Felix Tshisekedi, DRC’s thug of a ruler has once again fueled hate against Congolese of Tutsi ethnicity, labeling as foreigners Tutsi refugees; the very people driven out of their country by a conflict Tshisekedi himself keeps fueling.
Tshilombo’s character as a hateful charlatan was fully on display during his so-called state of the nation address, which he basically used as a stage to target the Tutsi.
His smears that “Rwanda is pursuing a policy of depopulation followed by repopulation” in certain Congolese territories is yet another example of that warmonger’s weaponized rhetoric, to incite mass murder.
This is a crime against humanity no doubt about it!
Tshisekedi’s rhetoric is historically the starkest example of incitement of violence, and by framing Congolese Tutsis as “Rwandan foreigners,” he effectively ostracizes millions from their right to nationality, and a homeland.
Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya are home to millions of Congolese refugees, the majority of whom fled instability orchestrated by the DRC army in collaboration with extremist militias like the FDLR. These refugees long to return to their ancestral lands in Kivu. But a dangerous buffoon has arrogated himself the power to disenfranchise them.
Even those that somehow found their way back home live very perilously.
International bodies, including the UN, have documented the return of nearly one million Congolese citizens to regions such as Mugunga, Kanyaruchina, Rutshuru, Masisi, Nyiragongo, Walikale, and Lubero. Despite their efforts to reclaim a semblance of normalcy, these returnees are still labeled as “foreigners” by a regime intent on deepening divisions.
Their fight for their rights must be recognized, universally!
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