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Dorothée Nyiranzabarantumye was found dead in her bed after three days. she was killed by unknown people.
She was a resident of Gahogo at Nyamabuye sector in Muhanga district.

Nyiranzabarantumye is said to have been engaged in prostitution for the past two years as confirmed by about ten prostitutes IGIHE talked to.

These prostitutes told IGIHE that Nyiranzabarantumye had been waiting for two men (clients) on August 15. That day she was with a fellow sex worker identified as Clarisse. She later agreed to one man with whom she went to her house.

The following day, she was not seen as her house door was locked with a padlock from the outside. Neighbours thought she had travelled somewhere. Some thought she had travelled to meet her two children living in Kamonyi district.

Neighbours remained suspicious of the whereabouts of Nyiranzabarantumye because whenever she travelled somewhere, she could leave her house Keys with the neighbours and would also tell them where she had gone. However, this time it was different.

Neighbours further say Nyiranzabarantumye had no dispute with anyone.

They notified local authorities and Police who later broke the padlock and entered the house only to find the naked lifless body of Nyiranzabarantumye in bed covered with bedsheets.

She had been strangled using a bedsheet. The person who strangled her took her telephone and switched it off. The Killer later locked the house with a padlock.

However, others suspect Habineza the father of her two kids to have had a hand in this murder. efforts to reach Habineza for comment were futile.

Mugunga Jean Baptiste,the Executive Secretary of Nyamabuye sector said, they learnt of the death of Nyiranzabarantumye late.

He further said that the local leadership had on many occassions urged prostitutes to stop their trade and engage in other developmental activities.

The Mozambican President, Armando Guebuza also the chairperson of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) has said he will be visiting Rwanda for talks seeking to better understand the conflict between Rwanda and the DRC.

“I believe that there is always room for dialogue between the two: Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo,” SADC chairperson said at the end of the 32nd Summit of Heads of State and Government held in Mozambique’s capital Maputo.

Guebuza, did not specify the date for the visit. The main purpose of his visit is to give contribution as SADC chairperson, Radio Mozambique reported on Sunday.

During the two-day summit leaders of the SADC discussed, political instability in DR Congo, the issue over Madagascar, the recent war allegations between Malawi and Tanzania over the lake Niassa, and others.

Xinhua

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and the country’s government officials converged in the province of Rutana (east) for a government retreat to assess the steps taken in the integration of Burundi into East African Community (EAC).

The retreat held at the begining of last week was organized by the Ministry in the Presidency in charge of the affairs of the Community of East Africa.

The retreat has the overall objective of evaluating the EAC heads of states summit that was held in Burundi, the first conference on the development of Lake Tanganyika and the prospects for integration of Burundi.

Burundi has provided in the past year, the chairmanship of the EAC Summit, organized the first conference on the development of Lake Tanganyika, which was an unprecedented success.

Russian activists have sued Madonna for millions of dollars, claiming they were offended by her support for gay rights during a recent concert in St. Petersburg.

Anti-gay sentiment is strong in Russia. In St. Petersburg, a law passed in February makes it illegal to promote homosexuality to minors, and the author of that law has pointed to the presence of children as young as 12 at Madonna’s concert on Aug. 9.

Russian news agencies quote Alexander Pochuyev, a lawyer representing the nine activists, as saying the suit was filed Friday against Madonna, the organizer of her concert, and the hall where it was held, asking for damages totaling 333 million rubles, or nearly $10.5 million.

Responding to criticism that the plaintiffs were stuck in the Middle Ages, the lawyer said they were using civilized, modern methods to defend their rights.

“No one is burning anyone at the stake or carrying out an Inquisition,” Pochuyev was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying. “Modern civilization requires tolerance and respect for different values.”

The complaint includes a video taken at the concert showing Madonna stomping on an Orthodox cross and asking fans to raise their hands to show the pink armbands in support of gays and lesbians that were distributed among the audience, the new agency reported.

Madonna’s spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg, did not immediately respond to e-mails asking for the singer’s reaction to the lawsuit.

Madonna also has angered conservative Russians with her support for Pussy Riot.

Three members of the punk band were sentenced Friday to two years in prison for a protest inside Moscow’s main cathedral against Vladimir Putin and his cozy relationship with the Russian Orthodox Church.

Madonna spoke out in support of the group during her concert in St. Petersburg and two days earlier in Moscow.

After the verdict was issued, Madonna called on “all those who love freedom to condemn this unjust punishment.”

There are regional issues with challenges and opportunities, some of which will be there for some time. These issues end up being international.

They are complicated even further by international actors. This is the situation we have in the Congo.

Looking at it superficially, as some have, it is easy to apportion the blame; indeed, put the blame on Rwanda’s shoulders. But this problem has not been caused nor abetted by Rwanda.

In the past three to four years, no one has worked as hard as Rwanda for peace in both our country and our neighbours. The recent problem was created by the international community – our partners.

They don’t listen, nor provide the solution, they just keep creating problems. We know our problems and those of the region better than they do; we are genuine about wanting to find a solution.

They will come, run over everything and when things explode, turn around and blame it on you.

The Democratic Republic of Congo had elections. We tried to play a very positive role with the government in Congo despite its many problems.

We worked together on security challenges that have affected us for the past 18 years.

Some people are not happy about that so they come up with the idea to have certain people arrested in the Congo for justice, for accountability, which is good if only it wasn’t selective.

They came to us and said, “You know what, we want to arrest some people in Congo and we want you to help arrest these people.”

Go ahead and arrest them, why do you even come to us? They said, “No, we want you to help the government of DRC arrest so and so.”

First Publsished in Africa Review

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Sunday accused the British police of attempting to storm the mission last week in a bid to spirit him away to Sweden in defiance of the Vienna Convention.

He made a dramatic appearance on the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London,

In his firststatement in two months, he also asked the US government to call off a “witch-hunt” against the whistleblowing website that has angered Washington by publishing secret diplomatic cables.

The 41-year-old Australian, who faces allegations of rape and sexual harassment in Sweden, fears Stockholm may extradite him to the US, where, in his view, he would face persecution and long-term imprisonment.

Speaking from within the London mission to avoid arrest by the British police, who have surrounded the building, Assange said, “The United States war on whistleblowers must end.”

“On Wednesday night after a threat was sent to this embassy and police descended on this building you came out in the middle of the night to watch over it,” Assange told hundreds of free-speech campaigners and journalists at Knightsbridge, where the embassy is located on the first floor of a block of luxury flats.

“Inside this embassy after dark I could hear teams of police swarming up into the building through its internal fire escape.

If the UK did not throw away the Vienna Convention… it was because the world was watching…”

The convention protects foreign embassies and diplomats from host governments.

But, in what has been widely seen as a threat, British officials last week spoke of a 1987 law that allows them to de-recognise a diplomatic building.

Foreign minister William Hague has denied the allegation.

Assange jumped bail on June 19 to seek refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy following which Quito offered him political asylum.

AFP