(Julayi 4, 2009) - Ndinabwerako ku Bukavu dzulo. Chizindikiro cha dziko lopanda ulamuliro wonse ndi chakuti muyenera kupitako kudutsa dziko lina. Amene ali ndi malonda mu Rwanda angadutse ku Rwanda, kuwulukira ku Kigali ndi kupita ku Bukavu kudzera ku Cyangugu, mzinda waung'ono wa Rwanda ku Bukavu (ndi malo omwe gulu lankhondo la Rwanda ndi zigawenga zaukira Bukavu kuchokera kambirimbiri mkati mwankhondo). Njira ina ndiyo kuwuluka ku Kenya, kuchokera ku Kenya kupita ku Bujumbura ku Burundi, ndi kuwoloka kuchokera ku Bujumbura. Ngati mutatenga njira imeneyi, mungaone gawo lalikulu limene Mobutu mwachionekere anapereka mphatso kwa Burundi zaka makumi angapo zapitazo, nโkupereka gulu la anthu ndi gawo la dzikolo ngati kuti linali luso lake loti awonongedwe.
Masiku angapo ndisananyamuke, ndinalankhula ndi anthu angapo ochokera ku "bungwe la anthu" la Congo, atolankhani, ofufuza, ndi zina zotero, za mkangano, zochitika zosiyanasiyana zachuma ndi zachilengedwe, ndi nkhanza za kugonana. Nkhanza zokhuza kugonana ku Congo ndi mutu wofunikira ndipo ndi nkhani yofunika kwambiri pagulu lotchedwa WOTETEZEKA komwe mnzanga Brad Macintosh, yemwe adandikonzera ulendo wonse waku DRC, ndi wake. Mawuwo amaimira Social Action for the Elimination of Rape, ndipo ntchito yake yaikulu ndiyo kupeza ndalama zothandizira chipatala cha Panzi, chomwe ndinapitako kangapo ku Bukavu. Chipatala cha Panzi ndi amodzi mwa malo omwe amasamalira anthu omwe adapulumuka kugwiriridwa pankhondoyi.
Ndinkayembekezera kuphunzira za kugwiritsa ntchito kugwiriridwa ngati chida kapena njira yankhondo, omwe anali mawu omwe ndinamva kale mu November 2008 pamene Dr. Denis Mukwege wa pachipatala cha Panzi anapita ku Toronto, akugawana nawo gawo la Convocation ya University of Toronto. Hall ndi Stephen Lewis ndi Eve Ensler.
Palibe amene adanenapo panthawiyo, koma kugwirizana kwa Rwanda, kachiwiri, kumawoneka kofunikira. Ndinabwerera ku Toronto kudzera ku Kigali, ndipo ulendo wa tsiku limodzi ku Kigali umatanthauza ulendo wopita ku Kigali Memorial Center, kumene umboni, zithunzi, umboni weniweni, ndi umboni wa kupha fuko la ku Rwanda mu 1994 zasonkhanitsidwa. Chimodzi mwa zinthu zakuphako kunali kugwiririra mwadongosolo. Lipoti la bungwe la United Nations la 1996 lonena za kugwirira chigololo panthaลตi ya kuphana kwa fuko linati: โKugwiririra kunali lamulo ndipo kusapezeka kwake kunali kosiyanaโ, ndipo akuti akazi ndi atsikana 250-500,000 anagwiriridwa. Kugwiririra kunali kwadongosolo: kumbali imodzi, mkazi aliyense anagwiriridwa, kwinakwake, kugwiriridwa kunali pafupifupi kugwiriridwa kwamagulu. Chimodzi mwa cholinga chinali kukulitsa mwayi wa matenda opatsirana pogonana. Kugwiririra kunkachitika poyera. Anagwiritsidwa ntchito poopseza, kuwononga mgwirizano ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu ndi chikhalidwe, komanso kuwononga matupi a amayi ndi mphamvu zobereka.
Kugwirira chigololo kumachitika m'malo onse omwe makolo amakhala, ndipo mayiko olemera nawonso. Ku DRC monganso mโmaiko ena, amuna amphamvu, kuphatikizapo amuna a magulu ankhondo, amakakamiza akazi kulowa mโmabanja ndi kuukapolo wogonana. Milandu iyi ndi yogwiririra, koma ndi milandu yosiyana ndi kugwiririra mwadongosolo, kupha anthu.
Koma machitidwe ogwiririra awa omwe adawonedwa panthawi yakupha (kugwiriridwa kwachigawenga kwa azimayi onse mdera) akhala akuchitidwa kwa azimayi aku Congo kwazaka 15 zapitazi, ndipo omwe amachita izi ndi magulu ankhondo aku Rwanda komanso magulu ankhondo. , kaya FDLR, CNDP, kapena asilikali aku Rwanda mwachindunji. Ndatchulapo zina mwazotsatira zake: kutha kwa midzi, kuthaลตira kumizinda, kuwonongedwa kwa madera ozungulira mizinda, kulamulira madera a migodi ndi magulu ankhondo (ndi kupanga madera amenewa makamaka ndi zofuna za ku Rwanda), zigawenga. , kugwa kwa chitaganya ndi kulinganiza zinthu, ndipo, potsirizira pake, mamiliyoni a anthu akufa.
Ponena za Rwanda yomwe, likulu lake, Kigali, ndi umboni wa zomwe zingatheke ndi chuma cha mchere cha Congo. Tauni ya Kigali ndi yotukuka kwambiri, ndipo imasiyana mโnjira iliyonse ndi Bukavu, yomwe ili pamtunda wa makilomita ochepa chabe. Zomangamanga zikutayidwa mofulumira kuposa momwe mungaganizire. Magetsi amapezeka tsiku lonse - mutha kupeza zakumwa zoziziritsa kukhosi ngati mukuzifuna, ndi ma shawa otentha. Magalimoto ambiri atsopano m'misewu yosamalidwa bwino. Zizindikiro zachuma komanso kusintha kwachangu zili paliponse ku Kigali, ndikulengezedwa pawailesi yakanema, pomwe pali zambiri.
Pali manyuzipepala angapo atsiku ndi tsiku mu Kinyarwanda ndi angapo a Chingerezi. Ndinatenga imodzi yotchedwa "New Times", yomwe inali ndi chithunzi chachikuto cha Danny Glover akugwirana chanza ndi Paul Kagame (July 2/09). Ndinatenganso magazini yotchedwa "Rwanda Dispatch" (ya June/09), yomwe ili ndi ndemanga ya Kagame, yomwe idasindikizidwa koyamba mu Financial Times, yomwe imati Africa sayenera kuthandizidwanso. Thandizo silithandiza, ndipo mayiko aku Africa ayenera kupeza njira yawoyawo. Chitsanzo chake cha momwe thandizo silimathandizira? DRC, ndithudi, ndi chisonyezero cha kusagwira ntchito kwa thandizo ndi asilikali ake amtendere a 17,000 omwe "amachitira zizindikiro m'malo mothana ndi mavuto".
Nkhani zotani? Mwina nkhani ngati zigawenga zaku Rwanda zomwe, mothandizidwa ndi asitikali aku Rwanda, zimagwiririra ndi kulanda dziko lonse la DRC, omwe chuma chawo chapangitsa kuti Kigali ikhale tawuni yopambana? Ayi. Osati nkhani zimenezo. M'malo mwake, nkhani zomwe Kagame adatchula ndi za "kutha, kudziyimira pawokha komanso ulemu". Kagame akusiyanitsa DRC, ndi kudalira kwake thandizo losagwira ntchito, ndi Rwanda, yomwe yachepetsa "thandizo monga peresenti ya GDP ndi theka pazaka khumi zapitazi, ndipo chaka chatha ... kuchepa kwachuma." Ndipo zaka za m'mbuyomo (chowonadi chomwe sichinalowe mu gawo la Kagame) Rwanda idakwanitsanso kutumiza madola mamiliyoni mazana ambiri amchere omwe sapezeka paliponse m'gawo la Rwanda, monga zalembedwa ndi malipoti osiyanasiyana a UN. Njira yosangalatsa yochepetsera chuma, ngati ilipo. Uthenga wa mayiko omwe akutukuka kumene ungaoneke ngati: musalandire thandizo, pezani mnansi wofunkha.
Rwanda yasinthanso kuchoka ku dziko la francophone kupita ku dziko la anglophone, zowoneka ngati usiku umodzi. Dziko la Rwanda tsopano likulowa mโdera la East Africa, kumene Chingelezi ndi chinenero chofala. Anthu ankaoneka kuti amaopa kulankhula Chifalansa, kwenikweni, ngakhale pamene mwachionekere ankadziwa Chifalansa kuposa Chingelezi. Ndikhoza kulingalira chifukwa chake olankhula Chifalansa angawope kukayikira. Poganizira momwe kuphedwa kwa mafuko kuli ponseponse m'chikhalidwe cha ku Rwanda, komanso momwe Ahutu onse akukayikiridwa ndi boma kuti akutenga nawo mbali kapena kuchita nawo chiwembucho, a French atha kulumikizidwa ndi kupha anthu motsatira mfundo zotsatirazi. Anthu amtundu wa Tutsi omwe amakhala mu 1994 chisanachitike kuphedwa kwamtundu wa Rwanda amwalira. Amene adalanda dziko la Rwanda ndipo adabweranso pambuyo pa 1994 ndi anglophone. Iwo omwe adakula pambuyo pa 1994 adakula akuyankhula Chingerezi. Chifukwa chake omwe amalankhula Chifalansa angakhale Ahutu omwe analipo chisanafike 1994. Chifukwa chake ngati mukulankhula Chifalansa tsopano, mutha kuyankha komwe mudali mu 1994. Ndibwino kuti musalankhule Chifalansa. Sindikudziwa ngati nโchifukwa chake, koma ndinaonadi mantha pamene ndinayesa kulankhula ndi anthu mโChifalansa.
Ndikuwona momwe wina ngati Danny Glover, yemwe ndimamulemekeza kwambiri, angasangalale ndi dziko lomwe likuchoka muumphawi ngati polojekiti yadziko lonse kuti ipitirire zochitika zowopsya za mbiri yakale monga kuphedwa kwa 1994. Koma mtengo wosawoneka wa polojekitiyi waperekedwa m'magazi aku Congo.
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