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By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere Diplomatic tensions between Burundi and Rwanda continue to increase at the start of 2024. On the 2nd February 2024 while meeting diplomatic corps and consular accredited to Burundi, the president of Burundi  Evariste Ndayishimiye once again criticized Rwanda’s ruthless dictator Paul Kagame and his regime. …

By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere On 5th February 2024, in Kinshasa, DR Congo, President Félix Tshisekedi brought together DR Congo’s High Defence Council. “An overview took place on military and operational issues in North Kivu,” said Jean Pierre Bemba, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense. “The Higher Defence Council …

By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere Since Friday February 2, RDF-M23 have seized the hills of Muremure and Ngingwe, in the Kibabi group, Masisi territory (North Kivu). RDF-M23 consolidated their positions following heavy fighting against FARDC and Wazalendo militias. These clashes caused massive displacement of the populations of Shasha and Bweremana. …

By: AFP The President of Senegal, Macky Sall, on Saturday announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election scheduled for February 25, just hours before official campaigning was due to start. In an address to the nation, Sall said he signed a decree abolishing a previous measure that set the …

By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere Rwanda’s ambassador in Zambia Rugira Amandin who was accused of calling Zambians ‘inept and lazy’, saying its the reason Rwandan refugees own 90% of shops in Lusaka was quietly recalled back to Rwanda and he has now been replaced by Emmanuel Bugingo. Dictator Paul Kagame …

By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere Local armed groups (Wazalendo) and FARDC recaptured the city of Mweso (North Kivu) this Wednesday, January 24 at 7:30 a.m., sources in this region say. The recapture of this locality in Masisi territory has taken place after violent fighting between RDF-M23 and the FARDC as …

By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere Press review of Tuesday January 23, 2024 Some newspapers published this Tuesday, January 23, return to the media and government interventions by DR Congo’s Minister of Communication and Media, a few days after the swearing-in of President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi. The evil of the Great Lakes …

Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere Africa is “determined to contribute effectively to the return of peace in eastern DRC”, declared Monday January 22 in Kinshasa, the special envoy of the South African President for the Great Lakes region, Jeff Radebe. This was following his meeting with the Minister of Defense and …

The 16th January 2024 was an extremely a bad day for RDF-M23 terrorists. Colonel Castro Elise Mberabagabo isn’t any other person within RDF-M23 terror group, he was the brain behind RDF-M23 mineral smuggling ring, known as the NETWORK. He wasn’t a field commander or ever commanded in the field, he’s …

By: Reuters KIGALI/BUJUMBURA, The Rwandan government on Thursday, January 11, 2024, said Burundi had decided to shut its border with the East African nation, weeks after the Burundian president accused it of hosting a rebel group. Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye in late December accused Rwanda of hosting and training the …