Security

From a professional, republican army under Joseph Kabila to a criminal rabble under Tshisekedi

Today, Kinshasa has an army of tramps, a far cry from the republican army Joseph Kabila Kabange left behind. Mr Tshisekedi's army has been tribalised and indoctrinated to hate Congolese Tutsis and Swahili speakers.

24 October 2026 · 5 min read

Ituri under state of siege: CIDHC sounds the alarm after alleged massacre of eleven civilians in Maze

9 October 2026 · 5 min read

Erik the Prince of Congo, and of its subsoil too

Instead of reforming, restructuring, modernising and motivating its army, the Kinshasa regime has, through sheer irresponsibility, chosen to outsource the country's defence and security. Billions of dollars have gone to mercenaries and other outside players, while the Congolese people sink deeper into extreme poverty and the country lacks even basic infrastructure.

9 October 2026 · 5 min read

DRC: Major General Sylvain Ekenge reinstated as army spokesman, ending the pause for a insulting parrot

Kinshasa could not do without a mouthpiece to spread its ideological line faithfully: one of inciting discrimination against ethnic minorities and of denying and distorting history. The reinstatement of General Sylvain Ekenge is the logical next step.

28 September 2026 · 5 min read

The Wages of Sin and the Perfect State Crime

27 September 2026 · 5 min read

The predictable escalation underway in the eastern DRC sees civilians massacred, as always

It is clear that the option chosen by Kinshasa is that of war and the massacre of innocent civilians. Kinshasa also relies heavily on the complicit silence of the international community and mediators in this conflict that is decimating the eastern DRC.

22 September 2026 · 5 min read

The Time of Sacred Symphonies

Chronicle of Professor Freddy M. Kaniki, Deputy Coordinator of the AFC/M23

21 September 2026 · 5 min read

Minembwe: A Warning Before It Is Too Late in the Eastern DRC

21 September 2026 · 5 min read

DRC: FARDC Deploys Antipersonnel Mines Targeting Innocent Civilians

This terrorist strategy is a deliberate choice by the FARDC to inflict more civilian casualties in order to compensate for their setbacks on the battlefield

14 September 2026 · 5 min read

The Blood Businessmen: The Tshisekedi Family’s Opaque Procurement of Arms and Ammunition for the FARDC

Beyond the mining sector in Katanga, where the Tshisekedi family is involved in unprecedented looting, the family has also extended its tentacles into the procurement of military equipment, marked by a similarly unprecedented level of opacity.

9 September 2026 · 5 min read

DRC Compliance with the Washington Agreement: Where Félix Tshisekedi Lied Again

As long as the FDLR remain in the DRC, protected and supported by the Kinshasa regime, Rwanda reserves the right to defend itself against any actor and any State working to destabilize a country that has endured a painful genocide.

28 August 2026 · 5 min read

National Security and Self-Defense: Is Rwanda's Stance Toward Eastern DRC Justified?

​A state has no limits to impose upon itself when its integrity, institutional stability, and the security of its people are threatened by a rebellion, a third-party state, or foreign armed groups

25 August 2026 · 5 min read

DRC: Burundian Army Continues to Reinforce Troops in South Kivu

20 August 2026 · 5 min read

Eastern DRC: The Risk of Dangerous Escalation

The security situation in the Fizi Highlands of South Kivu province is at risk of a dangerous escalation

19 August 2026 · 5 min read

The FDLR: Nuisance Capacity, Generational Resurgence, and Existential Threat to Peace in the Great Lakes Sub-Region

Recent reports from several independent experts indicate that former Rwandan génocidaires are stronger and more dangerous in 2026 than when they fled to the Congo in 1994 following their acts of genocide in Rwanda.

12 August 2026 · 5 min read

The shadow of Gitega over the conflict in eastern DRC

How Évariste Ndayishimiye’s government is sinking eastern DRC into geopolitical chaos

9 August 2026 · 5 min read

Crisis in eastern DRC: Rwanda’s security perspective

An in-depth analysis of the Washington peace framework, the historical stakes surrounding the FDLR and Kigali’s security strategy

9 August 2026 · 5 min read

The alliance of terror: Kinshasa, the FDLR and the unravelling of the Congolese state

An analytical critique of the alliance between the Congolese government and the FDLR, this opinion piece demonstrates that the security crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo stems primarily from an internal failure. Attributing all of the Congo's woes to Kigali serves to obscure the systemic governance deficiencies as well as the progressive collapse of the state apparatus.

5 August 2026 · 9 min read

The Washington Accord: genuine intent from Kinshasa, or a mere sham on the FDLR?

On Tuesday 28 July 2026 Kinshasa announced the signing of a disarmament, demobilisation and cantonment protocol with the FDLR, presented as the fulfilment of its Washington Accord commitments. Kigali immediately brushed the announcement aside as a mere media artifice.

30 July 2026 · 6 min read

Communication from the Political Coordinator of the AFC-M23

Following the repeated, widespread, and criminal violations of the ceasefire by the Kinshasa regime's coalition.

18 June 2026 · 9 min read