RDC: Societe Civile Forces Vives de la Republique – Coordination Provinciale du Nord-Kivu – Communique de Presse No. 002 (21.01.2025)

DRC: Moise Nyarugabo Muhizi – Another Sound of Alarm: A Massacre is Being Prepared in the Highlands of Uvira, Fizi and Mwenga, Particularly in Minembwe (19.01.2025)

RDC: Twirwaneho – Communique de Presse No. 02 (19.01.2025)

Opinion: Kagame is a hypocrite [‘Pilato’ What’s Up? – Part II]

I know leaders when I see them. I also know idiots when I see them. You can imagine the combination of both of them, the disaster it is. If you are a leader and an idiot, it’s an absolute disaster. It is even worse, even more dangerous, if the very people who hold the power in their hands decide that they will be manipulated and played around for some interest by idiots” – President Paul Kagame (16.01.2025).

The Self-Styled President for Life, Paul Kagame. The man who gets elected in elections, which are ready made and tailor-made for himself and no one else. A man who appoints and decides who can sit with him at his table. A man who has all power and decides life or death. That man is speaking like this.

We know Kagame wants to be seen as a statesman and honourable leader, but the deceased on his record is speaking otherwise. If you dare to sing, write cartoons or even shamelessly address him in public. Your life is in danger and you can forget about seeing the sunlight again. Because you will die in a dungeon or by a mysterious brazen extra judicial killing. Therefore, Kagame thinks people’s are fools. Since his been able to have a good publicity team and having a great PR agents making him look. Meanwhile, we know that this isn’t true.

People tell us they want democracy everywhere, they encourage elections, [yet] the person who is causing problems in this situation I am talking about between Rwanda and DRC, has never twice been elected. And you know it. This is why I was saying it doesn’t matter evidence, doesn’t matter facts, doesn’t matter the claim, it is just what you think applies to you for that moment, for your benefit, the rest doesn’t matter” (Kagame, 16.01.2025).

A man that is elected the way Kagame is… he shouldn’t target anyone, except for President Afewerki who has never been elected ever. That man he could address and mock. Nevertheless, Kagame has no knowledge of a democratic election or popular polls. They are all configured for him to get elected.

Yes, Tshisekedi was able to get selected in the first term and the machinery was made for him in the second term. There is nothing honest about the elections and the polls that made him the Head of State in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). I won’t give credit to him either.

Regardless of that… Kagame isn’t the man that should critic or even state it. He should look into how he has run his nation and ensured total control ahead of elections. That’s how he wins with 98% and 99% of the votes. Even the blind, the dead and the goats are all voting for Kagame. So, let get the game straight and it’s rigged in his regard too.

Pilato takes people for fools. He says other nations are run by idiots, but if he was so smart. Why haven’t he become a Middle Income Country? Why isn’t the nation progressing and becoming Switzerland of Africa, aye?

Well, you go figure right? It is all a business and an enterprise for him to extract wealth. Not to create a working state and a nation for everyone. If it was working for everyone. His enemies would die in jail or die by poisoning in exile. That’s just being real.

Pilato should know better, but he just think he owns it and has the finesse. Alas, everyone cannot be fooled all the time. Even if the government press writes love letters to him on the daily. Peace.

RDC: Justicia Asbl – Communique de Presse No. 005 (17.01.2025)

DRC: AFC/M23 monopolized the illicit trade of coltan to Rwanda

“AFC/M23 ensured a monopoly for the export of coltan from Rubaya to Rwanda, prioritized high-volume trade and levied significant taxes. Fraudulent extraction, trade and export to Rwanda of Rubaya minerals thus benefited both AFC/M23 and the Rwandan economy” (S/2024/969, 27.12.2024).

“M23 combatants patrolled Rubaya town and the mining sites to ensure that traders and diggers sold minerals only to AFC/M23-authorized Congolese and Rwandan traders. Violations of AFC/M23-imposed rules were punished with arrest and detention in Mushaki” (S/2024/969, 27.12.2024).

“In Rubaya, witnesses to AFC/M23 mineral convoys reported that minerals were loaded twice weekly into convoys of four to five vehicles capable of transporting up to five tons per load. From mid-May to late October, the frequency and volumes of minerals leaving Rubaya were constant. AFC/M23 thus controlled the trade and transport of around 120 tons of coltan monthly” (S/2024/969, 27.12.2024).

The proxy wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo have as long as I can remember been about “blood diamonds” or illicit trade of the vast minerals of the nation. The AFC/M23 insurgency and militia with the Kivu provinces are there for one main reason. They are there to ensure wealth through the illicit trade of coltan from the DRC to Rwanda.

It isn’t shocking that this is happening, and this is how the Rwandan government can afford to keep up their presence and reasons to be part of the proxy war within the DRC. They are profiting from it and is the real excuse for why they are there. If it wasn’t for the minerals and the possible monopoly of it. The Rwandan wouldn’t support and give logistical support to the AFC/M23.

The ones believing that Kigali doesn’t know what is going on is naïve. It’s hard not to know the illicit mineral trade and how it covers the costs of operating a proxy militia in the DRC. The Rwandan army and authorities have a prerogative to do this. As the money gained from the export is surely making it a wise business decision to support it. They are making money hands over fist and by taking control of territories, which are known for mineral riches. That is close to the borders of Rwanda. Therefore, it all makes sense, and they cannot deny these sorts of witness reports forever.

This story is far from over. The trade of coltan shouldn’t be neglected. It tells what is happening and gives AFC/M23 leverage to operate. They are getting funding by partaking in it and it’s now proven. Nothing was shocking in the UN Experts Report of 27th December 2024. However, we know they will downplay it and act like its biased.

Alas, the reality is grim, and this shows what matters to the AFC/M23 and its backers. They have found a “gold mine” and now wants to extract it. The ones doing it doesn’t want this amplified and creating headlines. That hurts the leadership of Kigali, and it won’t to be challenged for how it works within the DRC. It is a no mystery, but Kagame and his likes wants to be disassociated with AFC/M23, but it wants the cash it collects in the DRC. That is the picture and what we are seeing. Peace.

RDC: Twirwaneho – Communique de Presse No. 1 – Alerte lancement de l’operation Fimbo : nettoyage ethnique des banyamulenge par les FARDC et leurs allies (11.01.2025)

RDC: Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) – Official Communique of January 8th, 2025 (08.01.2025)

RDC: Societe Civile Forces Vives de la Republique – Coordination Provinciale du Nord-Kivu – Communique de Presse No. 001 (07.01.2025)

RDC: MONUSCO – La MONUSCO condamne la violation du cessez-le-feu et la poursuite de l’expansion territoriale du M23 au Nord-Kivu (07.01.2025)