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South African strikes and accusations against Rwanda
Sep 3rd 2010, 16:33 by J.D. | LONDON
IN THE Africa section of this week's print edition we look at the leaked United Nations report that revisits the killing fields of central Africa. The report suggests that Paul Kagame's Tutsi Rwandan forces attempted a counter-genocide in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Rwanda's angry reaction to the accusations has prompted the UN to delay the release of the report for another month to allow Mr Kagame's government to comment on it. Elsewhere, Jason Stearns, an expert on Congo, worries that Congo's rejection of some of the key recommendations in the report also makes it less likely that the crimes detailed within it will ever be adequately addressed.
We also look at the strikes that have crippled South Africa in recent weeks and the damage they have done to President Jacob Zuma. In our leader on South Africa, we argue that Mr Zuma's attempts to buy off his political allies and quash the press are bad news for South Africa.
On this blog our correspondents delve into the politics, economics and culture of the continent of Africa, from Cairo to the Cape. The blog takes its name from the baobab, a massive tree that grows throughout much of Africa. It stores water, provides food and is often called the tree of life.
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Let us hope your coverage will include the gross hundreds of rape cases committed right in the UN's nose while its troops were sleeping comfortably like Kings in a palace. Hey one sec, plus those Srilanka, Indian, Pakistani MONUC troops who trade guns for minerals from the rebels and raping Congolese women as well as they enjoy life on the shores of Lake Kivu. Who lives in Goma and doesn't know these crimes? Will you address these cases as well? Do you care questioning the UN and the HRW keeping silent on those innocent women anyway? I bet.