By Matthew Russell Lee
UNITED NATIONS, January 10 -- After rumors of the death of Rwanda's Paul Kagame were shot down, across the border in the Eastern Congo, a time-stamped photograph was tweeted of a UN truck full of people on the back, captioned "MONUSCO in Goma celebrating the death of Pres Paul Kagame."
It seemed worth asking the UN mission and its chief, Martin Kobler, to comment on or explain the photograph, and Inner City Press sent this, to Kobler and three MONUSCO spokespeople:
"Please comment on / explain this time-stamped photo, which is being described as a UN truck participating in "celebrations" of the rumor of the Rwandan president's death. Do you dispute that the photo was taken on January 10? To whom is the UN giving a ride in this truck / photo? In what context?"
After a time, UN envoy Kobler replied:
"@innercitypress Ceci apparait de toute évidence comme une utilisation frauduleuse d'un véhicule de la #Monusco. C'est inacceptable"
Translated: "This appears clearly as a fraudulent use of a vehicle of the #Monusco. This is unacceptable."
(Translation not by Google, not only because of NSA spying issues but also acquiescence in Digital Millennium Copyright Act abuse by Reuters UN bureau, click here for that.)
The question is, now what does Kobler, or those above him in New York, do? Watch this site.
