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Ingabo za SADC muri RDC: Intambara idasanzwe iri kurota mu karere | IGIHE

Ingabo za SADC muri RDC: Intambara idasanzwe iri kurota mu karere

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Sitwe twenyine twatunguwe no kumva ko SADC igiye kohereza ingabo zo gukemura ikibazo cyo mu ntara ya Kivu mu Burasirazuba bwa Congo. Ni bake batekerezaga ko Perezida Felix Tshisekedi ashobora kugera aha: Nyuma yo kugerageza gushuka Loni n'Umuryango wa Afurika y'Iburasirazuba (EAC) ngo bimufashe kurwanya M23 ntibikunde, ubu noneho SADC yemeye kumurwanirira.

Bamwe mu bakurikiranira ibi bibazo kure bari kwibwira ko ibintu bigiye kumera nk'ibyabaye mu 2013 ubwo ingabo za Tanzania na Afurika y'Epfo zameneshaga M23 igahungira muri Uganda.

Ntabwo M23 yigeze ihangana nabo, yahise isubira inyuma. Icyakora kuri iyi nshuro amazi ntakiri ya yandi: M23 ntizongera gusubira inyuma, ingabo za SADC nizihabwa inshingano zo kurwanya M23, uwo mutwe uzabafata nk'abanzi ubarwanye.

Mu biganiro bimaze igihe biba bigamije gushakira amahoro akarere, umuzi nyawo w'ikibazo cya M23 ntujya ukomozwaho, ntihajya havugwa impamvu uwo mutwe ibyo wemerewe mu 2013 bitashyizwe mu bikorwa. Izi nyeshyamba zemeye kuva mu duce zari zafashe hajyamo ingabo za EAC, ariko aho bigeze bisa nk'aho ibi byose byateshejwe agaciro.

Ntabwo ibyo SADC yemerewe mbere yo kohereza ingabo muri RDC biramenyekana, ariko icyaba cyose, gusinya aya masezerano mashya ni nko gukomeza gushimashima ikibyimba kiri hafi guturika isaha n'isaha. Nta muntu wakwihandagaza ngo avuge ko azi uko ibintu bizagenda, ariko muri iyi nkuru twagerageje guhina, twerekana ibintu bishoboka mu gihe ingabo za SADC zaba zoherejwe.

Ubwo amakuru y'uko SADC izohereza ingabo zo kurwanya M23 yamenyekanaga, nahise mvugana n'abantu banjye baba muri M23, abo muri Guverinoma y'u Rwanda na Uganda bakora mu muryango wa EAC.

Hari umwe mu bayobozi b'u Rwanda wavuze ati "Aya masezerano mashya arerekana ko Tshisekedi atarajwe ishinga no gushaka amahoro. Ntabwo nzatungurwa SADC nitera M23."

Undi wo muri M23 we yagize ati "Ntabwo tuzava mu birindiro byacu ngo izo ngabo zibijyemo, nibibeshya bakaturasaho tuzahangana. Baze biteguye gutakaza benshi kandi amahirwe ni uko muri Kivu bazahasiga urwibutso rubi. Itandukaniro hagati y'ubu na 2013, ni uko ntawe uzongera kutubwira kumanika amaboko ngo tubyemere, twarabeshywe bihagije, kuri iyi nshuro ntituzongera kubyemera. Twize amasomo menshi, twiteguye gupfira icyo turwanira."

Umwe mu basirikare ba EAC uri i Goma yagize ati "Twamaze kubona ko Guverinoma ya Kinshasa iby'amahoro ntacyo biyibwiye. Ubwo bari bamaze kubona ko tutagenzwa no kurwanya M23, batangiye kudusebya no kutugaragaza nabi. Aya masezerano basinye na SADC, ni icyerekana ko batesheje agaciro ibyemerejwe i Luanda na Nairobi. Ntabwo mu nshingano zacu hari harimo kurwana, bivuze ko twe gukorana nabo bidashoboka. Ikigaragara ni uko ibintu bigiye kuba bibi kurushaho." No muri Uganda abaho batubwiye nk'ibi.

Mu gihe SADC izaba itegura ingabo, abayobozi bayo ahari bazaba bazenguruka mu karere basobanurira bagenzi babo impamvu y'uwo mwanzuro bafashe.

Gusa ikigaragara ni uko bigoye ngo abanyapolitiki bazahura bazemera ibyo bababwira. Tshisekedi unyotewe no gutangiza ubu bufatanye vuba cyane bishoboka, aherutse kubwira itangazamakuru ko ashaka ko ingabo za EAC ziba zavuye ku butaka bwe bitarenze ukwezi, ndetse yongeraho ko uretse ingabo z'u Burundi, abandi bari gukorana na M23.

Tshisekedi arashaka intambara na M23 kugira ngo ibizavamo azabyifashishe yiyamamariza manda ya kabiri mu mpera z'uyu mwaka. Nabigeraho kandi, azasibanganya icyasha kimuriho cyo gukorana na FDLR.

Byashoboka ko ikarita ari gukinisha iri kumuhira uyu munsi, ariko yiyibagiza ko uwo bahanganye na we afite izindi karita. Naramuka abashije kumvisha ingabo za Loni (MONUSCO) zikamujya inyuma, intego z'uwo mutwe usanzwe warananiwe noneho zizarushaho kugaragara muri aka karere.

Afurika y'Epfo na Angola byo byashutse Namibia ngo ibe ariyo izayobora izi ngabo za SADC. By'umwihariko Afurika y'Epfo niyo yumvishije ibindi bihugu ngo byemere gusinya, mu gihe Angola yo imaze igihe iri mu macenga: Ku ruhande rumwe Angola yashyigikiye ko ingabo za EAC zoherezwa guhosha imvururu muri Kivu, ariko ku rundi ruhande bari bafite ibindi bashaka.

Angola imaze igihe iri gutegurana na Congo aho kuzashyira abarwanyi ba M23 mu ntara ya Maniema, byose bigakorwa nta ruhare M23 yabigizemo. U Rwanda rwari rwabafashije kugera ku bayobozi ba M23, ariko kuri iyi nshuro Angola ishobora kugorwa no kongera kuvugana na M23.

Afurika y'Epfo yo irishakira uburyo bwo kwerekana ko ari igihugu gikomeye muri Afurika, nyuma y'aho ingabo zayo zinaniwe kwirukana imitwe y'iterabwoba muri Mozambique. Ni kenshi ingabo z'u Rwanda (RDF) zagiye zibatabara.

Icyakora u Rwanda na Afurika y'Epfo bimaze igihe birebana nabi, by'umwihariko kubera uburyo icyo gihugu gicumbikiye benshi mu bashaka guhungabanya umutekano w'u Rwanda no kuba Afurika y'Epfo itumva uburyo u Rwanda rukomeje kuba icyitegererezo muri Afurika. Ubu buryo rero bwo kohereza ingabo muri Kivu, ni nko kwihimura.

Uku kohereza ingabo kwa SADC kandi kuri Angola, ni ubundi bugambanyi iki gihugu gikoreye abavuga Ikinyarwanda baharanira uburenganzira bwabo muri RDC.

Ubwa mbere, mu ntambara ya kabiri ya Congo Dos Santos wayoboraga Angola, yabeshye u Rwanda rwari rushyigikiye RCD ko ntacyo azatwara ingabo zarwo zari zari i Kitona, ziri kwisuganya ngo zijye gufata Kinshasa. Angola yemereye ingabo z'u Rwanda kunyura ku kibuga cy'indege cya Ndjili, nyuma barabahindukirana n'indege z'intambara batangira kubarasa.

Iyi myitwarire ya Angola nta kindi abavuga Ikinyarwanda baharanira uburenganzira bwabo muri RDC bayibonamo, atari ubugambanyi bwa kabiri, ibintu bigoye ko bazongera kubyihanganira.

Hejuru y'uko kutizerana hagati y'u Rwanda n'ibihugu byo mu Majyepfo ya Afurika, hiyongeraho ko FDLR ariyo izabyungukiramo ikarushaho kwiyuburura. Ni ibintu bigoye ko u Rwanda ruzabyemera.

Hashize iminsi abanyapolitiki bo muri Congo bigamba ko nibarangizanya na M23, u Rwanda arirwo ruzakurikiraho. Bisa nko kwikirigita no guhubuka, ariko u Rwanda rurabizi neza ko FDLR ariyo yaba iri mu nyungu.

Tshisekedi kandi yabashije guhondanya imitwe EAC na SADC, ku buryo kugira ngo birinde ingaruka zabyo bizabasaba kuganira. Nubwo babasha kubiganiraho, bizagorana ko iyi miryango yombi yongera kwizerana ku buryo yakorana mu bihe biri imbere.

Ikindi kibazo rero cyo kwibaza: Ni nde uzishyura ibizakoreshwa n'izi ngabo za SADC? EAC yari imaze iminsi isaba inkunga mu Muryango wa Afurika Yunze Ubumwe n'Umuryango w'Ubumwe bw'u Burayi. Leta ya Kinshasa nta n'urupfumuye itanga, ahubwo n'ayo ifite iyamarira ku bacanshuro no kugura intwaro.

Imiryango yemeye gufasha EAC ni uko inemeranya n'ibikubiye mu nshingano uwo muryango urimo muri Congo. Aha umuntu yakwibaza ngo, bazemera gutanga andi mafaranga azafasha mu gukomeza ikibazo barwanya M23, aho gukemura ibihari bahashya n'indi mitwe nka CODECO, Nyatura, Mai Mai, FDLR n'indi? Tshisekedi arifuza ko SADC iba yahageze mu kwezi kumwe, ariko bisa nk'aho icyo gihe kidahagije ukurikije uburemere bw'ikibazo bagiyemo.

Angola na Afurika y'Epfo bo bafite ibindi bibereyemo, ahubwo bagakoresha Namibia nk''agakingirizo. Umugaba Mukuru w'ingabo za SADC azajya ahabwa amabwiriza n'ibi bihugu byombi, nubwo yitwa ko ari uw'ikindi gihugu. Amapeti yose afite uko yaba angana, ntacyo azaba avuze mu gihe atubahirije ibyo asabwa na Angola na Afurika y'Epfo.

Niba koko nk'uko bihwihwiswa SADC izohereza muri Kivu diviziyo y'ingabo (zisaga ibihumbi 10), nta kabuza ko bazarusha imbaraga M23, ariko ntabwo bivuze ko bazaba babarushije amayeri.

Ikibatandukanyije ni uko M23 yiteguye gupfira icyo irwanira. N'umuntu wese utazi iby'urugamba, arabizi neza ko ikintu cya mbere M23 yakora ari ugufata Goma, igakupira amazi n'umuriro ingabo za SADC kuko ariho hari ikibuga cy'indege cyifashishwa mu kubagezaho ibyo bakeneye. SADC kandi ikwiriye kumenya ko u Rwanda na Uganda bigoye ngo byemere kubaha inzira, mu gihe izindi zose zaba zananiranye. Bivuze ko inzira bazaba basigaranye ari Kisangani.

Ikibuga cy'indege cya Bukavu ni gito cyane ku buryo kitagwaho indege nini za gisirikare, nubwo nayo ari indi nzira ishoboka. Ikindi ni uko M23 yahindura amayeri, igatangira kurwanira mu mashyamba, mu dutsinda duto (Guerilla war), ni ibintu bizaborohera.

Nibiramuka bigenze gutyo, SADC izasigara icungira ku kugufashwa n'imitwe nka FDLR na Nyatura na Mai Mai kuko niyo imenyereye utwo duce. Ibi nabyo bizaba ari undi mutego kuko SADC izisanga yatangiye gukorana n'imitwe ifite amazina yanduye, biteshe ikuzo izo ngabo nk'uko byagendekeye Tshisekedi.

M23 nibyo izapfusha abasirikare nikoresha ubu buryo ariko ntabwo bizaba bibi nko kurwana intambara yeruye. Bamaze igihe babyitegura, bahisha intwaro ahantu hatandukanye bagenzura ku buryo abo bazaba bahanganye nabo bazahagwa cyane.

Ubu buryo buzagora cyane ingabo za SADC zizisanga zirwanira ahantu zitamenyereye. Ubufasha bwonyine bwatabara SADC ni ugukorana na MONUSCO. Loni rero niyongera ikemera gukoreshwa muri iyi ntambara, izaba irushijeho kwambika icyasha izina ryayo mu karere, ikintu imaze iminsi yirinda.

Kubera uburyo u Rwanda rwakuruwe cyane muri ibi bibazo rugafatwa nka kabitera, byatumye abasirikare ba M23 bitwa Abanyarwanda. Ni inyito ikomeye ariko nta bubasha Leta y'u Rwanda na Uganda bazaba bafite bwo gusaba Sultan Makenga n'ingabo ze gusubira inyuma. Ikindi ni uburyo benshi mu bavuga Ikinyarwanda bashyigikiye M23, ku buryo batifuza ko uyu mutwe noneho ushyira intwaro hasi.

Mu Rwanda kandi bafata Afurika y'Epfo nk'umwanzi kubera uburyo yahaye rugari abashaka guhungabanya umutekano warwo. Barabizi ko gutsinda M23 byaha urwaho FDLR ikongera kwisuganya. Icyakora, uretse habayeho kuvogera ubusugire bw'u Rwanda, bigaragara ko u Rwanda rutarajwe ishinga no kwijandika muri ibi bibazo bya M23. Nta n'impamvu kandi kuko imbaraga M23 ifite ubu ziyemerera kwirwanaho.

Amakuru atubwira ko ingabo za Uganda (UPDF) nazo zititeguye kurekura uduce zirimo muri Kivu, nubwo atari amakuru twahagararaho kuko rimwe na rimwe amayeri ya Museveni bigoye kuyatahura! Icyakora uko byagenda kose, ni uko bashobora kuba biteguye gufasha M23 mu gihe byaba bibaye ngombwa.

Ikintu kigaragarira amaso ni uko ibibazo muri Kivu bishobora kuba bigiye gukomera kurusha uko twabikekaga. Ingabo za SADC ubu zifite umukoro wo kumvisha isi impamvu zigiye kujya muri Congo, ariko n'iyo zabasha gutsinsura M23, ntabwo ikibazo cyatumye ibaho kizaba gikemutse.

Icyo tugamije twandika iri sesengura, ni ukugira ngo ubashe kumva aho ibintu biva n'aho bigana.

Birashoboka ko hari ibyo twakwibeshyaho kuko ntabwo tuzi ukuri kwa byose, ariyo mpamvu twifuza ko habaho guhangana kw'ibitekerezo, buri wese akerekana uko abona bizarangira kugira ngo tugire aho duhuriza.

Umuryango Mpuzamahanga ukwiriye gukanura cyane, ugatekereza byimbitse kuri aya masezerano aherutse gusinyirwa muri Namibia mbere y'uko izi ngabo zoherezwa muri RDC.

Bakwiriye kandi kureba impamvu nyamukuru yatumye iki kibazo kivuka, bakamenya icyatumye abavuga Ikinyarwanda muri Congo bahaguruka bakarwana. Aka karere kamenetsemo amaraso ahagije, nta ntambara kagikeneye kuko nta terambere rizivamo. Abaturage b'inzirakarengane nibo babihomberamo.



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Re: [Rwanda Forum] La cour d'appel de Paris déboute deux associations qui réclamaient des dommages et intérêts à la journaliste Natacha Polony pour contestation du génocide des Tutsi au Rwanda en 1994, une première en France | Jean-Marc Morandini

Kagame namara kuva ku butegetsi cyangwa namara gupfa, ibyinshi bizasubirwamo kandi n'ukuru kujye ahagaragara. Nawe arabizi. Niyo mpamvu arwanira kuguma ku  butegetsi.

On Fri, 12 May 2023 at 01:47, 'Nzi Nink' via Rwanda Forum <rwandaforum@googlegroups.com> wrote:
La cour d'appel de Paris déboute deux associations qui réclamaient des dommages et intérêts à la journaliste Natacha Polony pour contestation du génocide des Tutsi au Rwanda en 1994, une première en France | Jean-Marc Morandini


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[Rwanda Forum] Paul Kagame, Crystal Ventures, and Rwanda’s new economic diplomacy

Paul Kagame, Crystal Ventures, and Rwanda's new economic diplomacy

 

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[Rwanda Forum] Fw: Procès de Philippe Manier-Hategekimana à Paris: 10 mai-28 juin 2023



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Jeudi 11 et Vendredi 12 mai: J+ 2 et 3. Témoins de contexte. 
Un test pour la crédibilite, l impartialité et l équité des Cours et Tribunaux de France quand il faut juger les Hutu accusés par les Tutsi.

Face à ce chapelet de charlatans et d'incompétents cités par les parties civiles ( Survie, LICRA, Ibuka-France, FIDH, CPCR etc....), la défense compte citer ( si la Cour l'admet !), des témoins de contexte autrement plus compétents et plus indiqués pour cette affaire. Par exemple, d'éminents professeurs d'Histoire ou de Droit ( français, belges et rwandais...), qui ont enseigné au Rwanda d'avant 1994 pendant plus de 10 ans pour certains, pour parler des relations interethniques au Rwanda d'avant et d'après l'indépendance. 
La défense entend aussi citer les anciens ambassadeurs de France et de Belgique à Kigali de 1990 à 1994 pour parler de la gestion de la guerre d'agression du FPR, des pressions exercées sur le Président Habyarimana pour négocier avec les agresseurs et l'attribution de la part du lion au FPR par l'Accord d'Arusha. La défense entend encore citer des anciens Commandants de la Gendarmerie au Rwanda pour parler des missions de la gendarmerie en temps de paix et en temps de guerre. Des officiers gendarmes français ayant servi au Rwanda jusqu'en 1994.Et en ce qui concerne l'Opération Turquoise autorisée par l'ONU en 1994, la Défense entend citer ( si la Cour le lui permet ) l'Officier Général ayant commandé cette Operation et l'Officier Supérieur qui a commandé sur le terrain les unités de l'Opération Turquoise dans le Sud Ouest du Rwanda
Et au grand désespoir du couple franco-Tutsi des Gauthier, la Défense entend citer aussi le politologue et journaliste d'investigation franco-camerounais, Dr Charles ONANA qui, non seulement parlera de l'Opération Turquoise, mais surtout de l'élément qui a déclenché le génocide à savoir l'attentat terroriste du 06 avril 1994 perpétré par Paul Kagame et sa clique Tutsi du FPR,  et qui a coûté la vie à DEUX Chefs d'Etats Hutu mais aussi à trois citoyens français en mission commandée, mais que la France décadente de Macron refuse de donner justice à leurs familles.
Un avant-gout:





[Rwanda Forum] “Kuvuga ko KAGAME na FPR Inkotanyi ari abicanyi si uguhakana, si no gupfobya jenoside”. – Urukiko rw’ubujurire rwo mu Bufaransa.


"Kuvuga ko KAGAME na FPR Inkotanyi ari abicanyi si uguhakana, si no gupfobya jenoside". – Urukiko rw'ubujurire rwo mu Bufaransa. 

https://gahunde.org/2023/05/12/kuvuga-ko-kagame-na-fpr-inkotanyi-ari-abicanyi-si-uguhakana-si-no-gupfobya-jenoside-urukiko-rwubujurire-rwo-mu-bufaransa/


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[Rwanda Forum] La cour d'appel de Paris déboute deux associations qui réclamaient des dommages et intérêts à la journaliste Natacha Polony pour contestation du génocide des Tutsi au Rwanda en 1994, une première en France | Jean-Marc Morandini

La cour d'appel de Paris déboute deux associations qui réclamaient des dommages et intérêts à la journaliste Natacha Polony pour contestation du génocide des Tutsi au Rwanda en 1994, une première en France | Jean-Marc Morandini

https://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-535350-la-cour-d-appel-de-paris-deboute-deux-associations-qui-reclamaient-des-dommages-et-interets-a-la-journaliste-natacha-polony-pour-contestation-du-genocide-des-tutsi-au-rwanda-en-1994-une-premiere-en-france.html


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[Rwanda Forum] Baby born from three people's DNA in UK first - BBC News

Baby born from three people's DNA in UK first - BBC News

Baby born from three people's DNA in UK first

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By James Gallagher

Health and science correspondent

A baby has been born using three people's DNA for the first time in the UK, the fertility regulator has confirmed.

Most of their DNA comes from their two parents and around 0.1% from a third, donor woman.

The pioneering technique is an attempt to prevent children being born with devastating mitochondrial diseases.

Fewer than five such babies have been born, but no further details have been released.

Mitochondrial diseases are incurable and can be fatal within days or even hours of birth. Some families have lost multiple children and this technique is seen as the only option for them to have a healthy child of their own.

Mitochondria are the tiny compartments inside nearly every cell of the body that convert food into useable energy.

Defective mitochondria fail to fuel the body and lead to brain damage, muscle wasting, heart failure and blindness.

They are passed down only by the mother. So mitochondrial donation treatment is a modified form of IVF that uses mitochondria from a healthy donor egg.

There are two techniques for performing mitochondrial donation. One takes places after the mother's egg has been fertilised by the father's sperm and the other takes place before fertilisation.

Graphic showing the two ways mitochondrial donation can work: with the nuclear material taken from the parents' unhealthy embryo after fertilisation and replacing the nucleus in the healthy donor embryo; or the nuclear material being taken from the mother's unhealthy unfertilised egg and replacing the nucleus in the donor egg ready to be fertilised

However, mitochondria have their own genetic information or DNA which means that technically the resulting children inherit DNA from their parents and a smidge from the donor as well. This is a permanent change that would be passed down through the generations.

This donor DNA is only relevant for making effective mitochondria, does not affect other traits such as appearance and does not constitute a "third parent".

The technique was pioneered in Newcastle and laws were introduced to allow the creation of such babies in the UK in 2015.

However, the UK did not immediately press ahead. The first baby born via this technique was to a Jordanian family having treatment in the US in 2016.

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (the HFEA) is saying "less than five" babies have been born as of 20 April 2023. It is not giving precise numbers to prevent the families being identified.

These limited details have emerged after a Freedom of Information request by the Guardian newspaper.

"News that a small number of babies with donated mitochondria have now been born in the UK is the next step, in what will probably remain a slow and cautious process of assessing and refining mitochondrial donation," said Sarah Norcross, the director of the Progress Educational Trust.

There has been no word from the teams in Newcastle so it is still uncertain whether the technique was successful.

Prof Robin Lovell-Badge, from the Francis Crick Research Institute, said: "It will be interesting to know how well the mitochondrial replacement therapy technique worked at a practical level, whether the babies are free of mitochondrial disease, and whether there is any risk of them developing problems later in life."

There is technically a risk of "reversion" where any defective mitochondria that are carried over could gain in number and still result in disease.

It had once been estimated that up to 150 such babies could eventually be born each year in the UK.



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