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US, Europe Intensify Efforts to Isolate Gadhafi
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The United States and European allies intensified efforts to isolate Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Monday, redoubling demands for him to step down, questioning his mental state and warning that those who stay loyal to him risk losing their wealth and being prosecuted for human rights abuses. Europe, which buys most of Libya's oil exports, outlined fresh sanctions to force the dictator to stop attacks on civilians and step down after 42 years of iron-fisted rule. The European Union issued travel bans and an asset freeze against senior Libyan officials, and ordered an arms ...
UN Declares 2011 the 'International Year of Forests'
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsUNITED NATIONS -- Some 380 million years after the first trees grew on Earth, the United Nations today declared 2011 to be the "International Year of Forests," saying that forests and the 1.6 billion people who depend on them for their livelihood need to be protected. "Each minute that we spend on this planet breathing in and breathing out, about 25 hectares [62 acres] of forests are lost," Joseph Deiss, president of the U.N. General Assembly, said at the global launch of the event. "Ultimately, as history reminds us, in the past, entire civilizations collapse due to deforestation." There ...
Opinion: Empowering Women -- A Path to Prosperity
By not in system - AOL NewsIn many ways 2010 was the year of women in American politics: Female candidates were among the most visible in the midterm congressional elections, and more women became governors than ever before. In our country, women have a prominent voice in the debates that matter: political, economic and social. But in much of the developing world the story is different, as a recent report funded by Britain's Department for International Development makes clear. In these countries, women often lack essential legal and social rights, such as the right to own land or access credit on the same terms as ...
Georgia Preacher Leads Anti-Gay Crusade in Uganda
By Ioannis Gatsiounis - AOL NewsKAMPALA, Uganda (Nov. 21) -- A Georgia-based evangelical ministry is linking up with church leaders in Uganda and neighboring countries to discourage homosexuality in the African region. Carl Jenkins, founder and presiding bishop of Christ Central Christian Ministries Worldwide in Albany, Ga., argues that east Africa's economic potential is suffering and that a stronger morality needs to be instilled. "Overall, we're not seeing the moral change and economic change that Christ can give if you are obedient and dedicated to the word of God," Jenkins told AOL News. Jenkins is spending much of ...
'Hotel Rwanda' Hero Accused of Funding Terrorism
By Theunis Bates - AOL News
(Oct. 28) -- Rwandan authorities have accused the man who saved more than 1,200 lives during the Rwandan genocide, and whose heroic deeds were later depicted in the 2004 Hollywood movie "Hotel Rwanda," of funding terrorism. That Oscar-nominated film told the true story of hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina, who in 1994 risked his life to provide shelter and protection to hundreds of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus fleeing murderous Hutu militias. The refugees inside the Hôtel des Mille Collines were saved from almost certain death -- outside their sanctuary's walls, more than 800,000 people ...
Rwanda Decries Genocide Reference in UN Report
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsUNITED NATIONS (Aug. 27) -- Rwanda has slammed the United Nations for a draft report that suggests Rwandan troops, who entered the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1994 to hunt down perpetrators of genocide in Rwanda, themselves committed massacres that could also be considered genocide. Describing the leaked draft as "malicious, offensive and ridiculous," the Rwandan government said it was "immoral and unacceptable" for the U.N. to accuse its army of committing genocide when the world body had failed to prevent the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Brennan Linsley, AP Rebel soldiers from a ...
Peacekeepers Fail to Stop Congo Rapes: Time for a UN Army?
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Aug. 24) -- As Rwandan and Congolese rebels spent four days raping up to 200 women and baby boys within miles of a United Nations military camp, U.N. peacekeepers did ... nothing. "There was no immediate explanation as to why the attacks were not reported until today," AOL News reported on Monday. And yet, the news of the U.N. soldiers' non-response will surprise no one familiar with past U.N. peacekeeping efforts. The 1994 Rwandan genocide was arguably the organization's greatest failure, for which the U.N. finally admitted responsibility in 2000. But there have been others: For instance, ...
Rwandan President Wins Re-Election Despite Critics
By not in system - AOL NewsKIGALI, Rwanda (Aug. 10) -- Rwandan President Paul Kagame celebrated an overwhelming election victory by dancing with thousands of supporters early Tuesday, after opposition parties were banned from the vote and some Rwandans said they were forced to cast ballots for him. The country's election commission said preliminary results indicated Kagame would win more than 90 percent of Monday's vote. While Kagame faced three opponents on the ballot, analysts said none of the three presented any real competition. Simon Maina, AFP / Getty Images Rwanda's President Paul Kagame dances during a ...
Pre-Election Tension High in Burundi
By Ioannis Gatsiounis - AOL NewsBUJUMBURA, Burundi (June 25) -- Days before Burundi holds presidential elections that international observers had hoped would set a positive precedent in the tense region of East Africa, only the incumbent, Pierre Nkurunziza, is in the running. His chief challenger, Agathon Rwasa, has dropped out of sight, fueling rumors that he's gone into hiding in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. All the other candidates, from 13 parties, are boycotting the elections in protest over what they say was major fraud in communal elections on May 24. "Burundi is facing a serious crisis," says ...
Rwanda Frees US Lawyer Held for Denying Genocide
By Terence Neilan - AOL News(June 18) -- A U.S. lawyer arrested in Rwanda on charges of denying the 1994 wave of genocide in the country has been released on bail on grounds of ill health. But although Peter Erlinder of Minnesota is free to go home, the case against him technically still stands. "We are very happy about it; the bail was given without any condition," one of his lawyers, Ken Ogeto, was quoted as saying. He added that Erlinder was "willing to come back any time they need him -- absolutely no problem," the BBC reported. Adam Scott, AP A Rwandan judge granted bail to Peter Erlinder on medical grounds ...
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