About 20 African women are preparing to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa, beginning September 1st 2012 for two weeks. This expedition is led by 3Thirtyseven Ltd a nonprofit organisation whose mission is to alleviate poverty in Africa by inviting women of African heritage to join organised expeditions and outdoor activities for the purposes of fundraising for their African country of origin. The highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro is the fourth highest mountain in the world, and the tallest freestanding mountain. This climb will be marked by the 3Thirtyseven launch which is set to bring interested women from all... Continue Reading
By Charlayne Hunter-Gault – Democracy is complex, as Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and former Secretary of State Madeline Albright reminded during a conversation I facilitated at a summit on human rights at the Ford Foundation. Having spent the last 40-odd years of my professional life reporting on long-standing democracies, as well as some of those taking their first baby steps on the democratic trail, I couldn’t agree more. But my years of reporting all over the world also led me to agree with their point that to harness that complexity in a way that allows citizens to benefit most from... Continue Reading
Closing arguments have been presented in the case of Gregoire Ndahimana, former Mayor of Kivumu in Kibuye prefecture. On Wednesday, 21 September 2011, the Prosecution prayed for his conviction and imposition of life imprisonment while the Defence, on Thursday 22 September 2011, prayed for dismissal of his case and his acquittal. The arguments were made before Trial Chamber III composed of Judges Florence Rita Arrey, presiding, Aydin Sefa Akay and Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov. The Prosecution argued that evidence has been presented to prove that the accused played a pivotal role in the commission of crimes... Continue Reading
The Appeals Chamber of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, composed of Judge Carmel Agius, presiding, Judge Mehmet Güney, Judge Liu Daqun, Judge Andrésia Vaz, and Judge Arlette Ramaroson, today heard oral arguments in the appeal lodged by Dominique Ntawukulilyayo, former Sub-Prefect of Gisagara in Kibuye Prefecture. Ntawukulilyayo was on 3 August 2010 convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison by Trial Chamber III. The Trial Chamber found him guilty of genocide under Article 6(1) of the Statute for ordering, as well as aiding and abetting, the killings of Tutsi civilians at Kabuye hill, Butare prefecture, in... Continue Reading
By Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu – Over the past year, the world has watched with great interest as the Arab Spring has dissolved decades of repression. Citizens weary of injustice have stood up and demanded control of their destinies. I wish that oppressed people everywhere in Africa could benefit from the dramatic changes we are witnessing in North Africa. The people of Equatorial Guinea, for instance, an oil-rich country home to the continent’s longest-ruling leader, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, have endured decades of repression, and many remain mired in poverty despite the country’s considerable natural resource wealth. Torture, extrajudicial killings,... Continue Reading
