Africa

Vital Kamerhe, Chief of Staff of Felix Tshisekedi in 2019 Before Imprisonment for Corruption and then Rehabilitation

Early in the  morning of May 19, 2024, a group of armed men in military uniforms, and  waving the Zaire flags,  attacked the residence of Vital Kamerhe, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy,  and then the  Palais de la Nation, the  seat of the Presidency, where President Felix Tshisekedi is usually based. After  a few hours, the Republican Guard was able to regain the control of the areas. The spokesperson of the army confirmed that there was a failed military coup by a group of armed men from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and  foreign powers. According to AfroAmerica Network sources close to the DRC Republican Guard,  the Rwandan Army is the first suspect.  

SADC Army in DRC

On May 3, 2024, Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) troops, under the cover of M23 rebels heavily bombed camps of Congolese displaced civilians in Mugunga, North-Kivu Province in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), near the main city of Goma. Tens of displaced people, mostly women and children and elderly were killed.  The bombing, a continuation of human crimes committed by the Rwandan army against the Congolese civilians for decades has been condemned worldwide, including by the United States Government (USA), the European Union (EU), African Union (AU), and South African Development Community (SADC), leading to  calls for International sanctions against the Rwandan army and its leaders.

President Juvenal Habyarimana, First LadyAgathe, relatives and friends celebrating 50th Birthday at a Church in 1986

Late Rwandan President General Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President  Cyprien Ntaryamira were assassinated on the evening of 6 April 1994. Their assassination  was the catalyst for unprecedented ethnically based massacres. At the end of the massacres, millions of Rwandans, from Hutu, Tutsi and Twa ethnic groups were massacred. The assassination of the presidents and the massacres that followed set off a regional  humanitarian catastrophe whose consequences are felt even today, 30 years later.  Based on estimates from the NGOs, experts, and, most importantly, the United Nations, the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira has led to  more than  10 million deaths, so far. 

The question however is not about the numbers. The major question remains, 30 years later:  why no one, so far, has been held criminally and civilly accountable, except unassuming scapegoats to accommodate collective political correctness of the international community?