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Rwanda Talks Tough Over South Africa Threat, Romanians Cede To M23 In Goma
https://osazuwaakonedo.news/rwanda-talks-tough-over-south-africa-threat-romanians-cede-to-m23-in-goma/31/01/2025/
#Issues #Angolan #Congo #Constant #Cyril #DRC #EAC #France #Goma #João #Kagame #Kenya #Kenyatta #Kinshasa #Kivu #Lourenço #Masisi #Munzenze #Paul #Ramaphosa In a bitter reaction to the statement credited to South Africa President, Cyril Ramaphosa over the killing of 13 SA soldiers in Goma by M23 rebels, Rwanda President, Paul Kagame has talked tough over President Ramaphosa description of Rwanda Defence Force, RDF as a militia group working with M23 and the SA President’s threat: reshared and commented on President Cyril Ramaphosa X social media post published on Wednessday, accused South Africa of being a party in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo who always launch offensive operations against M23 rebels, only trying to manipulate the public by thus falsely claiming to be a peacekeeper in a war the SA has joined hands to escalate, this, as hundreds of Romania mercenaries contracted to fight against M23 rebels ceded or surrendered to M23 rebels in the present of the rebels spokesperson, Willy Ngoma in Goma who was seen in videos warning and cautioning the Romanians never to come to Congo to fight against them before the Romanians were transported to Rwanda for further assistance to their country. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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in a bitter reaction to the statement
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credited to South Africa president
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sirial Rosa over the killing of 13 sa
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soldiers in GMA by M23 Rebels Rwanda
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president Paul kagame has talked off
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over president ramaa description of
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Rwanda Defense Force rdf as a militia
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group working with M23 and the sa
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president's threat raed and commented on
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President Siri Raa at social media post
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published on Wednesday accused South
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Africa of being a party in the conflict
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in the Democratic Republic of Congo who
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always launch offensive operations
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against M23 Rebels only trying to
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manipulate the public by those falsely
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claiming to be a peacekeeper in a war
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the sa has joined hands to escalate this
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as hundreds of Romanian mercenaries
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contracted to fight against M23 Rebels
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SED or surrendered to M23 rebels in the
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presence of the Rebel spokesperson
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Willie Anga inuma who was seen in videos
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warning and cautioning the Romanians
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never to come to Congo to fight against
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them before the Romanian were
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transported to Rwanda for further
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assistance to their country Willie Anga
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called be seen in one of the videos
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published online talking to the European
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mercenaries in GMA that don't joke with
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M23 my bro that's the Army for the
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people M23 leader Con nanga in a video
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interview said we have come to GMA to
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stay we are not going to withdraw but we
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will move forward from GMA up to kassa
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adding that the rebel group's plan is to
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march to Dr Congo's Capital Kinshasa to
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house the government of President Felix
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T SEC K nanga says president T has CAU
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of power and internet in gumma oring
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residents to return to their homes and
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resume daily life local media reported
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that M23 Fighters have taken control of
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several streets and they are currently
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managing the security situation in gumma
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some residents were taking selfies with
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the fighters and one of the videos saw
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the M23 spokesperson Willie Anga posing
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with the residents in a joyous mood vaa
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reported that although relative C has
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returned to the Eastern Democratic
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Republic of Congo City the men Road
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still bear the marks of conflict with
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military trenches spent bullets
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improvised explosive devices and beer
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bottles scattered around some businesses
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remain closed as residents wait to see
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what actions M23 will take many are
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calling for the restoration of essential
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services like water electricity and the
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internet hoping to resume normal life
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under the group's rule according to boa
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on Wednesday while fighting in the city
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had largely eased intermittent gunfire
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continued in the gas northern areas
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including Ki maanga maango kimway and
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Tunga where the situation remains tense
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according to local DRC media Outlets Al
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jazer reported that in a heed address at
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the emergency East African Community EAC
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suit on January 27th
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20125 president Paul kagame of Rwanda
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criticized South African president siril
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Rosa's involvement in the Eastern
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Democratic Republic of Congo DRC crisis
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KAG accused Rama offending a peacemaker
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role stating sir Rosa is pretending to
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be playing a peacemaker role in eastern
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DRC he further challenged South Africa's
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stance saying and South Africa does even
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issue threats kagame also directed
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criticism towards DRC president Felix
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tedi angolan president Jo Lorenzo and
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former Kenyan president wuru Kenyata for
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their roles in the ongoing conflict
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the suit was ConEd to address the
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escalating situation in gumma where M23
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Rebels have ceased control leading to a
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significant humanitarian concerns Mr
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chairman your excellencies I want us
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that for whatever we are saying and
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whatever we intend to do we capture the
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context rightly and then proceed based
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on that and maybe we can get somewhere
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otherwise if we keep saying good things
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to each other being nice and then each
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one fulfilling their own interests other
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than the common interests we have as
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East Africans then I don't see how we
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are going to contribute effectively to
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finding a solution the other day two or
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3 days ago we lost people there was a
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lot of shelling from Eastern Congo from
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GMA killed a dozen people and injured
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hundreds we will definitely take care of
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that there is no question about it
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president kagame said as posted on his
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verified Facebook page at the
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extraordinary Summit of EAC heads of
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State on Eastern
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DRC even if all of us were doing
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everything right nothing is going to
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come out of it until those mly concerned
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are also part of it participating and
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contributing to the success of the
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process through which they are getting
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the support president kagame added South
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Africa president pres sir Rosa in a
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statement on his ex social media on
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Wednesday said as presented Below in
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quote fellow South Africans following
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the recent intensification of fighting
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in the Eastern Democratic Republic of
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the Congo South Africa has lost 13 brave
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soldiers who were dedicated to their
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mission and committed to peace the
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fighting is the result of an escalation
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by the rebel group M23 and Rwanda
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Defense Force rdf militia engaging the
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Armed Forces of of the DRC FC and
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attacking peacekeepers from the sadc
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mission in the Democratic Republic of
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Congo
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SRC on behalf of the government and the
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people of our country I express our
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sincerest condolences to their families
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their loved ones and colleagues we bore
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our heads in honor of their heroic and
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Gallant Fight For Peace we honor and MN
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them all necessary support is being
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provided to the families of the deceased
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and the families of the injured the
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process to repatriate the remains of the
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deceased is underway the attacks on
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peacekeepers resulted in the deaths of
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Sam idrc members from other troop
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contributing countries namely Malawi and
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Tanzania as well members of the UN
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organization stabilization mission in
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the DRC monusco Brigade we honor all the
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lives that were lost and pass our
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condolences to their families
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governments and
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citizens the situation in gumma and S
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where our troops and their counterparts
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are stationed remains very tense
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volatile and
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unpredictable the minister of defense
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and military veterans Mo animeda and the
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chief of the
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SF General Rani Ma and S idrc Force
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Commander Major General M daaku are
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working to ensure that the sidc forces
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remain well equipped and sufficiently
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supp wanted during this critical Mission
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we are concerned about the speculation
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about the St of our troops and the
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battle conditions all South Africans
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must rally behind our brave men and
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women who have dedicated their lives to
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Bringing peace in our continent South
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Africa's military presence in the
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Eastern DRC is not a declaration of war
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against any country or state the members
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of the South African National Defense
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Force that are in the DRC are part of
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both sadc and United Nations efforts to
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bring peace and protect thousands of
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lives that are constantly threatened by
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the conflict in the DRC the presence of
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the
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sidc forces demonstrates a commitment of
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sadc member states to supporting the DRC
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in its efforts to achieve lasting peace
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and stability and ultimately create an
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enabling environment for sustainable
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development and prosperity we welcome
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the position that was recently adopted
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by the United Nations security Council
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during its special sitting on the
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situation in the DRC which calls for an
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immediate end to hostilities the
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reversal of territorial expansion by the
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M23 the exit of external forces from the
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DRC and the resumption of peace talks
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under the Nairobi process the
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territorial Integrity of the DRC must be
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respected in accordance with the United
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Nations Charter on the respect of
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sovereignty ter torial integrity and
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political independence of other states
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we call on all parties to this conflict
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to fully embrace the current diplomatic
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efforts that are Ed at finding a
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peaceful resolution including honoring
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the Randa process agreements we must
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silence the guns on our continent for
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the attainment of inclusive development
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and prosperity I thank you in quick
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response on Wednesday Rwanda president
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Paul kagame took to his verifi ex social
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media handle and confronted the South
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Africa president sir Rosa in a statement
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stated below do I held two conversations
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this week with President Rosa on the
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situation in eastern DRC including
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earlier today what has been said about
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these conversations in the media by
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South African officials and president
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ramusa himself contains a lot of
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distortion deliberate attacks and even
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lies if whats can changed so much from a
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conversation to a public statement it
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says a lot about how these very
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important issues are being managed a few
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important clarifications for the record
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one the Rwanda Defense Force is an army
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not a militia two
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SRC is not a peacekeeping force and it
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has no place in this situation it was
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authorized by sadc as a belligerent
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Force engaging in offensive combat
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operations to help the DRC government
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fight against its own people working
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alongside genocidal arm groups like ldlr
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which Target Rwanda while also
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threatening to take the war to Rwanda
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itself three s d RC displaced a true
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peacekeeping Force the East African
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Community Regional force and this
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contributed to the failure of the
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negotiation processes four president
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Rama fosa has never given a warning of
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any kind unless it was delivered in his
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local language which I do not understand
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he did ask for support to ensure the
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South African Force has adequate
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electricity food and water which we
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shall help
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communicate five president Rosa
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confirmed to me that M23 did not kill
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the soldiers from South Africa f a DC
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did six if South Africa wants to
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contribute to Peaceful Solutions that is
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well and good but South Africa is in no
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position to take on the role of a
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peacemaker or mediator and if South
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Africa prefers confrontation Rwanda will
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deal with the matter in that context any
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day we heard on Wednesday reported that
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over 1,200 men of the Armed Forces of
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Democratic Republic of Congo have seed
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or surrendered GMA the country's largest
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city to M23 Rebels with DRC military
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uniforms flooding the streets after the
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P of the army attires and took Refuge at
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UN peacekeeping military base leaving
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South Africa soldiers to continue to
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fight on but South African military
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formation in Congo on Tuesday issued a
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statement denying that its men did not
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surrender to M23 Rebels insisting that
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the White Flag hoisted by one of his
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soldiers on Monday during heavy gun
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battle with the rebels was normal
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military tradition for both sides to
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ceire to enable the South Africa troops
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passage to receive medical supply and as
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well give room to the M23 Rebels the
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opportunity to rescue their men injured
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in front of the South African military
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based near Goa airport this as thousands
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of pro government protesters attacked
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and bned some portions of us French
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Kenya Uganda Rwanda and other foreign
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embassies in kinasa we had on Monday
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reported that thousands of prisoners at
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Mente prison facility in gumma the
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capital city of North K province in the
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Democratic Republic of Congo may have
12:58
set themselves free after M23 Rebels
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took control of GMA early morning on
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Monday with videos posted online showing
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civilians flooding back to GMA and
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welcoming the M23 rebels in a rousing
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manner earlier on Monday we also
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reported that one of the most troubled
13:17
countries in Africa Democratic Republic
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of Congo government has bunt civilian
13:22
residents in the country to flood
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streets today Monday the 27th of January
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2025 just as M23 Rebels are now in
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control of GMA after killing the conges
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military commander overnight South
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Africa soldiers a total of 12 un
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peacekeepers forcing other conges
13:39
soldiers to surrender their weapons
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before the 3:00 a.m. Monday 27 2025
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deadline set we had earlier in the month
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reported that M23 rebels in the
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Democratic Republic of Congo early this
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year Advanced and seized the town of
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maissi same period the cones government
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sent 170 two death row prisoners to
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execution as with 102 already confirmed
14:03
executed while the government kept mom
14:05
on the third batch of 70 prisoners
14:06
including the May 19 2024 37 coup
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plotters who were convicted and
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sentenced to death in September 2024
14:14
just as the country Minister of Justice
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constant mut threatened journalists with
14:19
death penalty if to relate the
14:21
activities of armed group he described
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as Rwanda Army and its M23
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auxiliaries for the last two is on
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Monday and today this
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morning I
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spoke with the president of South Africa
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who sought me out to speak with me on
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this matter because of their
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involvement in in eastern
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Congo
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and he's also there pretending to be
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playing a piece make a
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role and he has a force that has been
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sighting fighting alongside
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FD and has been fighting the
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M23 on the instructions of because these
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are people who are not supposed to be in
15:22
Congo that these are from Rwanda or the
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M23 are not rwandans please
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these are conges and one time he accepts
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it then another
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time he says no part of it is yes and
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then the other part is from Rwanda and
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these
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are he keeps on and how do we leaders of
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our own countries accept this to go on
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forever and just accept that we shall be
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manipulated by chedi or whoever is
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supporting
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you and South Africa dares even issue
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threats about what is likely to happen
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after that and so on and so
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forth of course we will see what threats
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they are talking
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about maybe they should have
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done that exactly for which they have
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been
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issuing threats they should have done it
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to clean up the mess in eastern
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Congo or to fight back those who have
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been trying to clean up the
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mess so then the you have the whole
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International Community just
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confused they talked about Rwanda they
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talked about the Nairobi
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process honestly even here maybe you
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will help me understand what all this
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means the processes became an end in
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themselves and the people leading these
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processes became more important than the
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results of the
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processes the Nairobi process became a
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whole
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process then the Randa process it's like
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you can't say anything that will
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displease President
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Lorenzo definitely this does not help
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deal with such a serious matters as we
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are faced with
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