Minisitiri w’ububanyi n’amahanga w’u Rwanda yatangaje ko igihugu cye n’u Burundi biri “mu nzira yo kureka ubushyamirane no kumvikana”.
Ni nyuma y’igihe kinini gishize hari umwuka mubi hagati y’ibihugu byombi wabonetse kurushaho ubwo mu mpera z’ukwezi kwa mbere, Perezida Evariste Ndayishimiye w’u Burundi yavuze – nta gihamya atanga – ko u Rwanda rufite umugambi wo gutera igihugu cye.
Olivier Nduhungirehe, Minisitiri w’ububanyi n’amahanga w’u Rwanda, yatangaje ku rubuga X ko ibihugu byombi biri mu nzira yo kumvikana mu “bikorwa birimo kuba” hagati y’abategetsi b’ibi bihugu.
Nduhungirehe yavuze ibi mu ngingo yagaragaje avuga ko igisubizo cya politike gishobora kuboneka ku makimbirane mu burasirazuba bwa Congo.
Umubano mubi hagati y’ubutegetsi bw’u Burundi n’u Rwanda – wari umaze imyaka utari mwiza, warushijeho kuzamba ubwo u Burundi bwoherezaga ingabo zabwo – ku butumire bwa leta ya Kinshasa – gufatanya n’ingabo za FARDC kurwanya inyeshyamba za M23.
Abategetsi b’u Rwanda bagaragaje ko batishimiye icyo gikorwa kuko bashinja ingabo za FARDC gufatanya n’umutwe wa FDLR abategetsi bavuga ko uteje inkeke umutekano w’u Rwanda.
Abategetsi b’u Burundi na bo bagiye bumvikana bashinja u Rwanda gukorana n’umutwe wa RED-Tabara urwanya ubutegetsi bwa Gitega, kandi ko na wo ufatanya n’umutwe wa M23 byagiye bivugwa kenshi na ONU na leta ya Kinshasa ko iyi ifashwa n’u Rwanda.
Ibi byose bituma bigaragara nkaho u Burundi n’u Rwanda birimo kurwana mu ntambara mu burasirazuba bwa DR Congo, nubwo bitigeze byemezwa gutyo n’abategetsi.
Mu muhate wo kugarura umubano hagati ya Kigali na Gitega, bivugwa ko mu byumweru bicye bishize habaye inama zirenze imwe zahuje abakuru b’ubutasi bwa gisirikare b’ibi bihugu. Igisirikare cy’u Rwanda cyangwa icy’u Burundi ntibyemeje ku mugaragaro ayo makuru.
Imyaka 10 y’umubano mubi
Kuva ku ihirikwa ry’ubutegetsi bw’uwari Perezida Petero Nkurunziza ryapfubye mu 2015, u Burundi n’u Rwanda byakomeje kugira umubano urimo igitotsi kuko abategetsi b’u Burundi bashinje ab’u Rwanda uruhare muri icyo gikorwa, ibyo u Rwanda ruhakana.
Kuva icyo gihe kugeza ubu, imyaka igiye kuba 10 umubano utifashe neza, nubwo hagiye habaho imihate itandukanye yo kugerageza kongera kubana neza hagati y’ubutegetsi bwombi.
Hagati ya 2015 na 2022 abategetsi b’u Burundi bafunze imipaka yabwo n’u Rwanda, batanze impamvu z’umutekano wabwo. Icyo gihe umuturage w’u Burundi uciye inzira y’ubutaka akemererwa kujya mu Rwanda ahawe uburenganzira bwanditse na leta.
Gusa icyo gihe ingendo z’indege ya RwandAir ariko zijya i Bujumbura ntizahagaritswe, abantu bashoboye gutega indege bakomeje kugenda hagati y’ibi bihugu, ibyo bamwe bavuze ko gufunga imipaka y’ubutaka ari ugupyinagaza ab’intege nke kurusha abafite ubushobozi bwo gutega indege.
Mu 2022 hatangiye ibiganiro hagati y’intumwa z’ibihugu byombi, kandi umubano wasaga n’uri kumera neza, kugeza mu 2023.
Mu ntangiriro za 2024 u Burundi bwongeye gufunga imipaka yabwo y’ubutaka n’u Rwanda, nyuma y’uko umuhate wo kunga ibihugu byombi unaniranye.
Umwaka ushize mu isoko rikuru rya Bujumbura no mu Ngagara hatewe za ‘grenades’ zakomerekeje abantu 38, leta y’u Burundi yavuze ko ababikoze bateguriwe kandi bagatorezwa mu Rwanda.
Leta y’u Rwanda yavuze ko “nta mpamvu yo kujya muri ibyo” bikorwa, yongeraho ko “u Burundi bufite ikibazo ku Rwanda ariko nta kibazo dufitanye n’u Burundi”.
Ibintu byarushijeho kuba bibi hagati y’ibihugu byombi ubwo ingabo z’u Burundi zari mu butumwa bwa EAC zasigaraga mu ntambara muri Kivu ya Ruguru zifasha iza FARDC mu gihe iz’ibindi bihugu bya EAC zasezerewe na Kinshasa.
Umubano mubi w’ubutegetsi bw’ibi bihugu wagize ingaruka zikomeye ku bukungu n’imibereho y’abaturage b’ibi bihugu bafite byinshi bibahuza mu muco, ururimi, imiryango, ndetse n’ubuhahirane ubusanzwe bukomeye.
Uretse ibyo mu mateka, amakimbirane ya vuba hagati y’ubutegetsi bwa Gitega na Kigali ahera mu 2015 ku bagerageje guhirika ubutegetsi bw’uwari Perezida Petero Nkurunziza bari bakuriwe na Gen. Godefroid Niyombare bahungiye mu Rwanda.
Gen. Niyombare ni we mukuru mu bo abategetsi b’u Burundi bakomeje kuvuga ko u Rwanda rufite ariko rudashaka gutanga ngo bakurikiranwe n’ubucamanza mu Burundi.
U Rwanda ntabwo rwahakanye gucumbikira bamwe mu bagerageje Coup d’Etat baruhungiyeho mu 2015, abategetsi b’u Burundi bavuze ko mu 2022 na 2023 ibiganiro byo kubabashyikiriza “byari bigeze kure”.
Mu kiganiro na BBC mu 2023 Perezida Ndayishimiye yagize ati: “igihe cyose batarabaduha ikibazo ntikizakemuka.”
Mu gihe Minisitiri Olivier Nduhungirehe avuga ko ibihugu byombi ubu biri “mu nzira yo kureka ubushyamirane no kumvikana”, birashoboka ko iki kibazo gishobora kuba kiri mu bigarukwaho muri iyo nzira impande zombi zirimo.
