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  • We Finally Entered Kismayu–Kenya Army

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    The Kenyan army has finally entered the port city of Kismayu in the ongoing offensive against Al Shabaab fighters.

    Sources of Kenya Defense Forces said Friday they had taken over Al Shabaab’s stronghold in Kismayu but the fighters insisted they were still incharge of the port city.

    Kenya’s Military Spokesman Col Cyrus Oguna said that KDF forces stormed Kismayu at 2 am Friday but did not confirm any casualty figures.

    “We finally entered Kismayu in a joint operation both on air and ground,” Oguna said.

    An Al Shabaab commander in Kismayu Sheik Mohamed Abu Fatuma however, dismissed the reports.

    He said,“The enemy using military boats have deployed hundreds of soldiers on the coast late last night and the mujahideen fighters are engaging in heavy fighting with them now.”

    Al Shabaab’s Twitter page said the Kenyan forces had tried to take over Kismayu unsuccessfully.

    “#KDF cowards attempt to attack Kismayo from the sea but the courageous Mujahideen thwart their attempts,” it read.

    Another tweet posted at 10 am Friday said “Kismayo remains firmly in the hands of the Mujahideen.”

    Other rebels and city residents told AFP the Kenyan troops were still on the outskirts of the city that they have been targeting for days.

    “They are not very close to the city because the coast where they are now is around nine kilometres (six miles) from downtown,” another commander quoted by AFP said.

    Several Kismayu residents also said the Kenyan forces were still on the beach, where they came ashore from two ships escorted by helicopter gunships around 5 Km from the city centre.

  • Chinua Achebe Delivers Long-awaited Memoir

    Nigeria’s Chinua Achebe, often called the father of modern African literature, released his first major work in years Thursday with a long-awaited memoir centred on the war that nearly destroyed his nation.

    “There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra” chronicles Achebe’s experiences during Nigeria’s 1967-1970 civil war, which saw his native eastern region, dominated by the Igbo ethnic group, secede as the Republic of Biafra.

    The split came largely in response to massacres of Igbos in Nigeria’s north and saw Achebe, author of the revered novel “Things Fall Apart,” speak out forcefully in support of the move.

    His memoir was released in Britain on Thursday and will be available in Nigeria shortly after, said publishers Allen Lane, a division of Penguin. Its release in the United States is set for October 11.

    The tensions that ignited the Biafran conflict, which left around one million people dead, including many from starvation, are largely settled. Today, sporadic calls for greater Igbo autonomy have limited impact in Nigerian politics.

    Experts, however, say a Biafra memoir from the 81-year-old Achebe is urgently needed in a country that remains deeply fractured on other levels, despite the book’s focus on events that happened more than four decades ago.

    “Achebe is sustaining the debate on integration, on unity and on oneness,” said Dapo Thomas, a history professor at Lagos State University.

    “Until there is a sovereign agreement from the peasants to the elite that we want to remain as one, we must continue that debate. A nation cannot remain comatose while these issues are unresolved.”

    Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with 160 million people, groups around 250 ethnic groups and is roughly divided between a mainly Muslim north and predominately Christian south.

    Achebe strongly backed his native Biafra in the civil war and even toured to speak on its behalf. Echoes of the conflict emerge in his writing, including his collection “Christmas in Biafra and Other Poems.”

    The octogenarian remains a towering figure in Nigerian and African literature, though he has been based in the United States in recent years where he has been a professor at Brown University in Rhode Island. He travels infrequently due to a 1990 car accident that left him in a wheelchair.

    Achebe’s novel “Things Fall Apart”, about the collision between British colonial rule and Igbo society, remains a landmark work 54 years after its release.

    “Just as we read Shakespeare, it’s not possible for any student in this department to graduate without reading the works of Chinua Achebe,” said the head of the English department at the University of Lagos, Adeyemi Daramola.

  • Chinua Achebe Delivers Long-awaited Memoir

    Nigeria’s Chinua Achebe, often called the father of modern African literature, released his first major work in years Thursday with a long-awaited memoir centred on the war that nearly destroyed his nation.

    “There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra” chronicles Achebe’s experiences during Nigeria’s 1967-1970 civil war, which saw his native eastern region, dominated by the Igbo ethnic group, secede as the Republic of Biafra.

    The split came largely in response to massacres of Igbos in Nigeria’s north and saw Achebe, author of the revered novel “Things Fall Apart,” speak out forcefully in support of the move.

    His memoir was released in Britain on Thursday and will be available in Nigeria shortly after, said publishers Allen Lane, a division of Penguin. Its release in the United States is set for October 11.

    The tensions that ignited the Biafran conflict, which left around one million people dead, including many from starvation, are largely settled. Today, sporadic calls for greater Igbo autonomy have limited impact in Nigerian politics.

    Experts, however, say a Biafra memoir from the 81-year-old Achebe is urgently needed in a country that remains deeply fractured on other levels, despite the book’s focus on events that happened more than four decades ago.

    “Achebe is sustaining the debate on integration, on unity and on oneness,” said Dapo Thomas, a history professor at Lagos State University.

    “Until there is a sovereign agreement from the peasants to the elite that we want to remain as one, we must continue that debate. A nation cannot remain comatose while these issues are unresolved.”

    Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with 160 million people, groups around 250 ethnic groups and is roughly divided between a mainly Muslim north and predominately Christian south.

    Achebe strongly backed his native Biafra in the civil war and even toured to speak on its behalf. Echoes of the conflict emerge in his writing, including his collection “Christmas in Biafra and Other Poems.”

    The octogenarian remains a towering figure in Nigerian and African literature, though he has been based in the United States in recent years where he has been a professor at Brown University in Rhode Island. He travels infrequently due to a 1990 car accident that left him in a wheelchair.

    Achebe’s novel “Things Fall Apart”, about the collision between British colonial rule and Igbo society, remains a landmark work 54 years after its release.

    “Just as we read Shakespeare, it’s not possible for any student in this department to graduate without reading the works of Chinua Achebe,” said the head of the English department at the University of Lagos, Adeyemi Daramola.

  • Liberia Learns from Rwanda’s Decentralisation Policy

    Liberian officials are in Rwanda to Acquaint themselves with how decentralisation Policy has been implementation.

    The team of nine members has visited various public institutions where they recieved briefings on their operations.

    Raphael Rurangwa, the Director of General, Planning and Programme Coordination in the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources told the Liberian delegation:

    “In addition to Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) and the National Agriculture Export Board (NAEB), we also have provincial, district and sector administration down to the cell level through which we interact with farmers.”

    He explained that although each level has different tasks and obligations, they all contribute to a general objective; implementing national agriculture programmes to increase production and food security.

  • Liberia Learns from Rwanda’s Decentralisation Policy

    Liberian officials are in Rwanda to Acquaint themselves with how decentralisation Policy has been implementation.

    The team of nine members has visited various public institutions where they recieved briefings on their operations.

    Raphael Rurangwa, the Director of General, Planning and Programme Coordination in the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources told the Liberian delegation:

    “In addition to Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) and the National Agriculture Export Board (NAEB), we also have provincial, district and sector administration down to the cell level through which we interact with farmers.”

    He explained that although each level has different tasks and obligations, they all contribute to a general objective; implementing national agriculture programmes to increase production and food security.

  • Two Detained For Dealing in Fake Currency

    Police in Nyamasheke District has detained two people in connection with trading fake currency.

    Thomas Mukeshimana, 38 and Celestin Mulinda were arrested on September 26 after the former was found with fake notes of 65,000Rwf of which Rwf 5000 he was trying to use to buy airtime.

    Mukeshimana later implicated Mulinda as the one who gave him the fake notes.
    The duo is currently detained at Kanjongo Police Station.

    He told police that his co-accused had already given him Rwf150, 000, all fake, which he had already circulated by the time of his arrest.

    “Mulinda had promised to give me Rwf400, 000, all fake, to trade it, but he had already given me Rwf150, 000 and intended to give me the remaining very soon,” Mukeshimana said.

    Mukeshimana, who deals in mines, also said he had paid some of his employees with the fake currency.

    Supt Urbain Mwiseneza, the police Spokesperson for the Western Region, said police is tracking down all those involved in such criminal acts and warned that anyone caught will be dealt with accordingly.

  • Two Detained For Dealing in Fake Currency

    Police in Nyamasheke District has detained two people in connection with trading fake currency.

    Thomas Mukeshimana, 38 and Celestin Mulinda were arrested on September 26 after the former was found with fake notes of 65,000Rwf of which Rwf 5000 he was trying to use to buy airtime.

    Mukeshimana later implicated Mulinda as the one who gave him the fake notes.
    The duo is currently detained at Kanjongo Police Station.

    He told police that his co-accused had already given him Rwf150, 000, all fake, which he had already circulated by the time of his arrest.

    “Mulinda had promised to give me Rwf400, 000, all fake, to trade it, but he had already given me Rwf150, 000 and intended to give me the remaining very soon,” Mukeshimana said.

    Mukeshimana, who deals in mines, also said he had paid some of his employees with the fake currency.

    Supt Urbain Mwiseneza, the police Spokesperson for the Western Region, said police is tracking down all those involved in such criminal acts and warned that anyone caught will be dealt with accordingly.

  • Isonga FC in Bus Accident

    Isonga Football club was involved in an accident when the bus they were travelling in swaved off the road hitting a house.

    There were no major injuries reported.

    Isonga FC captain Ndatimana Robert said its a chance that they survived the crash, “We were very tired and had travelled a long Journey from Rusizi district. We were asleep althrough the journey.”

    The Incident happened Tuesday Involving a Coaster Bus belonging to SOTRA transport company.

    Isonga FC had been playing against Espoir FC. Isonga Fc lost to Espoir FC (1-0.)

  • Isonga FC in Bus Accident

    Isonga Football club was involved in an accident when the bus they were travelling in swaved off the road hitting a house.

    There were no major injuries reported.

    Isonga FC captain Ndatimana Robert said its a chance that they survived the crash, “We were very tired and had travelled a long Journey from Rusizi district. We were asleep althrough the journey.”

    The Incident happened Tuesday Involving a Coaster Bus belonging to SOTRA transport company.

    Isonga FC had been playing against Espoir FC. Isonga Fc lost to Espoir FC (1-0.)

  • Police Urged to Enforce Environment Law

    Police has been asked to work hand-in-hand with REMA to sensitize the communities on environmental protection and enforce environment law.

    The appeal was made by Eng. Collette Ruhamya, the Deputy Director of Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA).

    She said, “Protecting the environment is also another way of preventing crimes which might also result from land wrangles, which are sometimes wetlands.”

    Police officers have been provided with knowledge on environment law enforcement and management at a seminar that kicked off on September 26 in Rwamagana District.

    A total of 67 police officers attended a two-day seminar organized by Rwanda National Police (RNP) and Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA).

    The seminar attracted officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Public Relations and Community Policing department (PR&CP) and commanders of Police Stations, intelligence officers and District Community Liaison Officers (DCLO) from Central and Eastern Regions.

    The training focused on areas of environment and sustainable development, environmental policy and regulations in Rwanda, state of environmental and challenges and the environmental organic law including responsibilities, preventive provisions and sanctions.