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Medical Nuclear Technologist | NY
Speaking for Congolese victims of Rwanda’s war in eastern DRC.

[Saint @FerdinandLukad]

C’est le Rwanda qui est derrière cela. On connaît déjà la manière dont le Rwanda opère dans ce genre de situation.

[Bertrand Bisimwa @bbisimwa]

Ces drones qui répandent la mort parmi les innocents sont livrés au régime de Kinshasa par la Chine, ce même pays membre permanent du Conseil de sécurité champion de la condamnation de la violence en RDC, exigeant le respect du cessez-le-feu. En appelons à la fin de l'hypocrisie.

[Xtrafrica @xtr_africa]

🚨🇨🇩 DRC KALEMIE | PROTESTERS TARGET JOSEPH KABILA

“Judas Iscariot!” Protesters give former President Joseph Kabila a new nickname.

On October 17, demonstrators in Kalemie, Tanganyika Province, joined a campaign organized by the civil society movement All for Congo (TPC), led by William Mukambila.

Participants accused Kabila of betraying the DRC and alleged links to Rwanda-backed rebellion. They also called for a national referendum, arguing that Congolese citizens should exercise their constitutional sovereignty.

🇨🇩 “2026 will never be 1997!” protesters declared.

S/C Credits @amluzayamo

[Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C. @batten_von]

The @nytimes article's headline is misleading. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, it casts the DRC in a negative light, despite presenting no evidence that the DRC engaged in wrongdoing in connection with the $17.6 million transfer to TX-AT, a Texas-based defense firm.

The article does not even allege that the DRC participated in the disputed diversion of funds, authorized improper payments, or knowingly engaged in misconduct. Yet, by featuring the DRC in the headline without establishing any wrongdoing, the article has led readers to associate the DRC with allegations of corruption.

In the interest of journalistic integrity, @nytimes, @tylerpager, @AKurmanaev, and Managing Editors @marclacey and @carolynryan should revise the headline to accurately reflect the nature of the dispute and clarify that the article presents no evidence of wrongdoing by the DRC government.

@realDonaldTrump @Presidence_RDC @HouseForeignGOP @HouseForeign @SenateForeign @SFRCdems @SecRubio @StateDept @FelixUdps @AsstSecStateAF @CNN @AP @washingtonpost @Reuters @BBCAfrica @politico @marclacey @carolynryan @AFP @latimes

[August V @AugustCohen4]

@Chauffeur243_ Thanks for the question re: @BCC_RDC Governor Wameso's recent speech in Kolwezi. To be clear, I share his concern about the problem that not enough mining export revenue is being brought back to #DRC to build up forex reserves and the overall economy. But I think the problem - and therefore the solution - is bigger than simply forex.

Here's my response to your concerns where I use a simple example to illustrate what miners who follow the tax and repatriation law (many do, but some do not fully) are doing to illustrate this larger problem.

https://t.co/0NrYvmr8JK

[Saint @FerdinandLukad]

Tu es un traître ! Même si tu n’aimes pas le président Tshisekedi, cela ne justifie pas de fermer les yeux sur la réalité de cette guerre. **Cette guerre oppose la RDC au Rwanda, et Kabila n’est qu’un supplétif au service des intérêts rwandais.** Tu peux être contre Tshisekedi sur le plan politique, mais tu ne dois pas laisser tes divergences politiques prendre le dessus sur l’intérêt supérieur de la nation. Le Congo est agressé, des Congolais meurent et des familles sont contraintes de fuir leurs foyers. Dans un tel contexte, la priorité doit être la défense de notre souveraineté et de notre intégrité territoriale, pas la haine d’un président. On peut combattre politiquement Tshisekedi sans contribuer à une entreprise qui fragilise notre propre pays.

[Saint @FerdinandLukad]

Certains journalistes semblent davantage préoccupés par la désinformation que par leur mission d’informer le public. Si certains diffusent délibérément des informations fausses ou déformées pour servir les intérêts du Rwanda, ils doivent être tenus responsables de leurs publications.

Les faits sont essentiels : le transfert de 17,6 millions de dollars d’un compte du gouvernement congolais vers une entreprise américaine spécialisée dans la défense ne constitue pas, à lui seul, une preuve de malversations de la part du gouvernement de la RDC. Toute accusation doit être étayée par des preuves, et non par des manipulations politiques.

Les journalistes congolais ont le devoir de vérifier leurs sources, de rechercher la vérité et de dénoncer la désinformation, quel que soit le camp qui en profite.** La RDC mérite une presse qui défend la vérité, et non une propagande susceptible de nuire aux intérêts nationaux du Congo.

[Saint @FerdinandLukad]

Some journalists appear more interested in misleading the public than informing it. If anyone is deliberately spreading false or distorted information to serve Rwanda’s interests, they must be held accountable for their reporting.
The facts matter: a $17.6 million payment from the DRC government to an American defense company does not, by itself, prove wrongdoing by the Congolese government. Any allegations must be supported by evidence, not political manipulation.
Congolese journalists have a responsibility to defend the truth, verify their sources, and expose misinformation—regardless of who benefits from it. The DRC deserves journalism that serves the truth, not propaganda that undermines its national interests.

[Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C. @batten_von]

Congolese reporters seem to have unfortunately misunderstood the facts in the @nytimes article referenced below. According to the article, $17.6 million was transferred from a DRC government account to TX-AT, a Texas-based defense and security firm that supplies defense equipment to U.S. and international law enforcement agencies. The DRC is fighting a war involving Rwanda and #M23, so a transaction with an American defense supplier is not, in itself, unusual. We need more of this.

The problem is that TX-AT is now linked to a brewing scandal in D.C. And despite attempts by President @PaulKagame's agents and allies to connect the DRC to this controversy, the payment itself does not establish wrongdoing by the DRC government. Just as you are not responsible for how your landlord spends your rent money, the DRC is not responsible for how an American company spends funds received for military equipment.

The DRC is fighting for its survival, and misinformation is President @PaulKagame's favorite weapon. Congolese journalists must avoid unintentionally spreading misinformation that could be used to discredit the DRC before the United States Congress and the world. Report the facts. It might save your country.

@realDonaldTrump @Presidence_RDC @HouseForeignGOP @HouseForeign @SenateForeign
@SFRCdems @SecRubio @StateDept @FelixUdps
@AsstSecStateAF @CNN @AP @washingtonpost @Reuters @BBCAfrica

[Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C. @batten_von]

Congolese reporters seem to have unfortunately misunderstood the facts in the @nytimes article referenced below. According to the article, $17.6 million was transferred from a DRC government account to TX-AT, a Texas-based defense and security firm that supplies defense equipment to U.S. and international law enforcement agencies. The DRC is fighting a war involving Rwanda and #M23, so a transaction with an American defense supplier is not, in itself, unusual. We need more of this.

The problem is that TX-AT is now linked to a brewing scandal in D.C. And despite attempts by President @PaulKagame's agents and allies to connect the DRC to this controversy, the payment itself does not establish wrongdoing by the DRC government. Just as you are not responsible for how your landlord spends your rent money, the DRC is not responsible for how an American company spends funds received for military equipment.

The DRC is fighting for its survival, and misinformation is President @PaulKagame's favorite weapon. Congolese journalists must avoid unintentionally spreading misinformation that could be used to discredit the DRC before the United States Congress and the world. Report the facts. It might save your country.

@realDonaldTrump @Presidence_RDC @HouseForeignGOP @HouseForeign @SenateForeign
@SFRCdems @SecRubio @StateDept @FelixUdps
@AsstSecStateAF @CNN @AP @washingtonpost @Reuters @BBCAfrica

[Patrick Lokala @PatrickLokala_]

#RDC ! GUERRE DE L'EST : Ceux qui sont nés vers 2000, suivez cet élément

[Free Rwanda 🇷🇼 @Freedom4Rwandan]

One thing is clear: the world knows this is morally wrong💔No amount of sportswashing can erase Congo’s suffering. Bringing #F1 back to #Africa is great, but not at the cost of human lives. Don’t force F1 fans to choose between the sport they love and basic humanity. #Rwanda #drc

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Formula 1’s choice of Rwanda for its first race in Africa in three decades shows its utter indifference to human rights. Rwanda is a brutal police state that has invaded the Democratic Republic of Congo to seize its minerals. https://t.co/3kb5Q1grl3

[Kivu Pulse @kivupulse1]

La loyauté ne s’achète jamais. 🇨🇩 Aucun montant ne pourra acheter ma conscience, encore moins avec l’argent du sang de mes frères et sœurs innocents de l’Est du Congo. Mon pays n’est pas à vendre, et ma loyauté non plus. #RDC

Ne trahis jamais le Congo

[DW Sports @dw_sports]

Controversy over Rwanda F1 deal 🇷🇼

Formula One announced that Rwanda is to host an African Grand Prix by the "early 2030s." 🏁🌍

Critics say Rwanda's government is using the sport to cover up alleged human rights abuses...

[Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala @StanysBujakera]

Perquisitions chez des proches de Tshisekedi en Belgique : Jean-Thierry Monsenepwo dénonce une manœuvre politique

[Saint @FerdinandLukad]

@evrythngformu1a @Nukedrop Stop sportswashing Rwanda while Congolese civilians are being massacred by the Rwandan government. The Congolese people deserve justice, accountability, and peace, not international events that distract from the suffering of our people. 🇨🇩

[Saint @FerdinandLukad]

@F1 Stop sportswashing Rwanda while Congolese civilians are being massacred by the Rwandan government. The Congolese people deserve justice, accountability, and peace—not international events that distract from the suffering of our people. 🇨🇩

[Saint @FerdinandLukad]

@F1 Stop sportswashing Rwanda while Congolese civilians are being massacred by the Rwandan government. The Congolese people deserve justice, accountability, and peace not international events that distract from the suffering of our people. 🇨🇩

[Free Rwanda 🇷🇼 @Freedom4Rwandan]

#F1 now reeks of the blood of innocent Rwandan and Congolese civilians killed amid #Kagame’s actions. Women are raped, children die in #DRC while in 🇷🇼 critics are still killed or arrested on false charges. #SouthAfrica would have been a better choice for the African Grand Prix.

[Nadia MUGUNGA @Nadia_MUGUNGA1]

Rwandans earning around $1.50 a day need schools, hospitals, roads and public transport, not a multimillion-dollar F1 @F1 spectacle. @PaulKagame wants global prestige, but who pays the bill? With human rights concerns and accusations of sportswashing, is this development for ordinary Rwandans or image-building for the regime?

@SkySportsF1 @NewTimesRwanda @HRF @NaomiSchiff @SherrieSilver @LewisHamilton @ali_naka @fia @TherealKwizera @rpfinkotanyi

[Charles Onana @duboiris]

Pourquoi la RDCONGO est-elle agressée par le Rwanda sans subir les sanctions de la communauté internationale ? Qu'avait dit le professeur Albert Einstein au président Roosevelt au sujet du Congo ? L'attitude de l'Union Européenne face au Rwanda...
https://t.co/Mgtnp1Quc5

[Saint @FerdinandLukad]

L’article ci-dessous donne un aperçu des raisons pour lesquelles la RDC et son gouvernement démocratiquement élu sont pris pour cible. Depuis que le président Félix Tshisekedi a signé un partenariat historique sur les minerais avec les États-Unis, les attaques contre lui et contre la RDC se sont intensifiées.
Hier encore, les autorités belges ont perquisitionné les domiciles de membres de la famille du président Tshisekedi en Belgique. Cela s’est produit quelques jours seulement après que l’ancien président congolais Joseph Kabila a reconnu diriger le M23 et exprimé son intention de renverser illégalement le président Tshisekedi. Cette chronologie ne peut être considérée comme une simple coïncidence.
Les Européens et leur allié, le président Paul Kagame, considèrent la RDC comme leur chasse gardée. L’implication croissante des États-Unis en RDC représente une menace pour les intérêts de ceux qui profitent de l’exploitation des richesses congolaises au détriment de son peuple.
Les États-Unis devraient donc approfondir leur partenariat avec la RDC, car nos intérêts économiques et notre sécurité nationale sont désormais étroitement liés. 🇨🇩🇺🇸

[Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C. @batten_von]

The news article below offers a glimpse into why the DRC and its duly elected government are under attack. Ever since President #Tshisekedi signed a historic minerals partnership with the United States, the attacks against him and the DRC have intensified.

Just yesterday, Belgian authorities raided the homes of President Tshisekedi’s family members in Belgium. This occurred just days after former DRC President #Kabila admitted to leading #M23 and stated his intent to illegally remove President Tshisekedi from office. The timing cannot simply be a coincidence.

The Europeans and their friend, President @PaulKagame, view the DRC as their domain. The U.S. playing a key role in the DRC is a threat to European exploitation of the Congolese people. The United States should deepen its friendship with the DRC, for our shared economic and national security interests are now intertwined.

@realDonaldTrump @Presidence_RDC
@HouseForeignGOP @HouseForeign
@SenateForeign @SFRCdems @SecRubio @StateDept @FelixUdps @AsstSecStateAF @CNN @AP