Rwandan President Paul Kagame pledged Wednesday evening to “deal with” South Africa if confrontation starts over the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, heightening tensions in the region.
The long-simmering conflict intensified in the last week, with M23 rebels that South Africa claims are backed by Rwanda, capturing the key strategic city of Goma.
During a virtual summit of East African leaders, Kagame accused South Africa of distorting events in eastern Congo and “pretending to play peacemaker.”
South Africa said Thursday that 13 of its troops were killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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This guy where ever he goes he causes division, investigate his name
SO , RAMAPHALA, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE THE DRC TO ICJ??????YOU ARE THIS WONDERFUL PEACEMAKER 😅😅
Which European country ordered Rwanda to support the M23 terrorists
All of this could've been avoided if the US left Patrice Lumumba alone all those decades ago, but instead they killed him.
Not to mention France also plays a nasty role in all this.
SA is a joke
Our enemies are the slave masters, not each other! One Africa! One nation!
Drc is a useless country
Kagame will meet his fate same way Ghaddafi did.
### 1
The war between Rwanda and the DRC is a proxy war. In other words, global powers such as the United States, Canada, the European Union, and Qatar use Rwanda to acquire critical raw materials at lower costs.
To achieve this, Rwanda arms rebel groups, supported by its army (RDF). These militias have the mission of driving out the inhabitants of villages rich in precious resources such as gold, diamonds, the "3Ts" (tantalum, tungsten, tin), wolframite, cobalt, zinc, etc.
The strategy employed is brutal: militias invade villages, rape women in front of their husbands before executing them. They then enslave young boys to work in the mines and exploit women as sex objects.
### 2
*Rebellions in the DRC: A Continuity Under Different Names*
All four of the following rebellions are essentially the same, only changing names depending on the period and circumstances:
*AFDL = RCD = CNDP = M23*
#### 1996: AFDL (Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo)
– *Puppet:* Laurent-Désiré Kabila
– *Background:* Rwandan army
– *Objective:* Overthrow President Mobutu and protect the Congolese Tutsi minority, called Banyamulenge or Banyarwanda.
After the AFDL’s victory, secret agreements were signed between Laurent-Désiré Kabila and Rwanda. However, these agreements failed, leading to the creation of a new rebellion: the RCD.
### 3
#### 1998: RCD (Congolese Rally for Democracy)
– *Puppets:* Professor Wamba dia Wamba, Jean-Pierre Bemba, Delly Sessanga, Lambert Mende, Tambwe Mwamba, Thomas Lubanga.
– *Background:* Rwandan and Ugandan armies.
– *Objective:* Overthrow Laurent-Désiré Kabila and protect the Banyamulenge/Banyarwanda minority.
This rebellion ended with a special agreement, leading to the 2006 elections.
#### After the 2006 Elections
Following the presidential, legislative, senatorial, and provincial elections, the Banyamulenge/Banyarwanda failed to secure significant representation. Their electoral failure prevented them from accessing strategic positions such as ministers or senators.
Faced with this situation, a new rebellion was created: the CNDP.
### 4
#### From CNDP to M23
*2008: CNDP (National Congress for the Defense of the People)*
– *Puppets:* Laurent Nkunda and Sultani Makenga
– *Objective:* Secure more political positions and integrate a greater number of officers from the Congolese Tutsi minority (Banyamulenge/Banyarwanda) into the Congolese army.
A secret agreement was signed on March 23, 2009, between President Joseph Kabila and the Banyamulenge/Banyarwanda. This agreement, kept away from the public, was never revealed to the National Assembly or the Senate.
As a result of this agreement:
– The CNDP was transformed into a political party.
– The Banyamulenge/Banyarwanda obtained several government positions.
– Many of them were integrated into the Congolese army, creating tensions as more than 50% of Congolese army generals came from this minority, in accordance with the agreement's terms.
### 5
#### 2013: M23 (March 23 Movement)
– *Puppet:* Bertrand Bisimwa
– *Objective:* Demand the implementation of the March 23, 2009 agreement and other claims by the Banyamulenge/Banyarwanda.
*Key demands of M23 included:*
1. *Political and administrative control:*
– Management of five mineral-rich provinces: North Kivu, South Kivu, Maniema, Ituri, and North Katanga.
– Appointment of all administrators in these provinces by M23 (ex-CNDP) members.
2. *Military domination:*
– 50% of the military command was to be assigned to Banyamulenge/Banyarwanda.
3. *Economic control:*
– Example: The mining company Alpha Mining, located in North Kivu, exclusively employs Banyamulenge/Banyarwanda who, despite working in the DRC, prefer to reside in Kigali (Rwanda).
A portion of this agreement began to be implemented, but Joseph Kabila struggled to convince the local populations to accept these changes. Due to this opposition, he failed to enforce it before his term ended in 2018.
### 6
#### 2019: The Arrival of Félix Tshisekedi and the Challenge to the Agreement
In 2019, Félix Tshisekedi took power and discovered the secret agreement of March 23, 2009.
– Rwandan President Paul Kagame recommended implementing this agreement.
– However, after reviewing the terms, Félix Tshisekedi decided to make it public and refused to comply.
This is the context in which M23 is now demanding negotiations: their goal is to force the Congolese government to honor the March 23, 2009 agreement.
### *Conclusion*
The Banyarwanda, a minority of Congolese Tutsis who speak Rwandan, represent only about 1% of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s population, according to statistics. Yet, they seek to control the five rich provinces mentioned above, to the benefit of Rwanda.
I don't trust this Rwanda president. He act like a snake in the grass
Paul Kagame to challenged South Africa
Just to be clear, South Africa was supplying non-combative, ancilliary support to FARDC. Their orders were not to fire on rebels unless attacked.
SANDF Sake squadron was ambushed by RDF forces, not M23 rebels. This is why the conflict will be escalated.
You cannot attack South African troops on African soil without consequences…
As a South African I highly recommend we mind our own business, we've got enough problems to deal with especially with electricity
When I look at Kagame's face, he reminds me of a serpent.
Rwanda is basically the Israel of Central Afrika. I hope the Congolese wake up and defend their country. The recourses are of the people of the DRC. Enough with the robbing. Congo has been since the Belgians been robbed and enslaved. If Congo does become free, Afrika will never unite.
Sa isn't DRC neither neighbors
anc is useless
I do not trust the South African president, a rich man and a politician equals a criminal. When you’re begging Elon Musk, a racist to come back to his home. To put satellites for communication in our skies. That sounds crazy. You wanna go back under someone's subjugation
he needs to go.
Rwanda is clearly funding and arming these rebels. Rwanda has slowly transformed into an instigator & war mongerer.
Mr president Ramaphosa take our fellow brother back
F with Ranaphisa. Who is he to fight about who is Congolese or not when he, himself, in his own backyard cannot fight that. F withis silly president.
The Rwanda Leader misses the blood from the genocides
Corrupt Ramaphosa and his ANC buffoons have degraded South Africa's armed forces, which has resulted in their humiliation in Congo. Just like everything else – decaying institutions and infrastructure, unemployment, and poverty – the promise of Mandela has died.
Oh look, more music. What are you trying to cover up, Global?
“日后你惹出祸来，不把为师说出来，就行了。”
South African government is a busy body and loves to poke it's nose in other country's business. They did this with the war in Gaza and now in the DRC 😂😂
I also wonder how are those minerals in congo not being used by DRC government to improve the lifestyle of its people. Who stopped them sincerely asking for a friend. Or we are just happy with fingerpointing🤷♂️
The biggest mistake of SADC was to support the government in Kinshasa .
M. Kagame est intelligent, il a organisé une armée bien entraînée, équipée d'armes modernes, il sait que le président de la RDC et son gouvernement sont très corrompus, n'ont pas d'armée, pas d'armes. Je vois que la région est pleine de problèmes ethniques et fonciers, le devoir du gouvernement de la RDC est de considérer et de bien prendre soin des Congolais Hutus, Tutis et Batwa plutôt que de les envoyer à M. Kagame, puis de les faire revenir avec des armes à la main (M23). Les Congolais ne devraient pas blâmer l'UE/les États-Unis mais leur propre gouvernement pour ne pas avoir une armée et une logistique fortes, M. Kagame ne fera pas un pas en avant si la RDC a une armée forte. Si le M23 peut marcher au-delà de Kinshasa, ce sera bon pour M. Thsiseketi
This ruwanda president needs to give our cyril a fair fight ,man to man.then we will see how tough he is. Respect Mansi
Bombay yourself chief minister Eknath Shinde but live fadanvis this is your hunting I am one humanity man 2 years your chief minister Shinde but totally fraud but this is problem is not a small
Luckily I'm not black enough to get a job in the SANDF, and thus cannot be sent to war.
Don't let anybody get in the way of unified Africa.
''M23 rebels are not Rwandans'', he (kagame) said. Now, why is Rwanda being accused of trying to take Easter Congo , in particular Kivu province, as part of Rwanda?