The reasons behind the Arrest of Congolese Embassy Officials and Express to Kinshasa.
On the night of Monday, July 28, at 4:00 a.m., Félix Mweza, an official at the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Bujumbura, was arrested at his home by Burundian intelligence services. This arrest took place in the utmost secrecy in Bujumbura, the economic capital of the small East African nation, where all the country's diplomatic missions are located. It comes just hours after the arrest, on July 27, of Laurent Ruboneka Musabwa, another Congolese embassy employee and a prominent figure in the Banyamulenge community. The two arrested agents were quickly transferred to Kinshasa aboard a special flight chartered by the Congolese government. They are now being detained and interrogated by the ANR (National Intelligence Agency) and the DEMIAP (Military Detection of Anti-Patriotic Activities). According to security sources, they are suspected of secret collaboration with the Congo River Alliance (AFC) and the M23. The M23, a former Tutsi rebel group that took up arms...