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UN: “No Evidence Rwanda Helped M23 Rebels in Congo”

Georgianne Nienaber: A more likely scenario has the Congolese government trying to rev up international outrage against Rwanda as control of the east deteriorating.

UN Implicates Obama Appointee in Congo Gold-Smuggling Plot

By Georgianne Nienaber

Georgianne Nienaber: The United Nations accusations against Lawal and CAMAC deserve a complete investigation and Congressional hearings might be a good place to begin.

Cholera Petition Suggests UN Caused “Involuntary Genocide” in Haiti

By Georgianne Nienaber

Georgianne Nienaber: According to the complaint, the United Nations allowed contaminated fecal material to discharge into the Meille River thereby allowing the waters to be contaminated by “omission and negligence.

UN Ducks Blame for Haiti’s Dying Cholera Victims

By Ezili Danto

Ezili Danto: Are we Haitians simply not supposed to notice the stark reality that it’s not the white population, the tourists nor the UN folks who are suffering a mass loss of life due to the imported cholera germ to Haiti? But the poorest Black woman’s children, that is, the masses in Haiti?

Haiti: Uruguay Must Make Investigation Public, Justice Swift

By Ezili Danto

Zili Danto: It’s way past time the US and UN were out of Haiti. Haitians are not at war; this occupation is racist, about false benevolence, forced assimilation and Western tyranny.

“White City” in Afghanistan; Black Heart in Florida

By Kathleen Kirwin

Kirwin: Terry Jones’ Quran burning resulted in killings and extreme danger in Afghanistan. The United Nations ordered all of its personnel to remain locked down in their compounds. A credible rumor has it that the UN will decide whether to completely pull out of the country, despite multiple assertions to the contrary by the UN Special Representative, Staffan de Mistura, who is based in Kabul.

Was Brazilian Diplomat in Haiti Fired for Slamming UN and NGOs?

By Georgianne Nienaber

Georgianne Nienaber: When Brazilian diplomat Ricardo Seitenfus, was abruptly ousted as special representative of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Haiti on Christmas day, timing proved to be everything. The story has barely created a ripple of controversy in the US media.