{"id":117169,"date":"2025-12-11T13:42:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T13:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/nduhungirehe-cites-burundis-role-in-regional-instability"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:46:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:46:36","slug":"nduhungirehe-cites-burundis-role-in-regional-instability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nduhungirehe-cites-burundis-role-in-regional-instability","title":{"rendered":"Nduhungirehe Cites Burundi&#8217;s Role in Regional Instability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Foreign affairs minister Olivier Nduhungirehe has refuted Burundi\u2019s claims that Rwanda is planning to attack Bujumbura, arguing instead that it is Burundi\u2019s actions that pose a direct threat to Rwanda\u2019s security and regional stability.<\/p>\n<p>He said Burundi\u2019s cooperation with Congolese government forces that fight alongside the FDLR, a militia composed of perpetrators of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, reveals intentions that contradict its public statements.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during an interview with the national broadcaster on Wednesday, December 10, Nduhungirehe placed the current allegations within the broader context of the conflict in eastern DR Congo, as he stressed that Burundi\u2019s narrative ignores its extensive role in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether Burundi supports the FDLR, he replied: \u201cIt is the same coalition. Our only issue with Burundi is security. You cannot collaborate with the FDLR without intending to destabilise Rwanda, because the FDLR\u2019s primary objective is precisely that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you will recall that in 2023, during the Congolese elections, President Felix Tshisekedi publicly declared, both in rallies and in the media, that he would attack Kigali without even having troops on the ground, and that he would help Rwandan youth overthrow the government,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said this openly, and he went beyond words. He formed a coalition involving Burundi and the FDLR whose aim is to topple Rwanda\u2019s government, and then the mercenaries. All of this poses a serious threat to regional security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that Burundi\u2019s recent claim that Rwanda fired shots into its territory was unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were no Rwandan attacks on Burundi in Bugarama, but there were rather shots from Burundi to Kamanyola in DR Congo. And now more than a thousand refugees from that place who came to Bugarama, who are now in Nyarushishi Transit Centre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBurundian troops even fled into Bugarama near our border. If Rwanda was attacking, why would they seek refuge where attacks are allegedly coming from?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>The minister further noted that Rwanda has long warned about Burundian activities that undermine peace in eastern DR Congo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are now close to 20,000 Burundian forces in South Kivu, which now have surrounded the Banyamulenge community in Minembwe, preventing them from accessing the markets, basically starving them,\u201d he said, adding that the Burundian forces are also violating the ceasefire working together with the DR Congo army.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that resolving the crisis requires dismantling the coalition and re-establishing regional cooperation. \u201cBurundi should withdraw from eastern DR Congo, the FDLR must be dismantled, and Congolese attacks must stop for peace agreements to be implemented,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Foreign affairs minister Olivier Nduhungirehe has refuted Burundi\u2019s claims that Rwanda is planning to attack Bujumbura, arguing instead that it is Burundi\u2019s actions that pose a direct threat to Rwanda\u2019s security and regional stability. He said Burundi\u2019s cooperation with Congolese government forces that fight alongside the FDLR, a militia composed of perpetrators [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":117168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[5103,1523,2542,758,7868],"class_list":["post-117169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-banyamulenge","tag-burundi","tag-dr-congo","tag-rwanda","tag-south-kivu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nduhungirehe Cites Burundi&#039;s Role in Regional Instability - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Foreign affairs minister Olivier Nduhungirehe has refuted Burundi\u2019s claims that Rwanda is planning to attack Bujumbura, ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nduhungirehe-cites-burundis-role-in-regional-instability\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nduhungirehe Cites Burundi&#039;s Role in Regional Instability\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Foreign affairs minister Olivier Nduhungirehe has refuted Burundi\u2019s claims that Rwanda is planning to attack Bujumbura, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nduhungirehe-cites-burundis-role-in-regional-instability\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-11T13:42:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-11T14:46:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/12\/sm_1765451584.670079.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"583\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nduhungirehe-cites-burundis-role-in-regional-instability#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nduhungirehe-cites-burundis-role-in-regional-instability\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nduhungirehe Cites Burundi&#8217;s Role in Regional Instability\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-11T13:42:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-11T14:46:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nduhungirehe-cites-burundis-role-in-regional-instability\"},\"wordCount\":448,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nduhungirehe-cites-burundis-role-in-regional-instability#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/12\/sm_1765451584.670079.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Banyamulenge\",\"Burundi\",\"DR Congo\",\"Rwanda\",\"South Kivu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nduhungirehe-cites-burundis-role-in-regional-instability#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nduhungirehe-cites-burundis-role-in-regional-instability\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nduhungirehe-cites-burundis-role-in-regional-instability\",\"name\":\"Nduhungirehe Cites Burundi's Role in Regional Instability - 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