#rwandan rebels

Col Aron Nyamushebwa has defected from the Democratic Republic of Congo army (FARDC) and joined Banyamulege vigilante groups who claim to be fighting to defend their motherland from an onslaught by the Mai Mai and anti-Nkurunziza rebels Red Tabara.

Col Aron Nyamushebwa has defected from the Democratic Republic of Congo army (FARDC) and joined Banyamulege vigilante groups who claim to be fighting to defend their motherland from an onslaught by the Mai Mai and anti-Nkurunziza rebels Red Tabara.

Nyamushebwa’s defection from the military in South Kivu comes 2 weeks after Col Michel Rukunda alias Makanika, who was the second in charge of…

The duo was arrested in 2014 subjected to a Kangaroo military court where they were charged and summarily convicted for among other charges ‘Spreading Rumours and Tarnishing the image of government and their country.’

The governments of the United Kingdom and the United States of America have exerted pressure on Rwanda president Paul Kagame to release senior Rwanda military officers who were jailed for politically motivated ‘crimes’.

Although there are several political dissidents and military officers rotting in various jails and Safe Houses in Rwanda, the army officers that have since become a thorn in…

However, a Congolese officer revealed to this news website on Friday that Uganda refused to sign Rwanda backed MoU on joint operations in DR Congo and that the decision has left Rwanda which has for many years been carrying out military operations in DR Co

The Rwandan government is furious over Uganda’s refusal to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the two countries’ armed forces jointly with DR Congo to carry out operations in the volatile Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), sources say.

The three countries’ military chiefs, as well as that of Burundi, reportedly met on Thursday and Friday in the DR Congo Eastern town, Goma that…

Rwandan security forces killed 19 "terrorists" blamed for a weekend attack that left 14 dead near the Volcanoes National Park, famous for its mountain gorilla sanctuary, police said Sunday.

Rwandan security forces killed 19 “terrorists” blamed for a weekend attack that left 14 dead near the Volcanoes National Park, famous for its mountain gorilla sanctuary, police said Sunday.

“The security forces were able to follow these terrorists, to kill 19 of them and arrest five,” police said in a statement, following the attack overnight Friday in northern Rwanda.

“Among those that…

Ingabire returned to Rwanda to launch an opposition political movement in 2010 after 16 years exile in the Netherlands but earlier this she claims she has survived multiple assassination attempts and her life is now in danger

A senior official in an opposition political party in Rwanda was stabbed to death, in what the party’s leader described on Tuesday as an attempt to intimidate opponents of the government.

The official added that this will also prevent her party from winning official recognition. Sylidio Dusabumuremyi, the national coordinator of the FDU-Inkingi party, was stabbed to death at his workplace, a…

The Envoy further alleged that the Ugandan Government has for some time now been doing everything possible to blame the Rwandan government for any murder case involving Rwandans.

Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Uganda Frank Mugambage has called for Ugandan Government through its security organs to tell Ugandans the truth about the identities of the victims who were shot on Entebbe Expressway.

Speaking to the Rwandan government-owned New Times Frank dispelled reports that a female victim of a gun incident in Entebbe, Uganda is Rwandan.

According to initial reports…

It is said that Kamikazi was on her way out of the country, but it was not yet clear where exactly she was heading to. When contacted, the Civil Aviation Authority public affairs manager, Vianney Luggya, said he could not tell where Kamikazi was going

Three Police officers have been arrested over the murder of a woman said to be a Rwandan near Nambigirwa Bridge in Kajjansi town council along the newly constructed Entebbe-Kampala Expressway.

Florence Maya Kamikazi, who was being chauffeured in a black Toyota Landcruiser number UAW 534B, was shot dead together with her friend, Joshua Ruhegyera Nteireho, as they headed towards Entebbe.

Th…

Since February, the Rwandan authorities blocked trucks carrying Ugandan goods from crossing into Rwanda. They also blocked Rwandans from entering Uganda but allowed Ugandans to travel to and from Rwanda.

Presidents Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame are expected in Angola on Wednesday this week to seal an agreement that could end the political hostilities which culminated in the closure of the Uganda-Rwanda border.

The Chinese News Agency, Xinhua, quoted a statement issued by the Angolan President, Joao Lourenco, on Saturday, indicating Museveni, Kagame and DRC leader Felix Tshisekedi would…