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		<title>Another crisis in diplomatic relations between Rwanda and France</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr Theogene Rudasingwa has his own views on the situation currently prevailing between the two countries. “Accepting Kagame&#8217;s belligerent diplomatic gambles is not only an unsustainable basis for bilateral Franco-Rwanda relations; it is an extremely dangerous policy. It has far &#8230; <a href="http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/another-crisis-in-diplomatic-relations-between-rwanda-and-france/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therisingcontinent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12270326&amp;post=1923&amp;subd=therisingcontinent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Continuous inhuman treatment of Rwandan political prisoners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Rwanda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Ntaganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Ntakirutinka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deo Mushayigi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent interview to The Chronicles, Senator Tito Rutaremara, one of the founders of the political regime in power in Rwanda since 1994 stressed to the journalist interviewing him that their Rwandan Patriotic Front [RPF] had developed, “The structures &#8230; <a href="http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/continuous-inhuman-treatment-of-rwandan-political-prisoners/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therisingcontinent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12270326&amp;post=1917&amp;subd=therisingcontinent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Africa Union and us [Africans]</title>
		<link>http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/africa-union-and-us-africans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the perspective of those in power and with reference to those who are ruled [my emphasis], “Ignorance is strength,” said George Orwell. As long as those that leaders in any area of life claim to represent remain ignorant of &#8230; <a href="http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/africa-union-and-us-africans/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therisingcontinent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12270326&amp;post=1908&amp;subd=therisingcontinent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s time we recognised the Blair government&#8217;s criminality</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Pilger writes, “It&#8217;s time we recognised the Blair government&#8217;s criminality.” In an article published on his blog, John Pilger, points on state crimes committed against other nations under Blair government and how they were handled to fall under impunity. &#8230; <a href="http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/1896/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therisingcontinent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12270326&amp;post=1896&amp;subd=therisingcontinent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Somalia: a Western humanitarian intervention in preparation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A colleague I talked to recently asked me to suggest him some innovative ideas that could be of particular interest for discussion between young and older people and enable to bridge the generational gaps. Since I don’t watch Western television &#8230; <a href="http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/somalia-a-western-humanitarian-intervention-in-preparation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therisingcontinent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12270326&amp;post=1890&amp;subd=therisingcontinent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hassan El Ghayesh: a protester&#8217;s first-hand account of Tahir Square</title>
		<link>http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/hassan-el-ghayesh-protester-first-hand-account-of-tahir-square/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month is almost a year since Hosni Mubarak, president of Egypt until February 2011, was forced to leave power after a popular uprising which brought millions of Egyptians out of their homes and asked him persistently to go. Though &#8230; <a href="http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/hassan-el-ghayesh-protester-first-hand-account-of-tahir-square/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therisingcontinent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12270326&amp;post=1880&amp;subd=therisingcontinent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where are dissent voices inside Rwanda?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This seems to be a question only an alien creature, not familiar with Rwanda, could ask. But let’s pretend to be strangers to the country and find out where voices which don’t or didn’t dance to the tune set by &#8230; <a href="http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/where-are-dissent-voices-inside-rwanda/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therisingcontinent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12270326&amp;post=1873&amp;subd=therisingcontinent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coming change to the country of people of integrity: Burkina Faso</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The late president Thomas Sankara, after his military coup in 1984, renamed his country, previously called Haute Volta, Burkina Faso, or the country of people of integrity. As his short lived life would show, he was on a transformative journey &#8230; <a href="http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/coming-change-to-the-country-of-people-of-integrity-burkina-faso/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therisingcontinent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12270326&amp;post=1868&amp;subd=therisingcontinent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Africa: dispossession across the board</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many happenings we don’t notice because of multiple and diverse reasons, some that we have control over and others that we don’t. But whatever our position towards those occurrences, they impact on us either directly or indirectly. Dispossession &#8230; <a href="http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/africa-dispossession-across-the-board/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therisingcontinent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12270326&amp;post=1857&amp;subd=therisingcontinent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rwandan Democracy Day removed from official celebrations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 28th, 2012, it was normally the 51st anniversary of the proclamation of democracy as a principle of governance in Rwanda. Unfortunately, apart from the spirit which inspired the national celebrations held on January 28th, 1961 at Gitarama, as &#8230; <a href="http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/rwandan-democracy-day-removed-from-official-celebrations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therisingcontinent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12270326&amp;post=1852&amp;subd=therisingcontinent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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