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  Hollywood star Affleck urges US investment in DR Congo By: Agence France-Presse February 27, 2014 7:50 AM  Ben Affleck. AFP FILE PHOTO InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 WASHINGTON DC - Hollywood star Ben Affleck called Wednesday for targeted investment in the private sector in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where he sees a window of opportunity to end a cycle of unrest. The A-list actor and director, who has founded a non-profit group called the Eastern Congo Initiative and has made repeated trips to the region, advocated the United States shift its priorities in delivering aid, in a hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "People would rather be invested in than accept aid, would rather have a job than live in a camp," he said. Specific, small-scale investments are sometimes better than massive projects because they can be monitored more closely, A...

  Terrorism & Insurgency Probable offensive against FDLR in DRC next month raises risks to cargo and individuals IHS Jane's Country Risk Daily Report 27 February 2014 EVENT Local civil society associations of the villages of Itala and Tama in Lubero territory, North Kivu, on 26 February handed in a memorandum to the local base of the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission for the DR Congo (Mission de l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation en RD Congo: MONUSCO), denouncing constant intimidation and attacks by the rebels from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda: FDLR). Local residents complained especially about the theft of food aid and demanded that the government and MONUSCO address the "intolerable situation". The spokesperson of the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Forces Arm...

  The anti-gay law: Uganda's shame (c) Pete Muller 'the homosexuals have lost the argument in Uganda. They should rehabilitate themselves and society should assist them to do so.' President Museveni At the start of this week Uganda's President heralded a new low for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in the country by passing the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The repugnant discriminatory law that's hung around on the sidelines of Uganda's parliament for the last five years has been tweaked - death sentences 'softened' to life sentences for the most serious 'offences' of homosexuality - but it is now law. Prior to this week, it was already illegal to be LGBTI in Uganda, but this law extends sentences for gay marriage, 'promoting homosexuality', 'aiding and abetting homosexuality' - and more. LGBTI individuals deemed to be...

  Uganda Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa met several ambassadors Minister Kutesa and Ambassador Alphons Hennekens of the Netherlands newvision By Vision reporter Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa Thursday met several ambassadors accredited to Uganda with whom they discussed the Anti-homosexuality law recently assented to by the President. According to a press release from the ministry, Kutesa's visitors included Alain Hanssen (Belgium), ambassador Urban Andersson (Sweden), ambassador Scott DeLisi (US), Thorbjørn Gaustadsæther of Norway, ambassador Alphons Hennekens (Netherlands) and Dan Frederiksen (Denmark). The press release about the meeting reads: "The Minister of Foreign Affairs today met Ambassadors of Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the US to discuss the anti-homosexuality law recently assented by His Excellency the President. "They all expressed their governments...

  WORLD BANK, NORWAY, DENMARK AND THE NETHERLANDS SUSPENDING LOANS TO UGANDA Are tourists subject to be arrested in Uganda's cities and safari parks? Feb 28, 2014 Not only the tourism world is outraged about the Middle Age and nazi style approach by the Government of the East African Nation of Uganda. The World Bank today suspended a 90 US$ million loan package to Uganda. Three European Countries: Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands are the first countries to suspend or freeze development aid packages for Uganda for approximately 25$ and the United States of America is reviewing USAID funds for Uganda. In the meantime Uganda's authorities are on a witch hunt to detect gay elements among their population and visiting tourists, so they can be locked up for life. Many in the travel and tourism industries are urging international organizations such as the UNWTO and WTTC to take a stand. The safety...

  http://www.inyenyerinews.org/democracy-freedoms/the-untold-stories-is-evode-uwizeyimana-a-prodigal-son-or-hollywood-actor/ Evode Uwizeyimana aiming for the top job Watching an Empire Program on Aljazeera TV hosted by Marwan Bishara, he describes Hollywood as the world's place where Americans' perception of the US and its culture is shaped; you don't fail to see Me Evode playing the same role. According to Mr. Marwan, Hollywood is shaping people's perceptions of the US and world history. The Parable of the Lost Son in Luke 15:11-32 where Jesus illustrated how sinners can come back to God "There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.  "Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything,...

  Bill Clinton Regrets Rwanda Now (But Not So Much In 1994) By Dana Hughes @dana_hughes Feb 28, 2014 5:06pm Justin Sullivan/Getty Images One of the newly released Clinton Library documents shows an administration scrambling to answer criticism of its handling of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda -- a tiny African nation where nearly one million people were killed in the span of less than two months. The two-page memo from September 1994 -- the genocide was in April and May of that year -- featured talking points Clinton special assistant Tara Sonenshine drafted as preparation for an upcoming Washington Post interview with the president. The memo acknowledged that the interview was likely to be critical of Clinton's stance on Rwanda, blaming the failed "Black Hawk Down" intervention in Somalia the year before. In the memo, Sonenshine suggests the president refute that the U.S. experience in S...

  http://www.inyenyerinews.org/democracy-freedoms/the-untold-stories-is-evode-uwizeyimana-a-prodigal-son-or-hollywood-actor/ Evode Uwizeyimana aiming for the top job Watching an Empire Program on Aljazeera TV hosted by Marwan Bishara, he describes Hollywood as the world's place where Americans' perception of the US and its culture is shaped; you don't fail to see Me Evode playing the same role. According to Mr. Marwan, Hollywood is shaping people's perceptions of the US and world history. The Parable of the Lost Son in Luke 15:11-32 where Jesus illustrated how sinners can come back to God "There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.  "Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything,...

http://www.inyenyerinews.org/democracy-freedoms/the-untold-stories-is-evode-uwizeyimana-a-prodigal-son-or-hollywood-actor/ The Untold Stories: Is Evode Uwizeyimana a prodigal son or Hollywood Actor? DEMOCRACY & FREEDOMS February 26, 2014 Evode Uwizeyimana aiming for the top job Watching an Empire Program on Aljazeera TV hosted by Marwan Bishara, he describes Hollywood as the world's place where Americans' perception of the US and its culture is shaped; you don't fail to see Me Evode playing the same role. According to Mr. Marwan, Hollywood is shaping people's perceptions of the US and world history. The Parable of the Lost Son in Luke 15:11-32 where Jesus illustrated how sinners can come back to God "There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.  "Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and t...