Since the Kishishe massacres that were perpetrated by FDLR, and other Congolese Hutu armed militias, PARECO, Nyatura, APCLS and Mai Mai, the Tshisekedi regime has pushed a false narrative, to incriminate the M23 movement.
To plant its propaganda in international media, Kinshasa pushed the United Nations agency- MONUSCO to release a biased statement on the massacres. The manipulated statement was riddled with inaccuracies, and moreover the UN investigative team refused to visit the crime scene, despite being asked to do so by the M23.
“We asked that there be investigations together with us in Kishishe, but MONUSCO never came. The UN agency is under pressure to release the report that favors the regime, that’s why you read inflated figures, even if it is false,” M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka told Reuters.
Since the massacres, it is evident that Tshisekedi and his regime are after a quest to hide what really happened in Kishishe. The press release of the Ministry of Communication and Media issued this Monday, ‘denouncing’ the efforts of several international journalists that visisted the crime scene also revealed Tshisekedi regime’s treacherous plot.
Kinshasa’s move is intended at delegitimizing the cause of M23 movement. The group that has already been designated a ‘terrorist group’ by the Congolese regime, was also denied the opportunity to participate in the EAC led Inter-Congolese dialogue to air its grievances. Part of its disregarded grievances is a genocide against Congolese Tutsi being perpetrated by FARDC and FDLR which no body wants to talk about, even the International Community is muted.
The efforts made by international journalists have been fruitful in revealing (with facts) of what really happened in Kishishe. Of course, it didn’t go down well with Kinshasa regime that has been feeding the world with fictitious narratives that M23 killed innocent civilians in hundreds.
The world should condemn the brutal and inhumane treatment of Congolese Tutsis by Tshisekedi regime that metamorphosed into a genocide. If peace is to prevail in the Eastern Congo, regional and international actors ought to shun Tshisekedi regime’s propaganda and misguided approaches.