Africa

M23 Rebels and Tanzanian Refugees in Rwanda Being Recruited For DRC Invasion?

Joseph Kabila with Rwandan workers on his farm

Sources in Kigali, Kampala and Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have informed AfroAmerica Network that organized military actions to invade DRC are being planned for the near future. Accroding to the sources recruitements inside Rwanda and Uganda and trainings in the eastern region of North-Kivu, near the town of Beni and in Walendu Watsi, Mahagi territory, the south of Ituri province have intensified. The recruits include Tanzanian refugees based in Rwanda, ex-M23 rebels, and demobilised RPF soldiers or repatried former Rwandan rebels.

Rwanda: Opposition Leader Diane Rwigara and her Mother Adeline Released from Jail on Bail

Adeline Rwigara and relatives ruffled by police officers, Oct 5, 2018

On Friday Oct 5, 2018, Diane Shima Rwigara, a leading critic of Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame and opposition leader, was released from prison on bail, along with her mother Adeline Mukamugemanyi-Rwigara.

Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire and 2,100 Others Released from Prison

Victoire Ingabire (center) and Kizito Mihigo (left), at their release on Sep 15, 2018

On Saturday Sep 15, 2018, Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, star musician Kizito Mihigo and more than 2000 prisoners were released early from jail. The release follows a decision by Rwandan dictator General Paul Kagame to commute sentence of or pardon some prisoners in a crowded Rwandan jail system. Most of the prisoners, including Victoire Ingabire and Kizito Mihigo had been thrown into jail for political reasons.

DRC Elections: Joseph Kabila's Dauphin and the Strategy to Remain in Power

DRC Elections: some of the main opposition leaders in a meeting in Jan 2018

Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, the candidate of the Common Front for Congo (FCC) is the ideal dauphin of Joseph Kabila for the presidential elections planned in December 2018 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He matches the expectations so nicely, that some analysts believe that Joseph Kabila will easily achieve his goal: staying in power, after appeasing and manipulating the internation community and organizing elections that will never happen.