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Burundian political institutions collapsing as assassinations, insecurity and fear grip the nation.

Officially, 5 government officials assassinated in one week, including two top military leaders, many more according to sources in Bujumbura, opposition leaders terrorized, tens of civilians being killed across the county daily, mostly in the populous city quarters of Cibitoke and Buterere. Burundi is up in flames. 
However, beyond the assassinations, the most damaging factor appears to be the non lethal weapon: rumor, intoxication, and intimidation.

Many are labelling the non-lethal weapon as psychological warfare.
Hence, Burundi is squeezed between the lethal conflict and the toxic psychological warfare. And  fingers are being pointed to the obvious culprit: the Rwandan government. According to sources within the Burundian Government, there is no doubt that Rwandan military and intelligence services are behind the chaos, slowly morphing into civil war, in Burundi.  

Sources in Rwanda have been quick to confirm and even have given names to AfroAmerica Network. According to the sources, the Rwandan covert operations in Burundi are led by the following military leaders: the overall commander is Major General Alex Kagame (no known family relationship with Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame).
The special operations inside Burundi are under the command of Lt Colonel Francis Gakwerere. His second in command is Lt.Col. Charles Matungo. Lt. Col. Matungo is the head of military operations in the Rwandan Southern region, bordering Burundi. Until recently, Lt.Col. Charles Matungo was head of General Paul Kagame’s presidential guard. He is suspected of being one of the top Rwandan officials who, along with Col. Francis Gakwerere, planned and executed the assassination, in South Africa, of the Rwandan former spy chief Colonel Patrick Karegeya (see How the Assassination of Rwandan Ex-Spy Chief Col Patrick Karegeya Was Planned in Kigali ).


The strategy followed is the same as the one  that put the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) into power in Rwanda between 1990-1994: assassinate government officials to create chaos, assassinate human rights activists and opposition leaders and blame the government, massacre or assassinate civilians and blame government militia, to fuel mistrust and chaos. 
At the end, the Rwandan government is seeking to achieve the following: behead the Burundian leadership, create irreversible  chaos and make the current Rwandan leadership indispensable in the African Great Lakes Region. It is a plan that started long ago, that is now in full motion (Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza Threatens to Retaliate Against Paul Kagame Over Failed Coup

Source: http://www.afroamerica.net/afroamerica/index.php/news-politics/entry/2015/08/07/burundian-political-institutions-collapsing-as-assassinations-insecurity-and-fear-grip-the-nation

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