The truth that MONUSCO, originally tasked with fostering peace in the DRC, has now become deeply entrenched in destabilizing the region is undeniable. The UN agency vividly flouted its mandate to become part and parcel of the wrong it was supposed to right.
The recent shooting of the Monusco chopper in the hands of SADC forces exposed double standard of the UN agency supposedly on peace keeping mission as an entity with observe status. The same helicopter was on a mission not only to bombard M23 but to carry out cleansing of Tutsis minority ethnic group in DRC.
Shot in Rutshuru by the gallant soldiers of M23, the helicopter was later found to have been chartered by SADC joint force from Monusco knowing very well that is against all international rules and against the prescriptions of the mission. Against all odds the same Monusco is supposed to act as a go between warrying entities.
Anyone who has been keenly following developments in the EASTERN DRC will recall how many times photos of M23 positions and movements went viral on the internet until fraudulent reports of rights groups started to use them as a pretext to denounce the rebel group and attribute it to Rwanda.
It later came to be known that the continuous disclosure of drone footages on the positions of M23 by Monusco to FARDC was in exchange for mineral concessions previously owned by various blacklisted groups and it was at the request of the failed Kinshasa regime.
While disclosure of such image isn’t illegal, what is dubious of Monusco is the fact that the same UN group has never done the same against notorious genocidal groups like FDLR, Mai Mai and other black-listed terror organizations operating in DRC and work closely with its national force.
Failure to condemn, disarm, demobilize and repatriate FDLR and other anti-Rwanda groups DRC is a clear sign the UN body is one of the root causes” of insecurity in eastern Congo. For almost three decades Monusco has been well informed about strongholds of FDLR but did nothing. Instead, pushed by the regime of Tshisekedi, it was quick to spread lies that “Rwanda abets M23”
Regrettably, questioning the UN’s role in the DRC is futile, as MONUSCO has unequivocally demonstrated its presence for self-enrichment, thriving on the perpetuation of instability in the region.
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