West’s ally Kagame accused of genocide
"Kagame accused of genocide", headlines De Standaard. Along with Le Monde, the Flemish daily has obtained a leaked copy of a UN report detailing atrocities committed by the army of current Rwandan president Paul Kagame and the rebel forces of Laurent Kabila, the assassinated president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between 1998 and 2003 in the Great Lakes region (including parts of Burundi, the DRC and Rwanda). According to the report, "the allegations, once they are examined by a competent court, could indeed lead to formal charges of genocide". The paper also notes that the recently re-elected Kagame "exerted tremendous pressure on the UN to keep the word 'genocide' out" of the text of the final version of the report, slated to be released in September.
As Greece pimps its ancient monuments to bring in the tourists, lovers of cultural heritage are up in arms. But the country is only doing openly what the whole of Europe is: looting historic sites to drum up more ready cash.
Asserting national values is central to the political project of the Hungarian PM. Since the start of the year, fifteen paintings, specially commissioned for an exhibition in the Castle of Buda, have been putting this ambition on show.
The game has gone on for nearly two years: Athens pretends to comply with the demands of its creditors and partners, and they pretend to believe in Greece’s commitments. As the spectre of default comes nearer, however, the Greek bluff cannot go on much longer, writes an El Mundo editorialist.