Burundi accuses Canada of supporting rebel group which is out to oust the Bujumbura Government
The lady who was also pictured clad in military fatigue and brandishing a fire weapon, happened to be one of the two new fighters that the rebel group introduced in the first week of August 2026.
Black News 
Burundi through its foreign Minister, Dr. Édouard Bizimana, has accused certain overseas countries of fueling instability in the country.
This was after a Burundian woman, who was formerly employed and working in Canada, appeared in one of the rebel groups’ video clips announcing her decision to join the RED-Tabara armed group.
The lady who was also pictured clad in military fatigue and brandishing a fire weapon, happened to be one of the two new fighters that the rebel group introduced in the first week of August 2026.
And if she was previously working in Canada, then definitely takes the guess out of the statement by the Burundian minister regarding which foreign they thought was working against Bujumbura.
The Burundi Foreign Minister has thus dispatched messages of complaints to the office of Prime Minister in Canada, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Belgian Foreign Ministry.
RED-Tabara, which is an acronym for the French term, Résistance pour un État de droit au Burundi, translating into Resistance for Rule of Law in Burundi is a Tutsi rebel militia that was reformed in 2015 in the wake of the political crisis in the country.
Now the Bujumbura government says it is closely monitoring diplomats allegedly linked to activities that are viewed as hostile to Burundi.
RED-Tabara, the Burundian armed rebel group earlier started out in April 2011 with the goal of ousting the then incumbent Tutsi regime and reinstating the constitution laid out by the Arusha accords in 2000.
They also said they wanted to introduce a democratic political system with free elections.
In order to achieve these conflict goals, the group aspired to militarily overthrow the Burundian government and subsequently install a transitional government tasked with holding the democratic elections.
Additionally, Red-Tabara claims to be fighting to restore justice and the rule of law in Burundi.
During their 2016 statement, they accused the former president, Pierre Nkurunziza and his government of electoral fraud, abuses of power, and undemocratic practices.
Conclusively, based on the frequency and the emphasis in the statements located by the project, the main conflict goal issues of the RED-Tabara consist of three primary themes.
First, the ousting of the president and the government. Second, democratization, civil rights, and free and fair elections.
Third, the reinstatement of the 2000 constitution settled in the Arusha agreement
