As reported on May 20, 2014 by AfroAmerica Network, based on information provided by sources close to South African Development Community (SADC),  one of the Rwandan rebels groups based in Eastern  Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), known as Forces Democratic de Liberation du Rwanda -Forces Combattantes Abacunguzi (FDLR-FOCA), has disarmed some of its troops (see our previous article here).

 

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“Former Foreign Affairs and Decentralization and Local Government Minister Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi, has escaped an assassination attempt and is under the protection of a government, sources in East Africa tell AfroAmerica Network. The information was confirmed by Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi’s close relatives contacted by AfroAmerica Network. The sources did not however disclose the current whereabouts of Mbusa Nyamwisi.

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In a speech that will likely further deteriorate the already tense relations between the Rwandan and Tanzanian governments, the Tanzanian Foreign Relations Minister told the parliament in Dar-Es-Salaam on May 27, 2014, that Rwandan backed rebels, M23, are Rwandan citizens, and were funded by the Rwandan government.

This is the first time Tanzanian officials have publicly accused the Rwandan government for creating and backing the Rwandan rebels. The Tanzanian Foreign Minister went further and stated that M23 rebels are Rwandan citizens, instead of being Congolese.

The Tanzanian Foreign Affairs Minister added that the relations between Rwanda and Tanzania have continued to deteriorate since the Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete urged the Rwandan and Ugandan Government to negotiate with their respective opposition, as a way to bring peace in the African Great Lakes region (see our article: You Will be Whipped Like A Small Boy Tanzania Government Warns Rwandan Dictator General Kagame of July 13, 2013)

The Tanzanian opposition, usually sympathetic to the Rwandan cause, attacked the Foreign Affairs Minister of fueling the tension between Rwanda and Tanzanian government by his current and past statements against the Rwandan government.
Bernard Membe was not unfazed. He said that his statements were confirmed by various independent reports, including those from the United Nations Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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