Lettre ouverte d’un citoyen abandonné sous les bombes de Kinshasa
Pendant que le président Félix Tshisekedi foule les tapis rouges des sommets internationaux et prononce de grands discours sur la paix, la tolérance et la coexistence, nous, enfants de l’Est…
Why the Tshisekedi regime is complicit in ADF massacres in Ituri
The eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo have long been an open wound, but the ongoing bloodshed in Ituri province represents a horrific failure of state protection. At…
UNAOC Summit: Why Tshisekedi has no moral authority to speak about peace
The international community convened in Luanda, Angola, for the third edition of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Global Summit under a noble banner, calling for global peace, the cessation…
Tshisekedi’s eight years of broken promises
When Félix Tshisekedi assumed the presidency of the Democratic Republic of Congo in January 2019, he presented himself as a leader who would bring fundamental change to a country burdened…
How AFC/M23 is transforming eastern Congo
Less than two years after taking control of vast swathes of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the AFC/M23 movement has delivered what many residents describe as unprecedented improvements in security,…
Ndayishimiye just failed to build a coalition for Tshisekedi
Key Congolese opposition members have rejected Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye’s invitation. They saw right through Ndayishimiye, who was masquerading as a mediator while simply being a Tshisekedi tool. Loudly, they…
Ndayishimiye’s desperate attempt to save Tshisekedi’s crumbling regime
The Ndayishimiye-Tshisekedi alliance is in trouble; on the military front, they have just suffered another humiliating defeat at Point-Zero (South Kivu province). That’s while on the political side, Tshisekedi is…
Congo’s Independence Day: A celebration of dependency
Today, the Democratic Republic of Congo celebrates its independence, but there is little to cheer. Sixty-six years after throwing off Belgian colonial rule, Congo is sinking deeper into a new,…
Tshisekedi’s hate rhetoric cannot distract Congolese
Lately, Congolese ruler Félix Tshisekedi has stirred controversy in Houston after indirectly referring to his predecessor, Joseph Kabila, as a “dog planted by enemies to rule the DRC.” Since then,…
Tshisekedi’s thirst for power comes at the expense of Congolese lives
While the security crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to dominate global headlines, the country’s political arena is also becoming increasingly tense. In Kinshasa, fears of…