Troops of RUD-Urunana and RPR-Inkeragutabara on a position in Kasiki Village, Lubero, North-Kivu

A coalition of the troops of Congolese rebel General Kakulu Sikuli Vasaka Lafontaine's UPCP and Rwandan rebels of  RUD-Urunana and RPR-Inkeragutabara have been battling fighters of Cheka's Nduma Defense Forces in Kasiki, Lubero, Noth-Kivu Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sources in the area have told AfroAmerica Network

On December 25, 2015,  the fighters of the Congolese warlord Cheka Ntabo Ntaberi, known as Nduma Defense of Congo (NDC),

Rwandan General Paul Kagame Voting for Constitutional Change to Allow Himself Another 17 years

"What do you do when a country's democracy is being dismantled by its own people? Paul Kagame has been President of Rwanda for 14 years. He could serve up to 17 years more. Rwandans have voted overwhelmingly to change the constitution, to let him run again and again. The White House immediately criticized the referendum. President Obama has been consistent in his call for African leaders to adhere to term limits. But Rwanda's approach — using a referendum to give voters the power to support a constitutional amendment — may be one of the trickiest to counter, " United States National Public Radio (NPR) correspondent Gregory Warner said (see NPR here), while reporting on the sham referendum that just happened in Rwanda to allow the Rwandan dictator to remain in power.  NPR is a US-based privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization.

Burundian Pierre Nkurunziza and Rwandan Paul Kagame in "soccer buddies" days

The small and impoverished country of Burundi, located in the heart of African Great Lakes Region, is slowly and steadily sliding into the chaos and human tragedy, with unpredictable consequences. unknown/abyss but Rwanda, another small impoverished country to the North may  not be far behind.

Recent news coming from the landlocked country of Burundi have been alarming to say the least. Few days ago there were media reports of insurgents coordinated attacks against three main military compounds in the Capital City of Bujumbura. Score of assailants were killed. Based on  official accounts, 87 people, including 9 from the Burundian security forces  were killed in the attacks. However, several sources in Bujumbura affirm that hundreds of people, including insurgents, civilians and government soldiers were killed, just in one day.  A few days  earlier,

Protests in Burundi against Pierre Nkurunziza seeking third term

“We know that there are people who tell those lies in order to obtain special protection. I wanted to tell you that although these international NGOs operate in confidentiality we have the means to know everything you tell them. For public interest reasons we will convoke those people and ask them about their false statements. That’s why I ask all those who have lied to go back to those NGOs and change their statements, ” Rwandan Disaster Minister Seraphine Mukantabana  said on October 23, 2015, in a speech delivered to Burundian Refugees in camps inside Rwanda. She was threatening refugees after reports that Rwandan Security services were recruiting  Burundian refugees, including children,  funding, arming and training them with the purpose of launching military attacks back inside Burundi.  It is two of such attacks that led, over the week-end,  to 87 deaths, including 8 members of the Burundian security forces,  in the Capital Bujumbura, according to Burundian military spokesperson.

DRC President Joseph Kabila's brother Zoe Kabila and Sister Janet Kabila allegedly overseeing assets being flown to Cuba

 Based on recent information from Joseph Kabila's aides, AfroAmerica Network recently published an article  (see here) on how the embattled President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, is shipping assets and family members to Cuba, sources in Kinshasa tell AfroAmerica Network. According to the sources, the assets, including money, minerals, jewelry, and other expensive furnitures and personal items are being carried by plane to Cuba.

The pilot or owner of the plane is known in Kinshasa as Tim, according to the sources.   AfroAmerica Network has obtained more information on the assets movement and the people involved.

Photo: DRC President Joseph Kabila's brother Zoe Kabila and Sister Janet Kabila allegedly overseeing assets being flown to Cuba.

The latest information, from sources based  both in Johannesburg, South Africa and  Kinshasa, DRC, say that the assets are being channeled to Cuba by direct flights and indirect transit routes. 

According to the sources, in recent weeks, Janet Kabila, the twin sister of Joseph Kabila, flew directly  to Cuba on a plane owned and operated by a certain Tim. Once in Cuba, she connected with Mugaru Christopher, Joseph Kabila's private accountant and presidential palace manager.

Mugaru Christopher had taken an indirect route through Johannesburg, South Africa. Both spent 10 days in Havana,  Cuba.  There, they allegedly made several transactions, including opening bank accounts, buying mansions,  and securing storage places for  assets and expensive furnitures. They both returned to Kinshasa late last week, Janet Kabila directly by Tim's plane and Mugaru,  through South Africa

Mugaru Christopher is a former DRC Ambassador to Tanzania.

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Paul Kagame and Museveni, Augus 2013

The United States will not support African dictators bent on changing the constitutions of the countries to allow themselves to cling onto power, the US State Department said in a statement on Friday, September 4, 2015 by State Department Spokesperson John Kirby . The statement condemned Rwanda’s Parliament and President Paul Kagame for the decision to " establish a Constitutional Reform Commission that may amend or remove executive term limits and permit President Kagame to seek a third term in 2017."

The statement by the US State Department immediately drew a scathing reply from the self styled Rwandan Foreign Minister, Louise