Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye to visit DRC Felix Tshisekedi

Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye travelled to Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for a two-day, from July 12-14, 2021. He was invited by DRC President Félix Tshisekedi. According to the statement before the visit, the purpose was to renew contacts with Congo. During the visit, President Evariste Ndayishimiye gave a lenghty interview to French media, RFI and France 24. The interview covered several topics, including human rights in Burundi, European Union sanctions, and the relations between Rwanda and Burundi governments.

Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye to visit DRC Felix Tshisekedi

 The tiny African country of Burundi has untapped resources. Among the resources are minerals, with nickel at the top.  In fact, Burundi is among the top ten countries in the World that have important deposits of nickel.   With the  increasing importance of  Electrical Vehicles in transportation,  most of which will be  soon powered by nickel-containing Li-ion batteries,  nickel has become more and more important. And Burundi is expected to play a major role in the trend.

Haitian President Jovenel Moise (c), his wife and top Haitian leaders

Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated on Wednesday morning, July 7, 2021, in his home in the nation's capital Port-au-Prince. According to reports, the assassins were a group of armed individuals speaking English and Spanish, in a country where the langage is Creole and French. The assassination was condemned by several governments around the World, including the United States of America, United Kingdom, France, and others.  During the attack, his wife, First Lady Martine Moïse, was injured in an attack.

J Peter Pham, as Atlantic Council Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives and Director of the Africa Center

Rainbow Rare Earths is a mining company operating two countries in Africa through two initiatives: the Phalaborwa Project in South Africa and the high-grade Gakara Project in Burundi.  The company stock is traded on the London Stock Exchange, under RBW. According to information received by AfroAmerica Network sources in Burundi,  Dr J. Peter Pham, the former US Envoy to the Great Lakes of Africa under  President Donald Trump, between 2018-2020. was recently appointed to the Board of Directors, as a Non-Executive Director. He is expected to visit the Gakara Rare Earth mining site in Burundi  this week. 

FARDC Overall Commander's Telegram to FARDC Region and Sector Commanders of Jan 2, 2017

In the last hours of 2016, on December 31, 2016,  a deal between Joseph Kabila and his opposition was announced. The  deal was reached following the Plan B of a political dialogue brokered by the National Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), known as CENCO between President Joseph Kabila's political alliance, the presidential majority (MP) and the Rassemblement, a broad coalition of opposition groups. A telegram, a copy of which AfroAmerica Network has received (see photo), sent by FARDC Overall Commander (CHEF EMG FARDC) to all the region and sector military commanders of the DRC, their deputies,  those in charge of military intelligence, and those commanding operations against an insurgency known as Kamuina-Nsapu in Kasai,  on Jan 2, 2017 has casted doubts on the deal.

CENCO has been trying to brokered a political dialogue

The political dialogue brokered by the National Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), known as CENCO between President Joseph Kabila's political alliance, the presidential majority (MP) and the Rassemblement, a broad coalition of opposition groups, has failed.

Despite pressure, both internal and external, on DRC President Joseph Kabila to accept the peaceful transfer of power, with major concessions from the opposition to allow a smooth transition, Joseph Kabila has refused to approve the proposed accord.  With Joseph Kabila's adamant refusal to agree to an orderly transition, fears of violence are mounting.  Accused of massive corruption and large