The U.S. military command for Africa (Africom) has started training 1,000 Congolese troops in the eastern city of Kisangani. The $30 million training program is expected to last eight months.
President Joseph Kabila has carried-out a long-awaited government reshuffle aimed at improving performance and good governance. Adolphe Muzito has been reappointed as Prime Minister, Francois Joseph Nzanga Mobutu will also stay on as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Employment, Labor and Welfare.
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin called on Rwandan authorities on Monday to publish the names of FDLR (the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) rebels suspected of involvement in the country’s 1994 genocide.
Le sénateur américain Dick Durbin a appelé lundi les autorités rwandaises à publier les noms des rebelles FDLR (Forces démocratiques pour la libération du Rwanda) suspectés d’implication dans le génocide de 1994. S’exprimant dans la ville de Goma, Durbin a déclaré à l’AFP que “L’opportunité devrait être donnée aux gens qui n’ont pas été impliqués […]