Sources within MONUSCO inform AfroAmerica Network that Mai-Mai Cheka aka Sheka fighters have ambushed and killed 2 FARDC commanders. The killings happened in the areas of Walikale and Masisi. Among the FARDC commanders killed are Colonel [click to continue…]
Sources in Eastern DRC inform AfroAmerica Network that mercenaries working for the brother of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni are involved in fightings in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The mercenaries, allegedly working as private military contractors for international organizations, [click to continue…]
In a visit to the Eastern DRC, the Congolese President Joseph Kabila has officially announced his plan to arrest the renegade General Bosco Ntaganda and deliver him to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
In a meeting with traditional and civil society leaders [click to continue…]
On April 14, 2012, Bishop Matteo Maria Zuppi, the new Titular Bishop of Villa Nova and Auxiliary to The Holy Father Benedict XVI, the Bishop of Rome, will be ordained in Rome. An Auxiliary Bishop of Rome is a direct auxiliary to the Pope or the Catholic Holy Father. He fulfills episcopal duties for the diocese of Rome in lieu of the Pope, who is diocesan Bishop of Rome.
Bishop Matter Zuppi was appointed the [click to continue…]
The rebellion that has been simmering for the last months, especially following the November 28th, 2011 Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) presidential elections, has intensified. The latest major event to fuel the rebellion is the defection of the commander of the 805th Division of the Armed Forces of DRC (FARDC), [click to continue…]
On April 6, 2012 the US Government sent out a statement to commemorate with the Rwandan people the anniversary of the tragedy that befell them in 1994.
The message, that can be found on this link, hails the Rwanda people for the remarkable advances in areas of health, education and agriculture. However, the statement by the Acting Spokesperson, Mark C. Toner makes veiled references to the lack of democracy in Rwanda.
First, instead of “remarkable strides” [click to continue…]
Sources in the Kivu inform AfroAmerica Network that troups loyal to the accused war criminal General Bosco Ntaganda have rebelled and deserted the Congolese Army, FARDC. The troops that rebelled were based in North-Kivu, mainly in the areas of Rutshuru, Masisi, Kitchanga, and Katale.
According to the sources close to the Congolese presidency, [click to continue…]
The Daily Magazine Dagbladet, Norway’s second largest tabloid newspaper and third largest Norwagian newspaper overall has reported that a Norwegian-Rwandan opposition leader, Major Emmanuel Munyaruguru has been under constant Norwegian Police protection following multiple assassination attempts and threats by operatives believed to be associated with the Rwandan Government. In the article published on March 14, 2012, [click to continue…]
In a unusually lengthy article published on March 15, 2012, Bloomberg News describes the Rwandan Dictator Paul Kagame as a Business Reformer who does not hesitate to brutally repress and jail his opponents.
The article, [click to continue…]
The countdown for the formation of the new government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has started, barely one day after the DRC President, Joseph Kabila, appointed an interim Prime Minister following the resignation of the former government (see our article). The countdown was signaled on Thursday, March 8, 2012 by the appointment of a person [click to continue…]
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