
The lines of Rubicon has clearly been drawn of late. The tiredness of the endless foreign supported militias who takes territories and enriches the ring-leaders of them. That has been going on for decades in Nord-Kivu. Now, after the latest insurgency of the Mouvement du Mars 23 (M23). The DRC government and Province of Nord-Kivu has now issued strong warnings to the henchmen, handlers and the ones directly in the M23 militia. They are now in the line of fire and at some point the army will end their time on the soil. Unless, they retreat to pastures again across the borders like they did after the Nairobi Peace Process.
That’s why today’s news from the authorities and the army of the DRC is important. As the statement of calling the M23 a terrorist organization. This is signifying the intentions and the aims of the militia. The backers of the organizations should know that it’s targeted now and isn’t on friendly terms anymore. The amounts of vicious killings and massacres to takeover territory is over. The FARDC and Kinshasa is ready to hunt them down now. They are becoming a nuisance and a troublemaker in Nord-Kivu province. That’s why they are addressing it like this.
Just read the reports from earlier today!
“He also invited the Congolese to mobilize behind the FARDC to put an end to the M23 rebels.
“It is up to the government to organize, as soon as possible, throughout the national territory, a large march of popular mobilization, solidarity with our FARDC, protest and warning against Rwanda and its allies”, recommended Augustin Bisimwa. Furthermore, he asked the Congolese population not to give in to manipulation and to remain vigilant and mobilized as one man in unity in the face of the threat from the M23 rebels” (Radio Okapi – ‘North Kivu: a platform pleads for the reinforcement of the FARDC engaged on the front lines’ 29.05.2022).
“Lieutenant General Constant Ndima made this communication while clashes opposed the Congolese army to the rebels of the M23, in the territories of Rutshuru and Nyiragongo. “The military governor calls on everyone to exercise restraint. The FARDC assure the population that no millimetre of the national territory of the DRC will remain in the hands of anyone,” said the governor’s spokesman, General Sylvain Ekenge. However, he denounces calls for violence and revenge that have been observed for some time. On the other hand, this FARDC officer also invited everyone ” to keep an eye out and denounce any suspicious presence to the FARDC, the PNC, and the specialized services… “” (Radio Okapi – ‘”No millimetre of the DRC will be lost”, assures the governor of North Kivu, Constant Ndima’ 29.05.2022).
The M23 should know that they are now meet with full force. There will be no talks or negotiations. The FARDC plans to eradicate it and make it extinct. That’s the main objective of the FARDC this time around. There will most likely not come easily to see a new Nairobi Peace Process between the parties, as the DRC and Kinshasa is even directing their grievances to the kingpins and the ones who is supporting it too.
That means it’s more involved and more at stake, as it has been known for a generation that Kigali and Kampala have invested in para-military groups and militias within the DRC. That’s been to earn vast fortunes on the mineral exploitation of the region and illegally export it to the international market. This is all keeping alive the viability and the profitability of sponsoring conflict in the Kivu provinces. That has been done for ages and both capitals has earned millions of dollars over the years. They have earned stratospheric amount of cash doing this.
The M23 of today is just one beast of this industry and the usage of Kivu’s to earn fortunes on “blood” minerals from the provinces. That’s why the FARDC needs to get rid of M23, but also the other militias in the Republic too. It is important that the FARDC strikes down on the ones causing insurgency and insecurity. Because, this has been going on for years and is a never ending story. That is very clear and the territories should be free from these sorts of entrepreneurial militias, who taxes, exports and kills for profit. The FARDC and the Kinshasa government should take it seriously and secure their demise. Peace.
















