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According to the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), at least 1,500 Nigerian artifacts scattered all over the world will be retrieved in 2022. The Director-General of NCMM, Abba Tijani said the artifacts will be repatriated from Australia, Germany, New Zealand, and the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon their return, NCMM plans to hold massive exhibitions where these artworks will be open to public view. Like Nigeria, many other African countries are fighting for the return of their stolen treasures. We have covered some of them in the past. Here is one of the most iconic of them all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_title":"What Is Stalling The Repatriation Of The Bronze Ife Head To Nigeria","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"what-is-stalling-the-repatriation-of-the-bronze-ife-head-to-nigeria","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-10-17 00:10:38","post_modified_gmt":"2024-10-17 00:10:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/africanvibes.com\/?p=339002","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":245995,"post_author":"2777","post_date":"2020-07-01 07:01:28","post_date_gmt":"2020-07-01 07:01:28","post_content":"\n\n\"\"\n\nJustice delayed is justice denied is debatable. Hence, there is a group of people that believe vengeance is best served chilled. It took 25 years to track the Rwanda genocide sponsor, Felicien Kabuga. Like many activists, we are asking, why did it take so long? The 84-year old was wheeled into a Paris court under heavy police protection. His capture was made possible by Internet clues left by his children. Speaking to the BBC<\/a>, the chief prosecutor for the UN\u2019s International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) said,\n\n\"We knew already a year ago that he was very likely to be in the UK, France or in Belgium and we concluded only two months ago that he was in France. The French authorities located the apartment in which he was hiding, which led to the operation.\"<\/em>\n

ALSO READ: Rwanda Commemorates Genocide Victims<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\nFelicien Kabuga was once a wealthy businessman. Before the 1994 genocide, he was considered the richest man in Rwanda, making his money from tea and other sectors. He was the co-owner of Radio T\u00e9l\u00e9vision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM). Reports say the radio was used to broadcast hatred against the Tutsi minority in the country. Also, Rwanda prosecutors say he used his companies to import gardening tools and machetes knowing they will be used as weapons.\n\nThe 1994 Rwanda genocide lasted 100-days. However, it is estimated that over 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed. There are also reports that he established the Interahamwe Hutu ethnic militia and funded their training and weapon used in the massacre. According to French intelligence, due to the coronavirus, many active investigations were placed on hold. This allowed them to focus on tracking down the Rwanda Genocide sponsor.\n\n\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/JamseyRamsey\/status\/1270573772786094080\n

How the Rwanda genocide sponsor was able to evade justice<\/h2>\nTwenty-eight aliases and powerful friends helped the Rwanda genocide sponsor to evade justice. According to reports, Mr. Kabuga has at least 5 children. Two of his daughters were married to the sons of the former Rwandan president, Juv\u00e9nal Habyarimana. It was the death of Habyarimana that sparked the genocide. Consequently, Mr. Kabuga was charged with seven counts of genocide<\/a> in 1997.\n\nFollowing his role as the Rwanda genocide sponsor, the United States placed a $5 million bounty on information that may lead to his arrest. In the years after the genocide, it was believed that Mr. Kabuga had lived in many East African countries including Kenya. However, there was no proof to back this claim.\n
ALSO READ: Rwanda Mara Group Launches First Made In Africa Smartphone<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/VanityFair\/status\/1271850228367470593\n\nReports have it that the Kabuga family-owned assets in Kenya. However, one such property (Spanish Villas) was the subject of dispute in 2015. His wife, Josephine Mukazitoni, who was the co-owner of the property tried without success to regain access to it. This was because there was a resolution by the UN requiring member states to freeze Mr. Kabuga\u2019s assets.\n\nTrailing the Rwanda genocide sponsor became a dangerous affair\u2014particularly for journalists. William Munuhe, a freelance reporter on the trail of Mr. Kabuga was found dead in his apartment on January 16, 2003. His brother Josephat Gichuki says Munuhe was planning a sting operation with the FBI to arrest Mr. Kabuga. Munuhe\u2019s death was classified as a suicide. However, Gichuki had this to say.\n\n\n\n\"To our surprise, police said Munuhe's death was a suicide [from carbon monoxide poisoning] after inhaling fumes from a charcoal stove. While at the mortuary, I personally saw a bullet wound in his head, and blood in his room.\u201d<\/em>\n

Success at last<\/h2>\nIn 2007, Mr. Felicien Kabuga was in Germany for surgery. This was his last known location. Consequently, extensive analysis of financial records and telephone pointed to Paris. Obviously, it almost impossible for him to pull this off without accomplices. Therefore, the Human Rights Watch is calling for an investigation on his successful relocation to France.\n
ALSO READ: <\/strong>Rwanda Using Technology To Transform Public Transport In Kigali<\/a><\/div>\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/RushAfrican\/status\/1272585906466193409\n\nSome of Mr. Kabuga\u2019s children are living in Belgium, Britain, and France. Through an intelligence-sharing between investigators from these countries, they were able to locate his apartment near Paris. The head of the Gendarmerie's Central Office for Combating Crimes Against Humanity, Eric Emeraux said,\n\n\"We realized\u2026 that trail from the children protecting their father converged on Asnieres-sur-Seine. We also discovered one of his children was renting an apartment there. We decided to open the door, without being entirely sure of who we would find inside. I didn't sleep the night before.\"<\/em>\n\n\n\nFollowing his arrest by 16 elite officers, the Rwanda genocide sponsor was identified using a DNA test. The result of the test matched the sample taken when he was hospitalized in Germany. However, Mr. Kabuga\u2019s lawyers say they will request an eight-day postponement to the legal process. Under French law, this is automatically granted.\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/KabirTaneja\/status\/1270567131537534977\n

 Other Rwanda genocide sponsors<\/h2>\nThe arrest of Mr. Felicien Kabuga can help to shed more light on the identity and role of other Rwanda genocide sponsors and suspects. French-Rwanda relation was strained following the genocide. However, that has improved in recent years. In 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron appointed an expert commission to examine the role of France in the killings. The Report is due in 2021. Also, France commemorated the Rwanda genocide for the first time in April 2020.\n
ALSO READ: Three Rwanda Genocide Survivors Inspire Next Generation Of Camera Kids<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\nFor many genocide survivors, delay to justice is not denial. Inasmuch as many of them will want him to be tried at home, that can take weeks to happen. This further delay is what genocide survivors detest. The honorary president of the International Federation for Human Rights, Lawyer Patrick Baudouin wants Mr. Kabuga\u2019s trial expedited because of his advanced age. Following Mr. Kabuga\u2019s arrest, the leader of Avega (a widows\u2019 group), Valerie Mukabayire said,\n\n\"Every genocide survivor is happy he is arrested. Everyone has been waiting for this news. It is a good thing that he is going to face justice.\"<\/em>\n\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/fairplanet\/status\/1271952935719665664","post_title":"Rwanda Genocide Sponsor Felicien Kabuga Appears In Court After Evading Justice For 25 Years","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"rwanda-genocide-sponsor-felicien-kabuga-appears-court-justice-for-25-years","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-08-16 20:30:05","post_modified_gmt":"2024-08-16 20:30:05","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.africanvibes.com\/?p=245995","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":218566,"post_author":"2777","post_date":"2020-01-31 01:17:56","post_date_gmt":"2020-01-31 01:17:56","post_content":"\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_218567\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"735\"]\"\" Why Africans Need To Worry About The Wuhan Coronavirus<\/em>[\/caption]\n\nSince the outbreak of the Wuhan Coronavirus, the death toll has continued to grow. According to Worldometers<\/a>, at the time of writing this report, there are over 9,800 confirmed cases and 213 deaths. However, all the recorded deaths are in China. So far, the virus has spread to 23 countries and territories Including Oceania, United States, France, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Italy, and Finland. The majority of the infection cases are in Asian countries.\n\nAt the inception of the outbreak, the general belief was that Wuhan coronavirus can only move from animal-to-human. However, recent data suggest that the virus can move from human-to-human. The first human-to-human transmission outside China<\/a> was confirmed in the United States by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The husband of a female patient who visited China tested positive to the virus.\n
ALSO READ: 10 Innovative Startups That Will Influence Healthcare Service Delivery In Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\nAlso, the majority of the cases outside China are people who returned from China. However, the discovery of human-to-human transmission of the virus is an indication that it is no longer confined to people who visited China.\n\nAt the moment, there is no cure or vaccine against the virus. With many Chinese citizens returning to Africa after their New Year celebrations, African countries need to be on their toes. If developed nations with sophisticated health systems are struggling to contain the Wuhan coronavirus, what will happen when it gets to poorer nations with lagging health systems? Also, with hemorrhagic viruses like Ebola and Lassa Fever currently ravaging different African nations, Wuhan coronavirus will further strain the already overwhelmed medical systems.\n\n\n

All You Need to Know About the Wuhan Coronavirus<\/h2>\nCoronaviruses (CoV) are a large group of viruses causing several illnesses including common cold. It can also cause more severe illnesses like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome<\/a> (SARS-CoV) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome<\/a> (MERS-CoV). The Wuhan coronavirus (nCoV 2019) is a novel strain that has not been previously identified in humans.\n\nGenerally, coronaviruses are zoonotic. This means human beings get them from animals. Investigations into previous coronavirus outbreaks link them to animals. For example, MERS-CoV was from camels to humans while SARS-CoV was from civet cats to humans. There are several known coronaviruses that are circulating in animals but yet to infect humans.\n
ALSO READ: Malawian E-Health Startup Ocliya Wins Global Seedstars Competition In Malawi<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\nThe common signs of coronavirus infections include fever, shortness of breath, cough, and breathing difficulties. In extreme cases, there may be pneumonia, kidney failure, and severe acute respiratory syndrome. The culmination of these may lead to death.\n\nPrevention usually involves regular handwashing, cooking meats and eggs thoroughly, as well as covering the mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing. Also, avoid close contact with people with respiratory illness symptoms like coughing and sneezing.\n\nPassing information regarding the prevention of the Wuhan coronavirus can be a serious challenge in Africa. This is because of the low literacy level in the continent. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural<\/a> (UNESCO) statistics, 38% of African adults are illiterate. Therefore, the best approach is to prevent the entry of the virus.\n\n\n

How Government Intervention can halt the Spread into Africa<\/h2>\nSince managing the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus in Africa might be a serious challenge, more efforts should be put into preventing it. Some of the ways African government can curtail the spread of the virus include;\n
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  1. Increasing screening at international borders: Many African countries have porous borders that allow the free flow of people and goods. Also, foreign diplomats often receive preferential treatments. A good example was how Patrick Sawyer moved from Monrovia to Lagos even when he was already infected with the Ebola virus in 2015. There should be thorough screening at all entry and exit points using thermal cameras especially for nationals returning from China.<\/li>\n \t
  2. Quarantine: Anyone showing any symptoms of respiratory illnesses should be quarantined for at least 14 days. In fact, all local and foreign nationals who are returning from China should be quarantined for 14 days. According to health experts, symptoms of the Wuhan coronavirus usually emerge 2 to 14 days after infection.<\/li>\n \t
  3. Massive enlightenment: The outbreak of disease usually lead to panic. Consequently, this often leads to the spread of misleading information. African governments should be proactive in organizing a massive campaign to educate the masses on Wuhan coronavirus spread and prevention. Most importantly, these campaigns should be in the language the people will understand.<\/li>\n \t
  4. Improved preparedness: While it is important for the government to step up preventive mechanisms, they should also prepare for eventualities. African governments should learn from what is happening in Wuhan. The hospitals were overwhelmed that the government had to order the building of a new center. African governments should plan to build larger quarantine centers or fund the expansion of existing hospitals in case there is an outbreak.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

    Latest News on the Wuhan Coronavirus<\/h2>\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday 30th January 2020 declared the Wuhan Coronavirus a global emergency. As the virus continues to spread, there are concerns that it may get to poorer nations with weaker health systems that may not have the capacity to properly manage it. Speaking during the declaration, the WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said,\n\n\"The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries. Let me be clear, this declaration is not a vote of no confidence in China.\"<\/em>\n
    ALSO READ: Kenyan Born Titus Kipruto Is Creating Global Healthcare Solutions<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\nThe WHO declares a global emergency when an outbreak has the propensity for rapid international spread. In the last two decades, WHO has declared five global public health emergencies. This includes:\n