British journalist aka fiction writer Michela Wrong has been on NBC News, doing more hit pieces against Rwanda and its President.
Driven by a toxic blend of hate and corruption (i.e. a paycheck from Congolese ruler Felix Tshisekedi) Wrong positions herself as both judge and jury against Rwanda’s self-defense measures, while turning a blind eye to the horrors sponsored by Tshisekedi himself.
The Tshisekedi regime’s alliance with the FDLR, a militia directly descended from the forces that executed the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, is well documented. For decades, Rwanda has faced existential threats from these genocidal remnants, supported by FARDC, Burundian units, and foreign mercenaries. Intelligence has consistently confirmed their coordinated plans to attack Rwanda, including the stockpiling of drones, missiles, and heavy artillery just kilometres from its border. Rwanda’s response? Defensive and proportionate.
The NBC article parrots the same talking points that Tshisekedi’s European mercenary advisors and war propagandists have churned out to cover up one inconvenient truth: The Congolese political-military movement M23’s demands are not about minerals; they are about rights, safety, and return.
At the heart of M23’s struggle is the unresolved issue of refugee repatriation. Over half a million Congolese Rwandophones, many of them Congolese Tutsi, have languished for over 30 years in camps in Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, and Tanzania. Their return has been persistently blocked because Tshisekedi’s regime refuses to dismantle the FDLR, which continues to ethnically cleanse Congolese Rwandaphones in the east. That symmetry, return and disarmament form the moral basis of M23’s struggle. Yet Wrong prefers to label this as Rwandan aggression.
Wrong’s piece is littered with dubious claims from anonymous soldiers, contractors, and “satellite analysts.” But it conspicuously omits Rwanda’s consistent message: Rwanda is not at war with the DRC; it is defending its people and sovereignty against genocidal actors emboldened by Tshisekedi.
Michela Wrong is not an impartial journalist; she, in her hate for Kagame, is the least qualified person to say anything about Rwanda.
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