South Sudan: Naath White Army – Maiwut County, Upper Nile State – Immediate Withdrawal of SSPDF Brigade 18 Deployed in Pagak Payam, Maiwut County (16.03.2025)

Mali: Front de Liberation de l’Azawad (F.L.A) – Communique No. 007 (16.03.2025)

RDC: Alliance pour le Changement (A.Ch) – Communique de Presse No. 002 (16.03.2025)

Rwanda: The Movement for the Republic and Democracy (MRD) – Urgent Demand for Economic, Political, and Military Sanctions against Rwanda Senior Leadership for their role in the Destabilization of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Support of M23 Rebels (15.03.2025)

Opinion: Pilato’s blunder is Fatshi’s blessing

Felix spent many years in Belgium. He was a taxi driver….but even with a very bad reputation. The man, an old man now, who employed him was an Italian family who owned a pizza shop, and Felix used to deliver. So, when this old man heard that Felix had become president, he said, oh my God, this one” – Paul Kagame (12.03.2025).

It is like President Paul Kagame has forgotten the old days and think his wiser than everyone else. The ringleader of Kigali, the man whose words are law and who can order someone’s demise. That man think his above it all and can speak whatever that he deems fit. This week his just showing his entitlement and arrogance towards the leader and the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi.

In this moment and time, it is natural that there are tensions and mistrust between the Presidents. That is all fair and game, as the conflict and the continued spoils of war is appearing. This is why the President’s needs to speak out and further their cause. We know Kagame wants a clean and splendid image. As he cannot even have cartoonist mocking him from within. Neither can there be any satire or anything resembling of indiscipline in Kigali. Therefore, he needs all hands on deck and possibly more than 98% approval rating at any given second.

By the way, I don’t mind how he became president. He was not elected either time. The first time, Joseph [Kabila] handed power over to him—there’s no question about that. The second time, he simply declared himself the winner, and everyone was told to keep quiet. But that’s not my problem” (Kagame, 12.03.2025).

I understand that Kagame is feeling the pressure, a pinch dash of backlash and also being stifled from outsiders. That is all natural, as the West and others are backing away from him. As they see him for what he is and a Warlord he is. Just that he thought the “Visit Rwanda” on Arsenal Jerseys and other entities would be cute marketing for him. However, that doesn’t save him from his bullets or his misuse of power to loot the DRC. We know the gig and that isn’t over with just yet.

That’s why his doing this folly. Yes, Felix Tshisekedi is far from perfect. Heck, the allegations of the first and the second election are true. Kagame is just the wrong messenger, as his elections are predetermined and he arrests or get rid of the ones who stands in his way. Not like the elections under his reign has been free or fair. No, we know how Kigali does it and he cannot act like we don’t know. Please, Mr. 98% are you aiming for 99% next time?

Kagame should fact check the records and the work history of Tshisekedi. Because his just talking high and mighty, and entitled as such. A former Intelligence Officer and a man who was known for being cold and calculated should know as much. Regardless, we see that this is haunting him. That’s why he goes on a personal attack.

If Kagame wanted us to believe he had good intentions. Well, this interview proves how his not and what his really about. He never intends and never wants to be diplomatic with Kinshasa. No, he just wants to mock and undermine. Because he knows his soldiers and his coordinated efforts are giving him results. That’s why he dares to speak this way.

Kagame wouldn’t have done so, if the conflict was going against him or the ones who fights as his proxy. No, he wouldn’t have sounded differently and would have been more humble. As he knows what is going on and therefore, he can play these silly games. Peace.

South Sudan: United People’s Alliance (UPA) – Press Statement (16.03.2025)

A look into Museveni’s Kawempe North By-Election Statement

In this piece, I am writing to inform you that an electoral and criminal investigation has started in the Kawempe North by-election. The following allegations have come up: ballot papers stuffing, altering results, destroying ballot boxes in Kazo-Angola, Mbogo Mosque zone, etc., because, apparently, some people did not want those votes to be counted, campaigning at the polling stations, intimidation, violence, etc. The heavy deployment of security forces may have stopped mass violence, but it could not stop these micro crimes that should have been managed by the election officials” (Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, 16.03.2025).

The old man with the hat couldn’t let this one slide. I don’t have it in him and he cannot let this one go. We knew there was something up when the National Resistance Movement – Central Executive Committee released their resolutions and demanded an investigation and audit of the Kawempe North By-Election. Now the President, His Excellency is taking it further. This is just bonkers at this point.

The State House and the NRM has to self reflect. They need to re-assess themselves and how they conduct themselves. The way and the manner of how the state operates during the campaigns, the nomination days and the polls itself. They are making their own and showing their true character. The President cannot lie and deceive in 2025. It might have worked in the 1980s and less coverage of civilians, but now we all get the memos, the viral footage and the pictures that speaks loud and clear.

The NRM people must not involve themselves in cheating by saying that the opposition is doing it, they must also do it. Work to crush that disenfranchisement of the Ugandan people. That is why the NRM went to the bush” (Museveni, 16.03.2025).

The delusion, the arrogance and the entitlement of writing this is just another level. If the Young Yoweri had seen the Kawempe North By-Election. He would have returned to the BUSH. Heck, he went to fight in the bush, because of the way he claimed the Uganda Peoples’ Congress (UPC) was running it in 1980. The same sort of state machinery and securing the control of nation. That’s what the NRM does and perfected over the years. His talking like we don’t see how the RDCs, UPF, UPDF, SFC, JATT and everyone else works in coordination to secure a NRM Victory. Like what sort of spell is the President under? Does he think we don’t know the game of pre-ticking ballots and ballot stuffing? Please, step your game up if your going to lie at me. As a seasoned politician. You should be better at it. This isn’t it!

You have been inviting the NRM to attend to you. We shall do exactly that. The mistakes the soldiers may do could be on account of preparing for those non-lethal roles when they are diverted from their work of fighting on account of indiscipline of some actors. These are the criminal mistakes of the opposition. However, there are also organizational mistakes on the NRM side, especially not working collectively and reaching the Wanainchi. Investigations will show us who destroyed the ballot paper boxes at Kazo-Angola, Mbogo centre, etc. and why” (Museveni, 16.03.2025).

The NRM wasn’t invited to Kawempe or the By-Election, no it took over it and used the state machinery to attack the opposition. The media personnel was hurt, civilians was captured, tortured and detained. There was Members of Parliament who was arrested, local activists too and such. There was a massive military presence and that wasn’t to stop mass-uprising or demonstrations. No, it was to incite fear and stifle the tracks of the opposition from assembling and campaigning. So, the mistakes was to think that was a winning strategy. That the levels of fear and intimidation stopped people from voting against the regime. Alas, therein is the problem that the President and the NRM cannot stomach or handle. They can be gun-slinging and use weaponry to muffle citizens, but it cannot understand that it is not the answer. It doesn’t solve the needs of the people and neither is it helping them. That doesn’t build trust, care or concern of their behalf. Instead the NRM doesn’t come as an invited guest to Kawempe. No, the NRM came as an invader and as an aggressor. Has the President ever thought about that? No, neither he or his fellow comrades has never ever consider the implications of such moves. Because they are on the other side of the guns and they are not looking at without being armed.

If the NRM starts investigating it all. The bribes, the pre-ticked ballots and the whole gameplay of state machinery should come into play. There are enough witnesses and proof of soldiers partaking in it. There are enough proof of what went down. Even when the authorities and the state tried to send the media packing. There is enough tapes and such to show what went down. The state can try to rewrite history here, but its clear. They want to send a message, but it is failing. Because all of it is futile.

The NRM was never scheduled to win this one. There was no signs of it. Neither was the stars aligned for miracle either. They could only win if the rigging has succeeded and the will of the people had allowed for it to happen. Alas, that’s what the NRM is missing. The NRM is missing the people. The people aren’t here for them. The people don’t trust the NRM and why should they?

First they come with guns, then they come with porkies and now they want to investigate the ones who came with the guns? They want to investigate themselves and why they couldn’t successfully rig the election? Seriously, is that what the NRM has become?

Is this what the President fought for and went for the BUSH for? Is this why the skulls of Luweero died en-mass? When the President invokes the bush. We are allowed to question it, aye? He wents to use the Mecca, let’s take it to Mecca then. Please, the President should know better, but clearly his vanity and arrogance are more important than the truth or being able to read the room. Peace.

RDC: Ministere de l’Interieur Securite, Decentralisation et Affaires Coutumieres – Communique Officiel (15.03.2025)

South Sudan: Stakeholders to the Tumaini Peace Initiative – Press Statement on the Current Political and Security Situation in South Sudan (15.03.2025)

Opinion: Mpuuga cannot catch a break

Museveni deceived our parents, promising to stay in power for only four years, but it’s been 40 years now. It seems they missed the zero on the four” – Mathias Mpuuga MP, (14.03.2025).

Yesterday, at the Democratic Alliance, we unveiled our coordinators who will take the lead in mobilising the country to spread our agenda. Our primary focus is on pushing for constitutional and electoral reforms as well as a national transition. The violence and all manner of intimidation witnessed during the just concluded by-elections in Kawempe North is strong enough to remind us of urgent need for MEANINGFUL reforms the next general elections. Part of the duty of our coordinators is to go and rally the nation to demand these reforms” (Mathias Mpuuga, 15.03.2025).

The former Leader of Opposition and former acknowledge coordinator in Activists for Change, the Members of Parliament for the Democratic Party (DP) and in this term the National Unity Platform (NUP). That man is now on his quest, his on the mission to create his own party and agenda. Now he wants to be the ringleader and the one to aspire to. That’s why he has created his Democratic Alliance, which for many is “coined” as the Dealers Alliance. I don’t blame it… because it lacks credit and trustworthy to be something else.

Mathias Mpuuga is on a lonely mission. Even if his able to get more people behind him and his banner. Not like his a beloved character or has the charisma of a populist. Neither does he have the backbone or the understanding of the sentiment surrounding him.

Mpuuga is cherry-picking all the hot-slogans and favourable policies. Meanwhile, he will have no mandate or even an organization to bring it forward. That’s why everyone was celebrating the NUP and their win in the By-Election yesterday. Very few was noticing or concerned about the launch that Mpuuga had. This is compelling, because if the DA mattered. The stakes would be there and the headlines would write themselves.

Alas, therein is the problem. Mpuuga isn’t that fella. He clearly isn’t as clever or savvy as he wants to be. Neither is he astonishing organizer or the man who can whip up a storm. That has just unravelled and this is why he has such stalwarts, and other random journeymen joining his team.

This one is falling flat and the Elections Road Map isn’t even released. Just like the launch of the DA and the agreement with Alien Skin. It is all a mockery of an attempt. He needs more fanfare and more hope. It is just desperation and the need for relevancy. Neither is helpful and in the long run… it is just tiring and a marathon he cannot handle. He will run and run, but never ever have the ability to finish. Mpuuga will be tired, fatigued and be out of breathe. That’s what is coming his way and he should know it.

This is a path of self-destruction and it is so apparent. A man who couldn’t be transparent and be accountable for his actions. Are running as a reformer and a game-changer, but he couldn’t even play the game that he was a part of already. That’s why he jumped ship and tried yet another gig to re-elected. This is the gist of it all and the ones running with him. They will regret using and spending time with this. It is a foolish enterprise and bound to end in failure.

Mpuuga isn’t the man and we can all see it for what it is. Peace.