tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post445694075705145784..comments2024-02-24T06:10:42.255-08:00Comments on Congo Siasa: Interview with Bertrand Bisimwa, M23 SpokespersonJason Stearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11454449854081540397noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-14564969885093346632014-01-21T04:50:43.385-08:002014-01-21T04:50:43.385-08:00Great post! The fact that you means someone is rea...Great post! The fact that you means someone is reading and liking it! Congrats!That’s great advice.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.broachindia.com/about.htm" rel="nofollow">Broaching Facility</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03850712737090635312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-54765854615674999992013-10-07T22:56:36.881-07:002013-10-07T22:56:36.881-07:00The information that are posted in the above is re...The information that are posted in the above is really great.<a href="http://www.efficienthire.com/" rel="nofollow">Automated onboarding</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121328759374501537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-22276254559367612532013-09-17T23:50:26.343-07:002013-09-17T23:50:26.343-07:00Nice.Thank you for arrange the interview process.I...Nice.Thank you for arrange the interview process.It was really great and useful. <a href="http://www.efficienthire.com/" rel="nofollow">Automated onboarding</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121328759374501537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-53619209646064928482013-09-08T12:11:48.393-07:002013-09-08T12:11:48.393-07:00Exceptional write-up I adore your own article; lov...Exceptional write-up I adore your own article; love how we outlined everything, your are performing a terrific career most of other people just like you by way of in which style of beneficial blogs supply understanding to us related to several things. I understand some other fascinating weblogs through your web sites and My business is much serious together with your blogging and site-building abilities, When i additionally begun to generate post and also this sort dialogue definitely assist myself out there. I currently saved your own page and also shared ones websites in order to our co-workers not only myself nevertheless every one of them such as your current running a blog skills, trust people generate more fascinating websites such as this 1 along with all the best for the foreseeable future blogs.<br />Jimmy Wilosn-<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Harley-Davidson-Marlboro-Leather-Jacket/dp/B00BOZ390I/" rel="nofollow">Harley Davidson Leather Jackets</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02378236444802184226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-82001344894225798902013-08-03T00:24:58.432-07:002013-08-03T00:24:58.432-07:00Thank you for arrange the program of interview .It...Thank you for arrange the program of interview .It may help for many peoples<a href="http://www.efficienthire.com/" rel="nofollow"> new hire staffing</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121328759374501537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-6322319672510154522013-05-15T07:33:55.187-07:002013-05-15T07:33:55.187-07:00This position performs functions to investigate an...This position performs functions to investigate and settle <a href="http://www.claimspagescareers.com/2013/04/" rel="nofollow">claims pages <br />careers</a> fairly accurately and in an expedient manner. This is done <br />according to applicable policies procedures and guidelines and in a <br />professional manner.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903437880014810444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-63116568204179369962013-03-20T11:02:25.817-07:002013-03-20T11:02:25.817-07:00@ MwanaCongo
It is contrived to say that you have ...@ MwanaCongo<br />It is contrived to say that you have never been told the root causes of the violence in the Kivus!!!<br />They are very simple & have never been a secret! Here are some straight forward ones:<br />1. Rwanda wants to feel safe vis-a-vis the FDLR (Genocidaires) whom Congo & the UN have miserably failed to disarm!<br />2. The Rwandophones/Tutsi Congolese want to feel safe and equal citizens.<br />3. Uganda wants to feel safe against ADF rebels who use DRC as a staging ground.<br />4. M23 want the March 23, 2009 agreement implemented.<br />Lets start with those - even a simple one like disarming the FDLR would be a start!Shouldn't be too dissicult for 17,000 UN Blue helmets & a well armed FARDC! Look at waht Uganda has achieved with 6,000 troops in Somalia!Dark Eldarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17997454854268536559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-7284435087742479802013-01-31T19:04:55.307-08:002013-01-31T19:04:55.307-08:00we are tired with unlimited talks. can the governm...we are tired with unlimited talks. can the government and M23 reduce the suffering for eastern congo by finf compromises in their demands! I realy doute if kampala talks will give good out come to congolese. because with a corrupt government which wants to stick on power and M23 movement which is not autonomous always acting as proxis of their foreigner godfather. congolese, lets be serious with ourselves..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16567846476689871439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-77251827318601102892012-12-14T02:03:41.222-08:002012-12-14T02:03:41.222-08:00find sone intrersting information
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Not sure if this helps and I realize you are... @Mel<br /><br />Not sure if this helps and I realize you are "bad at social media" but, as Blaise suggested upthread, highly suggest you either join or follow Twitter.<br /><br />In particular, follow a Reuters Videojournalist named Justin Ziras who tweeted the opening of the DRC/M23 negotiations today in Kampala- where, I assume, he is based. <br /><br />Here's how:<br /><br />A) Join twitter: go to www.twitter.com and create a real simple profile. Then, where you see "Discover", type in various "hashtags"- which are search terms in Twitter-speak- related to this effort. Terms like "#M23", "#DRC", "#Congo", etc. You will notice certain people posting on the subject. Click on their name and "follow" them. You can follow Justin by going to his profile: https://twitter.com/JZiras.<br /><br />B) Or, if you have a cellphone, you can actually get tweets as texts from certain folks on Twitter who "do" Congo, as it were. :) To do so, text the number 40404 and enter text "follow xyz". So, if you want to follow Justin, enter 40404 and follow jziras.<br /><br />If the latest news on negotiations is what you want, I suggest the following Tweeters:<br /><br />1) This blog's author: @jasonkstearns<br />2) Justin (Ugandan journalist) <br />3) Digital Djeli: @digitaldjeli<br />4) Melanie Gouby: @Melaniegouby<br />5) Johnny Hogg: @jonnyhogg1<br />6) Howard French: @hofrench <br />7) Daniel Howden: @howden_africa<br />8) Angelo Izama: @Opiaiya (Ugandan journalist)<br /><br />For more Tweeters who tweet on Congo regularly just take a look at who THEY follow and then follow them. Folks who tweet on Congo seem to mostly be academics (Jason, Laura Seay, Mvemba Dizole), journalists stationed in the region (Melanie Gouby, Johnny Hogg, Justin, etc), and activists like ourselves. <br /><br />I personally highly recommend following the journalists. They know the region well and tend to write objectively and competently on the Congo- hard to do given all the emotions/propaganda swirling around these days. I tend not to follow the academics and activists primarily because tweets from both tend to be binary (people who love/have no issue with Rwanda vs people who hate Rwanda) or ill-informed on this issue.<br />I know this doesn’t get to your question about the different forces/mandates but I’m sure if you follow these folks a picture will start to come into view. From what I can gather from @JZiras the opening talks are a) framework discussions- so discussing what will actually be discussed in the negotiations b) predictably confusing and accusatory. <br /><br />Kongo in NYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894096606797552149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-11584213465070154802012-12-09T09:22:24.365-08:002012-12-09T09:22:24.365-08:00@Mel.True theres a lot confusion bse DRC which sho...@Mel.True theres a lot confusion bse DRC which should be providing a solution is confused itself.Thy have decided to take the back sit and let outsiders find a solution to their problems.Believe me no man can put the other mans house in order than himself.June Sinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13979832265252046422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-31161215516512616492012-12-09T07:53:30.666-08:002012-12-09T07:53:30.666-08:00I'm getting confused with the media reports of...I'm getting confused with the media reports of late.<br /><br />It appears that the Tanzanians will make up the bulk of a neutral force and will deploy very soon in Goma and its environs.<br /><br />But does this mean we will have two different mandates in the area? SADC and the UN? <br /><br />Given Museveni's take down of the UN forces the other day- the whole "military tourist" comment- its clear that he and Kagame really just want an effective police force in the region to protect people and search out and destroy all rebel armed groups. <br /><br />This makes sense to me. <br /><br />But is it legal to have two different neutral forces patrolling the same area? Has the UN Security Council agreed to this? <br /><br />I'm totally confused.<br /><br />MelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-61777016539340659772012-12-09T07:47:31.063-08:002012-12-09T07:47:31.063-08:00Thanks, Blaise and www.bachman.blogspot, for your ...Thanks, Blaise and www.bachman.blogspot, for your respective links.<br /><br />Its my thinking that the Congolese people see themselves as a people and, as in all nations, this stems from a shared understanding of our history, a shared language that is a polygot of all our tongues(Lingala), a deeply sensual yet at turns melancholic music (soukous), and a love/hate relationship with our large, bountiful land. <br /><br />Simply, we are a nation. <br /><br />I would argue that we are indeed a nation that is being colonized by a regime which itself is a client of the regime in Kigali and Kampala whom are themselves clients of the international community. <br /><br />One could call it being colonized three times removed. :)<br /><br />It is for this reason that I believe that the nation will-either through this latest crisis, a more radicalized church (Catholic and Evangelical), the growing access to unfettered information by mobile internet, or all of this combined-figure out a means to fashion a state that can actually protect and serve our nation. <br /><br />History has a way of collectively finding someone or someones who collectively say "Enough" and who seek a reordering of the ancien regime. <br /><br />I have no idea what this reordering will look like or what form it will take but it is my strongest belief that it is approaching.<br /><br />And one needs an awakened consciousness to apply the will necessary to create a State.Kongo in NYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894096606797552149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-73105080236455019582012-12-08T13:57:50.635-08:002012-12-08T13:57:50.635-08:00btw... there may still be some people in the DRC w...btw... there may still be some people in the DRC who are fed-up being ruled by their official government...no matter their patriotic feelings or cultural affinities. As I said before, secession is a political decision nowadays (21st century as opposed to the 19th century), and more often than not it is based on rational reasoning rather than on sentiment (Somaliland, Lakota Nation, Catalunya).<br /><br />Look at this short report, and try to explain why the inhabitants of Minova should trust the government aka regime after contact with its uniformed representatives, please<br /><br />http://www.enca.com/videos/congolese-soldiers-accused-allegedly-raping-village-women<br /><br />A conceptual distinction between "the state" and "a regime" is nowhere being made, not on the ground, let alone by the international community. <br /><br />However, these are two completely different models, and it is about time to check whether we talk of the Congo as a state or as a country in the hands of a regime. There are both opinions being aired in this forum, but the difference is never clearly pointed out. <br /><br />A next step could be to check whether the government - or regime - is willing and able to delegate power in order to create a state. The negotiations with m23 may be indicative for this, no matter what we think about M23. <br /><br />If the government/regime does not show a meaningful political will to abandon the patrimonial system for an institutionalized system, people will recognize it as a regime unrelated to their political needs and aspirations, and they will eventually start thinking about alternative routes to having a state.<br /><br />It is highly likely that such an alternative route would bypass Kinshasa, no matter what the international community and its clients would prefer - for the simple reason that Kinshasa (as a pseudonym for an alien/colonial regime) embodies the principal obstacle to the erection of (a) viable state structure(s) on the territory currently called the DRC.<br /><br />Whatever Congolese go for, all the best to all of them, and to all of the expatriates living there<br />http://wimw-Bachmann.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571761574410455365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-18101901049121272862012-12-08T13:25:09.696-08:002012-12-08T13:25:09.696-08:00An interesting contribution by Foreign Policy,high...An interesting contribution by Foreign Policy,highlighting what is lacking in the actual peace process.<br />http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/12/07/the_7_deadly_sins_of_congos_peace_process?page=0,0blaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10271081481475980902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-67570093784116381912012-12-08T10:12:48.311-08:002012-12-08T10:12:48.311-08:00
@Gisa Rebero
Believe it or not, “in principle” I...<br />@Gisa Rebero<br /><br />Believe it or not, “in principle” I can only agree with the tenets of your argument about the generality of enablers of corruption. But you can’t deny the corrupt nature of the extractive industry in Africa and the developing world. You can’t disproof the correlation between abundance of resources and corruption especially in weak, aid seeking developing countries. So until Kagame’s Rwanda has abundant natural resources, it can’t prove how it would work against this well established obscene system. Know that even countries that are better and democratically run like Botswana or Ghana have an opaque, monopolistic and corrupt extractive industries, where respectively British AngloAmerican and AngloAshanti effectively own these economies. And the elite receive int’l patronage as usual.<br /><br />The truth is, the corrupt int’l mining companies stick mordicus to the corrupt status quo and oppose any attempt for fairness for Africans in the extractive industry. Disclosure of contracts as advocated by Transparency Int’l and accepted by African countries is a “dirty word” for them.The system is such that they almost pay no royalties (risk premium excuse); they under declare their profits, and so pay ridiculous taxes if any, which are nothing compared to what they would in Australia or Canada. Cases are just too many in Africa, but Glencore (copper) in Zambia or Areva (uranium) in Mali are typical. <br /><br />It would sound like JK’s apology if we considered the mitigating context that led to the rise of opportunists like Dan Gertler and others in DRC. All forget, or hide, the fact that DRC was IMF-WB $ 15bil debt ridden, broke, isolated. These vultures were then able to impose their conditions for the little they provided. Besides other things, why is JK reviled, is it not because his government reviewed mining contracts (unheard of Africa), or that he sought to upset monopolies by bringing in Chinese?<br /> <br />Finally, you are so right to say that “Dan gertler, he did what his family and his country expect from him”. It seems like the Israeli-Jews are spurred with impunity to make money out of the blood of Africans. It can’t be a coincidence that behind bloody wars in Africa there is an Israeli-Jew. We know the Oppenheimer family in Apartheid South Africa (De Beers, AngloAmerican, Mondi…), Mark Rich (Bill Clinton sponsor late hour pardoned) who sold illegally arms to South Africa, or Angola war businessman Russian_Israeli Arcadi Gaydamak, or in Sierra Leone-Liberia conflict with he who put Charles Taylor in power Herman Cohen and the friend Gus Kouwenhoven. Whenever they pursued in justice, they run to Isreal for cover.<br /><br />Once you become a billionaire, plz contact me. I want to be a billionaire too. LOL.<br /><br />muanacongo<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02679890703198501517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-4094830105301051762012-12-08T06:28:32.957-08:002012-12-08T06:28:32.957-08:00@muana congo@December 6, 2012 12:03 PM said : &quo...@muana congo@December 6, 2012 12:03 PM said : "...So don’t worry about countries that have no “mineral resources” like Rwanda and claim to be corruption free. Where will corruption happen? In the hills? Show me a resource-rich country that is corruption-free, and I will give you serious corruption pending cases." <br />Have you actually read the CPI(Corruption Perceptions Index)2012? Your understanding of causality between corruption and minerals is not objective.<br />I think public governance is closely related to the prevalence of corruption; whether a country has minerals or not, isn't a big deal.<br />Compare the CPI 2012 and failed states index 2012.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Failed_States_Index<br /><br />files.transparency.org/content/download/533/2213/file/2012_CPI_DataPackage.zip<br /><br />In Rwanda a minister was sacked and prosecuted in July for an alleged 4,000Us$ bribe. It doesn't have to be billions Us$ to be corruption. <br />http://www.ghanamma.com/2012/07/rwanda-local-govt-permanent-secretary-arrested/<br /><br />Policemen, administrative civil servants and Customs agents are the one contributing much in the "perception" of corruption in a particular country.That is why many African countries are trailing in the list. It doesn't necessary mean we are the most corrupt but we are still witnessing corruption in Africa as it was done 2000 years ago by the Romans.<br />Transparency methodology does not expose high level and sophisticated corruption as applied in Wall street, the City and other capital markets places.<br /><br />As for the billionaire guy, I think he did what his family and his country expect from him: " Excellence when executing your responsibilities". Dan's duty consists of making as much profit as he can,without breaking any law in his homeland. The other party involved in all those deals is to blame for not doing what they are paid for, namely preserving public interests.<br />Given the same opportunities, few may claim to do it differently. I always dream of being a billionaire(in Us$) before I am 35. That story gave me some clue. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953833321757981990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-28498595725434815702012-12-07T17:50:31.754-08:002012-12-07T17:50:31.754-08:00Interesting points, Bachman.blogspot (??).
I thi...Interesting points, Bachman.blogspot (??). <br /><br />I think something I'm interested in is what, ultimately, are Kabila's positions and concessions?<br /><br />Just seems to me that Kabila keeps having to make these deals with armed groups that, inevitably, lead to both future rebellions and more armed groups. <br /><br />So is the idea just to keep doing the same thing? I guess I just keep hoping he's going to pull something different and new out of his bag of tricks besides "ok, so what positions do y'all want and where do you want to serve?". <br /><br />If that's both the opening and closing gambit then, as Blaise rightly suggests, we will continue to circle the wagons with armed groups- be it M23 or some other Mai Mai group. <br /><br />Am I being an optimist? Does Kabila have something more visionary to offer the rebels that doesn't lead to another rebellion in 2016? <br /><br />MelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-30456591388188380752012-12-07T09:11:07.032-08:002012-12-07T09:11:07.032-08:00Thanks to all of you for the enlightening comments...Thanks to all of you for the enlightening comments.<br /><br />Congo NYC, I think your assessment of the balkanization propaganda as such is right, especially as the term is used in a wrong way as I suggested earlier. However, why is this so deeply ingrained an idea? I think I remember that the headline of every issue of the newspaper “Le Potentiel” carried the line “Contre la balkanisation du Congo” or something to that effect. Is that still the case or do I remember wrongly? <br /><br />If it was true, I could fathom why this newspaper still carries the name “Potential”, which I find a rather depressive summary of five decades of DRC history. Hopefully it will be called “Le Résultat” one day.<br /><br />As regards your questions – or should we say invitation to wild speculation – on the negotiations in Kampala, here is my two pence:<br /><br />* Will they be open to the public, ie press?<br />- No way.<br /><br />* Will Congolese civil society actually be part of Kinshasa’s negotiating team?<br />- Well, Blaise answered this point already.<br /><br />* Will certain parameters be set on the onset by the Ugandan mediators- as in, will there be a clear deadline to the conclusion of negotiations and clearer reprimands if both sides do not reach an agreement?<br /><br />- There will probably a playing for time until Uganda has to pass the presidency of ICGLR to Denis Sassou-Nguesso. He has been traveling back and forth between Kin and Kigali, and he is everybody’s darling since. Given the accusations against Uganda, he might even advance the negotiations. Regarding the time table…there should be two weeks in a five star hotel to discuss the order of business, and another two weeks to mock negotiations, even if everyone knows that they collapsed on day one. However, with the urgency of the matter given in this case I could imagine that the delegations’ per diem degrades to a secondary issue, and we will have some official statements by 15 December.<br /><br />* What is the ICGLR, SADC, and the AU prepared to do to support any deal?<br /><br />- Depends on the deal, doesn’t it – but allow for a counter question, please: where is the Security Council of the CEEAC (Copax) in all that reckoning? CEEAC is the only African Regional Economic Organisation that fields an on-going military peace support operation. In addition, it has declared in summer 2011 a whole brigade of 5.000 odd men of the African Standby Force as operational. Wouldn’t it make sense to refer back to CEEAC as its forces are mostly francophone, and do have some valuable experience in implementing peace agreements?<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />http://wimw-Bachmann.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571761574410455365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-57255996155672441802012-12-07T07:43:37.693-08:002012-12-07T07:43:37.693-08:00Rwanda and Uganda already achieve their main goal:...Rwanda and Uganda already achieve their main goal: positioning troops inside the DRC to shield them from future attacks(Fdlr/Adf). 10 countries of the ICGLR agreed 2 send troops in DRC, including Rwanda and Uganda. for Rwanda, it will have this accrue advantage to have assets on the ground 2 carry target assassinations as it's in the case in other EAC members states. It's rumored that RDF special forces infiltrated Mai mai Cheka to carry the assassination of a Fdlr Commander.<br />Here is some perspective of pres Museveni's mindset<br />http://thinkafricapress.com/uganda/museveni-foreign-policy-chess-game-drc-rwanda-m23<br />It's also important to noticed that he dispatched some of his generals out of the country(1 was serving in Somalia and the other was chief of staff) while promoting one of his body guard as brigadier.<br />that's remind me the sudden reshuffled that occurred in the RDF shortly after the M23 mutiny started. I don't believe in coincidences. blaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10271081481475980902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-60906992882698737532012-12-07T07:12:55.523-08:002012-12-07T07:12:55.523-08:00@Kongo in NYC,
no problem.I'm trying not 2 mak...@Kongo in NYC,<br />no problem.I'm trying not 2 make it 2 personal.We are constantly learning.<br /> <br />That say, I have some reserves about federalism at this point.For 2 reasons:<br />- it raise unnecessary fears about partition<br />- we are still in the "institutions building" stage.<br />One of the problem that is hampering the creation of the 26 provinces is that some entities just don't have the infrastructures and personal to make it work.<br />In the contrary, I will advocate for the actual decentralization system(maybe with some new powers for the provinces) as a transitional phase before reaching federalism.<br />A look around the world show that federalism in a big entity like Congo require a lot of maturity from it's animators.<br />I see that Dodd-franck has been mixed in the convos. From,locals on the ground,this law is the worse thing that have happened to them beside the war. The last GoE letter attested how the law is not effective. <br /><br />As for the Kampala summit, the government went with some senators and deputies. They were supposed 2 bring the Civil society as observers, bared from intervening(that's telling).<br />The opposition is refusing to grow up and shrouded themselves in some dubious juridicism: not being part in a first "contract".<br />The M23 is late. They were sending junior officials (since pres Kabila won't be there) but they have been advice by their members from the diaspora to send the A team so they won't be bullied.<br />I personally don't see the sense of those negotiations since :<br />- it's not inclusive<br />- it create a bad incentive for other militias groups 2 emulate the M23<br />The government doesn't have a comprehensive and realistic plan to secure the region. The way they speak in public doesn't augur a good outcome as far as peace is concern in the Kivus. blaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10271081481475980902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-53119400277714804482012-12-07T01:55:20.801-08:002012-12-07T01:55:20.801-08:00Hello Everybody,
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...@ Mel- I am indeed an tax attorney. Nice guess.<br /><br />@ Blaise- Point taken.<br /><br />@ Muana- Brilliant post. In total agreement with it all- cept Shapiro. I was part of a delegation of Congolese Americans, many of whom are bankers/lawyers in Boston and New York, and while she agreed with Sec 1502 she continued to feel implementation would be a bitch. And, to a degree, she is correct. New Senator Warren, however, is a big supporter of Sec 1502 (and the whole bill clearly) and Boston friends say she will push hard to ensure its implementation- which mostly means funding resources for SEC to do the implementing. <br /><br />@marieb- I also view the “balkanization theory” as a canard pushed by elites in Kinshasa. Our people are mostly peasants with little to no education so this theory passes as a kind of ideology to whip up nationalist feeling since god knows we find no glory in our leaders. Balkanization is a religion- something to have faith in but completely void of reason or empirically demonstrated evidence.<br /><br />It is also, like most propaganda, a study of stupidity. M23 and others are not calling for breaking up the Congo into separate states with their own army, laws, courts, taxation systems, police, border patrol, currency, etc. That would, quite frankly, be very dumb and everyone knows it. Are their elements in Rwanda that seek a “greater Rwanda?”. Sure, but there are elements of the Obama Administration that want open war with Iran and, at this point, this isn’t official policy towards Iran. They are calling for federalism which is clearly expressed in the 2nd Republic’s constitution. M23 wants continued military control over the East- ie, no more “mixage” and efforts to drop the “parallel chain of command”- but what they figured out over the period between March 23rd 2009 and the beginning of the mutiny is that there must be political reform to ensure this control. Kinshasa runs a mafia, not a government, and as such simply seeks ever more power so as to dispense ever more patronage. Federalism is not decentralization. The latter is a devolving of power from the center out and the latter is dividing power between the center and a provincial center- so sharing power equally. <br /><br />In any event, I too am anxiously looking forward to the negotiations. I have different questions about them though:<br /><br />* Will they be open to the public, ie press?<br />* Will Congolese civil society actually be part of Kinshasa’s negotiating team?<br />* Will certain parameters be set on the onset by the Ugandan mediators- as in, will there be a clear deadline to the conclusion of negotiations and clearer reprimands if both sides do not reach an agreement?<br />* What is the ICGLR, SADC, and the AU prepared to do to support any deal?Kongo in NYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894096606797552149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-84364545341934055882012-12-06T12:17:50.887-08:002012-12-06T12:17:50.887-08:00Sorry, i meant Mary Shapiro former US Stock Exchan...Sorry, i meant Mary Shapiro former US Stock Exchange Commission head under whose tenure the Dodd-Franck was enacted. <br /><br />Too close to Wall Street vultures, she was always ambiguous about its application, Some say jettisoned it. But i also remember her paying lip service to it.<br /><br />The point is the Dodd-Franck act will save lives in DRC.Dont listen to coltan and gold traders.<br /><br /><br />Like Senator Obama's DRC Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act. What happen since then President Obama?<br /><br />muanacongo<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02679890703198501517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1209670742820403516.post-58308980674217015582012-12-06T12:03:03.041-08:002012-12-06T12:03:03.041-08:00Even if I should be unwelcome I choose to invite m...Even if I should be unwelcome I choose to invite myself anyway. Deal with it.<br /><br />About Transparency in the extractive industry in DRC:<br /><br />Well, I don’t know why the issue is always “partially” approached. For starters, JK and his government have spent their time counting coltan-gold-copper-diamond-oil money than attending to pressing issues or strategizing about the aggression in the Kivus. Always, aloof, surprised, unprepared and ineffective for combat.<br /><br />Applying Rothschild’s motto that “money is made where blood is flowing”, the Israeli-jew Dan Getler has used “chaos theory” obscenely in DRC. He has sucked dry the poorest of the poorest in DRC by bankrupting Miba in Kasai (diamond), Gecamines (cobalt + copper) in Katanga and Ituri oil. Is it why silence is king and chaos is willed on the DRC and any effort for peace is nipped in the bud at US State Department or UN? Is it why a blood-stained maniac like Kagame is routinely invited to WEF and at Rothschild heir’s meeting in London? Conspiracy theorish: “keep DRC in chaos so minerals can be extracted for through Rwanda”<br /><br />But also, unquestionable NGOs like Transparency Int’l have strongly advocated plain transparency in the extractive industry in Africa. But it has been not African countries, but Western companies who usually evoke “contract confidentiality” to hide their corrupt ways. Not just in DRC, but Angola. South Africa, Nigeria and so on.<br /><br />In bigger African perspective, DRC (a mere couple of $billions) would pale in face of $ hundred of billions int’l corruption in Nigeria (Halliburton and Shell crooks, they have accepted to pay fines for their criminal activities there) or South Africa arms deal (with UK’s BAE or France’s Thales). Short space to go to other African countries that are preyed upon by the int’l vultures.<br /><br />So don’t worry about countries that have no “mineral resources” like Rwanda and claim to be corruption free. Where will corruption happen? In the hills? Show me a resource-rich country that is corruption-free, and I will give you serious corruption pending cases.<br /><br />Here is "my solution" to DRC extractive industry intolerable corruption:<br /><br />(1)Let’s stop play games like assets freeze or travel bans for M23 leaders. Come on, do Makenga or Runiga have homes in USA, do they intend to go there? It is Joseph Kabila and Kagame entourage that should face these measures.<br /><br />(2)Dodd-Franck act should be enforced without delay (sad that SEC … Shapiro had to leave). It is only crooks who are fighting it in Washington.<br /><br />(3)Rwanda does not produce gold or coltan. How come it has become a larger exporter of these minerals from DRC? Let’s ban any gold and coltan export from non-producing Rwanda. Lives will be saved in the Kivus.<br /><br />muanacongo<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02679890703198501517noreply@blogger.com