Babitangarije i Kigali kuri uyu wa Mbere, tariki 6 Kamena 2016, ubwo batangiraga amahugurwa y’ibyumweru bibiri ajyanye no gutabara abagirira impanuka mu mazi mu rwego rwo kugabanya umubare w’abazizira.

Aya mahugurwa ahuje abagera kuri 26 basanzwe bazobereye mu by’umutekano wo mu mazi (Marines) baturutse mu bihugu 9 ku 10 bihuriye muri uyu mu muryango.

Brig. Gen. Safari Ferdinand wari uhagarariye u Rwanda mu muhango wo gutangiza aya mahugurwa, yagize ati “Aya mahugurwa agamije kongerera ubushobozi abashinzwe ubutabazi bwo mu mazi muri ibi bihugu bikora ku nyanja cyangwa bifite ibiyaga, kugira ngo mu gihe habaye impanuka babashe kugira abo barokora ndetse bamenye no gushakisha ababuriwe irengero.”

Avuga ko impanuka zo mu mazi zikunze kubaho muri ibi bihugu, uburyo bwo gutabara bukagorana kubera ubumenyi buke bw’ababishinzwe, akabivuga yifashishije urugero rw’ibyabaye.

Ati “Hari impanuka yigeze kubera mu kiyaga ya Victoria, abantu benshi barapfa abandi barabura, kubera kutagira ubushobozi n’ubumenyi bihagije, gutabara ntibyagenze neza. Ubushobozi turimo twubaka ubungubu bukazadufasha guhangana n’impanuka nk’izi.”

Lt Col. S. K. Saeed, Umuyobozi Wungirije muri EASF, avuga ko nubwo abahugurwa basanzwe bafite ubumenyi mu by’amazi, hari ibindi bari bakeneye kumenya kuko ngo “kwiga ni uguhozaho”.

Ati “Impanuka zo mu mazi akenshi ziterwa n’umuyaga. Bagomba rero kumenya kubara umuvuduko wawo bakanamenya icyerekezo cyawo bityo bibafashe kumenya intera abakoze impanuka bariho, ibi bigatuma kubatabara byihuta, bityo abapfa bakaba bake.”

Ibihugu byitabiriye aya mahugurwa ni u Rwanda, Uganda, Sudani, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Ibirwa bya Komoro, n’Ibirwa bya Seyishele. Igihugu cy’u Burundi ni cyo cyonyine kititabiriye ubutumire.

Amahugurwa aratangwa n’inzobere zaturutse ku mugabane w’Uburayi mu bihugu bya Norvege, Danmark na Suede.