RDC: FARDC – Trente Quatrieme Region Militaire Etat-Major – Communique de Service (26.08.2024)

RDC: Agissons pour la Republique (AREP) – Communique de Presse No. 036 (22.08.2024)

DRC: Leaders associated with AFC/M23 is handed a death sentence…

A military court in Kinshasa has handed down the death penalty to former electoral commission boss Corneille Nangaa and more than two dozen other members of the rebel group, Alliance Fleuve Congo or Congo River Alliance (AFC).The Congolese court adopted a rarely used weapon to tame a group associated with the M23 rebels, who were declared a terrorist organisation. Leaders of the M23, Sultani Makenga and Bertrand Bisimwa and their spokesmen Willy Ngoma and Lawrence Kanyuka, are in the same boat” (Capital FM Uganda, 09.08.2024).

When a power becomes afraid, it is because it sees its fall coming. And its fall is this parody of a trial, followed by obsequious condemnations. It is the expression of the fear of a regime at bay, and which sees its decline coming. These sentences only bind and concern those who pronounced them. They will be obliged, after release, to return to them and ask for forgiveness for having carried out a manifestly illegal order, intended to please a autocrate crook, sick and charlatan to boot” (Corneille Nangaa, 08.08.2024).

Today we are getting the news that Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) and Mouvement du Mars 23 (M23) leaders have been sentenced to death by a military court in Kinshasa. Their armed rebellion and usage of militia activities within the Republic have caused this. They are parts of armed rebellion against the state and is directly challenging the Republic’s own army in parts of the Republic. Which is reasonable to target and sanction, to give the leaders a punitive action and act within the rule of law. Therefore, this sort of sentencing on them isn’t shocking, but is a sign of the will of the state.

A state that hasn’t had the will or the power to do so. Now they are addressing the insurgency and the militias within the Republic. It is targeting the M23/AFC or the AFC/M23 which seems inter-connected. They seem like an entity and the leadership there can be questioned. As they are targeting a region and province of the DRC.

M23 are a threat in the Nord-Kivu Province. That is common knowledge and AFC is a vehicle of just that. The fall of Nangaa is clear too, as he was a respected fellow and a man who had the authority of the electoral commission of the DRC. He was the man that announced the victory of President Felix Tshisekedi in 2019. Now, his sentenced by the court to death. That is significant and shows what is possible in the DRC.

Nangaa has to answer for his choices and why he took part of the AFC. The avenues was maybe closed and he knew he wouldn’t have any favours with the allies of Tshisekedi, as he was a man that had entrusted this role by former President Joseph Kabila. Therefore, he was a relic and a man of the wrong administration.

Still, it is risky to associate yourself with an armed rebellion and militia’s within a Republic. That could easily be seen as treason and be seen as a criminal act against the state. This isn’t anything new for the M23, but for the AFC it is. Others has been here before and won’t be last, as long as there are mineral resources to loot and lacking structures to control the territories. Which gives breading ground for rebellion and armed militias to control mineral rich regions. That’s where these comes in and make a business out of it. Since the army isn’t capable or have the manpower to enforce rule of law. Therefore, in the vacuum of the state, these militias and armed rebellions comes in and takeover from the state.

That isn’t done without a risk and they are only allowed to do so. If they serve the interests of the current leadership and President. If the militias or armed groups has association with the government. They could get away with their crimes and profiteering on the extraction of minerals within their zones or occupied areas.

That’s why we know this will not stop the M23 or the AFC from operating. They are now seen as illegal entities and are a danger to society. This it should have been seen from the onset and from how they have used lethal force to have a say. Not only for the association with foreign entities and logistical support as such. Which has been reported and been known, especially for the M23. We shouldn’t be shocked if the AFC are the same or in the same boat. They are working for the same thing and trying to evolve the same beast. Therefore, the state is within it’s rights to address it.

The Military Court has only reacted within its realm and within its mandate. The ones charged and getting on trial should answer for it. It is only righteous… and for a greater cause. Some might say this is to consolidate or control more power in the eyes of the President. Well, the M23 and AFC isn’t Sunday School Choirs or Bible Salesmen, but an armed opposition against the state. That’s why the state is within it’s right to sanction it. Peace.

RDC: Collectif des Associations et Mouvements Citoyens du Nord-Kivu (01.08.2024)

RDC: Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) – Communique Officiel (01.08.2024)

RDC: Ministere de la Communication et Medias – Le Gouvernement Congolais appelle les Etats-Unis d’Amerique et l’Union Europeenne a pendre des sanctions plus fortes contre le Rwanda (27.07.2024)

RDC: Union pour la Democratie et le Progres Social (UDPS) – Communique No. 001 (17.07.2024)

Rwanda: I guessed 98% but it ended with 99.15%

Incumbent President Kagame has picked up 99.15% of the vote in presidential election, according to partial provisional results after a 79% vote count. Frank Habineza, the presidential candidate of Green Party, picked up 0.53% of the vote after a 79% count of the vote. Independent candidate in the presidential race, Philippe Mpayimana, picked up 0.32% of the vote after a 79% count” (The New Times, 15.07.2024).

The one and only, the mastermind and the living legend himself, Paul Kagame. The man who went by the name of Pilato. He has won yet another election with massive numbers. Not that it was surprising.

I myself was expecting it in the neighbourhood of 98% and wasn’t far off. When the incumbent President got 99% of the votes. That was prepared, pre-sealed and ready cooked long before the polls.

This victory lap is only a signal of how the President holds an “iron fist” over the nation. A nation where he has the final say and his word is law. As he can decide to ban cartoons and get rid of his enemies. That’s what he does…

In Kigali no one is shocked or in awe. There is no surprises here. It is all calculated and established. The RPF is ruling and so is Kagame. There is no other voices of reason and they are the ones who decide it all.

That is reflecting in this election as well. He has been ruling the nation since 22nd April 2000 and every election has been resounding in his favour. There was no difference here. He has gotten over 90% of the votes all the way back to 2003. Therefore, the results today is only reflecting the same manner of approach.

The ones who thought things would be differently would be naive…

There is no other option. Kagame or nothing. Kagame or loss of life. He will end you if stand in his way or speaks up against him. That’s why there was only two state sanctioned opposition candidates against him. As the others was barred from entry and wasn’t allowed to be on the ticket. That’s how calculated this is all.

The ones that think this election reflects the will of the people or the wants of the citizenry of population. You must be jaded. Because, they have no real choice and it’s all manufactured for them just to make a consent. That’s all that is and everyone is just supposed to cheer along to the fanfare.

This isn’t a victory, but a charade. A charade to give the President legitimacy for another term. This time around it isn’t another 7 years, but another 5. Regardless, Kagame can speak like he thinks someone should takeover from him. Nevertheless, it is hard to see that he will give way or let anyone become his successor. As he has cemented himself and created monopolistic power.

Kagame has everyone bending their knees for him. They are dancing and celebrating his name. It is not like he wants to retire from that. No, he wants to bash in glory as the demi-god he thinks he is. Peace.

RDC: Ministere de la Communication et Medias – Le Gouvernement Congolais appelle la Communaute Internationale a tirer toutes les consequences necessaires du nouveau rapport du Groupe d’Experts des Nations Unies sur la Republique Democratique du Congo (11.07.2024)

RDC: Province du Nord-Kivu – Cabinet du Gouverneur – Communique de Presse (11.07.2024)