A two-part interview with Howard Wolpe, the Obama administration's special envoy to the Great Lakes region.
allAfrica.com
6 November 2009
Howard Wolpe has spent the best part of three decades helping to form and implement American policies on Africa. After chairing the Subcommittee on Africa of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives for 10 years, he later served as President Bill Clinton's special envoy to the Great Lakes region.
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This is a sad day for DRC. The Clinton's crew is precisely the one that sided with Congo invaders and neighbors to plunder Congo and caused all the pain Congo's people is enduring presently. Obama, where is the change? Your vision was so different for Congo! What is happening?
allAfrica.com
9 November 2009
The American government’s new special adviser on the Great Lakes region, Howard Wolpe, comes to the post with the best part of three decades’ experience in the Africa policies of U.S. administrations behind him. In the second of a two-part interview with AllAfrica, he discusses how the Obama administration could improve its diplomacy and strengthen peace-building in Central Africa.
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To respond on Mr. Howard Wolpe interviews where he condemn mostly the FARC for the violation of the Human Rights. What Mr. Wolpe didn't event that during the President Bill Clinton's time at the White House they created the horror with Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi through the US Administration to destabilized the DRC! With almost 5 million deaths!! Why till now the UN (MONUC) cannot stabilize the East of the country with their massive contingents? They wanted ongoing war to continue to still the Minerals of DRC. Why the US cannot bring the British and American companies who where condemn by the UN Panel for Financed the War to steal the Congo Minerals? The reason is clear as Mr. James Karunga in his article published on the " The New Times" 06November 2009, cited" It is reported that Manhal has been holding secret meetings with the FDLR both in the DRC and Europe leaking all the strategies devised by regional countries and international community.
"This highly top secret operation coupled together with the strategy of international NGOs like Human Rights Watch, are now screaming to stop military operations against FDLR, something that reveals an international network that supports the FDLR," continued our source.
The source said that there are MONUC personnel specifically deployed to ensure that the FDLR survives.
When reached yesterday for comment, MONUC's military Spokesperson, Lt Col Jean Paul Dietrich sounded taken aback.
"If it is some silent operation that is ongoing, I don't know - maybe it is a deal to make him surrender - if he is ready to be repatriated - I have no idea - I am just speaking on a personal level," he said.
Dietrich promised to look into the matter but warned it could be false information, but noted as well that under international laws governing war, there is always such a possibility. Relevant Links
"Be careful, there is a lot of misinformation going on - I don't know if he was wounded or anything at all. It is not unusual - some FDLR combatants can get medical assistance from MONUC - we have done it to the Mai-Mai before and it is [in accordance with] international law, the Geneva Convention."
The development comes just days after the European Union vowed to crack the whip on FDLR elements, especially members of the militia group's political wing who are largely living in European capitals. " The question is do the US and Britain wanted to bring peace in DRC? they must come with open politics but not with hide Agendas!