[Rwanda Forum] La cour d'appel de Paris déboute deux associations qui réclamaient des dommages et intérêts à la journaliste Natacha Polony pour contestation du génocide des Tutsi au Rwanda en 1994, une première en France | Jean-Marc Morandini

La cour d'appel de Paris déboute deux associations qui réclamaient des dommages et intérêts à la journaliste Natacha Polony pour contestation du génocide des Tutsi au Rwanda en 1994, une première en France | Jean-Marc Morandini

https://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-535350-la-cour-d-appel-de-paris-deboute-deux-associations-qui-reclamaient-des-dommages-et-interets-a-la-journaliste-natacha-polony-pour-contestation-du-genocide-des-tutsi-au-rwanda-en-1994-une-premiere-en-france.html

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[Rwanda Forum] Baby born from three people's DNA in UK first - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65538866

Baby born from three people's DNA in UK first

1 day ago

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By James Gallagher

Health and science correspondent

A baby has been born using three people's DNA for the first time in the UK, the fertility regulator has confirmed.

Most of their DNA comes from their two parents and around 0.1% from a third, donor woman.

The pioneering technique is an attempt to prevent children being born with devastating mitochondrial diseases.

Fewer than five such babies have been born, but no further details have been released.

Mitochondrial diseases are incurable and can be fatal within days or even hours of birth. Some families have lost multiple children and this technique is seen as the only option for them to have a healthy child of their own.

Mitochondria are the tiny compartments inside nearly every cell of the body that convert food into useable energy.

Defective mitochondria fail to fuel the body and lead to brain damage, muscle wasting, heart failure and blindness.

• UK's first 'three-person babies' approved

They are passed down only by the mother. So mitochondrial donation treatment is a modified form of IVF that uses mitochondria from a healthy donor egg.

There are two techniques for performing mitochondrial donation. One takes places after the mother's egg has been fertilised by the father's sperm and the other takes place before fertilisation.

However, mitochondria have their own genetic information or DNA which means that technically the resulting children inherit DNA from their parents and a smidge from the donor as well. This is a permanent change that would be passed down through the generations.

This donor DNA is only relevant for making effective mitochondria, does not affect other traits such as appearance and does not constitute a "third parent".

The technique was pioneered in Newcastle and laws were introduced to allow the creation of such babies in the UK in 2015.

However, the UK did not immediately press ahead. The first baby born via this technique was to a Jordanian family having treatment in the US in 2016.

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (the HFEA) is saying "less than five" babies have been born as of 20 April 2023. It is not giving precise numbers to prevent the families being identified.

These limited details have emerged after a Freedom of Information request by the Guardian newspaper.

"News that a small number of babies with donated mitochondria have now been born in the UK is the next step, in what will probably remain a slow and cautious process of assessing and refining mitochondrial donation," said Sarah Norcross, the director of the Progress Educational Trust.

There has been no word from the teams in Newcastle so it is still uncertain whether the technique was successful.

Prof Robin Lovell-Badge, from the Francis Crick Research Institute, said: "It will be interesting to know how well the mitochondrial replacement therapy technique worked at a practical level, whether the babies are free of mitochondrial disease, and whether there is any risk of them developing problems later in life."

There is technically a risk of "reversion" where any defective mitochondria that are carried over could gain in number and still result in disease.

It had once been estimated that up to 150 such babies could eventually be born each year in the UK.

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[Rwanda Forum] DR Congo president slams regional force in east, hints at June exit | Monitor

https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/dr-congo-president-slams-regional-force-in-east-hints-at-june-exit-4229252

DR Congo president slams regional force in east, hints at June exit

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) troops are seen on the Mbau-Kamango road in the Beni district on December 8, 2021. PHOTO/AFP

• Dozens of armed groups plague eastern DRC, a legacy of regional wars that raged in the 1990s and 2000s.
• One group, the M23, has wreaked havoc since re-emerging from dormancy in late 2021. 

DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi on Tuesday criticised a regional military force deployed by east African nations to stabilise conflict-torn regions in the country's east, hinting that the troops could depart by the end of June.

Speaking during a visit to Botswana, Tshisekedi voiced concerns of "cohabitation" between rebels and the regional force that started deploying late last year.

ICYMI: People of east DR Congo reject idea of EAC regional force

• Regional military force in DR Congo raises 'balkanisation' fears

• Commander of EAC regional force in DRC quits

US warns regional forces against escalating tension in DRC

Dozens of armed groups plague eastern DRC, a legacy of regional wars that raged in the 1990s and 2000s.

One group, the M23, has wreaked havoc since re-emerging from dormancy in late 2021. 

The seven-nation East African Community (EAC) created a military force to respond to the crisis last June, with Kenyan soldiers deploying in November followed this year by Burundian, Ugandan and South Sudanese contingents.

"There is cohabitation that we have noticed between the contingent of East African Community and the rebels," Tshisekedi said at a news conference.

President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi (3rd L) inspects a guard of honour  upon his arrival for a state visit to Botswana at the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Gaborone on May 9, 2023. PHOTO/ AFP

"That is a genuine problem when it comes to the mission assigned, and also compels to ask, what is the purpose of the mission?" he said, claiming that except for the Burundi troops, others "are now living together with M23".

READ: Military deployments in east DR Congo

His comments come a day after a special summit of the 16-bloc Southern African Development Community (SADC), held in Namibia, resolved to deploy forces "to restore peace and security in eastern DRC". 

Tshisekedi said the EAC force's mandate ends in June, "and if we feel that the mandate was not fulfilled will return them and thank them for having tried". 

"We have the confirmation of the coming of SADC troops which we will have to put in place," he added.

Namibian President Hage Geingob on Monday emphasised the need "for SADC to work together with the East African Community... to better coordinate our efforts" to back Kinshasa.

SADC countries include South Africa, Angola, Tanzania, Namibia, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and the DRC. 

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[Rwanda Forum] Sista's Family Disrespected By WS In Belgium & Can't Believe It

Sista's Family Disrespected By WS In Belgium & Can't Believe It

https://youtu.be/JmA8xRE6suw

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[Rwanda Forum] Re: Guerre de l'Est : Après Kagame, le président kenyan appelle à la suppression des frontières artificielles héritées de la colonisation | IWEB RDC

According to President William Ruto, it's possible to have a border less East Africa. According to him, the borders are colonial and they must never be used to hinder our trade. According to Ruto, Kenya is willing to walk the path of borderless East African community.

https://ke.opera.news/ke/en/politics/e7239723402e8c05b886599131914cd3

Ku byerekeye gukuraho imipaka ya EAC, Ruto yarahushije!

Niba ashaka free trade nabaze uko EU yabigezeho itagombye gukuraho imipaka y'ibihugu.

Naho Kaaga we, nimumureke akomeze arote agenda!

Urwanda ntiruteze kugira ubutaka bwa Congo buhabwa. Ahubwo Urwanda nirutitonda ruzabura intama n'ibyuma:

"C'est le Congo qui a des terres à récupérer au Rwanda, et non le contraire", Prof Isidore Ndaywell.

"UNE PARTIE DU TERRITOIRE RWANDAIS ACTUEL APPARTENAIT AU CONGO", PROFESSEUR ISIDORE NDAYWEL.

https://youtu.be/F0EzaC5r0o8

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[Rwanda Forum] Re: Guerre de l'Est : Après Kagame, le président kenyan appelle à la suppression des frontières artificielles héritées de la colonisation | IWEB RDC

SADC IRAJE KANDI NTIZONGERA KUGARUKIRA KUMUPAKA

https://www.youtube.com/live/jH50qsWJQP8?feature=share

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On May 9, 2023, at 2:22 PM, Jerome Ndiho <jeronimo2408@yahoo.com> wrote:



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[Rwanda Forum] Mu nama i Bujumbura Tshisekedi yongeye kwagiriza u Rwanda gufasha M23 - BBC News Gahuza

Mu nama i Bujumbura Tshisekedi yongeye kwagiriza u Rwanda gufasha M23 - BBC News Gahuza

https://www.bbc.com/gahuza/articles/czqn09pwwp5o

Uwaserukiye Urwanda, umushikiranganji wa mbere Édouard Ngirente, ntaco yashikirije. Ariko mu mezi aheze, Urwanda rwagiye rurahakana ivyo rwagirizwa n'indongozi za DR Congo.

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