by AfroAmerica Network on May 22, 2013
On Monday May 20, 2013, Congolese Rebels known as M23 reinforced by Rwandan Defense Forces troops launched attacks on positions held by Congolese Government forces, FARDC around Goma. The attacks, in preparation since late April 2013, threatened Goma, the provincial capital of North-Kivu Province and have sent scores of displaced into the jungles or already crowded camps.
Photo: M23 Rebel Leader in Rwanda on March 16, 2013.
Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) started entering the Democratic Republic of the Congo on April 3, 2013 under the cover of M23 rebels dissidents who, allegedly were being reintegrated. The M23 rebels had entered Rwanda on March 16, 2013 after sham battles among two M23 factions to cover the forced deployment of Rwandan troops due to international pressure (
see: Kibumba: Fightings Between M23 Factions Never Happened).
On April 13, 2013 M23 High Command, Read Full Article ===>
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by AfroAmerica Network on May 13, 2013
Sources within the Rwandan government inform AfroAmerica Network that General Paul Kagame has ordered a large increase in the budget allocated to External Intelligence Services.
Photo: Professor Linda Melvern in Stockholm on April 11, 2012 defending Human Rights Record of Rwandan Government.
According to the sources, General Paul Kagame ordered the increase after an extensive report from Rwandan embassies in the West and in major African Countries and from intelligence operatives in the West, Uganda, and South Africa pointing to better and more coordinated lobbies from the opposition and the increasingly critical reports from Non Government Organizations (NGO) and governments.
Reports increasingly critical of Rwandan government’s poor human rights record
One such latest reports that triggered a more aggressive approach and hence an increased budget Read Full Article ===>
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by AfroAmerica Network on May 7, 2013
“I Intend to mobilize the women of the [African] Great Lakes Region countries to play an active role of the PSC [Peace Security and Cooperation] Framework,” UN Envoy to the Great Lakes Region, Ms Mary Robinson told the United Nations Security Council this Monday May 6, 2013.
Ms Mary Robinson made the statement while briefing the UN Security Council after a week long trip in the African Great Lakes Region. Read Full Article ===>
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On Monday May 20, 2013, Congolese Rebels known as M23 reinforced by Rwandan Defense Forces troops launched attacks on positions held by Congolese Government forces, FARDC around Goma. The attacks, in preparation since late April 2013, threatened Goma, the provincial capital of North-Kivu Province and have sent scores of displaced into the jungles or already crowded camps.
