Congo-K President Félix Tshisekedi will be relieved that Burundi now has a president who does not have an overt and historic friendship with Kabila but he is likely to find that Ndayishimiye is just as ready as his predecessor to send troops into his country to pursue combatants of the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL) led by Agathon Rwasa (AC Vol 53 No 19 Aid threatened conflict up)...
This 'government of national unity' only includes five supporters of the main opposition figure Agathon Rwasa of the Forces nationales de liberation all of whom obtained minor portfolios...
One reason say local observers is that the government of Nkurunziza's Conseil national pour la défense de la démocratie-Forces pour la défense de la démocratie (CNDD-FDD) is embarrassed that the opposition coalition led by Agathon Rwasa of the Forces nationales de libération still scored up to 25% of the vote in some areas...
Demonstrations took place in Tutsi neighbourhoods but also in Kanyosha stronghold of the Forces nationales de libération's Hutu leader Agathon Rwasa...
The leader of the opposition Forces nationales de libération Agathon Rwasa said police and Imbonerakure were in the midst of a manhunt for FNL officials in the northern city of Ngozi...
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On 16 April ADC-Ikibiri said it was in talks with other opposition parties to pick a single presidential candidate and said Agathon Rwasa of the Forces nationales de libération would be the strongest challenger...
The government is clamping down on any FNL factions that won't collaborate including that of its historical President Agathon Rwasa even if they have not resumed their armed struggle...
In October 2013 the leader of the Forces nationales de libération Agathon Rwasa was ousted from the party presidency in favour of Jacques Bigirimana who led a breakaway FNL faction at a congress which he called a ‘masquerade'...
The main opposition includes the former rebel Forces nationales de libération led by Agathon Rwasa...
The FNL is led by Agathon Rwasa and Nkurunziza’s government holds it responsible for many recent attacks (AC Vol 52 No 22 Political violence worsens)...