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[haguruka] An explosive new BBC drama explores the aftermath of Rwanda’s 1994 bloodbath | Daily Mail Online

 

An explosive new BBC drama explores the aftermath of Rwanda's 1994 bloodbath | Daily Mail Online

An explosive new BBC drama explores the aftermath of Rwanda's 1994 bloodbath | Daily Mail Online


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An explosive new BBC drama explores the aftermath of Rwanda's 1994 bloodbath

Secrets, lies and genocide: An explosive new BBC drama explores the aftermath of Rwanda's 1994 bloodbath

By Lisa Sewards For Weekend 17:31 EDT 07 Sep 2018, updated 17:31 EDT 07 Sep 2018

  • New drama Black Earth Rising portrays the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide
  • It has been 24 years since an estimated 800,000 people were slaughtered 
  • Michaela Coel stars as Kate Ashby who was rescued from Rwanda as a child 
  • Kate becomes an investigator for Michael Ennis, played by John Goodman
  • She searches for answers about her past and seeks justice for those killed 

The Rwandan genocide that took place 24 years ago was one of the worst in modern history. 

It's estimated that 800,000 people were killed over 100 days, as Tutsi rebels were slaughtered by supporters of the Hutu government, who claimed to be 'weeding out the cockroaches'. 

Men, women and children were felled by machetes, grenades and bullets in their homes and on the streets, even as they sought sanctuary in churches and schools. 

Mass graves are still being found to this day.

Michaela Coel plays fictional character Kate Ashby (pictured) in a new eight-part drama portraying the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide which take place in 1994
Michaela Coel plays fictional character Kate Ashby (pictured) in a new eight-part drama portraying the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide which take place in 1994
Kate becomes an investigator under international lawyer Michael Ennis, played by John Goodman (pictured left) which inspires her to explore the truth about her past and seek justice
Kate becomes an investigator under international lawyer Michael Ennis, played by John Goodman (pictured left) which inspires her to explore the truth about her past and seek justice

New eight-part drama Black Earth Rising, written, directed and produced by Emmy-winner Hugo Blick – the creator of hit show The Honourable Woman – imagines how the aftermath haunts survivors today.

British actress Michaela Coel, who won a BAFTA for sitcom Chewing Gum, plays fictional Kate Ashby, who was rescued from Rwanda as a child. 

She was adopted by British international human rights lawyer Eve Ashby, a role taken by Dame Harriet Walter of Downton Abbey fame. 

Now in her twenties, Kate is an investigator under international lawyer Michael Ennis, played by John Goodman.

When they take on a case at the International Criminal Court, prosecuting an African militia leader who fought to stop the genocide but is now accused of crimes against humanity in the Congo, Kate begins to question whether she knows the truth about her past, wondering how much her mother hasn't told her – and she wants to seek justice.

London-born Michaela, 30, whose parents are Ghanaian, knew nothing of the genocide previously. 'I was embarrassed by my lack of knowledge,' she says. 

'But I've really tried to understand Kate. Her mum is her rock yet she needs to get answers from her.'

Harriet Walter, 67, is a convincing lawyer.. 

'Eve plays by the book, but she's personalised her work by adopting a child from the Rwandan conflict. 

The Rwanda genocide began after Hutu extremists began 'weeding out the coakroaches'  (Michael Ennis pictured as John Goodman) 
The Rwanda genocide began after Hutu extremists began 'weeding out the coakroaches'  (Michael Ennis pictured as John Goodman) 

'She tried to armour Kate against the evil of her past with privilege and education. But all of this comes crashing down when Kate tries to kill herself.'

The bloodbath in Rwanda began after Hutu President Habyarimana died when his plane was shot down on 6 April, 1994. 

Hutu extremists blamed the Tutsi rebels of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and began a campaign of slaughter. 

The nightmare ended when the RPF took control on 4 July. 

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has sentenced more than 60 people for their involvement, while nearly two million have stood before Rwandan community courts.

'We're familiar with 1994 but not what happened after,' says Harriet Walter. 'You'll learn a hell of a lot with this show. It'll really challenge you.'  

Black Earth Rising, Monday, 9pm, BBC2.



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[haguruka] Who is the New York Times anonymous op-ed writer? There’s an obvious suspect.

 

Who is the New York Times anonymous op-ed writer? There's an obvious suspect.

Who is the New York Times anonymous op-ed writer? There's an obvious suspect.


https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/new-york-times-op-ed-anonymous-writer-trump.html

The Obvious Suspect

The quest to unmask the New York Times op-ed writer has been filled with speculation. But the article's prose points to one person in particular.

A 2014 image of Jon Huntsman.

Jon Huntsman visits Gerson Lehrman Group on Dec. 2, 2014.

Photo by Andrew Toth/Getty Images for GLG

Who wrote the anonymous op-ed against President Trump in Wednesday's New York Times? All we know for certain is what the Times disclosed: that it's a "senior official in the Trump administration." But the most likely author, based on the op-ed's content and style, is the U.S. ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman.

Huntsman is an obvious suspect for several reasons. The article's themes are classic Huntsman: effusive about conservative policies, blunt about low character. In 2016, he made the same points for and against Trump. The topic that gets the most space and detail in the piece is Huntsman's current area, Russia. (As Slate's Fred Kaplan points out, Trump has been circumventing and undermining Huntsman.) The prose, as in Huntsman's speeches and interviews, is flamboyantly erudite. The tone, like Huntsman's, is pious. And the article's stated motive—"Americans should know that there are adults in the room"—matches a letter that Huntsman wrote to the Salt Lake Tribune in July. In the letter, Huntsman, responding to a columnist who thought the ambassador should resign rather than keep working for Trump, explained that public servants such as himself were dutifully attending to the nation's business.

Like other suspects, Huntsman has issued a statement to deflect accusations that he wrote the Times op-ed. But the statement—actually just a tweet—doesn't come from Huntsman. It comes from the spokesperson at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. The full text reads, "Amb Huntsman: Come to find, when you're serving as the U.S. envoy in Moscow, you're an easy target on all sides. Anything sent out by me would have carried my name. An early political lesson I learned: never send an anonymous op-ed."

That's a non-denial denial. The Times has already said that the author's "identity is known to us." So the piece can't have been sent anonymously. It must have carried the author's name. Which means the statement from Huntsman's spokesperson is technically accurate, even if he wrote the piece. And no matter what he says, he's still the most likely suspect—at least until somebody else steps forward to claim responsibility—because the piece is full of telltale words and phrases. Here are some of them.

Country first. The op-ed glorifies the late Sen. John McCain. It calls him a "lodestar," the word used by Henry Kissinger at McCain's Sept. 1 memorial service to describe the senator. It concludes with this line: "There is a quiet resistance within the administration of people choosing to put country first." "Country first" was McCain's presidential campaign slogan in 2008. Huntsman, who idolized McCain, adopted the same slogan for his 2012 presidential campaign. A week ago, after McCain died, Huntsman lauded McCain as his mentor and recalled his motto, "Country first." Huntsman also flew back from Moscow to attend the memorial service.

Malign. The op-ed aims its most specific criticism at Trump's coddling of Vladimir Putin:

On Russia, for instance, the president was reluctant to expel so many of Mr. Putin's spies as punishment for the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain. He complained for weeks about senior staff members letting him get boxed into further confrontation with Russia, and he expressed frustration that the United States continued to impose sanctions on the country for its malign behavior.

That's a lot of detail about what Trump said and did. It's exactly the subject on which Huntsman would be most likely to get good inside information. In addition, malign—which is fancier and more correct in this context than the more popular term malignant—is one of Huntsman's favorite words, especially when talking about Russia. Last year, at his confirmation hearing, Huntsman repeatedly denounced Russia's "malign activity." This summer, in briefings and interviews leading up to the July 16 summit between Trump and Putin, Huntsman criticized Russia's "malign activity," "malign activities," and "malign events." He used the word so profusely that Chris Wallace, while interviewing Huntsman on Fox News, felt obliged to quote the dictionary definition.

Moorings. The op-ed criticizes Trump's "amorality" and says he's "not moored to any discernible first principles." Amoral is a very unusual word in politics—the preferred term is immoral—but it was a favorite locution of Huntsman's father, who used it to describe the Nixon White House. Huntsman seems to prefer the term moorings. In 2009, he worried that the GOP had "strayed from some of our moorings." Three years later, the Salt Lake Tribune reported that Huntsman, in a statement to the paper, "said he wanted his party to return to its moorings."

Impetuous. The op-ed also uses this term to describe the president. It's a rare word among politicians because it isn't widely understood, and it sounds pretentious. But Huntsman loves it. In 2006, he said of tax reform, "We can't be too impetuous." In 2011, he cautioned against hitting China with trade penalties "in an impetuous, unilateral way." In 2012, he chastised Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney twice for an "impetuous" response to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Inclination. The op-ed says officials in Trump's administration are bravely working to thwart his "worst inclinations." It would have been simpler to write "worst instincts" or "worst tendencies," but Huntsman likes inclination. He has used it when speaking about health care, bipartisanship, and troops in Afghanistan. In his July 21 letter to the Tribune, he proudly wrote: "Representatives of our foreign service, civil service, military and intelligence services have neither the time nor inclination to obsess over politics."

Other phrases in the piece also fit Huntsman. He co-chaired the bipartisan group No Labels; the op-ed calls for "reaching across the aisle and resolving to shed the labels." Huntsman often said his campaign philosophy was to "work diligently"; the op-ed says officials in the Trump administration "are working diligently." Huntsman extolled "this great nation"; so does the op-ed. Huntsman's letter to the Tribune warned of "the fragile nature of this moment" and said wise public servants were working to "stabilize the most dangerous relationship in the world"; the Times op-ed frets about Trump's "instability" and says wise public servants are faithfully carrying on "the work of the steady state."

Maybe these resemblances are just coincidental, and somebody else will confess to writing the op-ed. Given the sheer number of people who could have written it—those who work with Trump soon learn to despise him—even the best guess is likely to be wrong. But the central mystery of the piece—why anyone would speak so loudly about serving in a "quiet resistance"—is a big clue. This is a carefully prepared diary of principle and courage that the author can use in a post-Trump world to gloss his legacy. Exactly the sort of thing Jon Huntsman would write.

Read more from Slate:
A Bunch of Trump's Senior Administration Officials Rush to Say, "It Wasn't Me"
Trevor Noah Is Neither Impressed Nor Comforted by That Anonymous "Resistance" Op-Ed
Senior Administration Official Says in Anonymous Op-Ed That He and Others Are Thwarting Trump "From Within"



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[haguruka] Dallas Baptist Universty: Veritas Lecture with Rwandan Ambassador to the USA

 

Dallas Baptist Universty: Veritas Lecture with Rwandan Ambassador to the USA
September 10th, 2018.


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[haguruka] How well do you know your world geography? | UNICEF USA

 

How well do you know your world geography? | UNICEF USA


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[haguruka] Ce qui devrait changer au sein d l'OIF

 

Avec la campagne de Ms/Miss/Mrs ?  Louise Mushikiwabo pour diriger l'OIF, certaines choses devraient changer  au sein de l'OIF :

1.Comme le Président Macron le veut, le siége de l'organisation devrait être déplacé de Paris pour l'Afrique sub-saharienne dans le but de rendre l'organisation  africaine. Et d'ailleurs, le Président Macron pense que l'origine du Français c'est en Afrique.

2.Comme Mushikiwabo dit que la France n'est pas la Francophone, le nom de l'OIF devrait aussi changer. 'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)' ou 'Francophone'  devrait disparaitre pour eliminer le references a La France colonialiste, qui est souvent critique pars a été Louise Mushikiwabo, Kagame et James Kaberebe et qui empêche Kagame de participer dans  les sommets de l'OIF.

3. Ms/Miss/?Mrs ?  Louise Mushikwabo fait campagne comme candidate unique. Elle utilise les fonds du régime rwandais qui ne  contribue pas  au budget de l'OIF.  Avec un avion privé (private jet) , elle vient de parcourir  la planète Terre pour rencontrer tous les  dirigeants des pays francophones. Si l'actuelle Secrétaire Generale faisait la même chose , on dira qu'elle est mauvaise gestionnaire, qu'elle gaspille les budget de l'OIF.

4.Pour la vraie démocratie  caractérisée par l'égalité des chances au sein de l'OIF  et pour donner des chances a tout les aspirants a ce poste, ce qui devrait changer c'est que les Etats devraient ne pas intervenir dans le soutient financier ou politique des candidats. La stratégie d'endossement d'un seul  candidat pas l'Union Africaine n'est pas démocratique. C'est une dictature comme toutes les autres dictatures car  certains Etats qui ne  veulent  pas  soutenir un tel candidat sont obligés de  le faire  dans le cadre d'une  décision collective et non indépendante.

 

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-“The root cause of the Rwandan tragedy of 1994 is the long and past historical ethnic dominance of one minority ethnic group to the other majority ethnic group. Ignoring this reality is giving a black cheque for the Rwandan people’s future and deepening resentment, hostility and hatred between the two groups.”

-« Ce dont j’ai le plus peur, c’est des gens qui croient que, du jour au lendemain, on peut prendre une société, lui tordre le cou et en faire une autre ».

-“The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”

-“I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.”

-“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”

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