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Getting into war zones and collecting facts when local authorities block access is the job of a journalist. We respect all opinions but the M23 version of this reality does not seem to interest anyone. They also have the right to speak out.
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2/The M23 can count on the sympathy of the whole Tutsi community in the African Great Lakes Region. In 2013 the M23 withdrew into Uganda with the guarantee that the FDLR presence in Congo would be dealt with and that the rights of the Congolese tutsi's would be respected.
#M23
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Update SAKE: M23 stopped an SADC-FARDC attack this morning in Kingi, a small village just outside Sake. They claim that SADC troops were actively involved and that 4 armored cars and one truck were captured and/or destroyed. More details will follow.
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Just thinking: how can
@SecBlinken
be credible in his statement that foreign countries should not support rebel groups in Congo if he's defending
#Rusesabagina
s FNL that crossed from Burundi to kill innocent people here in Rwanda????
#Rwanda
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Just talked to M23 officers in Kitchanga! Next step is Kilolirwe and the whole area behind the Nyaragongo. If this is correct Goma will be surrounded completely. m23congoNL
@wembi_steve
@PatrickMuyaya
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We went to Kishishe, Bambo, Bwiza (where we were filmed), Rutshuru, Bunagana, Tongo. M23 controls this whole region. We will propose this story to international broadcasters.
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11/ My colleague
@AdelineKivuPA
and human rights lawyer
@gateteviews
(he wrote the report) accompanied me. The
#M23
took care of our safety. The war in the DRC is also a propaganda war and a lot of bullshit is currently being published about it.
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1/The meeting between Kagame and Tshisekedi in Angola today is very important but will not be decisive to guarantee peace in the DRC. The current war between the M23 and the FARDC is different from the previous wars with Laurent Nkunda and the 2013 M-23 debacle.
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Update Goma:
Confirmation that Sake was taken by M23 today. "We are preparing to receive their counter attack," tells us and M23 officer. This news was confirmed by off the record sources within FARDC.
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Kinshasa a essaye de discrediter notre travail. C est vraie qu ón est entre au Congo sans visa mais le gouvernement ne peut jamais donner la permission d' aller a Kishishe. Surtout pas apres avoir gonfle le nombre des morts.
#M23
,
@PatrickMuyaya
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Update Goma:
Last night two mortars 81 mm that were strapped to commercial drones were dropped on Goma airport. One Sukhoi was damaged at its reservoir. Several sources confirm this and we are following up. This was a precision strike.
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This article is very correct: Forbidden Stories missed the ball completely.
@KristofClerix
. We are also working on the ever growing list of professional mistakes they made.
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Update Masisi: FARDC – Wazalendo – Mercenaries – FDLR on the retreat in the Rubaya area. Rubaya in the hands of M23. Villagers remain locked in their houses. Several sources confirm that many Wazalendo and FARDC were killed because the village was enveloped in impi style.
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Update 3: The Rubaya coltan mine was one of the biggest in its kind in Africa and Tshisekedi left it under the control of the Burundian army and the FDLR so that the coltan could be shipped out via Bujumbura. Tshisekedi was paying them off with the profits.
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The situation in and around Goma is getting more critical by the day. Our analysis in English. Please share and forward.
@PatrickMuyaya
@FelixUdps
@SADC_News
@AdelineKivuPA
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The problem is with the Congolese and the outside world will never be able to solve their problems. The M23 and the whole Bagogwe community were pushed in a corner. They'll keep on fighting until their problem will be solved.
#Rwanda
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Our last analysis about the situation in the Kivu's. Pls. open and share! Certain facts remain facts and many of them remain hidden behind the cliche's that Kinshasa is spitting into the world.
@PatrickMuyaya
@SADC_News
@eacrf_DRC
@FelixUdps
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11/The FDLR joined the FARDC. In Tutsi circles the respect for the UN is very low. They start thinking that they have to deal with those extremists themselves. The deployment of RDF troops on the border is impressive. An uppercut could neutralize the FDLR for years.
#Rwanda
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Burundi is already allowing the FDLR to use its soil to infiltrate Nyungwe. The presence of the Burundian army in the Kivu's will provide the FDLR extra shelter.
#Rwanda
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Madame
@JudiRever
! I talked to most of your sources long ago and they all have hidden agendas. Rwanda an open air prison and the RPF burning opponents in Gabiro, etc. ? Be a real journalist, check facts on the ground and stop lobbying for the
#Hutupower
clique!!!!
The explosive evidence that Washington and the United Nations buried which implicates Paul Kagame and his senior RPF commanders in systematic war crimes before, during & after the Rwandan genocide. My investigation with
@benmoran
in
@mailandguardian
.
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Bcp de chercheurs, journalistes et diplomates nous appellent et ils savent tres bien ce qui se passe dans le Kivu. Mais ils ont peur de s' exprimer ouvertement. Cet article est deja vue et lue par plus de 30.000 personnes.
@PatrickMuyaya
@sugiramireille
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Michael Rubin
@mrubin1971
does not swallow his words about Rwanda's involvement in Mozambique. But first watch this: &
#RDF
,
#RwandaMoD
,
@AdelineKivuPA
,
@Rwandapolice
,
@albcontact
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Update 2: The same sources confirm that the roads between Rubaya and Kibabi and also the ones between the village and Mumba were cut off by the M-23. Otrher M23 units took Binyangara (Muderi, Gakomba, etc.). Some of the wazalendo-Fardc got away in time, others were encircled
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Update 4: The FARDC coalition is expected to try and break up the encirclement of Goma during the next couple of days. Some M23 tell us they are ready for that, counterattack, and pursuit the enemy into Goma.
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Iwawa island, 1995. The Interahamwe built a base on this island to infiltrate Rwanda. The international community allowed this to happen. We were there when the RDF attacked the island and we filmed it. Watch the whole documentary:
@AdelineKivuPA
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Kagame made a smart move to stay out if this fragile EA construction. It will now be up to Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania to clean up the mess. The Burundian army and the FARDC will make that mess only bigger.
#Rwanda
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Update Sake:
Nous sources sur place nous disent que la FARDC est en train de piller les maisons des gens qui on fui. Ils cassent les portent et prennent tout. Bcp. de passage wazalendo-FDLR entre Nzulu et Minova, la seule sortie pour fuire Goma.
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Update Goma 6:
Our interpretation is that the M23 is putting extra pressure to warn the SADEC troops to re-orientate their involvement. "We are not going to spare them if they keep on attacking us", tells us a source inside m23.
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Goma nearly completely surrounded! Is Tshisekedi passing the point of no return? Our latest analysis. Please share! French version on its way!
@PatrickMuyaya
@ABlinken
@MONUSCO
@eacrf_DRC
@IGIHE
@AdelineUmutoni3
@gateteviews
@TEDDYMAZINA
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M23 advances on Rutshuru. They tell me FARDC resistance is weak.... Bunagana under the control of M23....
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Serious indications that FARDC is on the run around Rutshuru. FDLR and Nyatura are doing the fighting. Rumangabo nearly enveloped. We are following up!
#M23
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My opinion about Rwanda's involvement in Mozambique!
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Update Masisi! We checked the rumor that Burundian forces set up a training camp with Imbonerakure in the southern part of Masisi to train Nyatura, Codeco and FDLR with machetes. Our sources confirm this and their internal communications are tapped.
@AdelineKivuPA
@PatrickMuyaya
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Tshisekedi franchit le point de non-retour! Goma presque entierement encercle. Notre analyse. A partager.
@PatrickMuyaya
@MONUSCO
@eacrf_DRC
@AdelineUmutoni3
@gateteviews
@TEDDYMAZINA
@ethuin
@FelixUdps
@IGIHE
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Update Goma 3:
In Nyaragongo area the Kanyamahoro hill was taken by thee M23. "We already occupied the surrounding hills and FARDC coalition simply fled," M23 on the spot tells us.
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Update Masisi (7)
So far not a single reaction from the US, EU, groups like Human Rights Watch, MONUSCO, EAC-RF... Are they waiting until the M23 will start fighting back?
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I filmed some of these pictures myself and followed this delegation into the Kipushi mine. The Rwandans were not involved in the organization of this ! You're comparing apples with pears. And they didn't like the grabby attitude of Kabila & co...
Aiding and abetting: here's the video of investors, mining and US officials meeting rebels BEFORE Mobutu was toppled, just as Kagame's army was slaughtering refugees. Visuals of trip from 3'34"; Ex NSC Africa director Robin Sanders can be seen at 4'20".
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Update Mugunga 2: Later today locals expressed their discontent about the fact that the FARDC installed their heavy artillery guns right behind the IDP camps. MSF brought out a statement that heavy artillery should not be used in the proximity of refugee camps.
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Interesting read..................
Le Rwanda, un nouveau « gendarme » africain ?
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The villagers of
#Kishishe
talk about what happened on the 22nd and the 29th of November. The statement of the Congolese government that a couple of hundred villagers died was exaggerated and the UN did not investigate on the spot.
#M23
,
@PatrickMuyaya
,
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Our field work in Nyungwe is causing its first angry reactions. Most of the locals in Rwanda are applauding the fact that
#rusesebagina
is standing trial here! For
#ckanimba
our work must be a nuisance as the facts speak for themselves.
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Notre analyze sur l 'impasse autour de Goma. A partager... Dans quelques heures on sort ce texrte en Anglais.
@PatrickMuyaya
@MONUSCO
@SADC_News
@FelixUdps
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We decided to put our documentary KONGOMANi on YouTube. We shot this film more than 20 years ago. It portrays Bagogwe refugees who return to Congo. Most of them were killed later on. We can learn a lot from the past. Please share !
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Operational again after a short break with an analysis about Burundi's involvement in the DRC. Pls. share! French version is following!
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De nouveau operationel après un petit break avec un analyze sur l implication de l armee burundaise au Congo. A partager... Une anlyse sur la situation autour de Goma suit dans quelques jours.
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The DRC is turning into a mad house. And the Congolese government is directly responsible for this.
@PatrickMuyaya
s hatred campaign is killing the country! And the world is watching without interfering .
@PatrickMuyaya
@MONUSCO
@SecBlinken
@PlaidTshisekedi
DRC 🙆🏿🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🔞🔞😭😭😭😭 Jérémie Renzaho Habimana nawe baramutwitse
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Tres bien ! ARTE a decide de rompre avec la subjectivite
en visitant la zone M23 en de produire un reportage....
@PatrickMuyaya
Pour avoir une information équilibrée certains journalistes font tout pour écouter les deux parties. C'est le cas des journalistes de ARTE qui sont partis à la rencontre du M23. (ENGLISH SUBTITLES ADDED BY VOK)
#FreeCongo
#TshisekediFDLR
#TshisekediIsKilling
#BendeleEkweyaTe
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1/ La version Francaise de nos recherches a
#Kishishe
. Les temoignages videos se trouvent dans ce tread.
#M23
,
@PatrickMuyaya
,
#FDLR
,
#FARDC
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Update Masisi 7: We checked this info with contacts inside FARDC, Burundian army, etc. Twitter produces a lot of fake rumors: this news is not fake, we checked it ourselves!
@PatrickMuyaya
.
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Debacle de Goma: Quand la folie devient la regle... Notre dernierre analyse sur la situation dans les Kivus. A partager...
@PatrickMuyaya
@MONUSCO
@eacrf_DRC
@AdelineUmutoni3
@ABlinken
@gateteviews
@IGIHE
@TEDDYMAZINA
@SugiraMireille
#FARDC
#FDLR
#M23
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This force can only be effective and credible if it will tackle the the FDLR forces and the FARDC in the same way as the M23. Kinshasa will never allow this. The FDLR wants to turn the Rutshuru area into a hub from where they can infiltrate Rwanda.
#Rwanda
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Notre analyse sur le deployement d' une force plus offensive SADC
@SADC_News
dans les Kivus. On passe aussi la parole aux autres.
@AdelineKivuPA
@PatrickMuyaya
@jumuiya
@gateteviews
@sugiramireille
@FelixUdps
@Presidence_RDC
@wembi_steve
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Our analysis about a possible deployment of SADC forces in the Kivu's. Please share! French version following...
@PatrickMuyaya
@MONUSCO
@eacrf_DRC
@USAmbRwanda
@BelgiqueRDCongo
@AdelineUmutoni3
@gateteviews
@ethuin
@ABlinken
@FelixUdps
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The situation in the Kivus is hitting the wall. Pls. share! Our latest analysis....
@PatrickMuyaya
@AdelineKivuPA
@SADC_News
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Le Soir a eu le courage de publier une partie de nos constats qu'on a fait pendant notre visite au territoire M24 au Congo. Les temoignages des villageois vont suivre dand qq jours.
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10/ It is our job as journalists to investigate and to film the news on the spot. We entered Congo without visas but this is general practice in our profession to cover facts such as these. And we'll go back very soon!
#M23
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Le resume de notre derniere visite a la zone M23 dans le Kivu. Prierre de partager.... Version Anglaise online dans qq heures...
@YolandeMakolo
@PatrickMuyaya
@AFP
@sugiramireille
@ABlinken
@Bakuramutsa
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Update Masisi (16)
The fact is that by remaining silent and allowing the Kivu's to implode into another genocide the interactional community's complicity is becoming a fact. We saw it all coming!
@ABlinken
@eacrf_DRC
@Monusco
@USAmbRwanda
@USAmbDRC
@HRW
@Amnest
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La situation dans les Kivus changent tres vite mais nos ecrits sont lues par des milliers de gens. Ecrire la verite ouvre les yeux des gens.
@IGIHE
les a traduit en Kinyarwanda.
@sugiramireille
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Quand les negotiations deviennent presque impossibles... Notre derniere analyze sur le saga Kivutien. A partager...
@PatrickMuyaya
@SADC_News
@AdelineKivuPA
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Our film from 2001 when the first Bagogwe refugees returned to Congo. Since then the situation only got worse.... Later on today we'll publish an analysis on our blog.... Pls. share!
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Interesting!
The fear is that Rwanda will teach other Africans how to be stubborn!
@PanAfricanRevie
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The level of intox, racism and hatred against Tutsi's on the social media is swinging out of the pan. I ask myself why forums like Youtube allow this kind of nonsense.
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