RE: ugnet_: "Kony's" Rebels to Kill 'All Priests'
Mulindwa asks: Why has he survived for all these 20 years and NRM has failed to get him? How can Konny survive when he is an enemy of both Uganda government and the population? Could be that he is as elusive as Saddam Hussein. The later has so far eluded Bush 41, Clinton, Bush 43, John Major, Tony blair et al. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mulindwa Edward Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 6:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Rwanda; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: "Kony's" Rebels to Kill 'All Priests' Matek My problem is not whether Konny can decide to kill all Priests, but I have a very simple question that I want you to help me here. We have been told all along that Konny is killing Ugandans, we have been told that he kidnaps school girls and take them for wives, we have seen the ears being cut off by Konny. Now as a person who knows Northern Uganda, the Catholic church has done a very extensive work in the North, from Schools to hospitals to every thing, today the information is that Konny has directed to kill all priests, thus in essence he is trying to destroy the Catholic infrastructure in Northern Uganda. In all these actions I can not help but conclude that Konny is against the population of Northern Uganda. Why has he survived for all these 20 years and NRM has failed to get him? How can Konny survive when he is an enemy of both Uganda government and the population? Em The Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 8:25 PM Subject: ugnet_: "Kony's" Rebels to Kill 'All Priests' Kony's Rebels to Kill 'All Priests' "The situation is very difficult in Kitgum," the priest said on phone, his voice breaking with emotion. Misna quoted Fr Gerner calling for the solidarity of all Ugandans and the government to save the local population from more suffering at the hand of the rebels. The Monitor (Kampala) June 16, 2003 Posted to the web June 16, 2003 Richard M. Kavuma Kampala Rebel leader Joseph Kony on Thursday ordered his troops to destroy church missions and kill all priests in northern Uganda. "Catholic missions must be destroyed, priests and missionaries killed in cold blood and nuns beaten black and blue," said Mr Kony, speaking on the local radio network used by the Catholic institutions in the war-torn area. The Rome-based Missionary Service News Agency (Misna) reported late on Saturday that priests in the north were taking the threat "very seriously". "Mr Kony's words are deeply scaring," Misna quoted Kitgum Parish Priest Fr Joseph Gerner as saying. "Daily violence against civilians in Gulu, Kitgum and Pader districts make us believe that everything may be really possible," he said. The UPDF spokesman Maj. Shaban Bantariza yesterday said that the army's intelligence had intercepted similar information. He said that the information is "reliable" and has been corroborated by someone who recently escaped from the Kony rebels. Misna editor Fr Julio Albanese told The Monitor on Saturday that rebels have recently stolen a lot of radio equipment from Catholic missions in the area that they now use to communicate. Speaking on phone from Rome, Fr Albanese said that the voice of Kony was heard at about 6 p.m. Misna quoted Fr Gerner calling for the solidarity of all Ugandans and the government to save the local population from more suffering at the hand of the rebels. The report did not say what the priest meant by that. The report said that 11Comboni priests have been killed in various circumstances in Uganda in the last 20 years. Fr Gerner yesterday refused to talk about the latest threats, saying that there is already enough trouble in Kitgum. "The situation is very difficult in Kitgum," the priest said on phone, his voice breaking with emotion. Asked about who heard Mr Kony's message, Fr Gerner referred The Monitor to the Misna story. He said that he did not want to put other people in trouble. Asked about the response of the army to this latest threat, Maj. Bantariza said the clergy might have to advise the army. "We cannot just say that we send soldiers to the parishes," he said on phone. "In the past they have said that our proximity to them made them targets of rebel attacks." This is not the first time the Kony rebels are threatening the clergy. Last September President Yoweri Museveni wrote to Gulu Archbishop John Baptist Odama warning that Mr Kony had ordered hi
RE: ugnet_: Join us, UPC tell Reform Agenda\ blander
Netters, One thing people must realize is that most of those guys in the movement (and Reform for that matter) were at one time or another UPC subcripts. They believed in the principles that UPC stands for. But politics as usual keeps it smell trails. Having divergent views is one thing UPC stands for. Some of these people might have harboured some political fantacy at some point in time which made them good recruites for NRM. But as reality dawned on them they had to to go soul searching. At least they realised that NRM was just a fantacy. UPC did not disown them. UPC had no bitterness with any of them. What difference they may have had, it was healthy. It was good for each other's health in political terms. Now UPC is making clear to them that home is still home. Please come home. Bwambuga. - "Mulindwa Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mwaami Ssenyange > >Reform Agenda is NRM in a blue suit. They have been a movement combining >every Ugandan under one blanket, what is different from that and accepting >publicly in round two that we are going to take every body this time but as >a recognised entity? > >Em > > The Mulindwas Communication Group >"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" > Groupe de communication Mulindwas >"avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" > >- Original Message - >From: "ssenya nyange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:24 PM >Subject: Re: ugnet_: Join us, UPC tell Reform Agenda\ blander > > >> >> That will be Reform's biggest blander of this century. A reform based on >> sentiments and "nothing to reconcile" is NOT a Reform. >> >> J. Ssenyange >> >> -- >> >> >From: "gook makanga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Subject: ugnet_: Join us, UPC tell Reform Agenda >> >Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:49:28 + >> > >> >> _ >> STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* >> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >> > > > -- He it is Who created for you all that is on earth...He is the All-knower of everything. Swaddaq Allahu Al-Adhim. Michael Bwambuga. __ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455
ugnet_: Re: [CONGOTRIBUNE] UN WARNS RWANDA ON CONGO
E Lubamba I fully understand your frustration, but the deaths of our people is entirely on two people, Paul Kagame and Yoweri Museveni and both of these gentlemen are in very good books with the American administration. So the 4 or 5 million people who are dying and who are even Africans no body really cares. Why did I put in the being of Africans? For it is important for all of us to attack Mugaabe who has taken a land from the white thieves but we can not attack the killing of all these generations. Let us learn that we as Africans are abandoned people and the West is not our friends, we better start to look for solutions to pluck out bad leadership from our midst. Just a reminder, the overthrow of Iddi Amin did not take the security council, why should Museveni and Kagame take a security council. And on behalf of me and the entire Communication group, my condolences to all families of the Congolese killed by both Uganda and Rwanda. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" - Original Message - From: ERIC LUBAMBA To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [CONGOTRIBUNE] UN WARNS RWANDA ON CONGO The UN security council is a piece of crap, good for nothing. 5Millions dead later they still asking Rwanda to stop killing instead of taking punitive and concrete actions. No wonder why Mr Bush told them to go to hell , he was dam right. If It was up to me , the security council and the UN will be disolved today.Eric-Do you Yahoo!?SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month![Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: ugnet_: "Kony's" Rebels to Kill 'All Priests'
Matek My problem is not whether Konny can decide to kill all Priests, but I have a very simple question that I want you to help me here. We have been told all along that Konny is killing Ugandans, we have been told that he kidnaps school girls and take them for wives, we have seen the ears being cut off by Konny. Now as a person who knows Northern Uganda, the Catholic church has done a very extensive work in the North, from Schools to hospitals to every thing, today the information is that Konny has directed to kill all priests, thus in essence he is trying to destroy the Catholic infrastructure in Northern Uganda. In all these actions I can not help but conclude that Konny is against the population of Northern Uganda. Why has he survived for all these 20 years and NRM has failed to get him? How can Konny survive when he is an enemy of both Uganda government and the population? Em The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 8:25 PM Subject: ugnet_: "Kony's" Rebels to Kill 'All Priests' Kony's Rebels to Kill 'All Priests'"The situation is very difficult in Kitgum," the priest said on phone, his voice breaking with emotion. Misna quoted Fr Gerner calling for the solidarity of all Ugandans and the government to save the local population from more suffering at the hand of the rebels.The Monitor (Kampala)June 16, 2003 Posted to the web June 16, 2003 Richard M. KavumaKampala Rebel leader Joseph Kony on Thursday ordered his troops to destroy church missions and kill all priests in northern Uganda."Catholic missions must be destroyed, priests and missionaries killed in cold blood and nuns beaten black and blue," said Mr Kony, speaking on the local radio network used by the Catholic institutions in the war-torn area.The Rome-based Missionary Service News Agency (Misna) reported late on Saturday that priests in the north were taking the threat "very seriously"."Mr Kony's words are deeply scaring," Misna quoted Kitgum Parish Priest Fr Joseph Gerner as saying."Daily violence against civilians in Gulu, Kitgum and Pader districts make us believe that everything may be really possible," he said.The UPDF spokesman Maj. Shaban Bantariza yesterday said that the army's intelligence had intercepted similar information.He said that the information is "reliable" and has been corroborated by someone who recently escaped from the Kony rebels.Misna editor Fr Julio Albanese told The Monitor on Saturday that rebels have recently stolen a lot of radio equipment from Catholic missions in the area that they now use to communicate.Speaking on phone from Rome, Fr Albanese said that the voice of Kony was heard at about 6 p.m.Misna quoted Fr Gerner calling for the solidarity of all Ugandans and the government to save the local population from more suffering at the hand of the rebels.The report did not say what the priest meant by that.The report said that 11Comboni priests have been killed in various circumstances in Uganda in the last 20 years.Fr Gerner yesterday refused to talk about the latest threats, saying that there is already enough trouble in Kitgum."The situation is very difficult in Kitgum," the priest said on phone, his voice breaking with emotion.Asked about who heard Mr Kony's message, Fr Gerner referred The Monitor to the Misna story.He said that he did not want to put other people in trouble.Asked about the response of the army to this latest threat, Maj. Bantariza said the clergy might have to advise the army."We cannot just say that we send soldiers to the parishes," he said on phone. "In the past they have said that our proximity to them made them targets of rebel attacks."This is not the first time the Kony rebels are threatening the clergy. Last September President Yoweri Museveni wrote to Gulu Archbishop John Baptist Odama warning that Mr Kony had ordered his men to kill the bishops.The letter followed the confession of a rebel commander who had surrendered to the military.That warning, coming at the height the clergy's efforts to end the war peacefully was met by defiance, with the archbishop vowing to press on with the pursuit for peace.The Lord's Resistance Army led by Mr Kony has waged a war of maiming, abductions and killings for the last 17 years.The civilian population in the Acholi and Lango sub-regions has borne the brunt of the suffering.Religious leaders in the north have been trying to organise peace talks between the rebels and the government.Their efforts have so far yielded little in terms o
ugnet_: AFRICANS SPEAKING OUT
Well done for implementing land reform programme An open letter First and foremost, our greetings to you. Thank you for your leadership and courage in the land redistribution programme. On behalf of the millions of Africans in the United States, we are proud and closer to freedom because of you. We are writing today to declare our full and continued support for your efforts to correct the historical and criminal injustices of British colonialism, which stole the lives, labour and land of the people of Zimbabwe. The freedom fighters at Heroes Acre have nurtured the Zimbabwean nation, its unity and its right to sovereignty. No one gave Zimbabwe its freedom, and no one has the right to dictate with remote control the path of its development or independence. Today, under the leadership of its democratically elected President Robert G. Mugabe, Zimbabwe has completed the largest return of indigenous land in the history of Africa and, in fact, of most parts of the world. President Mugabe declared that "Africa is not an extension of Europe". However, it should be pointed out that some Africans behave as if they are, in fact, an extension of Europe and its policies for recolonisation of Africa. Zimbabwes wars of national liberation against Rhodesia were for fundamental change change from colonialism to sovereignty and indeed independence. The foreign enemies of Zimbabwean independence will continue to try to separate the Zimbabwean people from the elected Government of President Mugabe and its leading party, Zanu-PF. They have created and funded the Movement for Democratic Change to accomplish this mission. Similarly, we Africans in America have also seen some of our own people take up political, and even armed struggle against the interests of the majority for their own selfish gains. Individuals and organisations who wish to align themselves with the foreign policies of Tony Blair and George Bush through propaganda films, articles and letters in many instances have extensive relations with the US State Department, Council on Foreign Relations and intelligence agencies. They represent themselves, and not their organisations; they lack constituencies and have never represented the interests of the overwhelming majority. They receive funding from the US government as well as from multinational corporations and private foundations or conduits of such. These individuals claim to have a long history of work in the struggle for African liberation. This claim is belied by their actions. However stated, they support the goal of Blair and Bush for regime change and for the intervention and destabilisation of the Zimbabwean economy. It is no accident that these various forms of propaganda do not mention that the MDC has openly called for the overthrow of the duly elected Government of President Mugabe. By any national standard, especially that of the United States, this position is generally viewed as an act of sedition. Nor is there any mention of armed attacks, murder and the destruction of property in Zimbabwe. Factually, under the leadership of President Mugabe, it was the Government that sought and received diplomatic solutions to the crisis in Zimbabwe. It sought intervention on the part of African countries and presidents, specifically the African Union, the Non-Aligned Movement, and Sadc. They, in turn, have given their support to the Government of President Mugabe. The presidents of South Africa, Nigeria and Malawi have already indicated that Zimbabwean people must resolve the issues in Zimbabwe. Clearly, the issue of land reform is in fact the centre of all emotion, propaganda and treasonous acts against Zimbabwe. Moreover, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cde Stan Mudenge, said: "Let no one suffer from any illusions that the people of Zimbabwe as well as the forces of law and order will ever tolerate a retrogression of land reform." We of the African Diaspora will continue to wholeheartedly support the duly elected Government and the leadership of Zanu-PF, as we continue to build support on behalf of land reform. On behalf of clarity December 12th Movement, Africans Helping Africans, Black Veterans for Social Justice, Blacks Against the War, Elombe Brath, CEMOTAP, Coltrane Chimurenga, Betty Dopson, Friends of Zimbabwe, Joan Gibbs, Harriet Tubman-Fannie Lou Hamer Collective , Prof Leonard Jeffries, Bob Law, Rev Herbert Daugtry, Dr Arthur Lewis, Masses United for Human Rights, Dr James McIntosh, Millions for Reparations, National Black United Front, Patrice Lumumba Coalition, Viola Plummer, Prof James Small, The Code Foundation, Jitu Weusi . . . the list is still growing. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" Yahoo! Groups Sponsor Welcome to AFR
ugnet_: "Kony's" Rebels to Kill 'All Priests'
Kony's Rebels to Kill 'All Priests' "The situation is very difficult in Kitgum," the priest said on phone, his voice breaking with emotion. Misna quoted Fr Gerner calling for the solidarity of all Ugandans and the government to save the local population from more suffering at the hand of the rebels. The Monitor (Kampala) June 16, 2003 Posted to the web June 16, 2003 Richard M. Kavuma Kampala Rebel leader Joseph Kony on Thursday ordered his troops to destroy church missions and kill all priests in northern Uganda. "Catholic missions must be destroyed, priests and missionaries killed in cold blood and nuns beaten black and blue," said Mr Kony, speaking on the local radio network used by the Catholic institutions in the war-torn area. The Rome-based Missionary Service News Agency (Misna) reported late on Saturday that priests in the north were taking the threat "very seriously". "Mr Kony's words are deeply scaring," Misna quoted Kitgum Parish Priest Fr Joseph Gerner as saying. "Daily violence against civilians in Gulu, Kitgum and Pader districts make us believe that everything may be really possible," he said. The UPDF spokesman Maj. Shaban Bantariza yesterday said that the army's intelligence had intercepted similar information. He said that the information is "reliable" and has been corroborated by someone who recently escaped from the Kony rebels. Misna editor Fr Julio Albanese told The Monitor on Saturday that rebels have recently stolen a lot of radio equipment from Catholic missions in the area that they now use to communicate. Speaking on phone from Rome, Fr Albanese said that the voice of Kony was heard at about 6 p.m. Misna quoted Fr Gerner calling for the solidarity of all Ugandans and the government to save the local population from more suffering at the hand of the rebels. The report did not say what the priest meant by that. The report said that 11Comboni priests have been killed in various circumstances in Uganda in the last 20 years. Fr Gerner yesterday refused to talk about the latest threats, saying that there is already enough trouble in Kitgum. "The situation is very difficult in Kitgum," the priest said on phone, his voice breaking with emotion. Asked about who heard Mr Kony's message, Fr Gerner referred The Monitor to the Misna story. He said that he did not want to put other people in trouble. Asked about the response of the army to this latest threat, Maj. Bantariza said the clergy might have to advise the army. "We cannot just say that we send soldiers to the parishes," he said on phone. "In the past they have said that our proximity to them made them targets of rebel attacks." This is not the first time the Kony rebels are threatening the clergy. Last September President Yoweri Museveni wrote to Gulu Archbishop John Baptist Odama warning that Mr Kony had ordered his men to kill the bishops. The letter followed the confession of a rebel commander who had surrendered to the military. That warning, coming at the height the clergy's efforts to end the war peacefully was met by defiance, with the archbishop vowing to press on with the pursuit for peace. The Lord's Resistance Army led by Mr Kony has waged a war of maiming, abductions and killings for the last 17 years. The civilian population in the Acholi and Lango sub-regions has borne the brunt of the suffering. Religious leaders in the north have been trying to organise peace talks between the rebels and the government. Their efforts have so far yielded little in terms of peace.
ugnet_: CONGO WAR IS ABOUT MONEY
Big money fuelling war Roots of Congo's bloodshed are commercial, not cultural By DOUG BEAZLEY, EDMONTON SUN "The Congo," says Jim Freedman, Canadian academic and Africa-watcher, "is sitting on top of a lot of oil." Parts of it are, at any rate. And the parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo where the massive oil reserves are to be found - and where the Alberta-based firm Heritage Oil is to be found - happen to be where the bloodiest civil war on the planet is taking place right now. Coincidence? Maybe not. As Sun reporter Paul Cowan reported last week, Heritage Oil of Calgary is being blamed by the Pole Institute, a Congo-based think-tank, for intensifying the tribal conflict in the Ituri province of northeastern DRC. The fighting between rival Lendu and Hema factions has killed an estimated 50,000 people and displaced 500,000 more since 1999. At first blush the conflict appears to be another tribal grudgematch, but appearances deceive. Freedman, a University of Western Ontario professor emeritus of anthropology and an occasional adviser to the United Nations on Central Africa, says the roots of the war are not cultural, but commercial. "There is a very close link between modern wars, particularly in Africa, and the business end of conflict," he said. "I think the presence of any commercial entity in a conflict zone - and this is the hottest conflict zone in the world - fuels the conflict. Local leaders make money off the project, which gets spent on militarization." Heritage strongly denies any link between their work in Ituri and the bloodshed. Company director John McLeod told The Sun last week the Hema-Lendu war is "an ethnic thing," and not an outgrowth of Heritage's presence in the region. "It's an extension of what happened in Rwanda ... How can we be to blame for something that has been going on for hundreds of years?" he asked. Here are the facts, as far as we know them. Heritage signed an agreement with the DRC government in Kinshasa "to develop contract terms" for drilling rights in a 7.7-million-acre region in the northeast - a part of the country known as the East African Rift Basin, right on the Ugandan border. The region is home to a baffling alphabet soup of warring ethnic rebel groups, most of them backed by the governments of Rwanda and Uganda. This is key to understanding what's going on in the DRC: while some of the fighting does trace back to ancient tribal grudges, the background players are the Rwandan, Ugandan and DRC governments, all of whom want control of the region's fabulous resource wealth. They're fighting a proxy war, much like the U.S. and the Soviet Union did during the Cold War. That wealth only became more tempting when Heritage entered the picture. The DRC government in Kinshasa controls roughly half of the country - it does not control the Ituri area it signed to Heritage as a drilling concession, for example. When negotiations between Heritage and Kinshasa started, according to the Pole Institute report, the region was controlled by two Congolese rebel groups backed by Uganda. As of March, according to the report, the area was under the sway of a Hema rebel group allied with a pro-Rwandan rebel group. "The real fight is over access to the border, to customs levies as high as $8,000 per truck," said Freedman. "There's huge sums to be made by any group that can control the area." Congo-watchers point to Heritage's track record in taking up mineral concessions in war zones. British entrepreneur Tony Buckingham, majority shareholder of Heritage, has also been linked to a South African mercenary firm called Executive Outcomes. According to a source quoted by Pole, Branch Energy - another Buckingham-linked firm - secured gold and diamond concessions in Uganda and Sierra Leone in exchange for EO's help in "securing" the areas from rebels. "Buckingham seems to steer his interests towards conflict zones, taking advantage of conflicts that would scare other companies away," said Andy Knight, an international relations expert at the University of Alberta. "War keeps the competition out." If the presence of companies like Heritage is dragging out the conflict, said Knight, then what's needed is an enforceable UN code of ethics for multinationals - one that would bar them from signing deals with parties to a civil war. "In Sierra Leone, in Sudan, we saw wars which might not have been as brutal as they were if the participants hadn't had access to resource revenue," he said. "The UN has been trying to get the world to agree on this. So far, it hasn't had much luck." The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: UN WARNS RWANDA ON CONGO
UN warns Rwanda over DR Congo By Mark Doyle BBC world affairs correspondent Kagame was tough with the visiting delegationRwanda has been told by the United Nations Security Council that the world is monitoring its actions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where it backs a rebel group that is in violation of a ceasefire. Security Council ambassadors visited Rwanda as part of a tour of central Africa, during which they are trying to end the conflict in DR Congo which is estimated to have cost three million lives over the past decade. Rwanda occupied part of eastern DR Congo until last year and several African states accuse it of still having troops there, though Rwanda denies this. The Rwandans say they originally sent troops to DR Congo to stop rebels that threatened them from bases beyond their border. They say their soldiers were all pulled out last year, but the DR Congo Government says Rwanda is still present and illegally exploiting the mineral riches in the east of the country. Congo blamed A Rwandan official, Patrick Mazimhaka, said DR Congo was making excuses for its own failings. "It is in their interests. The Congolese must find an external enemy to justify why they are failing to set up the process they agreed. So that's why they are doing it," he said. The UN agrees that several groups are violating the ceasefire in DR Congo but thinks Rwanda's co-operation is absolutely key to a solution. But while the Security Council may urge Rwanda to co-operate, it is not threatening any sanctions to make it act. And the Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, was characteristically tough with the visiting diplomats. Referring to the Congolese rebels Rwanda has used to create a buffer-zone against anti-Rwandan government forces in Congo, Mr Kagame said - according to sources at their meeting - "Thank God they're there, because if they were not we would have to do the job." The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: WHERE IS THE GRAND MOTHER? Clair Short call home !!!!!!!!!!
Rwanda, Uganda in war of words By Alex B. Atuhaire June 16, 2003 Rwanda has accused Uganda of spreading rumours to get an excuse to re-deploy its army in the DR Congo. The Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) spokesman Maj. Jill Rutaremara said in a statement dated 14 June that the allegations by Ugandan security authorities that a Rwandan colonel and two Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) fighters were this week seen in Mongwallo (eastern DRC) as a rebel force formerly backed by Rwanda captured the airport was shamelessly empty. If the UPDF wants to go back to the DRC, let them do so without spreading false fabrications and using the false pretext of the RDF presence in the DRC, said the statement faxed to The Monitor yesterday. Maj. Rutaremara was reacting to a story titled PRA Men Seen In Congo in the state-run New Vision of 14 June. The story quoted Ugandan security sources. But Maj. Rutaremaras two-page statement said: The allegation that a Rwandan colonel was seen in Mongwallo is a naked and shameless lie that can only serve to further discredit the Ugandan security organs and personnel. Both MONUC and TPVM have proved this tired allegation of the presence of RDF in Congo false. The RDF challenges the Ugandan security sources to name the Rwandan colonel, the statement said. In response, the UPDF spokesman Maj. Shaban Bantariza said that a newspaper report is not an Ugandan government statement. It seems Rwanda cannot make a difference between a free press and a press like theirs, he said. If a Ugandan journalist gets information from anywhere and publishes it, it doesnt translate into a government statement. Maj. Rutaremara doesnt know that the difference is that unlike Rwanda, the press in Uganda is free. Here apart from government having commercial interests, the New Vision says whatever they want, Maj. Bantariza said last evening. He said that if Uganda wanted to re-enter DR Congo, it wouldnt have to give the RDFs presence as an excuse. When we went to Congo, we went without using anybody as a pretext. We pulled out at our own volition. If there is any reason to go back, justified in self-defence, we shall not use Rwanda to go back, he said. Uganda and Rwanda both sent troops to the DR Congo in 1998. Their actions have since escalated the conflict mainly in eastern DR Congo. Both armies have since pulled out to pave way for an international peace keeping force. But Rwanda, which officially pulled out of Congo in October 2002, has since been accused of fighting alongside RCD-Goma rebels accusations that were repeated last week after a local bishop said that Rwandan military helicopters were involved in the fighting in Butembo. The United Nations Security Council ambassadors on Saturday warned Rwanda against backing the UPC, another rebel faction that is in violation of a cease-fire in the volatile Ituri region. The Security Council ambassadors visited Rwanda as part of a tour of central Africa in an attempt to end the conflict in DR Congo. The ambassadors were scheduled to meet President Yoweri Museveni last evening in Entebbe. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: HERE WE GO !!!!!
Results of a ten year study published in the journal Science have shown that HIV resulted from two monkey viruses that hybridised in the body of an infected chimpanzee.Scientists Professor Paul Sharp from Nottingham University and Beatrice Hahn from the University of Alabama found that wild chimps became in-fected simultaneously with two simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs). These SIVs came together to form a third virus capable of infecting hu-mans and causing AIDS. One implication of the research was that chimpanzees might again act as "mixing vessels" for other monkey viruses that could successfully adapt to spreading among chimpanzees and then jump to humans. The closest relative of HIV-1, the principal AIDS virus, had been es-tablished as an SIV that infects chimpanzees in Central Africa. The study discovered that the chimp virus was an amalgam of the SIV infect-ing red-capped mangabeys and the virus found in greater spot-nosed mon-keys. Professor Sharp said that as chimpanzees eat monkeys, the hy-bridisation had probably taken place after hunting and killing the two smaller monkey species. SOURCE: The Independent (UK), 13/JUN/03 The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: African children 'missing out' -BBC
Last Updated: Monday, 16 June, 2003, 13:52 GMT 14:52 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version African children 'missing out' 70% of newborn children are unregistered Africa has the highest rate of unregistered children in the world, the United Nations Children's Funds, Unicef, has said. Millions of children in Africa could be missing out on their rights to health care and education because they are not being registered at birth. Marking the Day of the African Child in Durban, South Africa, on Monday, Unicef said 70% of newborn children in the continent are not registered. The children's organisations says that the campaign for birth registrations is the central theme of this year's Day of the African Child. According to the children's organisation, without a birth certificate a child is a "non-person", unable to prove their age, nationality or who their parents are. Rural dilemma The problem is greatest in rural areas. It is estimated that only one in every 30 children has a birth certificate in rural Tanzania. At the other end of the spectrum, 95% of children in the towns and cities of Cameroon are registered. 90% of African children are orphaned by Aids Unicef, says that less than 5% of children born in Ethiopia, for example, get a birth certificate. There are numerous reasons why parents fail to register their children. Some live a long distance from the nearest registry office and some cannot afford the registration fee. According to an organisation that works with children to alleviate poverty (Plan International), many live in poor housing conditions and do not have anywhere safe to keep important documents. Some prefer to delay registration until they feel confident that all their children have reached an age when their chances of surviving to adulthood are good. Government resources are another problem, says Plan International. Often civil registry offices are few and far between, or lack basic facilities such as typewriters, filing cabinets or trained staff. Plan International says that unregistered children have little protection against the worst kinds of abuse and exploitation. Child soldier Children are vulnerable to serious crimes, such as recruiting child soldiers to fight in Uganda or Sierra Leone. Many children are being recruited as child soldiers in Uganda and Sierra Leone In northern Uganda, a war has wrecked the lives of thousands of children who are abducted by a rebel group known as the Lords Resistance Army, LRA. The BBC's correspondent in Uganda says that after abduction boys are turned into ruthless fighters while the girls are often kept as concubines for the senior rebel officers. Some children currently fighting for the LRA were born in captivity since the war started 17 years ago and have never known civilian life. The United Nations children's fund (Unicef), estimates that over 5,000 children have been abducted by the LRA over the last year in northern Uganda. Violation In times of war or disaster, unregistered people are even more exposed because they lack the identity papers that would enable them to qualify for food aid or refugee status. Other violations of a child's rights include forcing girls and boys into prostitution, employing underage children to work on cocoa plantations in West Africa, denying Aids orphans the right to inherit their parents' land, and lack of legal identity of the young victims. Plan International and Unicef say that they are committed to working together with governments, local groups and international organisations on birth registration in Africa, to give African children their right to an identity. E-mail this to a friend Printable version Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!
ugnet_: Rebels Take 100, Kill 16 in Lira District
Rebels Take 100, Kill 16 in Lira District The Monitor (Kampala) June 16, 2003 Posted to the web June 16, 2003 Richard M. Kavuma and Patrick Ebong Kampala At least 15 people were killed and about 100 abducted yesterday after suspected Lord's Resistance Army rebels raided Lira and Apac districts. The LRA rebels attacked Alito trading centre in Apac district in the wee hours of Sunday, leaving 15 people dead. Alito is 15 miles west of Lira town. According to Mr Goldin Aporo, the spokesman of Ojune Division in Lira Municipality, the rebels then crossed into Aromo, Barr and Ogur sub-counties in Lira. Barr is 10 miles east of Lira town. The rebels also reportedly looted property and burnt close to 200 huts in Alito and surrounding areas. The Uganda army (UPDF) spokesman Maj. Shaban Bantariza said that the army is pursuing the rebels. He would, however, not confirm the casualties. "That is what we have not yet conclusively established," Maj. Bantariza said. Lt. Paddy Ankunda, the spokesman for the army's 4th Division, had earlier told The Monitor that he knew of eight people killed, several injured and at least 100 huts burnt. Barr sub-county chairman Tom Akar said that the rebels abducted 15 students from Bulunge Comprehen-sive Secondary and Technical School, but three of them later escaped. One of the three students bore wounds on the neck and left arm. Forty other people were reportedly abducted from Abunga, 17 from Ololango and eight from Barr parishes. Mr Akar commended the "quick response" of the UPDF soldiers, who reportedly managed to rescue seven people.
ugnet_: French kill two as security in Congo worsens
French kill two as security in Congo worsens By Matthew Green BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - French soldiers sent to stop tribal fighting in Bunia killed two militiamen who attacked them Monday and the United Nations warned that the situation in the Congolese town was worsening despite the troops' arrival. It was the first time the troops had killed any militiamen since they started arriving in Bunia on June 6 as part of an international force to protect civilians from fighting between ethnic Hema and Lendu militias. The fighting has killed an estimated 500 civilians in the past month. "Warned earlier this morning of aggressive actions to the southwest of Bunia, a patrol of the multinational force went to the area," said Major Xavier Pons, deputy spokesman for the international force. Pons said the patrol was attacked by two militiamen killed when the soldiers returned fire. "The multinational force will respond firmly to all armed people threatening the life of the population and the soldiers of the multinational force," Pons told reporters. The head of a Hema militia that seized control of Bunia from Lendu rivals in fighting last month said he was still gathering information on the incident. "If they came upon militiamen spreading destruction somewhere and they intervened within the terms of their mandate, then they cannot be criticized for that," Thomas Lubanga, head of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) militia, told Reuters. The soldiers clashed with tribal militiamen for the first time Saturday, when a patrol exchanged fire with gunmen beyond the outskirts of the town. No casualties were reported. 'RED LINE' Francois Grignon of the International Crisis Group think-tank said Monday's deaths showed "there has probably been a red line drawn, showing where the militia were not entitled to cross." "They probably needed to show that if they come under attack they were ready to strike back and not only shoot in the air," he told Reuters by telephone from Nairobi. Militias and rebels rape, pillage and murder with impunity in Bunia, in the northeast of Congo, where a larger civil war has left 3 million dead since 1998. Residents fear the militia of the Hema-based Union of Patriotic Congolese, who effectively control Bunia, and hope the French can prevent attacks. Some 500 French troops have arrived to secure the airport and mount limited patrols, but the French force said Monday it might not be able to guarantee residents' safety until it reached full strength over the next few weeks. Madnodje Mounoubai, a spokesman for the U.N. Mission in Congo, said: "The security situation in Bunia is worsening." He told reporters that of 48 kidnappings in the past week, 14 occurred last weekend. Eight people were murdered, one by beheading, and one person kidnapped last week was found dead. A 60-year-old described how her brother had told her to flee when men approached them as they gathered sweet potatoes. "When I was running I heard some screaming behind me," she told reporters, by her brother's freshly dug grave. "I thought it was a woman, when I came back to look I found he had been murdered." Her brother was killed by a machete blow to the neck. 06/16/03 16:07 ET
ugnet_: Re: [Ugandacom] GREAT LAKES: Security Council calls for increased cooperation
Ed: All the K's , most notably, Kaguta, Kagame, Kabila are the Greatest War Lords who have caused choas in the Great Lakes Region. Indeed, it is only under Kaguta that Uganda has been at wars with the so called LRA rebels, ADF Rebels, Kazu Itogwa rebels, PRA rebels, Karamojong Cattle Rustlers, you name it for now 17 years!!! It is only under Kaguta that Uganda has invaded DRC Congo Territory and illegally looted that country's natural resources left right, and center. The Kazini's, Salem Saleh and other NRM sycophants all developed Tumbu Kumbwa ( big stomach ) as a result of "eating" the procceeds resulting form the looting and selling of DRC Natural resources. They even managed to fool the Porter Commission such that the commission came up with a bogus report. Only Kazini had to be hanged for the sins of the the NRM! ..and now some (fool) MR Ruhakana Ruguna tells that Uganda is a stablizing factor! Lo! what an Idiot! and who is he decieving by the way. Those Ruhanda think that we do not see the obvious? or what? Matek. In a message dated 6/16/2003 3:49:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Taking Uganda or Ugandan leadership out of the equation in solving the problems of the Great Lakes Region is not only self-defeating, but furthering the conflicts to hyper levels. Uganda has contributed to the conflicts and it is only fair for Uganda to stay in the kitchen and take the heat as well.
ugnet_: The Mideast: Neocons on the Line
The Mideast: Neocons on the Line A growing number of critics on Capitol Hill and around the world are questioning the Bush administrations credibilityand its assumptionsas never before. By Michael Hirsh Newsweek Monday 23 June 2003 IT WAS WOLFOWITZ, the gentlemanly superhawk, who within days of 9-11 prodded the Bush administration into a radical new strategy: forcefully confronting states that sponsor terrorism. It was Wolfowitzthe ex math whiz who fell in love with the idea of national greatness as a youth and is now seen as the Bush administrations chief intellectualwho pressed Bush hardest to transform the war on terror into a campaign for regime change and democracy in rogue nations, especially in Iraq and the Islamic world. Now the deputy defense secretary and his fellow neoconservatives are on the defensive. They are battling a growing crowd of critics on Capitol Hill and around the world as the Bush administrations credibilityand its assumptionsare tested as never before. In Iraq, after another week in which U.S. troops died and got into fierce fire fights, elements of more than half of Americas Army divisions are tied down. Some U.S. officials have begun muttering the dreaded Q wordquagmire, a term Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had mocked on a visit to Baghdad in the days just after the three-week war. In the Mideast, the hard-liners move to replace Yasir Arafat with the moderate Mahmoud Abbasand to ignore the conflict until after the Iraq warhas touched off a new cycle of violence that stunned even the White House in its savagery. It seems increasingly difficult to argue that the road to Jerusalem runs through Baghdad. In the face of a possible congressional probe into why Saddam Husseins weapons of mass destruction have not been found, two Pentagon neocons, Doug Feith and Bill Luti, sought earlier this month to identify themselves with, of all people, Bill Clinton. In a fumbling news conference, they insisted that their intel squared with the previous administrations. QUESTIONS ON U.S. CREDIBILITY Fairly or not, Paul Wolfowitz has become a lightning rod for much of this criticism, and to cry Wolfowitz has already become a catchphrase for the pressing questions about U.S. credibility. At a recent Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Wolfowitzalways a striking presence with his thick black hair, vaguely lupine looks and air of tense reposewas rocked by hostile questioning. Wolfowitz not long ago dismissed Army chief Eric Shinsekis call for a large peacekeeping force as wildly off the mark. Now he indicated that Iraq looked more complicated than Bosnia. Weve been in Bosnia for eight years, Sen. Joseph Biden snapped back. That would seem to compute that were likely to be in Iraq for a long timea long time. Wolfowitz himself never thought that his long-sought goal of democratic transformation would be easy. This week, Wolfowitz and the neocon elite gather again for their annual conclave in Beaver Creek, Colo., the ritzy ski resort where last year Natan Sharansky, the Israeli politician and hard-line advocate of Arab democracy, gave the keynote speech (inspiring Dick Cheney, among others). And in Beaver Creek the neocons canand willclaim an uncertain triumph. There is a kind of emerging democracy in the Palestinian territories. And there is regime change in Iraq. If WMD evidence remains elusive, the horrific evidence of Saddams savagery only grows: many Iraqis remain grateful for the U.S. intervention. In some ways, things have been easier than expected: U.S. troops scored a lightning victory in Iraq and the worst fears proved unfounded. Americans were not hit by chemical or biological weapons, and the country hasnt yet disintegrated into civil war as some warned. Certainly no one expected a sudden flowering of Mideast peace. Yet even as the neocons savor these victories, some critics suggest their moment may already have passed. Few in the Bush administration invoke the toppling of Saddams statue in Baghdad any longer, as they did so euphorically in early May. The future does look messier and more ambigu
ugnet_: Budget 2004 - detailed study
> JUSTICE PARTY http://www.dfwa-u.JUSTICE PARTY http://www.dfwa-u.tk The summary of this financial years budget is riddled with inconsistencies, amateurism, and most of all lacks the tenets, which are enshrined in nation state budget; THE PEOPLE AND THEIR SOCIAL JUSTICE. The positives first; Mobile phones: 1. 10% on mobile phones should go up to 17%, which implies then that more land-based telephony will quicken integrated Internet proliferation into the villages. Kampala has proved the facts that without the existence of landlines it will be very difficult to expand the Internet and indeed Internet users are very low in Kampala per population concentration. This can be proved with homes in and outside Kampala who have Internet facilities 24 hours. 2. More money should be poured into Uganda communication Commission for integrating the telephone, fax Internet, computing, Television and radio. 3. Uganda should be divided into telecommunication cells /regions (about 6-8) for the development of alternative communication based on radio wave - digital technology that can quicken transfer of data in form of voice, text, video images etc. This should put into consideration the need for fast telecommunication networks and regional niches and natural endowments. 4. Telecommunication should go hand in hand with remote sensing, video education and cinematology as generator. Fuel: 1. 50 shilling on fuels should strengthen the environmental area. Banning the use of hydrocarbon fuels in town and capital cities will imply (see b) 2. More research in alternative means of transport not detrimental to our environment are initiated. 3. All vehicles emitting carcinogenic compounds should be taxed heavily to 17% and vehicles with improved engineers running on natural produced fuels, taxes should be reduced to levels that can attract investment into such transport means, both into research and industrial establishments. 4. Vehicles carrying more than 10 passengers but less than 15 above should be banned or import taxes on them increased. 5. Those who own motor cars are those who can pay tax there should be a road tax of 1000 shilling per motor can per month which money should go in road maintenance, design and construction consolidated fund. 6. Ban the use of Mini buses in major town cities- they should go further to villages. Soft drinks 1. Taxes on soft drinks which have no natural ingredients (fruits grown in Uganda) up to 60% should be taxed up above 17 % 2. Taxes on soft drinks with 60% of natural ingredients (Uganda fruits) should be lowed to the budget mentioned level. 3. Taxes on drinks with 100 % natural ingredients should be lowered to 5%. 4. Taxes on soft drink additives imported into the country should be increased to 20% - which money should be used to research into natural preservation methods. Mivumba 1. Taxes on mivumba should rise to 60% while taxes on clothing material provided by schools, public entities and utilities, hotels, restaurants, medical centres and Uganda made and designed garments should revert to 17%. 2. Uganda should start national cloth and material design schools and all 3. Private and Public entities should seek to provide provisions for clothing for their employers. Forestry: 1. Ban planting of eucalyptus trees in wetlands. Those in wetland should be cut down and let the wetlands rejuvenate. Forests in Kigezi region should be reforested as soon as it can be possible. The same applies to semi-deserter regions including Karamoja. 2. Research into indigenous soft wood trees for timber, paper, pulp and other building material 3. Catalogue all medicinal and soil fertilising properties of trees in Uganda will go a long way to establish facts about our forestry potential. 4. All regions along lakes and riversides should be forest areas about to 1/2 Kilometre beyond water channels or bodies. 5. The private sector should seek zoological, botanical as well as commercial ventures in forestry in point 4. Computer or digital equipment: 1. Taxes on computer hardware should be 2% - money, which should be invested, in private venture with innovative means of manufacturing here in Uganda. 2. Taxes on software should revert 17% as any other consumption commodity and instead 17% taxes on mobile phones shared in promoting software design schools capitalising on African needs; business. Administration, graphics, industry robotics, remote sensing, optics and neurology. 3. Circuit design should be the basis of the above institutionalisation of software design. 4. Medicine should get it own department working with forestry, botany, environment, geography, mineralogy, physics etc. Electricity: 1. Houses are the basis for electrification 2. Urban planning and design is another generator to electrification 3. Non of the above does exist in Uganda on any scale which will suggest electrification can be a reality come whatever year politicians talk about. The budget 2004 was geared to app
Re: ugnet_: Uganda rebels kill 18, threaten clergy - reports
In a message dated 6/16/2003 12:34:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Army spokesman Major Shaban Bantariza said the army was aware of the threat. "This is not the first time, and we warned the church about it," he said. Did you hear that fellow citizens: Yoweri Museveni's UPDF says abu ..I hear they are aware of the so called LRA rebels threat.. The question is what the hell are you going to do about it? Sit on your [EMAIL PROTECTED]@ and wait for the so called rebels to launch yet another attack against a catholic mission or civilian Acholi peasants? Oh yea I forgot those doing the attack are pretty much known to elements of the UPDF. How then can the UPDF do anything to contain the activities of one of their own? Matek
ugnet_: US Should Have Pinned President Museveni On Congo
Good commentary rather observation, if you want. The Irony is that the US Bush administration is busy "sucking up", so to say, to Yoweri Museveni's Military dictatorship I hear in a bid to fight international Terrorism. so much so that the administration in Washington would rather sacrifice the historical American Values and Principals of seeking the truth, defending the week, seeking justice, fairness in the name of political expediency. Oh America thou has Great Power ..but thou has lost Moral authority to lead the world when thou sides with terrorist Manipulators, con men, war lords such as Museveni. Matek US Should Have Pinned President Museveni On Congo The Monitor (Kampala) EDITORIAL June 14, 2003 Posted to the web June 16, 2003 Kampala President Yoweri Museveni has been feted by his American counterpart, Mr George Bush during his visit to the US this week. The Americans have lauded Mr Museveni for his enormous contribution to the fight against the dreaded HIV/Aids scourge. There is nothing wrong with these accolades. What is wrong however, is that the Americans were not firm enough in their condemnation of Uganda's involvement in the ethnic-driven strife that threatens to tear eastern DR Congo apart. The Ugandan army has been accused of arming some sections of the militia in Ituri province of Congo and covertly instigating ethnic fighting. But the military spokesman, Maj. Shaban Bantariza has vehemently denied the accusations. However, the general public is more inclined to believe the accusations just as they believed that this country's generals were perpetuating the conflict in Congo to suit their selfish interests. In support of that belief, the UN pointedly named former Army Commander Maj. Gen. James Kazini and Mr Museveni's younger brother Lt. Gen. Salim Saleh in the looting of Congo's natural resources. In a word, there is sufficient material with which the Americans could have pinned down the president. Then, as yet, unconfirmed reports that the withdrawing Ugandan army armed the Congo militia must be investigated. If it is established that those are the facts, officers of the Uganda army who were in charge of Ituri should be punished. Mr Museveni must be given the clear message that the world will not stand for this impunity. The loss of human life, dignity and property in the Congo as a result of commissions and omissions of the Ugandan forces should not go unpunished.
ugnet_: Security worse in Bunia despite French troops-U.N.
Security worse in Bunia despite French troops-U.N. By Matthew Green BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Security is worsening in Bunia despite the French troops deployed to the Congolese town where 48 people have been kidnapped and nine murdered in the past week, a U.N. spokesman said Monday. The vanguard of a 1,500-strong French-led force sent to protect civilians from tribal bloodshed said had too few soldiers in place to stop a spate of killings and abductions. "The security situation in Bunia is worsening," said Madnodje Mounoubai, a spokesman for the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUC). He told reporters that of the 48 people seized in the last week, 14 had been kidnapped this weekend alone. In separate incidents, eight people were murdered, one by beheading, and one kidnapped last week was later found dead. The French-led international force began deploying on June 6 in response to clashes between ethnic Hema and Lendu militias in and around the town, which killed 500 civilians in the past month, according to U.N. estimates. Fighting between rival gangs of gunmen has been absent from the town center for the past week, but inhabitants say the disappearances and murders appear to be getting worse. Five of those abducted last week escaped, the rest have simply vanished. Residents speak of gunmen bursting into houses at night and dragging away victims or attacking them as they wander paths through undergrowth and abandoned houses on the edge of town. A sixty-year-old woman described how her brother had told her to flee when men approached them as they were gathering sweet potatoes on the southern fringes of Bunia Sunday. "When I was running I heard some screaming behind me," she told reporters by her brother's freshly-dug grave. "I thought it was a woman, when I came back to look I found he had been murdered." Her brother was killed by a machete blow to the neck. MONUC said it could not say who was responsible for the killings, which it said were generally carried out by armed men in military uniform. Bunia is controlled by the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), composed of ethnic Hema, which like many armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo counts child soldiers among its ranks and has been accused of human rights abuses. LIMITED PATROLS Some 500 French troops have arrived to secure the airport and mount limited patrols, but the French force said it might not be able to guarantee residents' safety until it reached full strength over the next few weeks. "Today we are not in a position where we're going to be able to secure the town, but that will come," spokesman Major Xavier Pons told reporters. "For the moment our main concern is to deploy." The French-led force was approved by the European Union in response to an appeal from the United Nations. France is providing the bulk of the troops, but EU members including Britain and Germany are expected to help. South Africa and Canada are among non-European participants. 06/16/03 11:54 ET
ugnet_: Security in Congolese Town Deteriorates
Security in Congolese Town Deteriorates By ANDREW ENGLAND .c The Associated Press BUNIA, Congo (AP) - Despite the presence of 500 French troops, at least nine people have been killed and dozens abducted in the past week as security deteriorates in this unstable northeastern Congolese town. U.N. human rights officials believe 48 people have been abducted in nighttime raids in Bunia since June 8, two days after a French-led emergency force began arriving, United Nations spokesman Manodje Mounoubai said Monday. Mounoubai said there is no apparent pattern to the abductions, and the assailants have not been identified. But local people blame them on tribal fighters from several factions seeking to control Bunia, the capital of resource-rich Ituri province. ``The security situation in Bunia is worsening,'' Mounoubai said. ``Most of the information we have received is that the people carrying out these abductions are armed men in military clothing at night. Usually they go to a home and ask them (residents) out, and they never come back.'' The U.N. mission is also investigating reports that there are mass graves in the town. The body of one person has been found, and five people escaped attacks, Mounoubai said. Sources who are afraid to identify themselves say 23 of the 48 have been killed. Another eight people have been killed in separate incidents, including a man who was hacked to death Sunday. Red Cross workers buried the man, Alphonse Musubi, under mango and eucalyptus trees in a deserted village on the outskirts of town. Bunia - devastated by fighting between the Hema and Lendu tribes in recent weeks - is now controlled by the Union of Congolese Patriots, or UPC, a Hema militia group. UPC leader Thomas Lubanga denied his troops were involved in the abductions and killings. He said he was meeting his commanders Monday to discuss the situation and would be pulling his troops - many of them children - out of town and into camps where they could be better controlled. The French-led emergency force is under a U.N. mandate to secure Bunia and its airport, and to provide security for displaced people and aid agencies. A 750-strong U.N. force in Bunia since April has a mandate to shoot in self-defense and has not tried to stem the violence between Hema and Lendu factions. The French-led force is authorized to shoot to kill, but analysts and residents say it also should be mandated to disarm tribal fighters and demilitarize the town. So far, some 500 French troops have deployed, but their spokesman, Maj. Xavier Pons, said the force might not be strong enough to secure Bunia for another two weeks. ``The problem is, the airport can take only a limited number of flights a day'' bringing in troops and supplies, Pons said. About 100 British Royal Engineers are expected to deploy soon at the badly maintained airstrip. Bunia has been the scene of some of the worst atrocities in the 5-year war in Congo, which erupted in August 1998 when neighboring Uganda and Rwanda sent troops to support rebels seeking to oust then-President Laurent Kabila. The foreign troops, including those backing Kabila, have withdrawn, but fighting continues in eastern and northeastern Congo between rebel and tribal factions. 06/16/03 10:37 EDT
ugnet_: Uganda rebels kill 18, threaten clergy - reports
Fellow Citizens: I no longer believe that the so called LRA rebels are capable of committing such atrocities against our people and members of the Catholic Clergy. I strongly believe that it is Yoweri Museveni's UPDF (or elements within the UPDF) are committing such atrocities. Indeed, were is or were are the UPDF when the so called Rebels were killing Ugandans and threatening the lives of catholic clergy as well as destroying property of the Catholic church. "A year-long offensive against the rebels has flushed them out of their camps in southern Sudan and back into Uganda. The government has sent in more than 14,000 troops backed by tanks, helicopters and artillery." Even with all this... Yoweri Museveni's dictatorship cannot defend (as established under the constitution) lives of Ugandans and protect property from the so called rebels of the LRA.. Matek Uganda rebels kill 18, threaten clergy - reports By Paul Busharizi KAMPALA, June 16 (Reuters) - Ugandan rebels killed 18 people in the northern district of Apac, media reports said on Monday, and missionaries said rebel leader Joseph Kony had ordered the killing of clergy and the destruction of missions. Ugandan media said rebels of Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) had killed 18 people on Sunday, including a six-year-old boy in the Apac district about 200 km (125 miles) north of Kampala. The reports could not immediately be confirmed. The LRA, feared for its practice of maiming villagers and abducting children for use as soldiers and sex slaves, is engaged in a 17-year insurgency against the government. One missionary leader said the rebel group was stepping up attacks on church personnel and property. "Last week in a radio communication with his commanders he was heard ordering the killing of Catholic priests and nuns," Father Carlos Rodriguez told Reuters by telephone from the northern district of Gulu. Rodriguez said the message had been intercepted because Kony, a self-styled prophet who wants to found a state based on the biblical 10 commandments, was using radio equipment stolen from church missions which use specific frequencies. "We have no reason to doubt the message was authentic," Rodriguez said. "In the last five weeks LRA has burned, bombed and desecrated churches on nine occasions." Rodriguez said the rebel chief is carrying out the attacks because some junior LRA commanders had deserted during recent peace meetings with church officials. "We live among the people and we are taking as many precautions as we can, but how safe are we if the LRA is killing children?" he said. Army spokesman Major Shaban Bantariza said the army was aware of the threat. "This is not the first time, and we warned the church about it," he said. A year-long offensive against the rebels has flushed them out of their camps in southern Sudan and back into Uganda. The government has sent in more than 14,000 troops backed by tanks, helicopters and artillery. 06/16/03 10:45 ET Fellow Citizens: I no longer believe that the so called LRA rebels are capabler of committing such atrocities against our people and members of the Catholic Clergy. I strongly believe that it is Yoweri Museveni's UPDF ( or elements within the UPDF) are committing such atrocities. Indeed, were is or were are the UPDF when the so called Rebels were killing Ugandans and threathining the lives of catholic clergy as well as detroying property of the Catholic church. Matek
ugnet_: Behold Man's Savage act against one other in Eastern DRC
In a message dated 6/16/2003 12:08:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Cannibalisme, anthropophagie et violations des droits de l'homme en Ituri par le MLC de Jean-Pierre Bemba et le RCD/ML de Roger Lumbala Quelques details du rapport de la mission d'enquete de la MONUC. Est de la RDC, rébellions transnationales. Un vase sur un feu de bois fait mijoter des parties intimes des victimes dont les corps étêtés et ficelés étendus au sol à la place du village. Tel du gibier. Traitres - Roger Lumbala Roger Lumbala wrote: Le RCDNational proteste contre toutes les arrestations des cadres des differents mouvements. Dans l'esprit de la reconciliation nationale, le RCDNational demande a ce que les cadres des mouvements qui ont accepte la caravane de la paix ne peuvent pas etre inquiete parce que leurs mouvements ont fait preuve de l'ouverture politique. Le RCDNational demande aux congolais de faire un effort pour la mise en place des institutions de transition. Docteur Ilela.
ugnet_: DRC: UN's multinational force ''totally insufficient'', says crisis group
Fellow citizens and members of the International Community: Like we have always stated, it matter NOT how much UN force is deployed in the Ituri and other parts of Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in an attempt to stop violence in the Region. What members of the International Community need to do is to deal FIRMLY (this is the Key word here) with dictators such as Yoweri Museveni who, in the first place, have acted as catalyst in instigate wars in the Great Lakes Region and Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. That is what we need to do. Also, at this point, all those at war with each other need to be included in a comprehensive all encompassing peace conference organized by the UN preferable with the intention of getting addressing real cause of conflict in the great Lakes Region. The likes of Museveni should be strongly reprimanded or even called upon to resign from leadership positions in Uganda. This then is what I see will bring about reconciliation in the Great Lakes Region. matek DRC: UN's multinational force ''totally insufficient'', says crisis group NAIROBI, 16 June (IRIN) - The French-led multinational force being deployed to Bunia, the main town in the embattled Ituri District of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is "totally insufficient", the International Crisis Group, a global analysis and advocacy organisation, said in a report published on Friday. In its report, titled "Congo Crisis: Military Intervention in Ituri", the crisis group calls for a larger UN intervention force that covers a greater geographic area and stays much longer than the 1 September deadline currently mandated. The existing UN Mission in the DRC, MONUC, is expected to take over when the multinational force leaves. The multinational force is "conceived only as a stopgap, to hold the line until additional MONUC troops are deployed in September", Francois Grignon, the group’s Central Africa project director, said in a statement issued with the report. He added that if the multinational force did not demilitarise Bunia, "it was likely to be caught in competing accusations from all the militias that almost certainly will lead to conflict". Grignon said, "The militias must be cantoned at least 15 km out of Bunia to allow displaced populations to access the town freely and receive relief." By mid-August, the crisis group added, MONUC must also have the physical capability, reinforced mandate and political backing to intervene in support of Ituri's pacification and be geared towards restoration of Congolese state sovereignty. "There must also be sustained pressure on Rwanda, Uganda and Congo's leaders - and their proxy militias - to support the local pacification process in the area and finalise negotiations towards the establishment of a legitimate transitional Congo government," Grignon said. The crisis group also said it was important that MONUC's reinforcement not be limited to Ituri, but to the provinces of North and South Kivu, to the south of Ituri, which have been at the heart of DRC's wars for the past decade and where the conflict's toll has been even higher. "The pacification of Ituri should provide a formula for the wider, directly linked task of bringing stability and security to the entire eastern Congo," the crisis group stated. [For the group’s complete report go to http://www.crisisweb.org/]
ugnet_: DRC: MONUC declares UPC political appointments ''null and void''
The so called Ituri Pacification Commission (IPC) is nothing other then Yoweri Museveni's creation. UPC is within it's right to disregard the authority of the so called commission. Matek DRC: MONUC declares UPC political appointments ''null and void'' NAIROBI, 16 June (IRIN) - The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) has declared "null and void" recent political appointments made by the Union des patriotes congolais (UPC), recalling that only the Ituri Pacification Commission (IPC) was authorised to make such decisions in the troubled northeastern district of Ituri. The UPC recently announced that it had made appointments to the posts of mayor, deputy mayor responsible for administration, and deputy mayor for economy and finance, for Bunia, the main town in Ituri. In a statement issued on Sunday, MONUC said: "Only the institutions from the IPC are recognised as legitimate, not only by all the political and military groups in Ituri, but also at the national and international levels." The mission recalled that the UN Security Council "unequivocally" reiterated its position on this matter during its visit to Bunia on 12 June. "It is obvious that any attempt by a group to act contrary to these arrangements/provisions would be regarded as a flagrant violation of the 16 May 2003 Dar es Salaam Act of Engagement and would not be tolerated by the international community," MONUC said. [ENDS]
ugnet_: DRC-UGANDA: UN confirms 70 killed in Ituri village
In a message dated 6/16/2003 11:26:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: DRC-UGANDA: UN confirms 70 killed in Ituri village KAMPALA, 16 June (IRIN) - The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) confirmed on Monday that Lendu militiamen had killed 70 people in the eastern Congolese village of Nkora, near Mahagi town, Ituri District, close to the Ugandan border. "I have reliable reports of the massacre from an independent source," Col Pieter Harmse, MONUC's spokesperson in Uganda, told IRIN in Kampala. "Basically, the Lendu fighters attacked the village itself, chopping up and killing pretty much all civilians - I don't know if they were all Hema or what ethnic group they were." He said the information had come from a Congolese farmer in the village, not from any member of armed belligerents in Ituri's war. The attack was the second by Lendu militiamen reported in less than three weeks. At the end of May, the Hema-dominated Parti pour l'unite et la sauvegarde de l'integrite du Congo (PUSIC), led by chief Kawa Panga Mandro, distributed photographs of some 250-300 dead unarmed civilians in the predominantly Hema town of Tchomia, on the shores of Lake Albert, which divides southern Ituri from neighbouring Uganda. Meanwhile, Bunia town was reported to be calm after an armed Lendu gang attacked French troops of a multinational force who were moving in convoy about six kilometres from the town centre on Saturday. "The situation is now under control again," Capt Frederick Solano, the French army spokesperson, told IRIN. "There was a fight between our troops and the Lendus. We opened fire, as we are mandated to do, to protect ourselves and repel the gunmen." He said no injuries occurred on the French side and that he did not know of casualties among the attackers. Solano said that the deployment of the multinational peace enforcement troops in Bunia was progressing as planned, despite of the skirmish. He said about 1,200 troops were mobilised between Entebbe and Bunia and that 600 of them were already in Bunia by early Monday. "We also have two more French 'Gazelle' attack helicopters coming in today, to increase our firepower," he said. At a news conference at Entebbe airport on Sunday, a UN Security Council team that had just ended its six-nation tour of Africa implored the countries in the Great Lakes region - particularly Uganda and Rwanda - to help restrain the various warring parties in eastern Congo's conflicts. The delegation's leader, French Permanent Representative to the UN Secretary Council Jean-Marc de la Sabliere, told Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni that states in Africa's Great Lakes region needed to play their part in preventing further fighting in Ituri. [For related report, go to http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=34764] Uganda and Rwanda armed and trained both Lendu and Hema fighters in 1999 when they needed them to fight in their opposing proxy rebel factions, splintered from the rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie, which had tried to unseat Congo's late President Laurent-Desire Kabila. [ENDS] [This Item is Delivered to the "Africa-English" Service of the UN's IRIN humanitarian information unit, but may not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations. For further information, free subscriptions, or to change your keywords, contact e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Web: http://www.irinnews.org . If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this item, please retain this credit and disclaimer. Reposting by commercial sites requires written IRIN permission.] Copyright (c) UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 2003
ugnet_: BBC DESPATCH: NOW MAJ. BANTARIZA SAYS LRA IS A TERRORIST PROBLEM
Last Updated: Monday, 16 June, 2003, 12:14 GMT 13:14 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Uganda rebels 'torch village' The LRA use torture to instil fear Rebels in northern Uganda have attacked a village, killing at least eight people and burning more than 100 huts, the army says. Those killed were hacked to death with machetes and clubs, said Lieutenant Paddy Ankunda. The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is also threatening to kill missionaries, reports the Italian-based Missionary Service News Agency (Misna). The LRA has been fighting the Ugandan Government for 15 years and claims it wants to rule according to the Biblical Ten Commandments. No-one in the world has the capacity to deal with a terrorist problem decisively and very quickly because you do not know which will be the next target Major Shaban Bantariza An atrocious war They are accused of carrying out widespread atrocities, including cutting of victims ears and lips and abducting children to become fighters and sex slaves. "They raided after midnight, broke into houses and indiscriminately killed occupants, before setting ablaze over 100 huts," Lieutenant Paddy Ankunda told the French news agency, AFP. Missionary fear Army spokesman Major Shaban Bantariza told the BBC Focus on Africa programme that the LRA had probably attacked the village in Apac district to seek revenge for the recent killing of one of their senior officers in the area. The rebels may also be trying to punish local residents for not supporting them, he said. Last year, the Ugandan army was given permission to enter Sudan to wipe out the LRA's rear bases there. But the attacks have continued. Major Bantariza said the LRA was targeting villages across northern Uganda, making it impossible for the army to stop them. "The problem is a terrorist problem," he said. "As we know, no-one in the world has the capacity to deal with a terrorist problem decisively and very quickly because you do not know which will be the next target. Father Josef Gerner, in charge of the parish in Kitgum (more than 300 miles north of the capital, Kampala) told Misna that he was extremely worried by the LRA threat against missionaries. "We, as missionaries, are taking them very seriously and do not feel at all that could be interpreted as a joke. Daily violence against civilians in Gulu, Kitgum and Pader (and) Acholi districts make us believe that everything may be really possible," he said. E-mail this to a friend Printable version Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!
ugnet_: Universal Sociology- & the Laws of Nature
" This is a show of force to assure Nairobians that police will use all available means to combat crime in the city," the police source said. http://www.eastandard.net/headlines/news16062003021.htm Police have resorted to using helicopter patrols around the city to fight the escalating crime wave that has hit city businessmen and motorists. Bwanika
ugnet_: Minimum Wages, Welfare & Social Justice
JUSTICE PARTY http://www.dfwa-u.tk Dear Editors I writing in reply to Patrick Kajuma's article in Masindi which appeared in the monitor of today 16 June 2003-"better wages will help end corruption" It is useless to peg wages. Peg life quality to service provisions and basic necessities instead of wages. The fact that prices do not go down should be taken very seriously by all people concerned; National Social Security Fund, (NSSF), Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE) unions, co-operatives and government institutions. Uganda is a very small country economically. High wages will kill off innovation and stimuli to further entrepreneurship among and within society. Whenever prices go up- there are few hands involved in the productive sectors since high wages implies few productive hands can be employed in productive labour. Likewise whenever prices tend downwards- there is a collapse in profit generating units- deflation is always accompanied with collapse of productive entities. Capitalist are profit maximisers hence will not produce for peanuts or low their production margins . To go around the above mathematical problem is guaranteeing that every citizen get a his or her social justice, the solution is not in conspicuous consumption via wage inflation but rather in providing the most basic necessities for a better live quality. People with equal justice will fight for justice and those perverting justice if they benefit. Likewise they help those who can provide them means and ways to justice- hence corruption. Therefore ; medicare, education (pre and post primary education) skill's attainment, maternal care, housing and good feeding for all children below 18 years of age can go a long way to solving the problem of corruption in society but also providing society with a better life value than inflating wages beyond what the productive forces can generate. No wage will ever assure a country of quality life less of those basics. The above can be attained through two or three ways; (1). through mandatory provision by the state or what is termed as public untilities (2).through mandatory provisions through enterprise i.e., all factories and public entities offering housing, medicare etc.(3). through rebates or tickets from i.e. NSSF, Labour Unions for such provisions deducted from enterprise contriibutions. It is up to affiliated entities to seek a less costly way. At least Mahdvani and Cuba can afford provisions for their people. Lastly corruption is not caused by but rather generated by so many factors wages being one of them. Otherwise URA employers will not be corrupt. - Better wages will help end corruption Refer to Wages Hinge On Markets (The New Vision, 1 May). The Executive Director of Federation of Uganda employers(FUE) Rosemary Senabulya was quoted as saying that she preferred minimumwages to be determined by market forces. She also said that in one of theirmeetings with the Ministry of Labour and the Office of the Prime Ministerofficials, it had been suggested that the minimum wage be at least sixfigures. We hoped that this suggestion would be implemented this financialyear but the budget has been read with no mention of salary increase. So, when does the government intend to motivate its workers to work enthusiastically and limit corruption tendencies? With Uganda ranked seventh corrupt in Africa, concerned leaders should think about implementing the minimum wage proposal because the problem in Uganda seems to be that civil servants lack many life necessities and resort to corruption to make ends meet.
ugnet_: THE REFORM AGENDA MUST LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY
Ugandans Comming back into Uganda Politics is not illegal, but The refform Agenda must open their ears and listen to this news from Kenya very carefully. When we serve dictatorial Governments with great loyalty, we must be accountable to our actions. But if we think that we can change our out fits and just move on, it will be like thinking that Federalism brings democracy, actually it is the other way arround. Em The NationNews Monday, June 16, 2003 By DAVID MUGONYI Kanu MPs yesterday strongly criticised Education minister George Saitoti over his remarks that former President Moi's government was "corrupt and inept". They challenged the minister to expound on his allegations if he was principled, arguing that he had served Mr Moi's regime with unwavering loyalty for 14 years. MPs Mutula Kilonzo (nominated), William Ruto (Eldoret North) and Charles Keter (Belgut) said Prof Saitoti, who served as Vice-President under Mr Moi between 1988 and last year, should have resigned during that period if he genuinely thought the then administration was corrupt. The MPs termed the remarks as "politically-motivated" and intended to please some elements in the Narc Government. And a former minister, Dr Amukowa Anangwe, argued that Prof Saitoti "has a responsibility to tell Kenyans more" following his remarks. Mr Ruto said: "Prof Saitoti should stop playing politics and tell the public more about corruption and inefficiency of the government he served without raising a finger. He is a hypocrite and liar." The Eldoret North MP asked Prof Saitoti to "own up and apologise to Kenyans" for he was part of the administration that he was accusing of ineptitude. According to Mr Ruto, Prof Saitoti "sang Nyayo the loudest and is now singing Narc". The politicians said a majority of those who were now in the Kibaki Government also served under Mr Moi and only defected at the last minute after their aspirations to capture the Kanu presidential nomination failed. Mr Kilonzo said: "Prof Saitoti should tell us what he was doing in a corrupt and inefficient administration ... it is like the story of the kettle calling the pot black." he told the Nation on telephone. The nominated MP said some of those serving the Narc Government should be the last people to talk about corruption. "Prof Saitoti should respect the intelligence of Kenyans ... why was he quiet for more than a year when former President Moi left him out and later reappointed him?" he asked. Prof Saitoti, Mr Keter said, was among those who enjoyed patronage during the Moi administration. The Belgut MP said the Education minister defected from Kanu because he was not the preferred presidential candidate. "He only defected because he was not nominated as the party's presidential candidate," Mr Keter said. Dr Anangwe said Prof Saitoti played a "central role" as a Finance minister and Vice-President in the Moi administration and should tell Kenyans more. "If indeed the Moi administration was corrupt, he (the then President) could not have done it alone. All those close to him must have known what happened and, therefore, have a duty to shed more light on what happened and their roles," he told Nation. Having served as VP for more than 10 years, Dr Anangwe said, Prof Saitoti had powers to prevent the menace. He said Kanu had developed new norms and it will never allow the vices of the past to be repeated. Addressing a crowd in Bungoma during the education day on Saturday, Prof Saitoti dismissed former President Moi's 24-year reign as "corrupt and inept". Prof Saitoti told a huge crowd at the Masinde Muliro Stadium in Bungoma on Friday: "Kanu ilikuwa na magendo mingi na uongozi ovyo (the Kanu regime was riddled with corruption and poor leadership)." He said he joined Narc "after doing my mathematics and establishing that it was credible and poised to trounce Kanu at the last General Election". The minister said his option paid off. He asked in Kiswahili:"Si mnaona niko imara (Don't you see that I'm steady)?" Prof Saitoti praised Bungoma residents for their steadfast support for the Opposition over 10 years until Kanu was swept out of power. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
