When Rwandan police last month arrested eight people suspected of working with an armed group operating out of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), they brought to light the existence of a little-known coalition of opposition parties going by the name Platform Five (P5).
The eight — Gratien Nsabiyaremye, Evode Mbarushimana, Leonille Gasengayire, Boniface Twagirimana, Fabien Twagirayezu, Erneste Nkiko, Papias Ndayishimiye and Norbert Ufitamahoro — were accused of organising and recruiting for the newly formed armed wing of P5. They are expected to go on trial before the end of this month or early November as prosecutors are still gathering evidence.
