Africa

General Emmanuel Karenzi Karake

He is perhaps one of the most prominent Rwandan Patriotic Front elite group accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. The man, Emmanuel Karenzi Karake is head of Rwandan National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS). Aged 54, General Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, know as "KK", is an influential member of the circle of cronies around the Rwandan  dictator Paul Kagame, mostly born in the  exile in Uganda. He was one of the top military leaders of the RPF rebellion before it seized power in 1994.

The British Foreign Office confirmed in official statements  that Karake was arrested Saturday by the Metropolitan Police, without giving

Paul Kagame in Dar-es-Salaam on crisis in Burundi- He is also seeking to change the Rwandan Constitution

“the Arusha Agreement, which was carefully negotiated and accepted by most parties and sectors of Burundian society, brought an end to years of tragic civil war and established the foundation for Burundi’s post-conflict recovery...President Nkurunziza’s decision to disregard the term limit provision of the Arusha Agreement has destabilized Burundi and the sub-region, triggered violence, and endangered Burundi’s economic well-being.” It is in these unequivocal terms that the US  State Department expressed the open position of the US Government  to the attempts by Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza to change the constitution of his counrty, to allow himself to run for a forbidden third term.

Attempts to change the Constitution have led to massive bloody protests, a failed coup, and scores of killed. A low level insurgency is feared as  

MONUSCO Head Martin Kobler and North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku lead burial ceremonies of civilians massacred in Mavivi-Beni

Two FARDC commanders, Colonel Mungura and Lt Colonel Innocent Binombe, were killed on Monday night, May 11, 2015, by the troops of the  United Nations Peacekeeping forces  in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), known MONUSCO,  in Mavivi area, near the town of Beni, sources with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) government have told AfroAmerica Network.

Their overall commander of the FARDC battalion that fell in MONUSCO ambush,  Colonel Murenzi,  has disappeared. Colonel Murenzi is a former