Help Prevent the US from Being a Safe Haven for War Criminals

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Help Prevent the US from Being a Safe Haven for War Criminals

 

Posted on October 26, 2012

By Jacques Bahati, Policy Analyst 

(Click here to contact law enforcement).

The United States government is seeking help from the general  public and specifically from the African diaspora in an effort to ensure human rights violators and war criminals do not find a safe haven here.  If you have information about any foreign government official, military, police, or members of an armed group that you believe perpetrated serious human rights violations or war crimes and has come to the US--please talk to US law enforcement.  This information can help hold criminals accountable.  This idea was at the core of the Africa Human Rights NGO Round Table that Africa Faith and Justice Network was invited to on October 10, 2012 by the US Department of Justice Human Rights and Special Prosecutions (HRSP).

Every year, the US welcomes people from different nations  across the globe.  Some of them have been victims or know people who have been victims of all kinds of atrocities in their home country. 

It is possible for a victim of a crime to casually run into their attacker at a store, a place of worship, or on the street here in the US.  In May 2011, the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) received information from a Ethiopian-American who had recently encountered Mr. Kefelegn Alemu Worku, a former prison guard who took part in the "Red Terror" campaign in the 1970s during which men, women and children were tortured and executed.  The Justice Department turned the encounter into an opportunity to serve long-overdue justice for the victim.  This is one of many cases which you can read about here.

The justice department works in collaboration with other US agencies, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of State.  The US Congress enacted some statutes that enable law enforcement to prosecute criminal offences such as torture, war crimes, genocide and recruitment of child soldiers.  A perpetuator can also be prosecuted by finding false statements or fraud in their immigration or naturalization files.  

Furthermore, if criminal prosecution is not possible in the US, the perpetrator's visa can be revoked or be denaturalized if the perpetrator had obtained US citizenship.  In 2011, President Obama issued a proclamation expanding the authority of Homeland Security and the Department of State to deny visas to people accused of serious crimes and human rights violations.  

Thus, if you know of individuals who committed these crimes and are traveling the world and or plan to travel to the US you are encouraged to help stop him or her from entering the US by giving any information at your disposal to US law enforcement.  They will investigate and put the individual on a no-entry list for the US. 

If the perpetrator is a US citizen and a former military or current or former contractor and committed crimes such as murder, manslaughter, assault and other violent crimes outside the US, the US Department of Justice can prosecute the perpetrator under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) or the Special Maritime and Territorial Jurisdiction (SMTJ).  This is the case of Steven D. Green and other soldiers who raped Qassim Al –Janabi, a 14-year old Iraqi girl.  He was sentenced to five concurrent terms of life in prison.

Contact information:

- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement:

  Information for Victims of Crima: toll-free number at 1-866-872-4973

- U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division:

  Call 1-800-813-5863 or e-mail hrsptips@usdoj.gov. You do not have to identify   yourself when providing information.

- Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section:

  Teresa McHenry, Chief: 202-616-8385

  Eli Rosenbaum, Director Human Rights Enforcement Strategy and Policy:   202-616-2512

  William Ho-Gonzalez, Deputy Chief Immigration Crimes: 202-305-0654

  Kathleen O'Connor, Deputy Chief Human Rights Violations: 202-305-4367

  Matthew Stiglitz, Deputy Chief International Violent Crimes: 202-305-3646

 Learn more:

http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1203/120330buffalo.htm

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/January/09-crm-021.html

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/July/10-crm-782.html

http://www.justice.gov/criminal/icitap/pr/2009/10-06-09breuer-testimony.pdf

Help Prevent the US from Being a Safe Haven for War Criminals

http://www.afjn.org/focus-campaigns/other/other-continental-issues/82-general/1101-help-prevent-the-us-from-being-a-safe-haven-for-war-criminals-.html

Help Prevent the US from Being a Safe Haven for War Criminals

 

Posted on October 26, 2012

By Jacques Bahati, Policy Analyst 

(Click here to contact law enforcement).

The United States government is seeking help from the general  public and specifically from the African diaspora in an effort to ensure human rights violators and war criminals do not find a safe haven here.  If you have information about any foreign government official, military, police, or members of an armed group that you believe perpetrated serious human rights violations or war crimes and has come to the US--please talk to US law enforcement.  This information can help hold criminals accountable.  This idea was at the core of the Africa Human Rights NGO Round Table that Africa Faith and Justice Network was invited to on October 10, 2012 by the US Department of Justice Human Rights and Special Prosecutions (HRSP).

Every year, the US welcomes people from different nations  across the globe.  Some of them have been victims or know people who have been victims of all kinds of atrocities in their home country. 

It is possible for a victim of a crime to casually run into their attacker at a store, a place of worship, or on the street here in the US.  In May 2011, the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) received information from a Ethiopian-American who had recently encountered Mr. Kefelegn Alemu Worku, a former prison guard who took part in the "Red Terror" campaign in the 1970s during which men, women and children were tortured and executed.  The Justice Department turned the encounter into an opportunity to serve long-overdue justice for the victim.  This is one of many cases which you can read about here.

The justice department works in collaboration with other US agencies, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of State.  The US Congress enacted some statutes that enable law enforcement to prosecute criminal offences such as torture, war crimes, genocide and recruitment of child soldiers.  A perpetuator can also be prosecuted by finding false statements or fraud in their immigration or naturalization files.  

Furthermore, if criminal prosecution is not possible in the US, the perpetrator's visa can be revoked or be denaturalized if the perpetrator had obtained US citizenship.  In 2011, President Obama issued a proclamation expanding the authority of Homeland Security and the Department of State to deny visas to people accused of serious crimes and human rights violations.  

Thus, if you know of individuals who committed these crimes and are traveling the world and or plan to travel to the US you are encouraged to help stop him or her from entering the US by giving any information at your disposal to US law enforcement.  They will investigate and put the individual on a no-entry list for the US. 

If the perpetrator is a US citizen and a former military or current or former contractor and committed crimes such as murder, manslaughter, assault and other violent crimes outside the US, the US Department of Justice can prosecute the perpetrator under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) or the Special Maritime and Territorial Jurisdiction (SMTJ).  This is the case of Steven D. Green and other soldiers who raped Qassim Al –Janabi, a 14-year old Iraqi girl.  He was sentenced to five concurrent terms of life in prison.

Contact information:

- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement:

  Information for Victims of Crima: toll-free number at 1-866-872-4973

- U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division:

  Call 1-800-813-5863 or e-mail hrsptips@usdoj.gov. You do not have to identify   yourself when providing information.

- Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section:

  Teresa McHenry, Chief: 202-616-8385

  Eli Rosenbaum, Director Human Rights Enforcement Strategy and Policy:   202-616-2512

  William Ho-Gonzalez, Deputy Chief Immigration Crimes: 202-305-0654

  Kathleen O'Connor, Deputy Chief Human Rights Violations: 202-305-4367

  Matthew Stiglitz, Deputy Chief International Violent Crimes: 202-305-3646

 Learn more:

http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1203/120330buffalo.htm

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/January/09-crm-021.html

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/July/10-crm-782.html

http://www.justice.gov/criminal/icitap/pr/2009/10-06-09breuer-testimony.pdf

http://www.7sur7.cd/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=41129:-laffaire-des-drones-a-deployer-a-lest-le-rwanda-veut-tout-decider-sur-la-rdc&catid=24:le-phare

L'affaire des drones à déployer à l'Est - Le Rwanda veut tout décider sur la RDC

JEUDI, 10 JANVIER 2013 12:03

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Déjà exprimée en 2008 par Alan Ross, à l'époque où il assumait les charges de Représentant Spécial du Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo, l'idée de l'utilisation des drones (avions téléguidés sans pilotes) pour la surveillance de la partie Est du territoire congolais vient d'être relancée par Hervé Ladsous, Chef du Département de Maintien de la Paix de l'Onu . Malheureusement, son souci de vouloir améliorer la collecte des renseignements militaires en vue de mieux lutter contre l'instabilité et l'insécurité à la frontière congolo-ougando-rwandaise n'avait pas rencontré l'adhésion des participants.

Longuement entendu à huis clos, à cet effet, le mardi 09 janvier 2013, au niveau du Conseil de Sécurité, Hervé Ladsous emble avoir plus de chance de convaincre qu'Alan Ross. On croit savoir que les révélations du panel d'experts des Nations Unies sur l'implication du Rwanda et de l'Ouganda dans les activités de la rébellion du M23 ainsi que l'installation de ce mouvement rebelle dans la durée au Nord-Kivu constituent des facteurs favorables à la réussite de sa démarche.

Selon le plan d'Hervé Ladsous, la surveillance aérienne de l'Est de la République Démocratique du Congo devrait reposer, dans un premier temps, sur trois drones, en plus d'hélicoptères et d'autres matériels. Au stade actuel, le vent semble tourner en faveur de notre pays. On laisse entendre que la majorité des membres du Conseil de Sécurité ne verraient aucun mal à ce que les drones soient mis à contribution pour la sécurisation de la partie Est de la RDC, afin de mettre un terme aux accusations et contre-accusations entre la RDC, le Rwanda et l'Ouganda au sujet des activités des forces négatives qui chercheraient à les déstabiliser. En effet, il est fait état du quitus de la France, des Etats-Unis d'Amérique et du Royaume Uni à la proposition de ce responsable onusien. Mais, l'opposition à la requête d'Hervé Ladsous se fait entendre à travers les voix des représentants de la Chine et de la Russie, pour des raisons non dévoilées.

Comme s'il s'agissait de son territoire, le Rwanda s'oppose 

Alors que les réticences de certains pays paraissent plus ou moins timides, le Rwanda a pour sa part protesté bruyamment. Fort de son statut de nouveau membre non permanent du Conseil de sécurité depuis le 1er janvier 2013, le pays de Paul Kagame a opposé une fin de non recevoir au projet défendu par Hervé Ladsous. Selon Olivier Nduhungirehe, Premier Conseiller à l'ambassade du Rwanda aux Nations Unies, « il n'est pas sage d'utiliser un objet électronique dont nous n'avons pas assez d'informations... L'Afrique ne doit pas être un lieu d'expérimentation des gadgets électroniques des services des renseignements occidentaux ».

La délégation rwandaise présente à New York a soutenu que l'usage des drones risque de poser le problème du respect de la souveraineté des pays limitrophes à la RDC. Dans l'hypothèse où la proposition d'Hervé Ladsous seyait approuvée, a-t-elle fait savoir, la Monusco devrait être assimilée à une des parties belligérantes sur le territoire congolais.

De leur côté, les observateurs s'étonnent de l'attitude du Rwanda au Conseil de Sécurité des Nations Unies. Les maîtres de Kigali s'opposent à un projet visant le retour d'une paix durable en RDC et dans l'ensemble de la sous-région des Grands Lacs, comme si le territoire congolais faisait partie du Rwanda. Une telle réaction donne à penser que Paul Kagame et ses lieutenants craignent que soit découvert leur jeu malsain consistant à soutenir militairement non seulement le M23 mais aussi d'autres forces négatives telles que les FDLR (Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Rwanda) et le conglomérat de nébuleuses Mai-Mai.

Le Rwanda a certainement des choses à cacher au niveau de sa frontière avec le Congo démocratique. S'il n'a pas d!agenda caché, Paul Kagame devrait se réjouir de la présence des drones dans l'espace aérien congolais, lui qui s'est toujours plaint de l'instrumentalisation, par les autorités congolaises, des miliciens génocidaires Interhamwe présents en grand nombre dans les rangs des FDLR.

Il est bizarre que le Rwanda fasse systématiquement obstruction à .toutes les initiatives de nature à ramener la paix au Congo. Des millions de Congolais constatent, avec indignation et amertume, que ce pays voisin qui prétend être la solution incontournable à la crise congolaise, est devenu plutôt un problème insoluble.

On se rappelle que lors de la sortie du Mapping Report ayant dénoncé des violations massives des droits de l'homme en RDC par l'armée rwandaise et le CNDP, le régime de Kigali avait élevé une vive protestation, le qualifiant de tissus de mensonges. Tout récemment, c'est encore le Rwanda qui a violemment remis en cause le rapport des experts des Nations Unies l'ayant formellement épinglé comme un des sponsors du M23.

Mais, quelque part, les autorités congolaises partagent une large part de responsabilité dans l'efficacité de la politique rwandaise consistant à transformer en «vérités» les «mensonges» sur la situation sécuritaire dans l'Est de la RDC. La mollesse de la diplomatie congolaise et le flou entretenu au sujet des relations soutenues avec le Rwanda, en dépit de son statut d'agresseur, ne peuvent que perturber les Etats disposés à soutenir la cause congolaise. La voix du Rwanda semble mieux écoutée sur la scène internationale car ce pays ne verse pas dans des prises de position hypocrites lorsqu'il s'agit de la défense de ses intérêts vitaux. Il est bon de rappeler que lors de son tout récent entretien téléphonique avec Barack Obama, le président rwandais Paul Kagame a déploré le déficit de leadership et la mauvaise gouvernance au Congo. C'était une façon de faire savoir à son homologue que les Congolais sont eux-mêmes responsables de leurs malheurs politiques, sécurit aires, économiques et autres.

L'opinion congolaise pense que le Conseil de Sécurité devrait s'interroger de façon particulière sur le cas de son nouveau membre non permanent qui prétend travailler pour la recherche d'une paix durable en RDCongo mais qui, paradoxalement, brille par des gesticulations suspectes au moment où la Monusco, qu'il a toujours accusé de ne pas contribuer à la stabilisation de la sous-région des Grands Lacs, s'apprête à recevoir des appareils sophistiqués de surveillance aérienne de la partie Est de son voisin.
Kimp 

Rwanda/DRC: How an Ant Crushes an Elephant

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Jan-10-2013 23:52

How an Ant Crushes an Elephant

Jennifer Fierberg, MSW Salem-News.com

President Obama's bill regarding Eastern DRC specifically calls for sanctions on foreign aid to any country working to destabilize The Congo.

(WASHINGTON DC) - On January 3, 2012 President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 despite his own threat to veto it over exclusions on closing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. While most Americans will read this this Act for how it affects them, as they should, there is a small portion that has the potential to greatly affect Central Africa.

In sec. 1283 there are specifics regarding Joseph Kony and the LRA and sec. 1284 is specific to any supporter of the M23 which is the current most talked about rebel group in Eastern DRC. This bill was followed closely through both the House and Senate and committees to be sure that this part of the Act was not removed by either chamber. Obama could have vetoed the entire bill based on any item but he did not.

So what does any of this mean for Central Africa? Based on President Obama's history of inaction in this region of the world the current NDAA for 2013 will most likely have little effect.

President Obama created the most comprehensive bill in regards to Eastern DRC with Hillary Clinton, P.L. 109-456, that specifically states that any country found to be working to destabilize the DRC would be sanctioned by withholding Foreign Assistance.

There is a mountain of proof against the Government of Rwanda and there long history of causing wars in Eastern DRC all the way back to 1996. Report after report exists, proving that the Government of Rwanda has worked tirelessly to destabilize this region in a geo-strategic war for resource control. Yet President Obama has done nothing to enforce this well written and comprehensive plan. Nothing.

Numerous human rights organizations, activists and journalists have petitioned him. They took to Twitter to ask him to take action against those who are currently destabilizing the region. Many also sought the ear of Ambassador Susan Rice hoping she would find compassion for the people of DRC and take steps to sanction the key players in this conflict in the Government of Rwanda, but she also turned a deaf ear.  Although, this move backfired on her when it was discovered that she has a long standing and close personal relationship with President Kagame of Rwanda which clouded her judgment to assist the people suffering, dying and being raped in Eastern Congo.

DRC President President Kabila

As President Obama is approaching his second term as the U.S. President, many have lost faith in his ability to take any kind of formal action in Central Africa. Recently, the U.S. government took action against Russia under the Magnitsky Billaccusing them of human rights violations against one prisoner who died of an untreated health issue while awaiting trial and cut hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid. This prisoner was a whistle blower that found a quarter of a billion dollars had been acquired by a massive fraud involving Russian tax officials.

Now, the death of one in Russia led to cutting millions of dollars in aid to Russia and in turn Russia has ceased all foreign adoptions to U.S. citizens. Now compare that to Eastern DRC where approximately (Probably well over) 5 million people have perished in one of the longest ongoing war zones in recent history and the US government has done nothing besides the minor sanctions of a few rebel leaders of the M23 who could care less about travel bans and the freezing of foreign assets.

President Obama placed a phone call to President Kagame and stated that any and all alleged assistance and support to the M23 "is inconsistent with Rwanda's desire for stability and peace."  This same phone call was made to President Kabila of the DRC. Concerned parties can only speculate what President Obama had in mind during this call. It was made on December 18, 2012 just a few weeks before the NDAA was signed. Did Obama have this Act in mind when he made that phone call? Was it made out of guilt from years upon years of inaction on P.L. 109-456? Only time will tell.

President Paul Kagame and President Museveni of Uganda

Rwanda is one tenth the size of DRC and has been able to murder, rape, pillage and destroy with impunity while the international community has turned a blind eye. Over the last year the UNSC Group of Experts turned the head of the international community with their damaging reports systematically proving Rwanda's involvement in Eastern Congo which has led to millions of dollars in foreign aid cuts to Rwanda. But is any of this enough?

Rwanda responded with their rebuttal report to disprove the Group of Experts report but, frankly, no one but the Government of Rwanda and her supporters actually believes them and only Rwanda denies the UN GoE report.

There is no doubt that the UN and the UNSC has failed the people of the DRC even in light of the mountains of evidence showing Rwanda as the main aggressive force in DRC and at this point it will take an Executive Order from President Obama in order for any sanctions to be applied to the Government of Rwanda.

Activists, concerned citizens, human rights groups and journalists must all keep pressure on the US government to enforce this section of the Act. Without public pressure nothing will happen.

Will his second term as the leader of the most powerful country in the world prove to be any different than his first term? Only time will tell.

_________________________________

Jennifer Fierberg is a social worker in the US working on peace and justice issues in Africa with an emphasis on the crisis in Rwanda and throughout the central region of Africa. Her articles have been published on many humanitarian sites that are also focused on changing the world through social, political and personal action.

Jennifer has extensive background working with victims of trauma and domestic violence, justice matters as well as individual and family therapy. Passionate and focused on bringing the many humanitarian issues that plague the African Continent to the awareness of the developed world in order to incite change. She is a correspondent, Assistant Editor, and Volunteer Coordinator for NGO News Africa through the volunteer project of the UN. Jennifer was also the media co-coordinator and senior funding executive for The Africa Global Village. You can write to Jennifer atjfierberg@ymail.com. Jennifer comes to www.Salem-News.com with a great deal of experience and passion for working to stop human right violation in Africa.

Rwanda/DRC: How an Ant Crushes an Elephant

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Jan-10-2013 23:52

How an Ant Crushes an Elephant

Jennifer Fierberg, MSW Salem-News.com

President Obama's bill regarding Eastern DRC specifically calls for sanctions on foreign aid to any country working to destabilize The Congo.

(WASHINGTON DC) - On January 3, 2012 President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 despite his own threat to veto it over exclusions on closing the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. While most Americans will read this this Act for how it affects them, as they should, there is a small portion that has the potential to greatly affect Central Africa.

In sec. 1283 there are specifics regarding Joseph Kony and the LRA and sec. 1284 is specific to any supporter of the M23 which is the current most talked about rebel group in Eastern DRC. This bill was followed closely through both the House and Senate and committees to be sure that this part of the Act was not removed by either chamber. Obama could have vetoed the entire bill based on any item but he did not.

So what does any of this mean for Central Africa? Based on President Obama's history of inaction in this region of the world the current NDAA for 2013 will most likely have little effect.

President Obama created the most comprehensive bill in regards to Eastern DRC with Hillary Clinton, P.L. 109-456, that specifically states that any country found to be working to destabilize the DRC would be sanctioned by withholding Foreign Assistance.

There is a mountain of proof against the Government of Rwanda and there long history of causing wars in Eastern DRC all the way back to 1996. Report after report exists, proving that the Government of Rwanda has worked tirelessly to destabilize this region in a geo-strategic war for resource control. Yet President Obama has done nothing to enforce this well written and comprehensive plan. Nothing.

Numerous human rights organizations, activists and journalists have petitioned him. They took to Twitter to ask him to take action against those who are currently destabilizing the region. Many also sought the ear of Ambassador Susan Rice hoping she would find compassion for the people of DRC and take steps to sanction the key players in this conflict in the Government of Rwanda, but she also turned a deaf ear.  Although, this move backfired on her when it was discovered that she has a long standing and close personal relationship with President Kagame of Rwanda which clouded her judgment to assist the people suffering, dying and being raped in Eastern Congo.

DRC President President Kabila

As President Obama is approaching his second term as the U.S. President, many have lost faith in his ability to take any kind of formal action in Central Africa. Recently, the U.S. government took action against Russia under the Magnitsky Billaccusing them of human rights violations against one prisoner who died of an untreated health issue while awaiting trial and cut hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid. This prisoner was a whistle blower that found a quarter of a billion dollars had been acquired by a massive fraud involving Russian tax officials.

Now, the death of one in Russia led to cutting millions of dollars in aid to Russia and in turn Russia has ceased all foreign adoptions to U.S. citizens. Now compare that to Eastern DRC where approximately (Probably well over) 5 million people have perished in one of the longest ongoing war zones in recent history and the US government has done nothing besides the minor sanctions of a few rebel leaders of the M23 who could care less about travel bans and the freezing of foreign assets.

President Obama placed a phone call to President Kagame and stated that any and all alleged assistance and support to the M23 "is inconsistent with Rwanda's desire for stability and peace."  This same phone call was made to President Kabila of the DRC. Concerned parties can only speculate what President Obama had in mind during this call. It was made on December 18, 2012 just a few weeks before the NDAA was signed. Did Obama have this Act in mind when he made that phone call? Was it made out of guilt from years upon years of inaction on P.L. 109-456? Only time will tell.

President Paul Kagame and President Museveni of Uganda

Rwanda is one tenth the size of DRC and has been able to murder, rape, pillage and destroy with impunity while the international community has turned a blind eye. Over the last year the UNSC Group of Experts turned the head of the international community with their damaging reports systematically proving Rwanda's involvement in Eastern Congo which has led to millions of dollars in foreign aid cuts to Rwanda. But is any of this enough?

Rwanda responded with their rebuttal report to disprove the Group of Experts report but, frankly, no one but the Government of Rwanda and her supporters actually believes them and only Rwanda denies the UN GoE report.

There is no doubt that the UN and the UNSC has failed the people of the DRC even in light of the mountains of evidence showing Rwanda as the main aggressive force in DRC and at this point it will take an Executive Order from President Obama in order for any sanctions to be applied to the Government of Rwanda.

Activists, concerned citizens, human rights groups and journalists must all keep pressure on the US government to enforce this section of the Act. Without public pressure nothing will happen.

Will his second term as the leader of the most powerful country in the world prove to be any different than his first term? Only time will tell.

_________________________________

Jennifer Fierberg is a social worker in the US working on peace and justice issues in Africa with an emphasis on the crisis in Rwanda and throughout the central region of Africa. Her articles have been published on many humanitarian sites that are also focused on changing the world through social, political and personal action.

Jennifer has extensive background working with victims of trauma and domestic violence, justice matters as well as individual and family therapy. Passionate and focused on bringing the many humanitarian issues that plague the African Continent to the awareness of the developed world in order to incite change. She is a correspondent, Assistant Editor, and Volunteer Coordinator for NGO News Africa through the volunteer project of the UN. Jennifer was also the media co-coordinator and senior funding executive for The Africa Global Village. You can write to Jennifer atjfierberg@ymail.com. Jennifer comes to www.Salem-News.com with a great deal of experience and passion for working to stop human right violation in Africa.