoir qui s'y soit opposé (soit le Front patriotique) et à tenter de sauver ce qui reste de la francophonie au Rwanda.
Édition du samedi 18 et du dimanche 19 octobre 2008
Mots clés : rupture des relations diplomatiques, Éducation, Français (langue), France (pays), Rwanda (pays)
Je reviens du Rwanda. J'y ai enseigné de 1964 à 1966, aussi en 1977 et en 1978, j'y suis retourné en 1996, puis maintenant en 2007. J'ai été le tout premier citoyen canadien dans l'histoire à travailler à Kigali. Je me targue de faire partie du peu de Canadiens laïques qui connaissent bien ce pays. À titre de vice-président d'un organisme officiel de la francophonie (l'APERAU, Association pour la promotion de l'enseignement et de la recherche en aménagement et urbanisme), je m'inquiète grandement des conséquences de ce qui se passe là-bas pour la francophonie.
Le 24 novembre 2006, le Rwanda a annoncé la rupture de ses relations diplomatiques avec la France. Cette mesure a pris effet le 27 novembre. Entre ces deux dates, tous les coopérants et tous les diplomates français ont dû quitter le territoire rwandais. L'École internationale française a été fermée de même que le centre culturel français. [...]
Ce qui se passe au Rwanda est lourd de conséquences pour la francophonie mondiale. Actuellement, le français recule partout au Rwanda, surtout au niveau de l'éducation supérieure. Les recteurs et vice-recteurs sont presque tous anglophones (j'en ai rencontré plusieurs). À l'Université nationale du Rwanda, les réunions se font maintenant le plus souvent en anglais.
Au suivant!
Après le Rwanda, ce sera sans doute le Burundi qui passera à l'anglais, puis rien de moins que la République démocratique du Congo, le plus grand pays francophone d'Afrique sub-saharienne. Le président Kabila actuel est d'ailleurs plus à l'aise en anglais qu'en français.
Le Rwanda est un pays qui exerce une grande influence en Afrique noire aujourd'hui. Disons seulement que Kigali, qui ne comptait qu'environ 7000 habitants en 1964, quand j'y suis arrivé, en compte maintenant 800 000 et plus. C'est l'une des villes les plus belles, les plus propres et les plus sûres de l'Afrique noire. C'est aussi une ville riche où la richesse est détenue par des Africains et non par des Blancs (c'est la principale différence avec le Rwanda de ma jeunesse).
En outre, les nombreux coopérants étrangers qui jouaient un si grand rôle sous Habyarimana sont presque tous disparus. Ils ont très souvent été remplacés par des Rwandais rentrés d'exil.
Enfin, les universités sont en pleine croissance au Rwanda. Leurs professeurs sont le plus souvent des Rwandais, souvent revenus d'exil, et rarement des Blancs. Les collèges aussi se multiplient. Tout le domaine de l'éducation est en grande effervescence.
Sauver la francophonie
Cela dit, dans plusieurs régions rurales, la pauvreté que j'ai pu observer rappelle celle de 1964. Le Rwanda est un pays de plus en plus surpeuplé. Sa population était de 2,5 millions en 1964; elle est de huit millions aujourd'hui, et cela, ce n'est pas la faute de Kagame. Au contraire, la limitation des naissances, autrefois taboue, est enfin à l'ordre du jour. En dehors des parcs nationaux, toutes les collines sont occupées jusqu'à leur sommet.
Ne viennent au secours du français au Rwanda ni la Belgique dominée par les Flamands, le plus souvent francophobes, ni le Canada à très forte majorité anglophone.
La seule politique intelligente des pays francophones au Rwanda consiste à reconnaître les torts de l'État français dans le génocide rwandais, à convaincre la France de présenter des excuses (infiniment moins coupables, la Belgique et les États-Unis l'ont fait), à cesser de pointer comme coupable du génocide le seul et unique pouvoir qui s'y soit opposé (soit le Front patriotique) et à tenter de sauver ce qui reste de la francophonie au Rwanda.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
What determines media freedom?
BY Emmanuel Mungwarakarama
From Monday to Friday, I participated in a media workshop held by the Rwanda Initiative in the southern town of Butare.
Talking to different people who participated as facilitators or otherwise, I got the impression that there is definitely a disconnection between different peoples understanding of what media freedom is or ought to be.
Many from the West who spoke like the former publisher and owner of the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest newspaper, John Honderich, argue that there should be unlimited media freedom.
However, Journalist Andrew Mwenda, the publisher of The Independent, a Ugandan magazine, though believing in the importance of media freedom, said that if one called for Jihad in Palestine, he/ she would be considered a hero.
Whereas, if one called for the same in New York, that would be reminding New Yorkers of the horrors of September 11.
Thus given Mwendas argument, different communities have different values and norms that are shaped by their own unique historical circumstances.
The media in Rwanda has in the recent past been shaped by its role in the run-up to and during the Genocide. Thus when one talks of absolute freedoms for media practitioners’, many will definitely get jittery as they will be reminded of the catastrophic that befell Rwanda in 1994.
Some have argued that hate media is a direct result of hate power. So they postulate that there can never be a hate media in a country that is not under hate power.
This would have been the case if the media had remained in its traditional form of print, TV and Radio. But with the advent of the internet with everyone able to blog as they wish, hate media can be alive and well in a country that is not under hate power.
Whereas absolute media freedom is great and something deserved by all people, it is important to protect people from undesirable misrepresentations and misinformation.
Given our historical circumstances, especially with the knowledge that at one time Rwanda was under hate power, it is important to tread a careful path when putting across information, views and opinions through different mediums.
One of the tools of hate power was the use of the military to hang on to power and kill. Another tool was hate media.
At the moment it is common knowledge that those who carried out the Genocide are still out there in different countries. The existence of the rag tag FDLR in the jungles of Eastern Congo is common knowledge.
The fact that the remnants of hate power are still mobilising militarily and politically should inform everyone that they have not abandoned some of their tactics of using hate media.
Thus it is logical that such characters will seek to use the media to advance their sectarian and genocidal agenda. That calls for regulating and monitoring media practitioners, so that they do not become tools of hate.
The media in most developing countries is still developing just like the countries. Even democratic values are still evolving.
If Western liberal democracy takes root in developing countries, then the principles and norms on which the liberal media in the west hinge on will also develop in the developing countries.
But the issue that remains debatable is; don’t people in the developing world or Africa specifically have their own unique social and political, ways of life that are unique to their own background. Does every country need Western norms?
What is obvious is that what works in the West does not necessarily replicate in other areas of the world. Even in the West, it took many centuries for people to realise the different kind of freedom that they are said to enjoy now.
Moreover we have been able in the last century to witness countries realising high levels of development without having taken the Western model of democracy. Most of the Asian Tigers have a social, economic and political way of life that is highly based on patriarchy something that negates Western values.
What is obvious is that institutions in developing countries like Rwanda will develop in a manner that is informed by our unique social, economic and political background.
frank2kagabo@yahoo.com
From Monday to Friday, I participated in a media workshop held by the Rwanda Initiative in the southern town of Butare.
Talking to different people who participated as facilitators or otherwise, I got the impression that there is definitely a disconnection between different peoples understanding of what media freedom is or ought to be.
Many from the West who spoke like the former publisher and owner of the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest newspaper, John Honderich, argue that there should be unlimited media freedom.
However, Journalist Andrew Mwenda, the publisher of The Independent, a Ugandan magazine, though believing in the importance of media freedom, said that if one called for Jihad in Palestine, he/ she would be considered a hero.
Whereas, if one called for the same in New York, that would be reminding New Yorkers of the horrors of September 11.
Thus given Mwendas argument, different communities have different values and norms that are shaped by their own unique historical circumstances.
The media in Rwanda has in the recent past been shaped by its role in the run-up to and during the Genocide. Thus when one talks of absolute freedoms for media practitioners’, many will definitely get jittery as they will be reminded of the catastrophic that befell Rwanda in 1994.
Some have argued that hate media is a direct result of hate power. So they postulate that there can never be a hate media in a country that is not under hate power.
This would have been the case if the media had remained in its traditional form of print, TV and Radio. But with the advent of the internet with everyone able to blog as they wish, hate media can be alive and well in a country that is not under hate power.
Whereas absolute media freedom is great and something deserved by all people, it is important to protect people from undesirable misrepresentations and misinformation.
Given our historical circumstances, especially with the knowledge that at one time Rwanda was under hate power, it is important to tread a careful path when putting across information, views and opinions through different mediums.
One of the tools of hate power was the use of the military to hang on to power and kill. Another tool was hate media.
At the moment it is common knowledge that those who carried out the Genocide are still out there in different countries. The existence of the rag tag FDLR in the jungles of Eastern Congo is common knowledge.
The fact that the remnants of hate power are still mobilising militarily and politically should inform everyone that they have not abandoned some of their tactics of using hate media.
Thus it is logical that such characters will seek to use the media to advance their sectarian and genocidal agenda. That calls for regulating and monitoring media practitioners, so that they do not become tools of hate.
The media in most developing countries is still developing just like the countries. Even democratic values are still evolving.
If Western liberal democracy takes root in developing countries, then the principles and norms on which the liberal media in the west hinge on will also develop in the developing countries.
But the issue that remains debatable is; don’t people in the developing world or Africa specifically have their own unique social and political, ways of life that are unique to their own background. Does every country need Western norms?
What is obvious is that what works in the West does not necessarily replicate in other areas of the world. Even in the West, it took many centuries for people to realise the different kind of freedom that they are said to enjoy now.
Moreover we have been able in the last century to witness countries realising high levels of development without having taken the Western model of democracy. Most of the Asian Tigers have a social, economic and political way of life that is highly based on patriarchy something that negates Western values.
What is obvious is that institutions in developing countries like Rwanda will develop in a manner that is informed by our unique social, economic and political background.
frank2kagabo@yahoo.com
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Rwanda: Belgium Investigates Acquitted Ex-Rwandan Governor Bagambiki
Hirondelle News Agency (Lausanne)
3 June 2008
Posted to the web 5 June 2008
Brussels
Belgium has confirmed that it was investigating Emmanuel Bagambiki, former Governor of Cyangugu during the 1994 genocide, who was acquitted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and who is sought t by Rwanda, reports Hirondelle Agency .
"The federal prosecutor is looking at the [Bagambiki's] extradition request and that there is an arrest warrant issued against him [by Rwanda]','said Lieve Pellens spokesperson of the prosecutor.
However, he hinted that Belgium and Rwanda, for the time being, do not have an extradition agreement, but affirmed that Investigations were underway against the former Rwandan official, who is living in Belgium with his family.
Following his final acquittal by the ICTR appeals court, on 8 February 2006, for crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity, Rwanda decided to prosecute the former Governor for rape, for which he was not tried by the UN tribunal.
On 10 October 2007, the Court of First Instance of Rusizi, his native region, sentenced Bagambiki in absentia to life in prison for rape and incitement to commit rape.
A source told Hirondelle that the federal prosecutor, Phillippe Meire, had recently travelled to Rwanda to follow up on the judgement.
If extradition was rejected, Belgium could decide to prosecute Bagambiki itself if there was any convincing evidence.
The lawyer for Bagambiki, Vincent Lurquin, reached in Arusha [where he is defending another defendant before the ICTR] stated Tuesday that his client had never been informed of the rape charges and Rwanda has never communicated the judgement issued against Bagambaki in absentia, although it has requested for it on several occasions.
He, moreover, clarified that if his client had not been tried for rape it was because he had not been charged by the office of the prosecutor of the ICTR. His acquittal is "a true acquittal", he stated, reminding that the judges unanimously recognized his client's innocence.
After lengthy procedures, notably to the Council of State, the highest jurisdiction of the country, Bagambiki obtained in July 2007, the right to join in Belgium his wife and children under the entitlement of family reunion.
3 June 2008
Posted to the web 5 June 2008
Brussels
Belgium has confirmed that it was investigating Emmanuel Bagambiki, former Governor of Cyangugu during the 1994 genocide, who was acquitted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and who is sought t by Rwanda, reports Hirondelle Agency .
"The federal prosecutor is looking at the [Bagambiki's] extradition request and that there is an arrest warrant issued against him [by Rwanda]','said Lieve Pellens spokesperson of the prosecutor.
However, he hinted that Belgium and Rwanda, for the time being, do not have an extradition agreement, but affirmed that Investigations were underway against the former Rwandan official, who is living in Belgium with his family.
Following his final acquittal by the ICTR appeals court, on 8 February 2006, for crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity, Rwanda decided to prosecute the former Governor for rape, for which he was not tried by the UN tribunal.
On 10 October 2007, the Court of First Instance of Rusizi, his native region, sentenced Bagambiki in absentia to life in prison for rape and incitement to commit rape.
A source told Hirondelle that the federal prosecutor, Phillippe Meire, had recently travelled to Rwanda to follow up on the judgement.
If extradition was rejected, Belgium could decide to prosecute Bagambiki itself if there was any convincing evidence.
The lawyer for Bagambiki, Vincent Lurquin, reached in Arusha [where he is defending another defendant before the ICTR] stated Tuesday that his client had never been informed of the rape charges and Rwanda has never communicated the judgement issued against Bagambaki in absentia, although it has requested for it on several occasions.
He, moreover, clarified that if his client had not been tried for rape it was because he had not been charged by the office of the prosecutor of the ICTR. His acquittal is "a true acquittal", he stated, reminding that the judges unanimously recognized his client's innocence.
After lengthy procedures, notably to the Council of State, the highest jurisdiction of the country, Bagambiki obtained in July 2007, the right to join in Belgium his wife and children under the entitlement of family reunion.
Munyakazi odds for a home trial ebb
Chances of genocide suspect and former Rwandan Interhamwe militia leader Yussuf Munyakazi of being tried on home ground were diminished on Wednesday when the United Nations war crimes tribunal rebuffed opposition application to hold the trial in the small east African state.
Mr Munyakazi is facing charges of the 1994 Rwanda genocide in which UN estimates show that over 800,000 people, mostly ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were allegedly murdered by his armed forces between April and July.
The 73 year-old former farmer and businessman was arrested in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2004, prior to being brought before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
He allegedly masterminded and in some instances, actually participated in the killing of the Tutsis who had sought sanctuary in numerous churches in Rwanda’s Bugarame commune.
The prosecution’s application was denied on the basis that Rwanda’s abolishment of the death penalty last year for life imprisonment in isolation, completely flouts the international human rights standards.
The court was also wary of the autonomy of the judiciary in the capital Kigali, hence was skeptical that the accused would get a fair trial there.
It is however reported that the tribunal has taken into account positive measures taken by Rwanda to facilitate referral, read the decision, which added that if the country proceeded to maintain the same standard, it would refer future cases to the country’s judiciary.
Reports by Hirondelle Agency indicated that the Rwandan Prosecutor General, Martin Ngoga said, "…we are deeply disappointed by that decision and we are consulting with the Prosecutor what next steps to be taken".
The defence counsel spearheaded by Professor Jwani Mwaikusa was reportedly against the prosecutor’s motion from the very start, citing among others, incompetence of the Rwandan judiciary as the basis of its contention.
Prof Mwaikusa was quoted saying, "I was opposed outrightly to the application, and my concern has always been that it is delaying the start of my client's trial."
According to observers the landmark decision will impact on other four similar applications of transfer of cases to Rwanda, which are yet to be heard.
The other four targeted suspects are: former Commander of Ngoma Camp, Lieutenant Ildephonse Hategekimana, businessman Gaspard Kanyarukiga, former Mayor Jean Baptist Gatete and former Inspector of Judicial Police, Fulgence Kaysihema who has since vanished.
The ICTR Prosecutor stressed that Rwanda legal framework grants fair trial, adding that this was demonstrated by the latest decision of the French Chamberry Court of Appeal on 2 April, which approved extradition of former Rwandan businessman Claver Kamanya to Kigali. The prosecution's motion requesting Munyakazi's transfer was filed on 7 September 2007.
The Human Rights Watch representative, Aisling Reidy, had told the Court that they have evidence of intimidation and harassment of legal officers and witnesses in Rwanda, adding that the defence had difficulties in securing witnesses. To date, the ICTR has delivered 30 convictions and five acquittals.
By staff writer
© afrol News
Mr Munyakazi is facing charges of the 1994 Rwanda genocide in which UN estimates show that over 800,000 people, mostly ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were allegedly murdered by his armed forces between April and July.
The 73 year-old former farmer and businessman was arrested in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2004, prior to being brought before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
He allegedly masterminded and in some instances, actually participated in the killing of the Tutsis who had sought sanctuary in numerous churches in Rwanda’s Bugarame commune.
The prosecution’s application was denied on the basis that Rwanda’s abolishment of the death penalty last year for life imprisonment in isolation, completely flouts the international human rights standards.
The court was also wary of the autonomy of the judiciary in the capital Kigali, hence was skeptical that the accused would get a fair trial there.
It is however reported that the tribunal has taken into account positive measures taken by Rwanda to facilitate referral, read the decision, which added that if the country proceeded to maintain the same standard, it would refer future cases to the country’s judiciary.
Reports by Hirondelle Agency indicated that the Rwandan Prosecutor General, Martin Ngoga said, "…we are deeply disappointed by that decision and we are consulting with the Prosecutor what next steps to be taken".
The defence counsel spearheaded by Professor Jwani Mwaikusa was reportedly against the prosecutor’s motion from the very start, citing among others, incompetence of the Rwandan judiciary as the basis of its contention.
Prof Mwaikusa was quoted saying, "I was opposed outrightly to the application, and my concern has always been that it is delaying the start of my client's trial."
According to observers the landmark decision will impact on other four similar applications of transfer of cases to Rwanda, which are yet to be heard.
The other four targeted suspects are: former Commander of Ngoma Camp, Lieutenant Ildephonse Hategekimana, businessman Gaspard Kanyarukiga, former Mayor Jean Baptist Gatete and former Inspector of Judicial Police, Fulgence Kaysihema who has since vanished.
The ICTR Prosecutor stressed that Rwanda legal framework grants fair trial, adding that this was demonstrated by the latest decision of the French Chamberry Court of Appeal on 2 April, which approved extradition of former Rwandan businessman Claver Kamanya to Kigali. The prosecution's motion requesting Munyakazi's transfer was filed on 7 September 2007.
The Human Rights Watch representative, Aisling Reidy, had told the Court that they have evidence of intimidation and harassment of legal officers and witnesses in Rwanda, adding that the defence had difficulties in securing witnesses. To date, the ICTR has delivered 30 convictions and five acquittals.
By staff writer
© afrol News
CALENDAR FOR LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS/LOWER CHAMBER (2008)
| | ACTIVITIES | DUE DATE | |
| 1 | Approbation of provisional calendar for elections | August 2007 | |
| 2 | Define, approve and seek the budget | March 2007- August 2008 | |
| 3 | Elaboration and approval of instructions regarding elections | March - September 2008 | |
| 4 | Preparation of voters’ list | July 2007 - August 2008 | |
| 5 | Distribution of voter cards | July - August 2008 | |
| 6 | Hiring and Training of electoral agents at Provincial, Kigali Ville and District levels | March - May 2008 | |
| 7 | Elaboration and voters’civic education training on electoral process | January - September 2008 | |
| 8 | Define and prepare sites and polling stations | August - September 2008 | |
| 9 | Looking for electoral materials | May - August 2008 | |
| 10 | Organizing consultative meetings with electoral stakeholders | January - September 2008 | |
| 11 | Accreditation of electoral observers | July - August 2008 | |
| 12 | Registration, Examination and approval of candidates list allowed to campaign | 12.1 Reception of candidacies | 12 - 21/08/2008 |
| 12.2 Examination of candidacies | 22/08/2008 | ||
| 12.3 Publication of final list of candidates | 24//08/2008 | ||
| 13 | Electoral campaigns | 25/08 - 13/09/2008 | |
| 14 | Legislative elections | 15/09/2008 | |
| 15 | Elections of women representatives in parliament at provincial and | 16/09/2008 | |
| 16 | Elections of youth representatives in parliament | 17/09/2008 | |
| 17 | Elections of a disabled representative in parliament | 18/09/2008 | |
| 18 | Publication of provisional results of elections | 22/09/2008 | |
| 19 | PUBLICATION OF FINAL RESULTS OF ELECTIONS | 25/09/2008 | |
Kagame calls for more efficiency in regional trade at Arusha summit
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 President Paul Kagame and Ambassador Andrew Young, one of the organizers of the Sullivan Summit taking place in Arusha, Tanzania. (File photo). | |||||
BY GEORGE KAGAME IN ARUSHA | |||||
ARUSHA - President Paul Kagame has repeated his call for more efficient regional blocks as an effective measure for Africa to increase domestic investment and spur economic growth and development on the continent. The President first called for cross border reforms in customs operations in a speech he presented to the Commonwealth Heads of State’s meeting in Kampala in November 2007. Speaking to a packed hall Wednesday at the ongoing 8th edition of the Leon H. Sullivan summit in Arusha’s International Conference Centre (AICC), Kagame emphasized that only more investment and efficiency of regional integration will ensure Africa’s escape from poverty. He said that the absence of regional economic infrastructure is a major hindrance to Africa’s growth and social economic transformation. Kagame lamented the unnecessary administrative bureaucracy which makes doing business in Africa very difficult. He added that researchers had discovered that African investors spend a lot of time filing paper work rather than carrying out actual commercial transactions. He said the delays reduce the volume of trade on the continent and is counter-productive in the fight against poverty on the continent. “Each additional day an export transaction is held up in a country, that country distances itself from its trading partners by 1 percent,” emphasised Kagame. He also questioned the wisdom of transporting a container of goods from Mombasa to Kigali at a cost of $5600, yet the cost from Mombasa to Antwerp in Belgium costs only $1200. He added that the delay in carrying out commercial transactions was not only due to poor infrastructure in Sub Saharan Africa alone, “but also the result of regional bureaucratic obstacles such as cumbersome trans-border customs procedures, clearing, cargo inspections and corruption.” Kagame pointed out that the above challenges are even worse for landlocked countries including Rwanda, “whose products need to comply with different requirements at every border post.” He gave an example of one African country where preparations for exporting involved filing 11 documents, 17 visits to different offices, 29 signatures and 60 days to move goods from the factory to the shop. He said that such practices have made doing business in Africa very expensive, “and our competition dismal.” Rwanda and Tanzania are set to build a railway line linking Rwanda and the seaport of Dar es Salaam to ease regional infrastructure problems. Ambassador Andrew Young, a representative of the US government and one of the organisers of the summit, sang to the tune of Bob Marley’s famous song ‘One Love’ and emphasised African unity as one of the sparks to African growth investment. James Patterson, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, extensively quoted Pan-African intellectual Marcus Garvey as he appealed for Africans on the continent and in the Diaspora to unite and develop each other. He said that Africans would one day be able to defeat poverty as they had defeated colonialism. Leon H. Sullivan was an African-American cleric and international humanitarian. He preached positively, encouraging commitment of resources of the African Diaspora and friends of Africa to promote positive change in the world. He also championed self-help, social responsibility, economic empowerment, and human rights. It aims at advancing physical and economic infrastructure, especially power, transport and information technology through regional economic community discussions. T he Sullivan Summits are a bridge between America and Africa, serving as a forum for economic and cultural cooperation. They bring together the world’s political and business leaders, delegates representing international organisations and academic institutions. Kigali will host the next Leon H. Sullivan summit in 2010. | |||||
Obama and crowd rise to occasion
By Kevin Connolly
BBC News, St Paul, Minnesota
BBC News, St Paul, Minnesota
 The crowd in St Paul seemed to inspire Barack Obama |
For the Obama faithful it was never going to be just another night of celebration.
They sensed that victory was theirs more than they calculated it from the returns in Montana and South Dakota - or from the steady trickle of reports that more and more super-delegates were declaring for their candidate.
And as they began trooping into the hall five hours before he was due to speak, it was clear they felt they had a role in helping the senator from Illinois set his seal on this pivotal moment in America where one election process ends, and another begins.
The primaries were over, the general election campaign was beginning.
Victory was his to declare, but the mood of the crowd as he outlined his vision would help to define this moment in the minds of the millions of Americans watching at home on television.
They did not let him down.
Making history
Many of Mr Obama's victory rallies have had a shattering intensity about them - he stirs the crowd's energy, but he feeds on it too, and in St Paul they seemed to inspire him.
 |  Tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another - a journey that will bring a new and better day to America  Barack Obama  |
Not for the first time, Mr Obama's campaign managers picked an indoor sports stadium as the venue for their rally - this time an ice-hockey hall in which four tiers of seating towered far above the stage.
The next time it stages a professional hockey game, it is going to seem a little sedate.
Mr Obama performed in the middle of a force-field of noise which mingled the joy and relief and hope he has kindled in his followers.
Some of his older black supporters will tell you candidly that there is a bit of disbelief in there too - they never expected in their lifetimes to be able to support an African-American candidate with a real chance of winning the White House.
Political campaigning is about mapping strategies, booking halls, buying advertising and beating rivals.
But every so often, in private, Mr Obama and his closest advisers must surely lift their eyes to history's horizon and reflect on the powerful symbolism of his candidacy in a country which still lives with the legacy of racial division.
Within Mr Obama's lifetime, white racist groups in the Deep South tried to intimidate black voters out of registering to take part in elections.
Now he has a real chance of becoming president.
Reaching out
This was probably Mr Obama's most important speech of the year so far - the first time as candidate for the Democratic Party that he has spoken to Americans not just about why he wants to lead them, but where he wants to lead them.
Senator Obama was lavish in his praise of Hillary Clinton
From the faithful in St Paul, he was always going to get adoration at the very least.
But he has to reach out beyond them now - to people who voted for Hillary, people who might back Republican John McCain and people who might not vote at all.
His essential message of course, is of hope and change - but no candidate in history has ever campaigned for despair and the status quo.
He will need a lot more flesh on the bones when the campaign against the Senator McCain builds to a climax in the autumn.
He was lavish in his praise of Mrs Clinton, speaking of her "unyielding desire to improve the lives of ordinary Americans" and of how he expected to find her at his side in the Democratic battle for the White House.
He said he was a better candidate for having had to run against her.
At previous Obama rallies, I have heard loud booing break out when shots of President Bill Clinton appeared on the giant video screens.
Nothing like that in St Paul - there was cheering when Senator Clinton was praised just as there had been cheering a few hours earlier when Mrs Clinton took the stage in New York and spoke warmly of Mr Obama's campaign and his supporters.
Running mate?
It will take more than a couple of set-piece speeches delivered at a moment of high emotion to repair the wounds left by this most divisive of primary seasons.
But at least this all showed that the party's leaders know what has to be done.
In the end, Mr Obama did his job, reaching high-flown pinnacles of rhetoric.
But while he claimed victory in a spine-tingling moment, Mrs Clinton did not of course, quite concede defeat, leaving the impression in the air that she might be angling rather openly for the vice-presidential slot.
Many of his supporters felt they were looking over their shoulders wondering what their defeated rival might do next.
At the very least she made sure that the story of the night was about her as well as about Mr Obama, even in the moment that the hand of history descended on his shoulder.
The night belonged to him all right, just as it should have done,
But somehow in the midst of all the noise and energy in St Paul, she could not quite be forgotten.Clinton will quit and back Obama
Hillary Clinton will withdraw from the race to become the Democratic candidate for the US presidency, and back her rival Barack Obama, her campaign says. On Tuesday, Mr Obama gained enough delegates to win the nomination, after the final votes of the primary season.
Mrs Clinton has still not admitted in public that she lost the contest, but on Saturday she will do so "and express her support for Senator Obama".
Mr Obama has already announced a team to help select his running mate.
Reports that Mrs Clinton was ready to concede came after she made a conference call to senior Democrats in Congress.
At a Democratic Party event in Washington, Mrs Clinton will also "express her support... for party unity", her communications director Howard Wolfson said.
Earlier, it had been announced that the event would be held on Friday, but Mr Wolfson said it had been delayed a day "to accommodate more of Senator Clinton’s supporters who want to attend".
The BBC’s Jane O’Brien in Washington says that as Mr Obama was claiming victory, Hillary Clinton stunned even her own supporters with a speech that offered no indication that she was giving up.
There is speculation that the delay in conceding was an attempt to position herself as a possible vice-president, our correspondent adds.
Clinton ’open’
Mr Obama’s three-member panel to look for a presidential running mate comprises Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President John Kennedy, former deputy Attorney General Eric Holder and Jim Johnson.
Mr Johnson performed the same selection task for John Kerry in 2004.
"Senator Obama is pleased to have three talented and dedicated individuals managing this rigorous process," said Bill Burton, a spokesman for the Illinois senator.
"He will work closely with them in the coming weeks but ultimately this will be his decision and his alone."
Barack Obama addressing Aipac, 4 June, 2008 Mr Obama could be the first black candidate from a major political party
Earlier, Mr Obama had paid tribute to Mrs Clinton and hinted that she would play a role in any future Obama administration.
Mrs Clinton has said she would be "open" to the idea of being Mr Obama’s vice-presidential running-mate.
Referring to a brief conversation he had held with his defeated rival, the Illinois senator said: "I’m very confident of how we’re going to be able to bring the party together."
The Republican party’s candidate, John McCain has challenged Mr Obama to take part in debates in 10 town hall meetings before August’s Democratic convention, and the Obama team is said to be considering the invitation.
The final primaries of the season were held on Tuesday - with Mr Obama winning Montana and Mrs Clinton winning South Dakota.
A candidate needs 2,118 delegates to secure the nomination and Mr Obama now has the support of 2,154 delegates. Mrs Clinton has 1,919.
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