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[AfricaWatch] In Eastern Congo, Complex Conflicts And High-Stakes Diplomacy

 
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[RwandaLibre] European Union seeks to stem use of conflict minerals

 

European Union seeks to stem use of conflict minerals

Reuters - 1 day ago
By Francesco Guarascio

BRUSSELS, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The EU's trade chief will present a
voluntary scheme in March aimed at stemming the import of minerals
from conflict zones and prevent mining them from financing war and
strife, EU officials said on Wednesday.

Karel De Gucht's proposal to the European Commission, the EU
executive, will encompass gold, tungsten, tantalum and tin, in a bid
to pressure importers to classify them as coming from areas free of
conflict.

"Work is currently underway to prepare a proposal ... for a
comprehensive EU framework on responsible mineral sourcing in line
with international guidelines," said EU Trade spokesman John Clancy.

The United States defines the conflict mineral zone as the Democratic
Republic of Congo and neighboring countries including Angola and South
Sudan. They make up 17 percent of the global production of tantalum, 4
percent of the global production of tin, 3 percent of tungsten and 2
percent of gold.

Tantalum is used in electronics, while tungsten is used in light bulb filaments.

Initially devised to include only the Republic Democratic of Congo, as
U.S. legislation does, the EU's proposal is now likely to be extended
to a range of conflict regions including Myanmar to Afghanistan,
according to officials.

The scheme will not cover diamonds and the proposal will still need to
be approved by EU lawmakers and governments.

The European Union is already part of the 50-member Kimberley Process,
a government, industry and civil society initiative set up in 2002 to
control the use of rough diamonds that fund rebel movements and human
rights abuses.

The European Union, which increasingly requires its trading partners
to make commitments to political and human rights reforms, wants to
introduce a similar scheme for other minerals and make its disclosure
rules binding for importers, although there is still internal debate
on the issue, EU officials said.

The latest draft of De Gucht's proposal envisages only a voluntary
participation in the conflict minerals scheme, according to officials
familiar with the document.

Under the draft plan, shipments of minerals could be accompanied by a
certificate to guarantee that they are conflict-free. Criteria to
define a conflict-free mineral will be defined in detail and will have
to be respected by the companies using the conflict-free label for
their products.

The list of minerals affected by the procedure is also subject to
negotiations and may become longer, or remain open for future
additions. (Writing by

Robin Emmott, editing by William Hardy)

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[RwandaLibre] Igisonga cya Arikiyepisikopi wa Diyoseze ya Kigali yakomerekeye mu mpanuka y'imodoka

 

Igisonga cya Arikiyepisikopi wa Diyoseze ya Kigali yakomerekeye mu
mpanuka y'imodoka

Yanditswe kuya 5-02-2014 - Saa 16:50' na IGIHE

Imodoka y'ivatiri yari itwaye Musenyeri Andereya Havugimana, Igisonga
cya Arikiyepisikopi wa Diyoseze Gatorika ya Kigali, yakoze impanuka mu
karere ka Kayonza i Gahini, arakomereka ahita ajyanwa mu bitaro bya
Gahini ku gicamunsi cyo kuri uyu wa Gatatu tariki ya 5 Gashyantare
2014. Umushoferi wari utwaye iyi modoka yavuze ko atamenye uko
bigenze, bagonga icyapa kiba cyanditseho ibirometero ku muhanda, nta
kindi kinyabiziga kimusagariye. Umushoferi ntacyo yabaye, Andereya ni
we abamubonye ako kanya bavuga ko yari afite igikomere mu gahanga.
Imodoka y'Urwego rushinzwe imfungwa n'abagororwa yageze mbere aho iyo
mpanuka yari imaze kubera niyo yahise ijyana Musenyeri Andereya ku
bitaro. Nta makuru arambuye twari twamenya ku buzima bwe nyuma yo
kugezwa kwa muganga. Iyi modoka yavaga mu Mutara yerekeza mu Mujyi wa
Kigali.

Foto: Imodoka yari itwaye Musenyeri Andereya Havugimana
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MlMb2r-Vqes/UvQmEq0hCsI/AAAAAAAALVs/lES4YNkW4bU/w480-h500-k/092ae372-5c55-41b6-b684-e74290c89bc4

Foto: Musenyeri Andereya Havugimana
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Inkuru - Igihe:
http://www.google.ca/gwt/x?gl=CA&hl=en-CA&u=http://www.igihe.com/amakuru/u-rwanda/article/igisonga-cya-arikisikopi-wa&q=igisonga+diyoseze+kigali+mpanuka&sa=X&ei=kCL0Uvu9I-bH0AX0roDABA&ved=0CCAQFjAA

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[RwandaLibre] Tanzania : Leta irotswa igitutu ngo isobanure uburyo ikoreshwa na FDLR na RNC

 

 

Tanzania : Leta irotswa igitutu ngo isobanure uburyo ikoreshwa na FDLR na RNC

Author : Izuba Rirashe
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Hezekiya Wenje ushinzwe imigenderanire mu ishyaka rya CHADEMA (Ifoto/Interineti)


 
Ishyaka riharanira Demokarasi n'Iterambere muri Tanzania (CHADEMA) ryamaze kugaragaza aho rihagaze mu kibazo cy'umubano ujegajega hagati y'u Rwanda na Tanzania. Rirasaba ko Leta  ya Tanzaniya gushyira ahagaragara ukuri ku makuru amaze iminsi akwirakwizwa avuga ko isigaye ifitanye umubano wihariye na FDLR na RNC, imitwe irwanya Leta y'u Rwanda ikorera mu mahanga.

Inkuru yatangajwe n'urubuga rwa Tanzania Daima rwandikirwa muri Tanzania, kuri uyu wa 5 Gashyantare 2013, iravuga ko umuyobozi ushinzwe imigenderanire mu ishyaka rya "Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA)" akaba n'Umudepite uhagarariye Akarere ka Nyamagana ko mu Ntara ya Mwanza mu Nteko Ishinga Amatageko, Hezekia Wenje, yabwiye abanyamakuru i Dar Es Salaam ko hari amakuru yatangajwe n'ikinyamakuru cyo mu Rwanda cya "News of Rwanda", avuga ko hari abatavuga rumwe na Leta y'u Rwanda bakiriwe i Dar Es Salaam bagakora icyiswe "inama idasanzwe" (kikao mahsusi).

Abo bantu barwanya Leta y'u Rwanda ngo bakoreye inama i Dar Es Salaam mu buryo ishyaka rya Chadema rivuga ko ritiyumvisha, ku buryo ririmo rirotsa Leta igitutu ngo ibatangeho ibisobanuro, ni Dr Theogene Rudasingwa na Condo Gervais bo muri Rwanda National Congress (RNC), n'abandi bayobozi bo mu nzego zo hejuru mu mutwe w'inyeshyamba za FDLR barimo Lt Col Wilson Irategeka na Col Hamadi.

Uyu muyobozi ushinzwe imigenderanire muri Chadema, Hezekia Wenje, yakomeje abwira itangazamakuru ko umutwe wa RNC wari uhagarariwe muri iyo nama n'umuhuzabikorwa wawo Dr Theogene Rudasingwa ndetse na Condo Gervais, hanyuma ku rundi ruhande ngo FDLR ikaba yari ihagarariwe n'umuyobozi mukuru ushinzwe ibikorwa Lt Col Wilson Irategeka ndetse na Col Hamadi.


Hezekia Wenje yakomeje yibutsa ibitangazamakuru byo muri Tanzania ko mu cyumweru kimwe cyabanjirije iyi nkuru ya News Of Rwanda, iki kinyamakuru cya News of Rwanda cyari cyanavuze ko Faustin Twagiramungu wigeze kuba Minisitiri w'Intebe ubu akaba ayobora ishyaka rya  RDI-Rwanda Nziza naryo ritemewe mu Rwanda, yageze muri Tanzania tariki 19 Mutarama 2014, mbere y'uko yerekeza i Lyon mu Bufaransa.


Ubwo yageraga i Lyon akubutse muri Tanzania, Faustin Twagiramungu, ngo yamenyesheje abahagarariye ishyaka rye ko noneho ubu bafite ububasha bwo bwo kuba bahirika Leta iriho mu Rwanda bakoresheje imbunda. 

Nk'uko inkuru ya Freemedia.co.tz ikomeza ibivuga, Wenje yibukije ko nanone ku itariki 20 Ukuboza 2013, ikinyamakuru News of Rwanda cyari cyasohoye indi nkuru ivuga uburyo Lt Col Wilson Irategeka na Col Hamadi bo muri FDLR, bahagurutse muri Tanzania berekeza muri Mozambique bakoresheje impapuro z'inzira za Tanzania, bikaba bivugwa ko bakoresheje izo mpapuro za Tanzania bagiye muri Mozambique kugirana ibiganiro n'abacanshuro (mamluki) ba RNC.

Gishingiye kuri ayo makuru ya News of Rwanda, Ishyaka rya CHADEMA (ni ryo shyaka rikomeye kurusha andi yose mu yatavuga rumwe n'ubutegetsi muri Tanzania), ryasabye Leta gukora ubugenzuzi kuri ayo makuru, cyane cyane ajyanye n'uburyo Tanzania yaba yarahaye impapuro z'inzira abarwanyi ba FDLR, kugira ngo izina rya Tanzania ridakoreshwa mu mabi yo gutanga ubufasha ku bantu bashaka guhirika ubuyobozi Abanyarwanda bitoreye.

Icya kabiri, CHADEMA yasabye Inteko Ishinga Amategeko binyuze muri Komisiyo y'Ububanyi n'Amahanga iyobowe na Depite Edward Lowassa, gushyiraho agakomisiyo gato gashinzwe gukurikirana igitotsi kiri mu mubano w'u Rwanda na Tanzania, hagamijwe ko ukuri kumenyekana kandi icyo gitotsi kikavamo kugira ngo hato bitagira izindi nkurikizi mbi kuri ibi bihugu bihuriye mu Muryango w'Afurika y'Iburasirazuba. 

Chadema yanasabye ko imenyeshwa niba koko hari abayobozi bakuru muri Leta ya Tanzania baba baragize uruhare mu itangwa ry'ibyangombwa by'inzira byahawe abo bayobozi ba FDLR, ku mpamvu zabo cyangwa se ku itegeko baba barahawe na kanaka. Aha CHADEMA ishimangira ko niba koko byarakozwe byaba ari ikibazo gikomeye mu masezerano mpuzamahanga, kuko bitemewe ko umuturage utari uwa Tanzania ahabwa bene ibyo byangombwa by'inzira na Tanzania. 

Icya gatatu, Chadema  irasaba ko Leta ya Tanzania isaba Twagiramungu gusobanura neza niba koko yarageze muri Tanzania, avuge icyo yari aje gukora n'icyo yari agambiriye mu gutangaza ko yitabiriye inama idasanzwe muri Tanzania kuko byatumye umubano hagati y'ibihugu byombi (u Rwanda na Tanzania) ugenda biguru ntege.

N'ubwo bimeze gutyo ariko, iri shyaka rya CHADEMA riranashaka ko ku rundi  ruhande Leta ya Tanzania yasaba Twagiramungu kuvuguruza ibyo bintu yavuze, agasaba imbabazi Abanyatanzania kuko yangirije umubano hagati y'igihugu cyabo n'u Rwanda, ndetse akanangiza isura y'igihugu cyabo kuko yatumye gifatwa nk'igitera inkunga inyeshyamba, ibintu bitemewe mu masezerano ya Afurika. 

Twitter: @IzubaRirashe

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Tanzania : Leta irotswa igitutu ngo isobanure uburyo ikoreshwa na FDLR na RNC

 

Tanzania : Leta irotswa igitutu ngo isobanure uburyo ikoreshwa na FDLR na RNC

Author : Izuba Rirashe
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Hezekiya Wenje ushinzwe imigenderanire mu ishyaka rya CHADEMA (Ifoto/Interineti)


 
Ishyaka riharanira Demokarasi n'Iterambere muri Tanzania (CHADEMA) ryamaze kugaragaza aho rihagaze mu kibazo cy'umubano ujegajega hagati y'u Rwanda na Tanzania. Rirasaba ko Leta  ya Tanzaniya gushyira ahagaragara ukuri ku makuru amaze iminsi akwirakwizwa avuga ko isigaye ifitanye umubano wihariye na FDLR na RNC, imitwe irwanya Leta y'u Rwanda ikorera mu mahanga.

Inkuru yatangajwe n'urubuga rwa Tanzania Daima rwandikirwa muri Tanzania, kuri uyu wa 5 Gashyantare 2013, iravuga ko umuyobozi ushinzwe imigenderanire mu ishyaka rya "Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA)" akaba n'Umudepite uhagarariye Akarere ka Nyamagana ko mu Ntara ya Mwanza mu Nteko Ishinga Amatageko, Hezekia Wenje, yabwiye abanyamakuru i Dar Es Salaam ko hari amakuru yatangajwe n'ikinyamakuru cyo mu Rwanda cya "News of Rwanda", avuga ko hari abatavuga rumwe na Leta y'u Rwanda bakiriwe i Dar Es Salaam bagakora icyiswe "inama idasanzwe" (kikao mahsusi).

Abo bantu barwanya Leta y'u Rwanda ngo bakoreye inama i Dar Es Salaam mu buryo ishyaka rya Chadema rivuga ko ritiyumvisha, ku buryo ririmo rirotsa Leta igitutu ngo ibatangeho ibisobanuro, ni Dr Theogene Rudasingwa na Condo Gervais bo muri Rwanda National Congress (RNC), n'abandi bayobozi bo mu nzego zo hejuru mu mutwe w'inyeshyamba za FDLR barimo Lt Col Wilson Irategeka na Col Hamadi.

Uyu muyobozi ushinzwe imigenderanire muri Chadema, Hezekia Wenje, yakomeje abwira itangazamakuru ko umutwe wa RNC wari uhagarariwe muri iyo nama n'umuhuzabikorwa wawo Dr Theogene Rudasingwa ndetse na Condo Gervais, hanyuma ku rundi ruhande ngo FDLR ikaba yari ihagarariwe n'umuyobozi mukuru ushinzwe ibikorwa Lt Col Wilson Irategeka ndetse na Col Hamadi.


Hezekia Wenje yakomeje yibutsa ibitangazamakuru byo muri Tanzania ko mu cyumweru kimwe cyabanjirije iyi nkuru ya News Of Rwanda, iki kinyamakuru cya News of Rwanda cyari cyanavuze ko Faustin Twagiramungu wigeze kuba Minisitiri w'Intebe ubu akaba ayobora ishyaka rya  RDI-Rwanda Nziza naryo ritemewe mu Rwanda, yageze muri Tanzania tariki 19 Mutarama 2014, mbere y'uko yerekeza i Lyon mu Bufaransa.


Ubwo yageraga i Lyon akubutse muri Tanzania, Faustin Twagiramungu, ngo yamenyesheje abahagarariye ishyaka rye ko noneho ubu bafite ububasha bwo bwo kuba bahirika Leta iriho mu Rwanda bakoresheje imbunda. 

Nk'uko inkuru ya Freemedia.co.tz ikomeza ibivuga, Wenje yibukije ko nanone ku itariki 20 Ukuboza 2013, ikinyamakuru News of Rwanda cyari cyasohoye indi nkuru ivuga uburyo Lt Col Wilson Irategeka na Col Hamadi bo muri FDLR, bahagurutse muri Tanzania berekeza muri Mozambique bakoresheje impapuro z'inzira za Tanzania, bikaba bivugwa ko bakoresheje izo mpapuro za Tanzania bagiye muri Mozambique kugirana ibiganiro n'abacanshuro (mamluki) ba RNC.

Gishingiye kuri ayo makuru ya News of Rwanda, Ishyaka rya CHADEMA (ni ryo shyaka rikomeye kurusha andi yose mu yatavuga rumwe n'ubutegetsi muri Tanzania), ryasabye Leta gukora ubugenzuzi kuri ayo makuru, cyane cyane ajyanye n'uburyo Tanzania yaba yarahaye impapuro z'inzira abarwanyi ba FDLR, kugira ngo izina rya Tanzania ridakoreshwa mu mabi yo gutanga ubufasha ku bantu bashaka guhirika ubuyobozi Abanyarwanda bitoreye.

Icya kabiri, CHADEMA yasabye Inteko Ishinga Amategeko binyuze muri Komisiyo y'Ububanyi n'Amahanga iyobowe na Depite Edward Lowassa, gushyiraho agakomisiyo gato gashinzwe gukurikirana igitotsi kiri mu mubano w'u Rwanda na Tanzania, hagamijwe ko ukuri kumenyekana kandi icyo gitotsi kikavamo kugira ngo hato bitagira izindi nkurikizi mbi kuri ibi bihugu bihuriye mu Muryango w'Afurika y'Iburasirazuba. 

Chadema yanasabye ko imenyeshwa niba koko hari abayobozi bakuru muri Leta ya Tanzania baba baragize uruhare mu itangwa ry'ibyangombwa by'inzira byahawe abo bayobozi ba FDLR, ku mpamvu zabo cyangwa se ku itegeko baba barahawe na kanaka. Aha CHADEMA ishimangira ko niba koko byarakozwe byaba ari ikibazo gikomeye mu masezerano mpuzamahanga, kuko bitemewe ko umuturage utari uwa Tanzania ahabwa bene ibyo byangombwa by'inzira na Tanzania. 

Icya gatatu, Chadema  irasaba ko Leta ya Tanzania isaba Twagiramungu gusobanura neza niba koko yarageze muri Tanzania, avuge icyo yari aje gukora n'icyo yari agambiriye mu gutangaza ko yitabiriye inama idasanzwe muri Tanzania kuko byatumye umubano hagati y'ibihugu byombi (u Rwanda na Tanzania) ugenda biguru ntege.

N'ubwo bimeze gutyo ariko, iri shyaka rya CHADEMA riranashaka ko ku rundi  ruhande Leta ya Tanzania yasaba Twagiramungu kuvuguruza ibyo bintu yavuze, agasaba imbabazi Abanyatanzania kuko yangirije umubano hagati y'igihugu cyabo n'u Rwanda, ndetse akanangiza isura y'igihugu cyabo kuko yatumye gifatwa nk'igitera inkunga inyeshyamba, ibintu bitemewe mu masezerano ya Afurika. 

Twitter: @IzubaRirashe

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