By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere A senior Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) official was also sanctioned by the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). This is Brigadier General Andrew Nyamvumba. According to OFAC, troops under the command of this Rwandan army official invaded Congolese soil in 2022 to support the …

By: Trumpetnews.co.ug Fred Kamaliza met his death on Friday night as he attempted to jump from the second floor that houses the boardroom of Military Intelligence (CMI) at Mbuya hill in Kampala. The deceased was a Rwandan citizen running personal businesses in Uganda and known for living larger than life. …

By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere This Thursday, August 17, 2023, in Luanda, Angola, the 43rd SADC summit started in the presence of region’s Heads of State and Members of Governments. In an excerpt from his speech, the outgoing President of this organization, Félix Tshisekedi, Head of State of the DRC, …

By Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere DR Congo’s The Deputy Prime Minister of National Defence, Jean-Pierre Bemba, who ended his tour last Saturday, 5th August 2023, in Kisangani, stressed that DR Congo being constantly attacked by Rwanda should be every Congolese’s business and worry. On a visit to assess military preparations …

By: DC KWAME KWAKYE Mali’s new leadership led by interim President Colonel Assimi Goita has just cancelled all colonial agreements with the former colonial master, France. After independence, 14 French-speaking countries signed 11 agreements with France which are as follows : AGREEMENT n⁰1: THE COLONIAL DEBT TO REPAY THE BENEFITS …

By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere In a new development in Niger, the Transitional leadership led by the National Council for the Safeguarding of the homeland (CNSP), have nominated Mr Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, a renowned economist, as the new Prime Minister. This appointment marks a crucial step as General Abdourahmane …

By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere “Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have been dealing with the socio-economic, political, humanitarian and security consequences of NATO’s hazardous adventure in Libya for 10 years. Do we accept another similar adventure in Niger? Presidents Assimi Goïta of Mali and Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso said …

By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere France has decided to suspend “until further notice all its development aid and budget support actions” for Burkina Faso, the French Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday 6 August. This announcement is made while Burkina Faso and Mali are in solidarity with the soldiers who took …

By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere Kenya and the DRC signed a Military Cooperation Agreement in Goma (North Kivu) on Friday, 4 August. Kenyan side was represented by Aden Barre Duale, Minister of National Defence while the DRC was led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, Jean-Pierre Bemba. …

By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere On Friday, France rejected a move by Niger’s junta to scrap bilateral military pacts, saying only the west African country’s “legitimate” leadership was entitled to do so. Meanwhile regional Ecowas delegation quit the country after failing to secure the return to power of Niger’s elected government. …