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Peace in Great Lakes Region Needs Active Role Of Women, UN Envoy Tells UN Security Council

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 [...]

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Kibumba: Fightings Between M23 Factions Never Happened

March 17, 2013

Sources in Kibumba, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC) and in Gisenyi, Rwanda inform AfroAmerica Network that the much publicized fightings among General Makenga’s and General Jean Bosco Ntaganda’s M23 factions at the end of this week never happened. (Photo: Colonel Innocent Zimulinda) “The fightings simply never happened and we didn’t flee. It is a [...]

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UN Special Envoy in Great Lakes: Will Rwandan President Kagame Seize the Opportunity

March 7, 2013

On January 6, 2013 AfroAmerica Network first disclosed the political wranglings at the United Nations about the nomination of a UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes of Africa (see our article: UN Special Envoy in the Great Lakes: Will 2013 Bring Peace in Eastern DRC? . The idea came to fruition on February 24, [...]

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M23 Rebels Infighting Leaves Tens of Dead; Rwandan Rebels Fight M23 Rebels

February 25, 2013

Sources within Congolese M23 Rebels tell AfroAmerica Network that infighting between General Sultani Makenga’s and General Bosco Ntaganda’s factions have left tens of dead, mostly M23 rebel troops. Several injured rebels are being treated in hospital in Rutshuru. The infighting follows a failed assassination attempt on Share on Facebook

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Rwandan Social Party PS-Imberakuri Launches Armed Opposition?

February 8, 2013

Sources in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Western Rwanda inform AfroAmerica Network that the members of the only Rwandan approved opposition party operating inside Rwanda, Social Party PS-Imberakuri, has launched an armed opposition to the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) regime. In Rwanda there are other so-called “opposition parties”, that most observers [...]

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Rwandan Rebels Reinforcing in the Kivu, Sources Say

December 19, 2012

Sources in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) inform AfroAmerica Network that Rwandan rebels have been reinforcing in the Kivu, the province Eastern DRC. According to the sources, Rwandan rebel troops were seen in the areas of Share on Facebook

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Rwandan President General Paul Kagame Broke It; He Has to Own It

December 5, 2012

AfroAmerica Network has been talking to sources inside Rwanda and especially in the Northwestern region, where Rwandan rebels have recently been clashing with Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF). From the sources, despite the brave face put on by Rwandan military and political leaders, the situation is worse than depicted: thousands of civilians have fled their homes [...]

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Rwandan Rebels Attack RDF in Mutura; UN Expresses Intention to Sanction Rwandan Leaders

November 27, 2012

Sources in Gisenyi, Rwanda tell AfroAmerica Network that Rwandan rebels have attacked Rwandan government forces, the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) troops in the Mutura region bordering the volcanos. The clashes started Share on Facebook

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UN Security Council to Tackle Rwandan Government Support to M23 Rebels

November 11, 2012

On November 28, 2012, the United Nations Security Council’s Sanctions Committee will adopt a resolution on the support of Congolese rebels known as M23 by foreign governments and individuals. During the November 28, 2012 meeting, the chair of the UN Sanctions Committee, Ambassador Agshin Mehdiyev from Azerbaijan, is expected Share on Facebook

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Rwandan Opposition Group Expresses Its Position on the Crisis in Eastern Congo (DRC)

May 28, 2012

Situation in Eastern DRC:  The Time to Revisit  the Jan 27, 2009 Accord Between the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and DRC Government is Overdue. The Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is once again put to fire and sword by various militias and warlords, most the backing from foreign governments. According to non government organizations [...]

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