After close to a decade of ruling as prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation as the  leader of Canada's governing party, the Liberal Party.  The resignations comes after weeks of controversy including the Canadian national budget and the policies of the US President-elect Donald Trump towards Canada.  Justin Trudeau announced his resignation during  a news conference in Ottawa, stating that  he will stay on as Prime Minister until his replacement, a new Liberal Party leader,  has been  chosen.

Former US President Donald Trump has won the US Presidential elections and is putting together his new team.  As the days of his swearing in as the 47th President of the United States of America approach, questions regarding  the reasons behind the failure of Democrats have been raised and many answers are being formulated from both sides. The reasons for the failure of Democrats in the 2024 elections appear to be clear for most political analysts. However, more than that, as often  highlighted by AfroAmerica Network on several occasions over the  years as the elections approached and during the 2024 Donald Trump played  and remained a Phenomenal Phenomenon in  the US Presidential Elections.

Former US President Donald Trump has won the US Presidential elections, defeating VP Kamala Harris. With the win, when he is sworn in as the 47th US President, he will make a history, as the second former president to return to the White House after a failed reelection bid and the oldest US President.  Donald Trump's win has been received with jubilation across most voter segments and key states. It  has also fueled in US  and worldwide expectations on wars in Ukraine and Gaza, relations with Europe, China and Taiwan due to economic policies,  tensions with South America on immigration actions,  and economic changes, with the US stock market indices shooting higher and reaching new records.  As usual, Africa is nowhere mentioned..

  On January 18, 2025, in his public address during the ceremony of exchange of wishes, for 2025, with the members of the diplomatic corps accredited in the DR Congo,  the DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi, has reiterated his positions regarding the invasion of Eastern DRC by Rwandan troops. In his address, he called for overdues international sanctions against Rwandan leaders, and rejected any proposition of a dialogue with M23, considering the pressure as an external attempt to legitimize the invasion of Rwandan troops under the cover of M23.

The speech happened following the controversial statements  by Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame claiming that Felix Tshisekedi was never elected. Paul Kagame also appeared to mock Félix Tshisekedi one of  " african idiot leaders".  In late 2023, President Felix Tshisekedi  on a presidential campaign for his reelection, while addressing his supporters,  directed his attacks against Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame comparing him  African Hitler and  promising his supporters that, if elected,  he would declare war against Paul Kagame and invade Rwanda all way to Kigali to overthrow Paul Kagame's regime.

  On January 15, 2025, The United States of America  government, reacting to the mid-term report published by the United Nations Group of Experts on Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in December 2024,  has condemned  the illegal invasion and presence of several thousand  of Rwandan troops in the eastern DRC, under the cover of M23 rebels. The reaction was published in a statement released by  the US State Department.

The statement by the US Government comes as a new government  to be led by President-elect Donald Trump is about to take the reins.
 Reacting to the statement to the US Government and the UN Report, the Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame has rejected any critics from the US and other powers of his dictatorship and justified his invasion of DRC claiming that  President Felix Tshisekedi has never been elected.

In 2018 - 2019, the Rwandan government and NBA agreed on launching  the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in Rwanda. The project was launched after Rwandan government built a $104 million stadium in one of the poorest countries in the World. The NBA-Rwanda Government  project has been criticized by several leaders around the World given the  well documented grave human rights abuses in Rwanda, under the bloody regime led by the Rwandan Dictator  Paul Kagame, including  widespread assassinations and disappearances of political opponents, journalists, and activists, enrollment of child soldiers, invasion of neighboring countries to loot mineral and natural resources, while massacring innocent civilians. 

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna and President of the Italian Bishops' Conference, has started the Ukraine peace mission. His mission was acknowledged by  Russia government, around two weeks after Pope Francis officially entrusted Cardinal Matteo Zuppi with  Ukraine peace mission as Vatican Holy See tries to help ease the tensions in the conflict in Ukraine. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi has a long experience in conflict resolutions, especially in Africa. a member of the Community of Sant’Egidio, in helping broker a peace agreement that ended the 17-year civil war in Mozambique in 1992. He also facilitated the peace processes negotiations in Rome, between 2007 and 2009,  of what is known as the Kisangani Process, a series of negotiations between the government of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the leaders of the Rwandan opposition organization, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), composed of Rally for Unity and Democracy (RUD-Urunana) and Rally of the Rwandan People (RPR).

 Thursday October 7, 2021 The European Parliament representatives (MEPs) adopted a resolution against the repressive actions and systematic human rights abuses by the Rwandan government. One of the highlighted repressive actions is the  kidnapping, detention in abusive conditions, denial of legal representation and fair trial, and unjustly condemnation  to 25 years of a Rwandan opposition leader, Paul Rusesabagina.  AfroAmerica Network has obtained information that the European Union and other powerful countries are working on resolutions to impose sanctions against the Rwandan government in general and, more specifically, some Rwandan political and military leaders. 

The government of Rwanda has to immediately release a Rwandan opposition leader, Paul Rusesabagina, held in prison after being kidnapped, detained in abusive conditions, denied of legal representation and fair trial, and unjustly condemned to 25 years and to ensure his safe return to his country of residence, The European Parliament representatives (MEPs)  has concluded.

The conclusion was reached following a plenary debate on Thursday October 7, 2021 by MEPs. The MEPs adopted a resolution against the actions of the Rwandan government, by 660 votes in favour, 2 against, and 18 abstentions.

On May 25, 2023 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi visited China and (China), and exchanged with the Congolese community living in China. During his visit that was officially about the economic cooperation between DRC and China, Felix Tshisekedi evoked the invasion of DRC by Rwandan troops under the cover of M23 rebels, the collaboration between the EAC force and the M23 rebels, and the potential open wars with Rwanda. After the visit, many questions were raised regarding the peace in the Great Region of Africa and the role of the super powers in the conflict between DRC and Rwanda.?

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The Rwandan Government is considering sending demobilized Rwandan Defenses Forces (RDF) soldiers and surrendered former Rwandan rebels to prop troops fighting in Yemen up, sources in Kigali tell AfroAmerica Network. According to the sources, the agreement is still under discussion between Rwandan officials and  negotiators from the coalition in the Middle East fighting

"In that regard, we need to unite. We need to show global solidarity to address the common enemy of ISIL, Daesh, some other extremists and terrorist groups ... [we] highly commended the leadership of the Russian Federation together with the United States to address some of the root causes of terrorism," the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said, during the Annual East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur, calling on Russia and the United States to join their efforts to combat terrorism.

EU interior ministers have approved a controversial plan to relocate 120,000 migrants across the continent over the next two years.

Fidel Castro, the former Revolutionary leader of Cuba has died. The news was announced by his brother Raoul Castro, the current leader of Cuba. 

"The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 hours this evening," President Raul Castro said on Friday, November 25, 2016.

President Raoul Castro said, in a message to the Cuban nation the nation broadcasted on state television that Fidel Castro had died and will  be cremated on Saturday, November 26,

Is the longest running war in the Americas finally ending? Six weeks after the previous deal was rejected by the popular vote, the two opponents , Colombia’s government and the largest rebel group in the country, known as  

The longest running war in the Americas was supposed to end last week. Unfortunately, Colombians narrowly rejected the deal in a vote  on Oct 2, 2016, resetting the clock for further negotiations. Despite the setback, today on Oct 7, 2016, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the 52-year conflict.