Africa

Felix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame in Angola July 6, 2022

 The presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have just ended. While the Congolese people and the World are waiting for the results, the on-going war and security dynamics  have intensified  after a brief pause. At the same time, the government  has entered into tensions with the opposition leaders who have been calling  for a re-run of disputed elections, while several observers have been  reporting on  numerous irregularities, raising concerns regarding the accuracy of the election results.
Meanwhile, a new report by  UN experts has raised  concerns about spreading armed violence in the DRC. Also,  as Felix Tshisekedi is expected to be reelected, people are  waiting for him to fulfill his promises to overthrow Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame.

Felix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame in Angola July 6, 2022

  On Friday night, December 8 2023,  Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi  on a presidential campaign for his reelection, while addressing his supporters,  directed his attacks against Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame. He compared him to the German NAZI leader Adolph Hitler and promised that he will make sure that Paul Kagame  will have an end similar to Adolph Hitler's. Now, during his latest campaign stop in Kinshasa, Felix Tshisekedi has promised his supporters that, if elected,  he will declare war against Paul Kagame and invade Rwanda all way to Kigali to overthrow Paul Kagame's regime.

According to AfroAmerica Network sources within Paul Kagame's entourage, the two speeches by Felix Tshisekedi, on top of other public criticisms,  have raised fears and  created a chaos and havoc within the circles of the closest aides to Paul Kagame. Felix Tshisekedi's speeches have been fueling on-going rumors of an impending military coup attempt in Rwanda.

Felix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame in Gisenyi June 25, 2021

  During a recent trip to Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Kigali, Rwanda, on November 19 and 20, 2023, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) of the United States, Avril Haines has asked Presidents Felix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame to defuse the diplomatic crisis between the two countries. The  reasons for the trip were communicated in a statement by the White House, in the "Readout of Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines’s Travel to Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda", published on November 21, 2023 (See here: Readout of Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines’s Travel to Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda)..