William Penn University and Paul Kagame’s visit: New Development

Scheduled for May 12, the visit of the Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, appears to put William Penn University on the offensive defending the relationship so far developed between the learning institution and Rwanda, the small country of the Great Lakes region of Africa, which has been at the centre of atrocities committed there for the last two decades. 

Call for action against the visit of Paul Kagame at William Penn University

On May 12, 2012, the President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, will give the commencement address at William Penn University’s graduation ceremony and also receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, for his contributions to the humanities or human welfare. The address of the school is 201 Trueblood Avenue, Oskaloosa, Iowa 52577.

William Penn: Another US University seeking Paul Kagame’s partnership

Time will come when world experts will tell us the nature of the complex personality of the Rwandan president, Paul Kagame.

What is absolutely certain is that he must have several personalities. Otherwise it is impossible to logically link some of his actions.

Victoire Ingabire, chairperson of the political party FDU-Inkingi, after almost eighteen months in prison, has just been recommended for a life sentence by the Rwandan general prosecutor and Paul Kagame is soon flying to US [Iowa] to receive an Honorary Doctorate from the William Penn University.

KONY 2012: Humanitarianism of Colonialism?

By Voice of Africa Radio [Bro. Omowale and Sis. Kai]

When the USA based non-profit organisation Invisible Children released their 30 minute documentary KONY 2012 online on March 5 2012, it almost instantaneously went viral breaking all records.  Within four days over 20 million people had viewed it.  Now that figure is over 100 million.  The premise of the film, told through the eyes of former child soldier Jacob, is that Joseph Kony, leader of the Uganda based Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is “’the World’s worst war criminal’ on par with Hitler and Osama Bin Laden, is responsible for unspeakable atrocities and the disappearance of 30,000 children in his campaign against the government of President Yoweri Museveni.  The poster for the film features the peace dove superimposed on the entwined logos of the USA Democratic and Republican parties with the slogan “one thing we can all agree on.”  KONY 2012 ultimately calls for military intervention to pursue Kony and bring him before the International Criminal Court (ICC) by December 2012, when the campaign ends.  and gets the sanction of President Obama  in the form of a letter officially authorizing 100 combat-ready military ‘advisors’ to help track down Kony and the LRA.

Invisible Children’s plan to rage war in Africa is going ahead as promoted

Going after Joseph Kony militarily is an objective that the American charity Invisible Children has being pursuing for a number of years.

That could be understandable if the root cause of the Ugandan rebel issue – Museveni dictatorship, was also being addressed.

On May 12th, 2011, Victoire Ingabire wrote to the Rwandan General Prosecutor, Martin Ngoga

From Monday April 16^th, 2012 we know that Victoire Ingabire, leader of FDU-Inkingi, a Rwandan political party, announced to the High Court in Kigali that she was from then on boycotting hearings in her own trial. She gave out clearly the motives behind such radical decision.

But in her statement to the Court on that day she referred to a confidential meeting she held with the Rwandan General Prosecutor, Martin Ngoga, on April 8^th, 2011. Upon reflecting on the discussions she had at the time, she wrote then to the latter, to clarify her understanding of the position of the Rwandan government on her and her party, but also provide her views and those of FDU-Inkingi on the country’s history and the way it should be addressed, and indicate how her political formation envisaged the future.

Please read the full content of the 9 pages letter she sent to the Rwandan General Prosecutor. The correspondense shows where the leader of FDU-Inkingi and her party stand on some national important issues.

Declaration of Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza at the High Court in Kigali

As delivered in the courtroom on April 16, 2012.

During this period of more than six months since the beginning of this trial, I noticed several irregularities that I tolerated, but today, I’ve lost confidence in this justice system for two main reasons: