In DRC this week, two separate events exposed further the desperation of Felix Tshisekedi’s regime and how they are fully determined to sabotage the ongoing peace process being brokered by the US, Qatar, Tchad and Nairobi.
While In Kinshasa, a group claiming to be displaced citizens from Kivu was delivering a message accusing Rwanda and M23 of killings and persecution, in South Kivu a certain Ennoc Sebineza who masquerade as a Banyamulenge community leader was accusing Rwanda of ‘using their identity to justify war.’
All these incidents did not happen in isolation, neither are the people in questions victims, they are sale-outs of Tshisekedi regime and sympathisers, paid to stir public anger. They are exactly doing what the regime wants to hear.
It is important to remind that these staged statements came just days after fresh attacks by Wazalendo militias in areas surrounding Bukavu, where they fired on M23-held areas while pretending to defend civilians. Tshisekedi’s government later cried foul, acting shocked when M23 responded.
Like we have been saying what is happening follow the same tired script, create a provocation, then run to shout invasion and unfounded aggression. For a government that claims to want peace, Kinshasa is doing everything to bury it, especially now that the army has quietly resumed fighting, ignoring the ongoing peace efforts led by the US, Qatar, Chad, and Kenya.
What is unfolding is not confusion, it is calculation. Tshisekedi is working against time to block any real agreement. From ordering military strikes, to using Wazalendo as a proxy force, to paying individuals to pose as community voices, the regime has made it clear that peace is not the plan.
From the look of things, Tshisekedi and his acolytes are executing a wider strategy to frustrate talks, delay signatures, and control the narrative. And as usual, Kinshasa wants to blame Rwanda for everything while hiding its own failure.
This behaviour goes against the spirit and goals of the ‘Declaration of Principles’ currently being discussed by international mediators. Kinshasa cannot claim to support peace while sponsoring hate speech, buying silence, and provoking war. The goal is not peace. The goal is to stay in control of the story, even if it costs more lives.
Tshisekedi’s campaign is no longer about the conflict in the East. It is about power, image, and survival. Those who still think he is ready for peace need to open their eyes. The conflict is not being made worse by foreign armies, it is being kept alive by the very people shouting foreign interference.
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