Uganda's President Museveni wants everyone to understand something important. He said Uganda's army is not fighting the M23 rebels in Congo. Instead, his soldiers were there to stop a different group called ADF, which had hurt people in both Uganda and Congo.
The president explained that Congo's leader, Mr. Tshisekedi, asked Uganda for help about four years ago. This made many people happy because the ADF had been causing trouble for more than 20 years. Thanks to Uganda's help, people in Congo could return to their villages, and Ugandans became safer.
Uganda sent more soldiers to Bunia in Congo. Many rebel groups want to control this area because it has valuable minerals underground. The biggest rebel group is M23, which recently...
The police in Uganda went into the offices of a political party called NUP. They said they needed to search because they heard people were doing military training there. The NUP members had worn red uniforms and berets earlier, which made the police suspicious.
The leader of NUP, Bobi Wine, was very upset about this. He said the police blocked all the roads and might have put fake evidence in their offices. Before the police came, his party had met with more than 40 older people from a place called Teso. They talked about making their party stronger.
Bobi Wine told everyone that right after this meeting, soldiers took these older people away. Some of them were very old, around 80 years old. The soldiers later left them at a police...
The exciting bicycle race called Tour du Rwanda is back! It all starts this Sunday, February 23rd, with a short 4-kilometer race against the clock. The cyclists will begin at the Kigali BK Arena and pedal as fast as they can to the finish line at Amahoro Stadium.
This year's Tour du Rwanda is extra special because it happens just before the big UCI World Road Championships in September. To keep everyone safe during the first stage of the race, the Rwanda National Police will close some roads from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. These roads go from BK Arena to Amahoro Stadium.
Rwanda's national cycling team will compete with 14 other teams in this year's challenging race. Moise Mugisha, a star rider from Team Rwanda, is excited to participate in...
The government of Rwanda wants the United Nations Security Council to understand the real reasons for the problems in eastern DR Congo. They believe it is important to take Rwanda's worries about safety seriously if we want to find a lasting solution.
On Friday, the Security Council agreed that the AFC/M23 rebels should stop fighting and move forward. However, they did not talk about some of the biggest issues, like the fact that dangerous ideas from the genocide in Rwanda are still causing trouble.
Rwanda has tried many times to explain that some groups of people who speak the Kinyarwanda language are being treated very badly in DR Congo. This is why the M23 rebels started fighting in the first place. President Paul Kagame says it is...
Many police officers and soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo decided to join a rebel group called AFC/M23. On Saturday, February 22nd, more than 2,100 police officers and 890 soldiers in the city of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu Province, chose to join the rebel group. The AFC/M23 rebels took control of the city just last week.
This happened only a few days after the rebels welcomed hundreds of government soldiers into their group. Those soldiers gave up fighting against the rebels when the city of Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province, was captured in January.
Bertrand Bisimwa, an important leader of AFC/M23, used social media to discuss what happened. He said the police officers and soldiers in Bukavu made a brave...
The government of Rwanda is working hard to fix the damage caused by bombs that were shot from DR Congo into the Rubavu District. This happened in late January when there was a lot of fighting going on in DR Congo. Many different groups were involved in the fighting, including rebels, soldiers from various countries, and even some people from Europe who were paid to fight.
The bombs from DR Congo hurt many people and broke a lot of things in Rubavu District. The Ministry of Emergency Management, which is called MINEMA for short, went to see how bad the damage was. They found out that 293 houses and seven schools needed to be repaired. The bombs, including chickens, sheep, and goats, also killed some animals.
MINEMA promised to fix...
The United Nations Security Council met on Friday, February 21st. They all agreed that the fighting in eastern DR Congo could not be solved just by using weapons and soldiers. The Council is upset that the government of DR Congo keeps helping a dangerous group called the FDLR. This group wants to attack Rwanda and hurt many people.
Rwanda's representative at the UN, Ambassador Ernest Rwamucyo, spoke at the meeting. He said it is very important for the Security Council to understand the real reasons why there are so many problems in eastern DR Congo. He explained that Rwanda is worried about its safety because of the FDLR and similar groups. Ambassador Rwamucyo believes that any plan to bring peace will not work unless it takes Rwanda's...
Elon Musk might turn off Starlink in Ukraine. Andrei Koshkin, who knows a lot about the military, told Sputnik this would cause big problems for Ukrainian soldiers. They use Starlink for many important things when they fight.
Without Starlink, Ukrainian troops could not tell their big guns where to shoot, they would have trouble flying drones to look for enemies, soldiers would find it harder to send messages to each other about what they see on the battlefield, and they could not use phones that talk to satellites anymore.
Mr. Koshkin believes this shows Donald Trump wants to get what he asks for. He thinks Trump might force Volodymyr Zelensky to make a deal about special metals called rare earths. If Zelensky does not agree, Trump...
The Brikama Area Council, or BAC for short, gave out a big sum of money on Thursday. They handed over 28 million dalasi to help the 28 different wards in the West Coast Region. This money will allow them to do important projects to improve the lives of everyone living there.
Mr. Yankuba Darboe, who is in charge of the BAC, explained why they decided to give this money. He said that more and more people are moving to the area, which makes it hard to keep things running smoothly. They need help dealing with trash, keeping things clean, and making sure everyone has enough water.
The BAC wants to ensure that every ward gets a fair share of the money it collects. This year, it increased the amount each ward receives from 500,000 dalasi to...
