• Contact Us
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Donate
Thursday, August 11, 2022
  • Login
Watchdog Uganda
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • Politics
    • World News
    • Africa News
    • Community News
    • Luganda
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Motorsport
  • Op-Ed
    • #Out2Lunch
    • Conversations with
    • Politics
    • Relationships
  • Business
    • Agriculture
    • CEOs & Entrepreneurs,
    • Companies
    • Finance
    • Products
    • RealEstate
    • Technology
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Showbiz
  • Salon Mag
  • Special Report
    • Education
    • People
    • Voices
  • Reviews
    • Products
    • Events
    • Hotels
    • Restaurants
    • Places
  • Video
  • Donate
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • Politics
    • World News
    • Africa News
    • Community News
    • Luganda
    • Sports
      • Football
      • Motorsport
  • Op-Ed
    • #Out2Lunch
    • Conversations with
    • Politics
    • Relationships
  • Business
    • Agriculture
    • CEOs & Entrepreneurs,
    • Companies
    • Finance
    • Products
    • RealEstate
    • Technology
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Showbiz
  • Salon Mag
  • Special Report
    • Education
    • People
    • Voices
  • Reviews
    • Products
    • Events
    • Hotels
    • Restaurants
    • Places
  • Video
  • Donate
No Result
View All Result
Watchdog Uganda
No Result
View All Result

Rwanda: Rebels pin Ugandan Minister Mateke on links to RNC

Watchdog Uganda by Watchdog Uganda
9th April 2019 at 12:24
in National, News, World News
43 1
0
292
SHARES
1.1k
VIEWS
ShareTweetSendShare

Rwanda’s lower court has heard that Uganda’s State Minister for Regional Affairs, Philemon Mateke was the link between the rebel groups Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and Rwanda National Congress (RNC).

RNC is a dissident group headed by renegade General Kayumba Nyamwasa.

The accused FDLR commanders, Ignace Nkaka and Jean Pierre Nsekanabo are charged with terrorism.

Addressing court, the prosecution says investigations revealed that the suspects met with the minister who in turn linked them up with RNC agents.

The case comes after a report by a UN Group of Expert, linked Nyamwasa to a new rebel outfit operating in the eastern Democratic republic of Congo, P5 as reported by Watchdog.

P5, the UN Group of Experts report says, is a coalition of Rwandan opposition armed groups prominent among them is RNC which Nyamwasa is cofounder .

According to the report, Nyamwasa is recruiting fighters and getting ammunition from Burundi, Uganda and DRC.

Nyamwasa was in 2011 sentenced in absentia to 24 years in prison after he was convicted of multiple charges including terrorism, genocide denial and crimes against humanity.

His presence in South Africa has caused jitters in Kigali, which has called for his extradition to Rwanda.

According to the report, defectors also told the Group that Kayumba Nyamwasa frequently travels to the region and that many recruits from Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique and Malawi are enlisted with promises of jobs.

Ex-combatants told the Group that the P5 leaders levied taxes on residents and that the combatants received food from the local Banyamulenge population.

The accused were arrested on the Uganda-DRC border of Bunagana by the Congolese army and extradited to Rwanda.

“These two people were subject to arrest warrants issued by the legal authorities in Rwanda,” said Congolese government spokesperson Lambert Mende.

“We extradited them as part of a judicial cooperation agreement between the DRC and Rwanda,” he added

The FDLR comprises remnants of masterminds of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. They fled the country in 1994 after masterminding the killing of more than one million people.

According to security sources, Congo decided against trying the duo in Kinshasa and opted to send them to Kigali for trial basing on an agreement that it has with Rwanda.

Uganda is yet to respond.


Do you have a story in your community or an opinion to share with us: Email us at editorial@watchdoguganda.com

Tags: FDLRPhilemon MatekeRNCrwandaRwanda National Congressuganda
Previous Post

UN Emergency Funding to Bolster Ebola Response Preparedness in Uganda

Next Post

Rwanda: Health ministry names Ebola risk areas, to vaccinate healthcare workers

Next Post

Rwanda: Health ministry names Ebola risk areas, to vaccinate healthcare workers

Contact Information

Watchdog Uganda is a portal for solution journalism, trending news plus cutting edge commentaries in the fields of politics, security, business, tourism, entertainment, technology, agriculture, climate change, environment, public health et al. We also give preference to Ugandan community news and topical discussions. The portal also publishes community news and topical discussions.

Plot 23, Yusuf Lule Road
PO Box 7661 Kampala, Uganda
Office Line: +256 777 286 815
Email: editorial@watchdoguganda.com
To Advertise:Click here

Follow Us on Twitter

Tweets by watchdogug

Follow Us on Facebook

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Donate
  • Contact

© 2021 Watchdog Uganda

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Business
  • Op-Ed
  • Entertainment
  • Travel
  • Special Report
  • Video
  • Luganda

© 2021 Watchdog Uganda

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Posting....