This Tuesday in Uvira territory, Congolese despot Felix Tshisekedi’s army, FARDC, clashed with the Wazalendo – a militia created by Kinshasa. What a great piece of Karma!
What began as a disagreement over defense positions, control of the Kavinvira border with Burundi, and money quickly turned into heavy shelling. Both sides suffered serious casualties according to highly reliable sources.
This is the outcome of Tshisekedi’s nefarious project. For years he recruited idle youths, filled them with hate speech, fed them on xenophobia, drugged them, and called it patriotism. He pushed them to turn against their own brothers, and against Congolese Tutsis.
Today these same criminal militia, paraded as “defenders of the nation,” are being killed by the very regime that armed them.
Tragically, civilians are caught in the crossfire. Families are displaced, homes destroyed, children killed. Each time this happens, Kinshasa repeats its tired script and blames M23, even when M23 is nowhere near the battlefield.
Rights groups stay silent. They ignore the massacres caused by FARDC and Wazalendo. They never condemn Tshisekedi for turning his citizens sacrificial lambs. Instead they wait for suspicious satellite images or funny exchanges with their sources, then publish reports accusing M23 and Rwanda. Western governments follow the same line, ignoring real atrocities on the ground.
Wazalendo is not a community defense force. It is a creation of Tshisekedi. He is the founder, the sponsor, and the commander behind it. The militia has carried out worse crimes than any other group in eastern Congo. Alongside FDLR, it has spread genocide ideology, fueled hate speech, killed Congolese Tutsis, and looted the country. Yet Tshisekedi remains untouched, treated as a victim rather than the warlord he is.
Like someone once argued, don’t you ever interrupt your enemies when they bickering or massacring each other. Yesterday clashes in Uvira was the clear result of his own policy. The monster he built is now attacking him, while Congolese civilians continue to pay the highest price.
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