Silas Ntigurirwa

Lieutenant General Silas Ntigurirwa (born 12 December 1968 in Cibitoke Province, Burundi)[1] is a Burundian military officer, in the Burundi National Defense Forces (BNDF). Effective December 2013, he is the Commander of AMISOM, based in Mogadishu, Somalia.[2] Lieutenant General Silas Ntigurirwa is the first Burundian and first non-Ugandan to command AMISOM, since the creation of the Mission in 2007.[3] He served as AMISOM commander until December 2014 and was succeeded by Lieutenant General Jonathan Kipkemoi Rono.

Gen. Silas Ntigurirwa

References
  1. "A huge step of Burundi Government and Army". Iwacu English News. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  2. General Gutti Hands Over AMISOM Command To General Ntigurirwa Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. General Levi Karuhanga, A Ugandan, Was The First Commander of the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) In 2007
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