Africa

Rose Christiane Raponda as Gabon Finance Minister in 2019

On July 16, 2020, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda, 56, was appointed as Prime Minister of Gabon by the ailing President Ali Bongo Ondimba. She replaced Julien Nkoghe Bekale, who has stepped down after serving in the post for 18 months. She is the first woman to become the head of government in Gabon.

General Evariste Ndayishimiye, President of Burundi

Sources within the Rwandan Defense Forces told AfroAmerica Network that Rwandan Military leaders have appointed two key former Burundian military leaders to lead the Burundi Desk within the Rwandan Defence Forces High Command. The two individuals  cited by the sources are former Burundi president,  Pierre Buyoya and a Rwandan-Burundian citizen, General Jean Bosco Kazura, the current Chief of Defence Staff of the Rwanda Defence Forces.

Alfred Nkubili, Rwandan Businessman with Rwandan President General Paul Kagame

On July 07 and 10, 2020, sources within Rwandan intelligence services told AfroAmerica Network that on Friday, July 03, 2020  President Paul Kagame's security forces arrested Alfred Nkubili, a Rwandan businessman, at his house (see AfroAmerica Network & AroniSmart : Rwanda: Alfred Nkubili, Purported Transporter of Missiles Used in 1994 Assassination of Rwanda and Burundi Presidents, Kidnapped in Kigali).  Alfred Nkubili's relatives have told AfroAmerica Network that Alfred Nkubili is in critical condition at King Faysal Hospital in Kigali where Rwandan security forces took him on Wednesday, July 8, 2020.

 Alfred Nkubili is a prominent business man whose trucks allegedly transported to Masaka hills missiles that were used by Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF)  troops to shoot down the airplane carrying the Presidents of Burundi and Rwanda, Cyprien Ntaryamira and Juvenal habyarimana.  AfroAmerica Network has obtained, from additional sources, new facts regarding Alfred Nkubili’s alleged role in the transportation of the missiles.