
“Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila arrived in Goma, the capital of North Kivu, this Friday. He reportedly passed through Kigali before heading to eastern DRC. This information was confirmed by his entourage” (Justine Kabumba, 18.04.2025).
“The former Congolese president arrived in Goma this Friday, after a visit to Kigali. He had been living in southern Africa since 2024. On April 8, in a shocking letter, he announced:
“There is danger at home. I’m returning without delay.” A press briefing is expected in the coming hours, according to several North Kivu media outlets” (Pepele News, 18.04.2025).
After hearing the news that Joseph Kabila had been in Kigali before returning to the Democratic Republic of Congo. You can clearly wonder what is his gambit and game-plan ahead. There are open questions and what does he want to achieve?
What does he want to do now? Because, he wouldn’t risk his lavish lifestyle or the enriched gains he had during his reign. The former President has liven large on the public’s dime and he didn’t mind doing so for years. He sought out a deal with the current President Felix Tshisekedi and he left the country. That seemed all swell and Tshisekedi is now on his second term after getting into office.
That’s why you know it’s been years. We know the FCC-CACH agreement went through the wind and Tshisekedi was able to consolidate power. He did so and played the political game to outwit and outmanoeuvre the ones that challenged him. That was to show who was boss and this is really it.
The recent revelations of the funding and global players involved in the cobalt commodity trading. Only shows how the conflict and how the proxy armies are able to gain funds to operate. However, someone else has to pull the strings and be the backers. As there are known affiliation and support from both Kampala and Kigali in that matter. Would it be out of the question to wonder if Kabila could be the invisible hand that directed it all? He knows the game and he used insecurity to his own benefits in office. If someone knows how to use it and profit from it. Kabila is a brother who knows and he know M23 as he negotiated with them and got them into cantonment in Kasese, Uganda. So, this man knew the people and the ones who could spark it all.
That’s why he can enter Goma without no fear or be afraid of retribution. This man would know what could happen to him and why his in supposed unfriendly territory. The ones believing he could be on a mission of peace and possibility to mediate. Well, is he the right guy? Who has made him a special envoy or even a wiser elder for that matter? Well, after my memos and others… there are no announcement of that and therefore, we should dismiss it until EAC, SADC or AU says a word. However, don’t expect them to utter a single word or even drop a presser anytime soon.
We can now wonder what is his next plot or plan, as Kabila wouldn’t do this without some sort of justification and a reason. If he didn’t think he had an advantage or some sort of opportunity. Then he would have lingered in South Africa. That’s what we know, but what his next play or sort is in thin air. If he is a shadow backer and wants to continue advance of the AFC/M23 than his surely risking his legacy completely. His a man who is waging war in the nation that he was running and tried to never leave. That’s really a compelling story and shows what a man is willing to do.
Kabila isn’t maverick, but a man for the long-con. I just don’t know what the long-con or the short-con in this one is right now. Nevertheless, sooner or later that will be revealed. Peace.











