On March 6, 2012, Joseph Kabila, the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC), has appointed an interim Prime Minister who will be responsible for running current affairs until the a permanent Prime Minister takes over.
The interim Prime Minister, [click to continue…]
Sources in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), inform AfroAmerica Network that Jacquemin Shabani, the Secretary General of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), has filed with the Congolese prosecutor general a case against the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) and the Office of Customs and Migration (DGM).
In the complaint, Jacquemin Shabani alleges [click to continue…]
Former Rwandan Public Works Minister Rafiki Hyancinthe Muhindo who was under judicial control in France since September 28, 2011 following a brief detention over an INTERPOL notice initiated upon the request of the current Rwandan government has been definitely cleared today on February 29, 2012, by French courts of the accusations leveled against him. He was accused by the current Rwandan government of participating in or leading 1994 Rwandan massacres.
On September 28, 2011 the French courts temporarily [click to continue…]
Sources in Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) inform AfroAmerica Network that the long feared insurgency has started. The insurgency has been predicted by many observers following the November 28, 2011 controversial elections in DRC, which saw the opposition leaders win elections, but the incumbent seize power (see our December 2, 2011 article: Kivu Boiling: Rwanda Rearming CNDP and Serufuri’s RCD As Tshisekedi Is Expected to Win Elections).
According to sources, in the last few weeks, thousand of Rwandan troops, [click to continue…]
Sources Close to the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) tell AfroAmerica Network that DRC President Joseph Kabila is finalizing his decision to tap one of his opposition leaders to be the next Prime Minister. According to the sources, four names were presented to him, including Vital Kamerhe, Leon Kengo Wa Ndondo, Mbusa Nyamwisi, and Etienne Tshisekedi. Joseph Kabila has allegedly [click to continue…]
Sources in Bukavu, South-Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) tell AfroAmerica Network that the most influential member of the Congolese Parliament, Augustin Katumba Mwanke has died in a plane crash today on February 12, 2012. The crash happened in South Kivu, while the plane was about to land at the Airport of Bukavu, but missed and ended in a river nearby. A former Government of South-Kivu has also died in the crash. Other Congolese personalities [click to continue…]
Sources close to Rwandan Department of Military Intelligence (DMI) tell AfroAmerica Network that the late FDLR Chief of Staff Brigadier General Leodomir Mugaragu was killed by a Rwandan Commando led by commanders trained in Korea. The sources did not specify which Korea, but other sources confirmed that Rwandan troops have been training in South Korea over the last years.
According to the same sources, the commando finished [click to continue…]
Rwandan rebels known as Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) have appointed a new chief of staff to replace Brigadier General Leodomir Mugaragu killed in January 2012 by a Rwandan commando (see our article: FDLR Chief of Staff General Leodomir Mugaragu Killed by a Commando and No FDLR General Surrendered, FARDC sources say).
The new FDLR Chief of Staff, [click to continue…]
Contrary to reports, initially published by the chinese news agency Xhinua Net, that three generals within the Rwandan rebels of the Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR), no FDLR general has surrendered, sources within the Congolese military, FARDC in Goma told AfroAmerica Network.
According to Xinhua Net breaking news in French of February 1, 2012, citing the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) and FARDC sources, three brigadier generals along with their 32 body guards surrendered to RDF in Rubavu, Rwanda, [click to continue…]
Joseph Bideri, the embattled Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-Chief of Rwandan Intelligence Services’ news media group, New Times, has finally been fired, AfroAmerica Network correspondents in Kigali report.
The New Times is an umbrella of news media controlled by Rwandan Intelligence services. It includes the New Times English daily newspaper, [click to continue…]
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