BarcelonaOn Wednesday, a paid day off, the Democratic Republic of the Congo holds presidential, legislative and municipal elections. At the same time, in a country that is the victim of an armed conflict orchestrated by neighboring countries, especially Rwanda and Uganda, and the subject of a real conflict. Silence international.
The armed conflict began nearly thirty years ago. The United Nations peacekeeping mission, which has been in existence for 24 years, has been a failure despite having a contingent of more than 14,000 soldiers and an annual budget of more than a billion dollars to confront poorly formed armed groups. It is unclear that no criminal action has been taken against the identified war criminals, despite scathing reports from the United Nations, which revealed more atrocities than genocides in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. The most conservative estimates from conflicting sources indicate that the number of victims of the conflict, since its beginning in 1996, exceeds 5 million people. A surprisingly silent fact.
It is no longer a secret to anyone that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a desirable place, whether for its strategic geographical location in the heart of Africa or for its extraordinary mineral resources: cobalt, copper, uranium, gold, diamonds, cassiterite and minerals. Find out what cell phones are made of. The conviction of Belgian European Parliament member Marc Botenga obstructed a new agreement to enhance military cooperation between the European Union and Rwanda worth $20 million, just as happened with the M23 rebel movement, which committed all kinds of atrocities in a country subject to an arms embargo. Journalist Alain Fouka also documented in late 2022 the numerous plunders of Congo’s vast mineral wealth by multinational corporations mentioned in a UN mapping report.
Independence under guardianship
The so-called Democratic Republic of the Congo gained its independence on June 30, 1960, and a few months later a series of sudden secessionist movements were announced there, the first instigated by Belgium and the United States, as recognized in June 2022 by Prime Minister Alexander D. Crow and later King Philip himself.
In 1961, Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba was assassinated with direct Western involvement, and on January 17, 2001, President Laurent-Désiré Kabila was also assassinated after surviving three attempts by rebels from neighboring countries recruited by William Casey, the former president of Congo. Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. This year, Cameroonian political scientist Charles Onana, an expert on the Great Lakes region, demonstrated indisputably that on July 22, 1994, immediately after the victory of Tutsi rebels in Rwanda, President Bill Clinton launched Operation Hope Support, pretending to be humanitarian, with a clear goal. He supported the new Rwandan regime. American, Australian, British and New Zealand forces participated in the mission. A few months later, the Rwandan aggression against the Congo with international soldiers began.
As a result of the genocide in Rwanda and the mass displacement of the fleeing Hutu population, the United Nations – under American pressure – forced Congo to receive hundreds of thousands of refugees, some of whom were armed, and with the incursion of Tutsi soldiers, expected atrocities from the new Rwandan regime occurred between Rwandans and Congolese victims. Faced with this scenario, and with the inability of the United Nations, and even less of the Congolese authorities, to control the host areas, which are the richest in minerals, it became clear thatSupport for Hope’s goal was to occupy and control territories coveted by the Tutsis, allies of Bill Clinton.
Objective: Eliminate Mobutu
Squaring the circle is that the post-genocide between Tutsis and Hutus, as well as the violent persecution of Hutus by Tutsis from Rwanda to the “promised lands” of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, coincides with contradictory US intentions to use force. Regime change in Congo by overthrowing Mobutu Sese Seko, who was already ill.
With Western support and an initial rebellion to overthrow dictator Mobutu, Rwanda begins to infiltrate civilian and military agents to occupy strategic positions and missions up to the highest levels in the DRC. They assassinated President Kabila, who surrounded himself with Rwandan officials and officials, and installed a puppet as head of state.
For eighteen years, infiltration was enhanced and Rwandan-directed insurgencies multiplied, which became masters and masters of large mineral concessions, important ministries, public companies, major units of the armed forces, influential religious movements, traditional forces, and even organized civil society. , including young people.
The last elections in 2018, which were driven by strong popular pressure with a growing national consciousness and Western hegemony torn by internal disputes in the face of the inevitable advance of new emerging powers, fielded the candidate of the best organized opposition party. From the late, incombustible and charismatic politician Etienne Tshisekedi came the son Felix Tshisekedi, who won the elections. His first term left behind positive things: the country’s return to the diplomatic world, the release of political prisoners, the establishment of social and political rights, an increase in the general budget by 400%, the construction of roads and university, health, cultural and sports facilities… and free primary education or motherhood. On the negative side of the balance sheet, we can see: corruption, insufficient efficiency of the judiciary, persistent insecurity, wage inequality, and a semi-industrial economy.
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