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[Icumu MINEGA Gloire @Icumu_10]

1/9.INKOMOKO YA WAZALENDO MURI DRC

[Bojana Coulibaly, Ph.D. @CoulibalyBojana]

Global Witness unethical reporting on Rwanda fuels farther tensions in a conflict-ridden region.

The latest claims by @Global_Witness (GW) that "Rwanda smuggles Congo's coltan" rely on disinformation, approximations, and on manipulated images farther fueling tension in a conflict-ridden region.

To exemplify this statement, GW uses image manipulation suggesting that coltan is smuggled to Rwanda with an image extracted from the UNGoE 2024 final report, i.e., a screenshot of a December 2023 video showing 60 motorbikes carrying #FDLR_Wazalendo, and loaded with bags of coltan, while fleeing M23 from #Rubaya towards #Mushaki. (p. 10 of the report, GW Interactive Map, Images #1, #2, and full original video below).

GW uses this image to suggest that the smugglers are #M23 or working on behalf of Rwanda. Yet in the enclosed video, we hear that these are #FDLR_Wazalendo fleeing from M23 while saying in Swahili (00:31-00:37): "Here are motorbikes loaded with minerals. We are leaving Rubaya and are really fleeing the Tutsi" [The "Tutsi" here means "M23"]. "Here we are in the hills of Ishasha, and here in front of us, we can see the motorbikes", "Here the situation is difficult, pray for us, pray for us!"

GW additionally spreads a mistruth about having been on the ground in the caption of the same image in the interactive map. They write: "Global Witness has travelled with a coltan smuggler through the hills towards Goma." (Image #2). GW in other words mislead its readers about having done a field investigation for this report, but instead relies on recycled manipulated information and images.
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[Bojana Coulibaly, Ph.D. @CoulibalyBojana]

A new @HRW "report" backs regime propaganda following meeting with Kinshasa authorities

Human Rights Watch just released a new "report" following a visit paid to Kinshasa authorities last month.

The HRW delegation included its Executive Director, Philippe Bolopion @Bolopion, and its main reporter on the Great Lakes, Clémentine de Montjoye @demontcl.

Bolopion and Montjoye had in-person meetings with the #DRC Prime Minister Judith Siminwa, and the #DRC Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Guy Kabombo Muadiamvita.

During the same visit to Kinshasa, Clementine de Montjoye was seen in a workshop organized by @ebuteli led by hate group @luchaRDC's founder @fredbauma90 (Fred Bauma), American academics @jasonkstearns (Jason K. Stearns) and @jdlzw (Joshua Z. Walker), and former Africa Director of the think-tank @CSIS, Mvemba Dizolele (@MvembaDizolele). All four have been documented to be Rwandophobic, for promoting anti-Tutsi xenophobia, as well as, for engaging in unethical research methods.

@Ebuteli, based in Kinshasa—where systematic and daily violations of freedom of speech, of press, and of human rights have been widely documented, where thousands of journalists and human rights activists have been killed, imprisoned or abducted, by the Tshisekedi regime—is a close collaborator of #DRC Communications Minister @PatrickMuyaya, known for having invested millions of U.S. dollars in an anti-AFC/M23, anti-Rwanda and anti-Tutsi war propaganda campaign.

Owing to the ongoing collaboration with the DRC regime, party to the ongoing conflict in eastern #DRC, and Ebuteli, @hrw and its "reports" are selective, unethical and thus lack any scientific credibility.

Photo Evidence and Descriptions:
- Image #1: Philippe Bolopion and Clémentine de Montjoye of HRW, in a meeting with DRC Deputy PM and Minister of Defense, Kinshasa, May 21, 2026
- Image #2: Bolopion greets DRC Prime Minister during his visit to Kinshasa in mid-May.
- Image #3: Clementine de Montjoye speaks at @ebuteli, Kinshasa, May 20/21
- Image #4: Screenshot of Montjoye in new "report" video
- Continued below...
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[The Great Lakes Eye @TheGreatLakesE1]

Angola dumps Tshisekedi over lack of commitment handling DRC crisis

🔴In another serious diplomatic blow for Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi, Angola has withdrawn from its role as mediator in the inter-Congolese dialogue, citing Kinshasa’s repeated failure to honour commitments aimed at resolving the prolonged crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) eastern regions.

🔴The decision underscores growing regional frustration with Tshisekedi’s approach to peace, which critics argue prioritises military confrontation over genuine negotiation.

🔗Read more: https://t.co/XOPgRLft3G

[Icumu MINEGA Gloire @Icumu_10]

Washington’s blind spot in DRC https://t.co/crehuchTl7 via @TheGreatLakesE1
If Washington continues to shield Kinshasa from accountability, eastern DRC’s crisis may not end in negotiation, but in rupture; driven by a population exhausted by war, hunger, disease,and militia rule.

[The Great Lakes Eye @TheGreatLakesE1]

Here’s why Tshisekedi funds militia commanders as clashes escalate

🔹Fresh concerns are mounting over Kinshasa’s growing reliance on Wazalendo - “patriots” in Swahili – militias, following reports that Brig. Gen. Fabien Dunia Kashindi, the commander of the FARDC’s 33rd Military Region, recently met Wazalendo commanders operating in Uvira Territory and handed them USD 70,000.

🔹Made up of – among others – local self-defense militias formed in villages and communities, and former fighters from earlier armed groups who switched sides, the Wazalendo are not formally part of the regular army, FARDC, but many operate in coordination with it. They are not a single organized army, but a loose umbrella label used in eastern DRC for pro-government local militias that Kinshasa mobilized to fight the M23 rebellion which resurged in late 2021 and has since expanded its territorial control. The rebels are fighting to protect Congolese Tutsi communities and other minorities and defend against hostile militias operating in the region such as the Rwandan genocidaires known as FDLR.

🔹The cash delivery comes amid worsening insecurity in eastern DRC and follows the recent visit of Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Guy Kabombo Muadiamvita to Uvira on May 24.

🔹Officially, Kabombo’s mission was to assess the security situation and review FARDC operations in South Kivu. Local reports indicate that he visited the headquarters of the Uvira operational sector and attended a briefing with officials from the 33rd Military Region.

🔹Sources say the funds given to Wazalendo commanders originated from Kabombo’s visit and were intended to boost morale among militia commanders as fighting intensifies. The episode has revived a deeper and more urgent question: why does President Félix Tshisekedi continue to place Wazalendo militias at the center of the security crisis in eastern DRC?

🔹Kinshasa portrays the Wazalendo as “patriotic” local defenders fighting to protect their communities and land. However, critics argue that this marker masks a dangerous proxy strategy. By relying on irregular armed groups rather than exclusively on formal FARDC units, the Congolese state can benefit militarily from militia operations while attempting to distance itself from abuses committed on the ground.

🔗Read more: https://t.co/m4ppd20iOi

[The Great Lakes Eye @TheGreatLakesE1]

Constitutional reform or third-term strategy? DRC enters political crisis mode

✍🏻President Félix Tshisekedi’s push for constitutional reform has moved beyond a technical debate about institutions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It has become a national stress test of trust in leadership, political timing, and intent. What his camp presents as an effort to modernize the 2006 Constitution is increasingly seen by opponents as a calculated opening toward a third-term strategy.

✍🏻As 2028 approaches, Tshisekedi faces a defining choice. He can safeguard his legacy by respecting the two-term limit and focusing on security, governance, and recovery. Or he can gamble on constitutional engineering and risk being remembered as another Congolese president who tested the patience of a wounded nation.

Read:https://t.co/dyC0OGgTfm

[Samson Kasujja @SamKasujja]

A leaked Memo has revealed that Juuko was forced out at Stanbic Bank Uganda because of “failure to meet expectations.” 1/6

@mofpedU @KeTreasury @RwandaFinance @mofURT @stanbicug @CentenaryBank @KCBInKenya @KeEquityBank @NMBTanzania @CRDBBankPlc @BankofKigali

[Icumu MINEGA Gloire @Icumu_10]

@NKasinge Izo ngabo iyo ziza zari zikwiye kuraswa zose zigashira. Ubuse MONUSCO imaze imyaka ingahe muri Congo? Bravo to anyone who denied UN intervention. RPF yakoze ibikwiye none ubu mu Rwanda bafite amahoro. Ngaho reba Congo bamazeyo 20+ yrs ariko iracyarira. U Rwanda ruzi ubwenge bro.

[Vincent Karega @vincentkarega1]

Les cyclistes rwandais ont participé à la 26ème édition du Tours d' Algérie qui s' est terminé aujourdhui le 28 Avril. Ils sont 7ème sur 100, très bonne performance. Bravo Rwanda, allez toujours de l' avant 🇷🇼

[The Great Lakes Eye @TheGreatLakesE1]

Insurrection fears: Ndayishimiye orders arms relocation as rift deepens within Burundi’s army

🔴Burundi’s military has begun relocating ammunition and heavy weaponry away from key bases in Bujumbura in a major strategic shift, amid growing unease within President Évariste Ndayishimiye’s security establishment. The movement of arms signals heightened concern over internal stability following recent disruptions in the country’s military command structure.

🔴On April 24, around 50 military trucks transported ammunition and equipment from the Burundi National Defense Force’s Muha and Muzinda military camps in Bujumbura Province, as well as from the Mwaro Artillery Brigade camp in Gitega Province, to FDNB’s 3rd Battalion Commando Camp in Gitega town.

🔴The sudden transfer comes less than a month after the catastrophic destruction of Burundi’s main military ammunition depot at Musaga in Bujumbura on March 31. That explosion exposed not only serious security failures within the army, but also deep contradictions at the highest levels of the state.

🔗Read more: https://t.co/yu2Hw4d6XG

[The Great Lakes Eye @TheGreatLakesE1]

Another name, same failure: Swan and MONUSCO

🔹️James Swan, an American diplomat and senior United Nations official with long experience in African diplomacy, conflict mediation, and peacekeeping leadership, arrives at the UN mission in DRC (MONUSCO) carrying the usual diplomatic cargo: experience, composure, and the promise of a fresh start.

🔹️Swan effectively took up his role as head of MONUSCO in March 2026, taking over from Bintou Keita, a Malian diplomat and senior United Nations official who led the mission during a period (2021–2026) of rising insecurity in eastern DRC and growing public hostility toward UN peacekeepers.

🔹️Swan is not new to DRC – having served as U.S. Ambassador to the country from 2013 to 2016 – or to large, difficult UN missions, but there is little reason to believe that the former UN Special Representative for Somalia (2019–2022) can turn the mission around, because MONUSCO’s central problem is not the identity of the man at the top. It is the institution itself.

🔗Read more: https://t.co/pjLRF7DuJw

[Atlético de Madrid @Atleti]

Dame un grrr.

[Dr. Jean Damascene BIZIMANA @DrDamascene]

LES PROPOS DE HAINE anti-tutsi de Patrick MUYAYA, UNE EVIDENCE DE SES PROPRES MOTS

@PatrickMuyaya et ses acolytes nient que cet idéologue invétéré du régime Tshisekédi n'a jamais tenu de propos anti-tutsi que j'ai relevés dans ma communication du 7 avril 2026 lors de la 32ème commémoration du génocide commis contre les Tutsi en 1994, préparé depuis 1990. Leur mémoire est trop courte. Le 4 juillet 2024, sur Télé 50, lors d’une émission phare au micro du journaliste Jean Marie Kassamba, le remuant @PatrickMuyaya , Ministre congolais de la communication tenait des propos de haine anti-tutsi sans précédent qui semblent apparemment le gêner, et que lui et ses fanatiques tentent déséspérement de falsifier après, au départ avoir nié qu'il les a tenus. Or, les faits sont tétus.

Tenez. Ce 4 juillet 2024, Bwana Muyaya expliquait les mobiles de la visite de la première ministre à Bukavu et à Goma en tenant des propos scandaleux ci-après: « C’est une guerre que nous vivons depuis 30 ans. Ici nous sommes à Bukavu, on est dans une partie du pays où la femme a été particulièrement victime des atrocités des Tutsi. Tous les Congolais, cette guerre, c’est la leur. On a un front militaire, on a un front politique, on a un front diplomatique, on a un front économique, on a un front médiatique, on a un front judiciaire. Ça nous permettra de résoudre un problème qui dure depuis 30 ans. »

Mr @PatrickMuyaya:

1) L'expression haineuse, stigmatisante intitulée "les atrocités des Tutsi" relève de vos propres mots. Je les ai repris tel quel, sans rien ajouter ni retrancher. Les mots tuent. Oui, ils tuent. Le génocide commence toujours par des mots de haine comme les vôtres et ceux de vos compatriotes idéologisés comme ceux du général major Sylvain Ekenge. Vos propos terrifiants sur Télé 50 visant le groupe Tutsi relèvent ni plus ni moins de l’incitation publique et directe à la haine ethnique, à l’appel à la stigmatisation ethnique, point de départ du génocide.

2) Par ailleurs, force est de constater que l’habitude de stigmatisation des Tutsi n’est pas une affaire limitée à votre seule personne. C’est une récurrence chez plusieurs responsables congolais à l’instar de votre prédécesseur, Abdoulaye Yerodia Ndombasi, de tiste mémoire, qui a qualifié publiquement les Tutsi de « vermines» à « exterminer ». La Belgique avait, sans résultat, émis un mandat d’arrêt international contre lui. La RDC l'a protégé, assurant par là son choix d'impunité comme il le fait toujours pour les FDLR. Or, ne vous en déplaise, l'engagement en faveur des génocidaires et des négationnistes est votre choix le plus intime comme vous le démontrez en soutenant le négationniste franco-camérounais Charles Onana avec vos mots: "le procès d'Onana est un peu le vôtre". Voilà. Le procès d'un accusé du négationnisme du génocide des Tutsi est le vôtre. Votre choix n'est pas individuel, il est étatique. De même, l'appel à la haine ethnique, au génocide, que vous avez fait ouvertement sur Télé 50 est votre choix individuel et politique. Pourquoi alors en vouloir à ceux qui vous disent que ce sanglant choix est un scandale, un crime, une horreur condamnable?

3) Le propagandiste Yerodia Ndombasi est mort sans jugement, laissant derrière lui le cachet éternel de tueur par les mots. @PatrickMuyaya vous épousez le même enfermement dans la haine. En choisissant de militer dans le soutien aux génocidaires réunis au sein des FDLR, c'est une cruelle complicité qui vous aveugle au point de ne rien apprendre du sort des resonsables des médias de la haine entre 1990 et 1994 au Rwanda. Avez-vous oublié les condamnations par le Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda des journalistes et patrons de la RTLM et de Kangura, pour incitation publique et directe à commettre le génocide ? Ayez l’audace de lire les jugements de condamnation pour appel au génocide retenus contre des idéologues comme Ferdinand Nahimana, Jean Bosco Barayagwiza et Hassan Ngeze. Méditez à fond les plaidoyers de culpabilité de Joseph Serugendo et Georges Henri Yvon Ruggiu, vous comprendrez alors la gravité criminelle des mots. Vous saisirez que la tricherie des faits historiques à laquelle vous excellez ne tient pas debout face à l’ampleur d’un génocide.

In fine, @PatrickMuyaya ayez le courage de prononcer quelques simples mots qui conviennent en pareils cas : PARDON chers internautes, moi, Patrick Muyaya, j’ai déconné, je confesse, je m'incline devant l'erreur, je retire mes mensonges. Trop c'est trop. c'est cela qui vous conviendrait. Uniquement.

[Sentinelle @Sentinellenow]

Lorsque Muyaya relaie un discours de haine contre une communauté, il en minimise ensuite la portée, allant jusqu’à affirmer n’avoir jamais tenu de tels propos — alors même qu’il les encourage et les présente comme une veille patriotique.

Examinons les faits.👇👇👇

[The Great Lakes Eye @TheGreatLakesE1]

The nationality double game: Tshisekedi and DRC’s constitutional contradiction

▫️Under the amended DRC Constitution, Congolese nationality is defined as “one and exclusive,” explicitly prohibiting dual citizenship. The same constitutional framework also requires any presidential candidate to possess “Congolese nationality of origin.” Yet current Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi is widely reported to hold Belgian nationality.

▫️Although the ban on dual citizenship has often been unevenly enforced in practice, including in cases involving public officials, it has remained a potent political and legal issue in DRC. For some candidates, questions of nationality have become grounds for exclusion, controversy, or sustained public attack.

▫️Tshisekedi navigated these challenges by concealing his Belgian nationality. Sources claim he acquired Belgian citizenship during his family’s years in exile in Belgium, the former colonial power.

✍️🏾Read more: https://t.co/Cajhd3421L

[Icumu MINEGA Gloire @Icumu_10]

@KUpatriot Gerageze uvuge ibintu birimo ubwenge. Ntabwo umuntu ufite umugambi mubi yakoresha imodoka izwi. Ni ikihe gikorwa bakoze kiganisha ku bwicanyi? Ahubwo abarinzi ba Nyakeru nibo basagariye ab'u Rwanda. Kuberako mwanga u Rwanda muri kuruharabika gusa. Gusa abahungu bitwaye neza cyane

[Icumu MINEGA Gloire @Icumu_10]

@DiplomaticConc @NCDR_Rwanda @batten_von @StateDept @SenatorRisch @RevColeman @FelixMugenzi @Mumbogo_V_S I did not mention FDLR. This is new info to me. If she is linked to FLDR is a very bad criminal.

[Icumu MINEGA Gloire @Icumu_10]

@WLCongress @VictoireUmuhoza @PaulKagame @ckanimba @A_Sannikov @DrBerlinerMD @AmanzWillieONE @NAbingeneye @Icone_Carbone @choosechemi @UNHumanRights @UN_HRC Inclusive dialogue with who? Dialogue about what? Who do you say was excluded? Imposing immediate & unconditional release as who? Ingabire is suspected to be a criminal, she has a lot to explain. Wait results will come. Thak you.

[Hon. Kamina J Smith @kaminajsmith]

We thank H.E @PaulKagame and the military engineering corps members of the @RwandaMoD for their solidarity and commitment to humanitarian assistance in response to #HurricaneMelissa. You have brought comfort and dignity to families and communities! Your generosity will not be forgotten! 🇷🇼 🇯🇲