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Johan Ripås
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Africa Correspondent, Swedish TV - https://t.co/mQV0YJTkYd
Nairobi, Kenya
Joined July 2011
RT @Esbjornsson: Rekommenderar veckans Utrikesbyrån. Bra samtal om Kongo med kloka ord från hela panelen, och inspel av @JohanRipas på plat…
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Allt fränare ton mellan Rwanda och Sydafrika - som förlorat ett antal soldater i Kongo. Båda flexar musklerna och säger att de är beredda att hantera en upptrappning. För Sydafrika är det politiskt genant att deras trupper framstår som besegrade.
I held two conversations this week with President Ramaphosa on the situation in Eastern DRC, including earlier today. What has been said about these conversations in the media by South African officials and President Ramaphosa himself contains a lot of distortion, deliberate attacks, and even lies. If words can change so much from a conversation to a public statement, it says a lot about how these very important issues are being managed. A few important clarifications for the record: 1. The Rwanda Defence Force is an army, not a militia. 2. SAMIDRC is not a peacekeeping force, and it has no place in this situation. It was authorized by SADC as a belligerent force engaging in offensive combat operations to help the DRC Government fight against its own people, working alongside genocidal armed groups like FDLR which target Rwanda, while also threatening to take the war to Rwanda itself. 3. SAMIDRC displaced a true peacekeeping force, the East African Community Regional Force, and this contributed to the failure of the negotiation processes. 4. President Ramaphosa has never given a "warning" of any kind, unless it was delivered in his local language which I do not understand. He did ask for support to ensure the South African force has adequate electricity, food and water, which we shall help communicate. 5. President Ramaphosa confirmed to me that M23 did not kill the soldiers from South Africa, FARDC did. 6. If South Africa wants to contribute to peaceful solutions, that is well and good, but South Africa is in no position to take on the role of a peacemaker or mediator. And if South Africa prefers confrontation, Rwanda will deal with the matter in that context any day.
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Rwandas president Paul Kagame i samtal med USA:s utrikesminister Marco Rubio.
Had a productive conversation with Secretary Rubio @SecRubio on the need to ensure a ceasefire in Eastern DRC and address the root causes of the conflict once and for all, and on the importance of deepening our bilateral ties based upon respect for our respective national interests. I look forward to working with the Trump Administration to create the prosperity and security that the people of our region deserve.
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RT @blanksp_t: Kriget i Sudan har tvingat miljoner människor på flykt, men deras berättelser förblir ofta ohörda. Möt advokater, mammor och…
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Läs Martin Schibbye om offren för kriget i Sudan.
Kriget i Sudan har tvingat miljoner människor på flykt, men deras berättelser förblir ofta ohörda. Möt advokater, mammor och unga överlevare som kämpar för en framtid i grannlandet Sydsudan. @blanksp_t
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