The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olivier Nduhungirehe, announced that Rwanda has information that the Democratic Republic of the Congo may be attacked at any time, and that is why it has increased security on its borders with this country.
Minister Nduhungirehe revealed this on January 30, 2025 in the Face The Nation interview hosted by journalist Clement Manyathela, and aired on SABC News Television in South Africa.
Minister Nduhungirehe said that Rwanda has implemented various measures to protect its people and its borders, because there are indications that their security may be threatened, which took another step when the President of the RDC repeatedly returned to the points of how he will attack Rwanda.
He said, “We received news that every hour the RDC would attack Rwanda. That is why we have put in place security measures that will remain in place until it is clear that the problem and those obstacles have been resolved. We are protecting our borders to fight the provocations of the RDC armed group.”
Rwanda has proof of Ramaphosa's lies
Minister Nduhungirehe also announced that Rwanda has full evidence of what President Paul Kagame and his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, discussed about the insecurity in Eastern DRC.
This week, President Paul Kagame held talks with Ramaphosa about the war in the Eastern part of the DRC, in order to see how the problems could be solved because this South African country has troops fighting in the DRC in the war against the M23.
One interview is on January 27, 2025 and the other is on January 29, 2025.
After those discussions, those in South Africa, including President Ramaphosa himself, distorted what was said and published wrong information, however, President Kagame immediately revealed the truth of what happened.
On January 29, 2029, Ramaphosa wrote on X a message of condolence to the families of 13 South African soldiers, who were recently killed in the DRC.
This led Manyathela to ask Minister Nduhungirehe why President Kagame has labeled their president as a liar.
In response, Minister Nduhungirehe said: “On January 27, 2025, they agreed on the cessation of hostilities and direct talks between M23 and the Government of RDC. Yesterday (January 29, 2024) they talked on the phone in a respectful way, about what happened in the war and President Ramaphosa pointed out that South African soldiers were shot by FARDC, and asked President Kagame to speak to him so that the South African army "The South has access to water, electricity and food."
Minister Nduhungirehe said that after the discussions, Rwanda was surprised by the way those in the South African leadership like the Minister of Defense and President Ramaphosa announced the opposite.
He said, “We were surprised to see the message sent to X by President Ramaphosa saying that the RDF is a rebel, which is not true because it is an army. Also, we saw that they distorted what was said in the talks, that President Ramaphosa gave a warning to President Kagame, things that did not happen."
Manyathela pointed out that South Africa denied the fact that President Ramaphosa accepted that his troops were killed by the FARDC, instead of the M23 and that they demanded water, electricity and food, asking Minister Nduhungirehe if it was true, and if there was any evidence. Rwanda has.
Minister Nduhungirehe said “The evidence is there. I was very surprised to see the leaders of South Africa denying the talks between the heads of the two countries, […] when it comes to the level of distorting the talks between the heads of the two countries, it is a very serious thing.”
He said, “We were surprised to see the message sent to X by President Ramaphosa saying that the RDF is a rebel, which is not true because it is an army. Also, we saw that they distorted what was said in the talks, that President Ramaphosa gave a warning to President Kagame, things that did not happen."
Manyathela pointed out that South Africa denied the fact that President Ramaphosa accepted that his troops were killed by the FARDC, instead of the M23 and that they demanded water, electricity and food, asking Minister Nduhungirehe if it was true, and if there was any evidence. Rwanda has.
Minister Nduhungirehe said “The evidence is there. I was very surprised to see the leaders of South Africa denying the talks between the heads of the two countries, […] when it comes to the level of distorting the talks between the heads of the two countries, it is a very serious thing.”
Minister Nduhungirehe was asked if Rwanda is ready to show the evidence of what Ramaphosa said, and he replied that that was not the case and should be done now.
He said, “We are talking about two heads of state who are concerned about the problem that needs to be solved. The first conversation was respectful and positive because the answer was there. Stopping the fighting and talks, even President Ramaphosa had assured that he was going to talk to his RDC counterpart to hear about talks with M23.”
In many of his writings, the president also revealed that his soldiers were killed by the Rwandan Army, which he called rebels, and the M23 armed group.
In revealing the truth, President Kagame also revealed what was discussed, including the fact that Ramaphosa accepted that his troops were killed by the FARDC, and that Ramaphosa also asked him to open the M23, so that his troops would get water, electricity and food.
