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Flipboard<p>“The cost of Trump’s executive disorder is measured in lives” is the headline of this piece in <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@thecontinent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thecontinent</span></a></span>. The team at the Africa-wide weekly newspaper break down how the U.S. government’s freeze on international aid has affected HIV and tuberculosis programs in Uganda, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “American aid to the global HIV response is channelled through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar). It is the world’s biggest HIV response fund and it supports – or supported – up to 20-million people,” they write. </p><p><a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-trumps-executive-disorder" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">continent.substack.com/p/the-c</span><span class="invisible">ost-of-trumps-executive-disorder</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DemocraticRepublicOfCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicOfCongo</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Uganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uganda</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Mozambique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozambique</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Zimbabwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zimbabwe</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
Flipboard<p>And another story of life in a war zone: This time in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a militia group called M23 has seized control of Goma, which borders Rwanda. It’s easier to cross the border now, but the banks in Goma have closed, and small-scale women traders are struggling. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@thecontinent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thecontinent</span></a></span> tells the full story. </p><p><a href="https://continent.substack.com/p/selling-tomatoes-in-a-war-zone" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">continent.substack.com/p/selli</span><span class="invisible">ng-tomatoes-in-a-war-zone</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DemocraticRepublicOfCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicOfCongo</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRC</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rwanda</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Conflict in the DRC: Luxembourg delays adoption of EU sanctions against Rwanda <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/781128/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/781128/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DemocraticRepublicOfCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicOfCongo</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DRCRwandaTensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRCRwandaTensions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Luxembourg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luxembourg</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/M23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>M23</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rwanda</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Ummmm... From <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a>:</p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WagnerGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WagnerGroup</span></a> (Russian: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/%D0%93%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ГруппаВагнера</span></a>, romanized: Gruppa Vagnera), officially known as PMC Wagner (ЧВК «Вагнер»), is a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> state-funded private military company (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PMC</span></a>) controlled until 2023 by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former close ally of Russia's president Vladimir <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>, and since then by Pavel Prigozhin. The Wagner Group has used infrastructure of the Russian Armed Forces. Evidence suggests that Wagner has been used as a proxy by the Russian government, allowing it to have plausible deniability for military operations abroad, and hiding the true casualties of Russia's foreign interventions.</p><p>"The group emerged during the war in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Donbas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donbas</span></a>, where it helped Russian separatist forces in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> from 2014 to 2015. Wagner played a significant role in the later full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, for which it recruited Russian prison <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inmates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inmates</span></a> for frontline combat. By the end of 2022, its strength in Ukraine had grown from 1,000 to between 20,000 and 50,000. It was reportedly Russia's main assault force in the Battle of Bakhmut. Wagner has also supported regimes friendly with Russia, including in the civil wars in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Libya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libya</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CentralAfricanRepublic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralAfricanRepublic</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mali</span></a>. In Africa, it has offered regimes security in exchange for the transfer of diamond and gold mining contracts to Russian companies. Wagner operatives have been accused of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murder</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/torture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torture</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rape</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/robbery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robbery</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilians</span></a>, as well as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/torturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torturing</span></a> and killing accused <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Deserters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deserters</span></a>.</p><p>[...] </p><p>"Early in 2020, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a>, founder of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> private military company, sought to provide military services to the Wagner Group in its operations in Libya and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mozambique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozambique</span></a>, according to The Intercept. By March 2021, Wagner PMCs were reportedly also deployed in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zimbabwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zimbabwe</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Angola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Angola</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Guinea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guinea</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GuineaBissau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GuineaBissau</span></a>, and possibly the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DemocraticRepublicOfCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicOfCongo</span></a>." </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_G</span><span class="invisible">roup</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PutinsArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsArmy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a></p>
brad m<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UCI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sportswashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sportswashing</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cycling</span></a>'s governing body continues to closely follow the situation in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rwanda</span></a> as doubts grow about hosting the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WorldChampionships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldChampionships</span></a>. Tensions with neighbouring <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DemocraticRepublicofCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicofCongo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRC</span></a> have raised concerns about the security of the event <a href="https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1151851/uci-rwanda-conflict-doubt-championship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">insidethegames.biz/articles/11</span><span class="invisible">51851/uci-rwanda-conflict-doubt-championship</span></a> </p><p>“<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/M23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>M23</span></a> rebels have captured and occupied <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bukavu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bukavu</span></a>, the 2nd-largest city in the eastern <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DemocraticRepublicofCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicofCongo</span></a>, days after the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rwanda</span></a>-backed militia launched an attack” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/17/rwanda-backed-m23-rebels-capture-drc-city-bukavu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/17/rwanda-backed-m23-rebels-capture-drc-city-bukavu</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Belgium still coming to terms with colonial past – The Irish Times <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/753533/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/753533/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>africa</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belgium</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DemocraticRepublicOfCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicOfCongo</span></a></p>
Spandex Grëghound<p>Believe it or not, news still happens in other parts of the world that has nothing to do with the US.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rwanda</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/democraticrepublicofcongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democraticrepublicofcongo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> </p><p>Bukavu in DR Congo falls to Rwandan-backed M23 rebels <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rqr8q5v52o?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c0rqr8q5</span><span class="invisible">v52o?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a></p>
Global News<p>What’s fuelling the surge of violence in Democratic Republic of Congo?<br>The latest fighting is part of a major escalation of a conflict over power, identity and resources dating back to the 1990s Rwandan genocide.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/conflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conflict</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/DemocraticRepublicofCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicofCongo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rwanda</span></a><br><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11020039/democratic-republic-congo-m23-rebel-violence/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalnews.ca/news/11020039/de</span><span class="invisible">mocratic-republic-congo-m23-rebel-violence/</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The New Times: DR Congo restricts social media after M23 captured Goma. “The Congolese government restricted social media networks such as X and TikTok, days after AFC/M23 rebels took control of the eastern city of Goma, reports said. The restrictions, which also affected Google Play Store, were meant to combat what the government calls fake news, Jeune Afrique reported on February 4.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/13/the-new-times-dr-congo-restricts-social-media-after-m23-captured-goma/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/13/the-new-times-dr-congo-restricts-social-media-after-m23-captured-goma/</a></p>
tj (i make it past the end)<p>TONIGHT </p><p>Free Congo Global Briefing</p><p>Join our virtual briefing to learn about what’s happening on the ground in the Congo! From the US to the Congo, let’s be in solidarity!</p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-congo-global-briefing-tickets-1236768882019" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.com/e/free-congo-gl</span><span class="invisible">obal-briefing-tickets-1236768882019</span></a></p><p><a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/Goma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Goma</span></a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/DemocraticRepublicOfCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicOfCongo</span></a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/FriendsOfCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FriendsOfCongo</span></a></p>
tj (i make it past the end)<p>Let's Act Together is a Congo based organization helping displaced Congolese</p><p><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-take-action-for-congo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gofundme.com/f/lets-take-actio</span><span class="invisible">n-for-congo</span></a></p><p>We are launching a support campaign for the displaced Congolese people in Goma. We need your help to support these families in need! More info coming soon! Feel free to reach out to @Landry0204 on tiktok or instagram! He is on the ground in Goma providing aid to displaced civilians, I have set up this go fund me for him in order to fund all of the life saving work that he is doing. </p><p><a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/BlackMutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/DRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRC</span></a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/DemocraticRepublicOfCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicOfCongo</span></a></p>
PEN International<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democraticrepublicofcongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democraticrepublicofcongo</span></a> <br>We join <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KeepItOn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeepItOn</span></a> in calling on DRC authorities to immediately end internet shutdowns and blocking of social media. <br>Acts like these reduce access to information, humanitarian coordination, and documentation of atrocities for future accountability. </p><p>Read more: <a href="https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/keepiton-drc-goma/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">accessnow.org/press-release/ke</span><span class="invisible">epiton-drc-goma/</span></a></p>
abolitionmedia<p><strong>Kagame Did Not Invade DRC to Save Tutsis</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span>ANN GARRISON: </span></strong><span>Claude, President Paul Kagame and his Tutsi elite have for the past 30 years claimed that they and their successive militias, most recently M23, are fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to protect the Banyamulenge, a Congolese Tutsi group in DRC’s South Kivu Province, and the Congolese Tutsi in North Kivu Province. Is there any validity to this claim?</span></p><p><strong><span>CLAUDE GATEBUKE:</span></strong><span> There is no validity to this claim. First of all, Kagame needs to pick which lie he is going to peddle. On one hand, he says that his military is not in Congo, then he says they are there to protect Tutsis and Rwanda’s security. The truth is, Rwanda’s and Uganda’s military are mercenaries of multinational companies exploiting Congo’s resources. </span></p><p><span>These Rwandan and Ugandan mercenary armies also serve their Western puppet masters by deploying in parts of the world where western leaders would rather not intervene—places like Somalia, Darfur, Haiti, Central African Republic, and Mozambique.</span></p><p><span>What is happening in Congo has been a war of aggression by Rwanda and Uganda since 1996 for the purpose of occupying Congolese territory and plundering Congo’s resources. </span></p><p><strong><span>AG: </span></strong><span>Kagame can’t say that he’s in Congo to plunder its resources or to satisfy the West’s resource hungers, so he has to have something to say, no matter how implausible it becomes, correct?</span></p><p><strong><span>CG: </span></strong><span>That’s correct. Thieves don’t usually admit to their thieving!!! They just get caught. If they are powerful thieves, consequences may be delayed and they, the thieves, may even force a false narrative to deflect from the fact that they’ve been caught stealing. Kagame and Museveni have to make up something that legitimizes their invasion and occupation of Congo without admitting that they are there to steal. Kagame and Museveni have crafted a narrative that many people would be sympathetic to: a fight against discrimination. But it’s not true, it’s just a cover for their egregious crimes in Congo.</span></p><p><strong><span>AG: </span></strong><span>You refer to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s involvement, which is for some reason little understood or discussed. That’s a huge and complicated subject in itself, so can we first concentrate on Kagame’s claim—for 30 years—that his troops are in DRC to protect the Banyamulenge and the Congolese Tutsi? Can you explain who the Banyamulenge and the Congolese Tutsi are?</span></p><p><strong><span>CG: </span></strong><span>Museveni’s role cannot be left out of the narrative because he and his regime have often used the same pretext—protecting Tutsis—to attack Congo. He and his troops share in the guilt for atrocities and the death of over </span><span><a class="" href="https://www.caritas.org/2010/02/six-million-dead-in-congos-war/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">six million </a> innocent people in Congo. Museveni and Kagame follow the same template. </span></p><p><span>The Banyamulenge are one of multiple Congolese Tutsi groups. The Banyamulenge are specifically from South Kivu Province near Bukavu in Mulenge; they came to Congo in the 17th, 18th, and/or 19th centuries, depending on who you talk to. “Banyamulenge” literally means people of Mulenge. </span></p><p><span>The Congolese Tutsis are mostly in places like Masisi or other parts of North Kivu Province where Kinyarwanda, the language of Rwanda, is the spoken language. </span></p><p><span>In these places, the population is not just Tutsi, there are also non-Tutsi Kinyarwanda speakers in Congo, including Hutu and Twa people. When Kagame and Museveni claim to fight for the rights of Kinyarwanda speakers and pretend that such people are only Tutsi, they are peddling another lie to justify invading Congo.</span></p><p><strong><span>AG: </span></strong><span>Kagame wasn’t protecting Tutsis when he set up a “Congo desk” in Kigali to organize the sale of minerals stolen and smuggled across the Rwandan/Congolese border to multinational corporations, as was documented in the 2001 UN Group of Experts </span><span><a class="" href="https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/report-panel-experts-illegal-exploitation-natural-resources-and" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">report </a> on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources in the DR Congo.</span></p><p><span>Rwandan Defense Forces aren’t protecting Tutsis now in Rubayu, in Congo’s North Kivu Province. In December 2024, the UN Group of Experts </span><span><a class="" href="https://docs.un.org/en/s/2024/969" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">reported </a> that they’re instead forcing children, women, and men to artisanally mine coltan, transferring 150 metric tons a month into Rwanda for export to global markets under the label “Rwandan minerals.”</span></p><p><span>They aren’t protecting Tutsis at the border-crossing points from Kibumba, DRC, to Rwanda. They’re trafficking minerals, also as documented in the December 2024 </span><span><a class="" href="https://docs.un.org/en/s/2024/969" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">report </a>. </span></p><p><span>None of the plunder documented in decades of UN experts </span><span><a class="" href="https://docs.un.org/en/s/2024/969" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">reports </a> had anything to do with protecting Tutsis, but the idea that Rwandan troops are there to protect Tutsis is still given considerable credence. Why do you think that is?</span></p><p><strong><span>CG: </span></strong><span>“Protecting Tutsis” is like Kagame’s code word for smuggling coltan and other minerals from Congo to Rwanda. It couldn’t be more evident to anyone who has paid any attention to the UN experts’ reports or spoken to people in parts of Congo occupied by Rwanda and Uganda–that Kagame and Museveni’s troops are not in Uganda to protect Tutsis. But Kagame and his regime have done an amazing PR job, selling themselves as liberators of Tutsis, who can do no wrong. </span></p><p><span>Those who pay only minimal attention to Rwanda and Congo may well believe the propaganda coming from the Rwandan regime. Showing them the facts shocks their beliefs and they would rather live with the illusion that Kagame is a savior of Tutsis and blame the Congolese for the Rwandan and Ugandan aggression which has for many years had the support of the US, UK, and EU. </span></p><p><span>There’s a saying that “</span><span>It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled,</span><span>”</span> <span>and Kagame has done a great job of fooling people around the world about his role in DRC. He has really done a number on so many people.</span></p><p><span>The second reason is that some of the people who pay attention to Rwanda are invested in Kagame’s narrative because they benefit from keeping good relations with Kagame’s regime and therefore are committed to pushing the false narrative. Some are politicians, most prominently Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, but also university professors, media personalities, athletes and athletic organizations like the NBA, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain; pastors, and business people, all of whom refuse to admit the reality of Kagame’s and Museveni’s atrocities in Congo.</span></p><p><strong><span>AG: </span></strong><span>Kagame’s other excuse is that a Rwandan Hutu refugee militia, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), poses an existential threat to Rwanda. What is your response to that? </span></p><p><strong><span>CG: </span></strong><span>It is just another pretext to invade Congo. Kagame’s own generals have bragged about defeating the FDLR. If it is a defeated army, how does it pose a threat?</span></p><p><span>Secondly, many FDLR troops who were repatriated to Rwanda have been recruited into Rwanda’s military and sent back to fight in Congo. If they are such a threat, why would they re-arm them? The FDLR has served as a convenient excuse for Kagame to keep an open door policy on his invasions of Congo. </span></p><p><strong><span>AG: </span></strong><span>Let’s go back to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s collaboration with Kagame in occupying and plundering DRC. Why do you think that is so little discussed or understood?</span></p><p><strong><span>CG: </span></strong><span>There are three main reasons:</span></p><p>1. Rwandan troops have committed horrific atrocities, including torture, burning people alive, and amputating men and women’s genitals, so Congolese people remember and denounce them first and foremost because of their brutality. Given how little attention the world pays to Congo, the Congolese people usually stop at Rwanda and forget to call out Uganda as well.</p><p><span>2. The Congolese government has been extremely incompetent in addressing the invasion of Congo. President Tshisekedi didn’t start talking about Rwanda’s invasion of Congo until the Congolese people’s voices were so loud that they could not be ignored. In 2022, he finally rode the coattails of the Congolese people, calling out the invasion to make himself popular during the 2022 election year. </span></p><p><span>The fact that he and his government have left Uganda out of the narrative is disingenuous at best, seeing as Ugandan troops are the ones that took over Bunagana, a border town that is now under M23 and RDF control. The fact that the Congolese government has not called out Uganda is a great disservice to the Congolese people. </span></p><p><span>3. Mainstream/corporate media has been complicit in providing cover for both Museveni and Kagame and deflecting from the real issues. The whitewashing of these crimes continues in mainstream media. </span></p><p><strong><span>AG:</span></strong><span> Claude, thank you for speaking to <em>Black Agenda Report</em>. </span></p><p><strong><span>CG: </span></strong><span>You’re welcome. Thank you for covering these international crimes that the world needs to heed.</span></p><p><strong><em><span>Claude Gatebuke is a Rwandan Genocide survivor and human rights activist, founder of the <a class="" href="https://www.aglan.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">African Great Lakes Action Network </a>, and co-author of the book <a class="" href="https://www.amazon.com/SURVIVORS-UNCENSORED-TESTIMONIES-PRE-RESILIENCE/dp/B0B5KQSKQ8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Survivors Uncensored </a>.</span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Ann Garrison is a Black Agenda Report Contributing Editor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2014, she received the <a class="" href="http://www.rifdp-iwndp.org/letter-from-ann-garrison-on-sharing-the-victoire-prize-with-pere-sampol-i-mas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Democracy and Peace Prize </a>for her reporting on conflict in the African Great Lakes region. She can be reached at ann@anngarrison.com. You can help support her work on <a class="" href="https://www.patreon.com/annmgarrison/posts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon </a>.</em></strong></p><p>source: <a href="https://blackagendareport.com/kagame-did-not-invade-drc-save-tutsis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Black Agenda Report</a></p><p><a href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=16720" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=</span><span class="invisible">16720</span></a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/africa/" target="_blank">#africa</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/congo/" target="_blank">#congo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/democratic-republic-of-congo/" target="_blank">#democraticRepublicOfCongo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/imperialism/" target="_blank">#imperialism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/rwanda/" target="_blank">#rwanda</a></p>
abolitionmedia<p><strong>The Lobito Corridor: US Imperialism’s Latest Plot Against the Democratic Republic of Congo</strong></p><p></p><p><em><strong>Originally published in <a class="" href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-156061744" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Toward the African Revolution. </a></strong></em></p><p>Imperialist aggression against the DRC is rapidly expanding and hundreds of thousands of people continue to flee their homelands, while towns fall one by one into the hands of imperialist forces. The people are living in a situation of chaos and despair, deprived of security and essential resources such as housing, food and medicine. The Congolese people, who have long suffered the horrors of war, bloody conflict and the atrocities of colonization, are plunging into an even darker period.</p><p>To fully understand the current situation in the Congo, we need to take a closer look at history. The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 was organized for the partition of the Congo and the Congo was declared a free territory for all the imperialist powers to plunder. In 1939, during the uranium crisis for the manufacture of nuclear bombs, Albert Einstein sent a letter to the U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt informing him that an important source of uranium was located in the Congo and that the United States government should do whatever is necessary to maintain a hold on the incredibly mineral-rich Congo. It is the uranium stolen from the Congo that was used to manufacture the first atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima. The imperialists have long agreed that to maintain control over Congolese resources—which are indispensable to their technological development and their military might—, the country had to be kept in a permanent state of crisis which would facilitate the looting of its resources.</p><p>The latest imperialist scheme against the DRC is the Lobito Corridor also known as the Lobito Atlantic Railway. This railway was originally built between 1902 and 1929 by the colonial governments of Belgium and Portugal to transport copper and cobalt stolen from the DRC and Zambia towards Europe. In September 2023, at the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, the U.S. government and the European Union signed an agreement to revive this old colonial railway linking the DRC to Zambia and the port of Lobito in Angola, to export critical minerals to Europe via the Atlantic Ocean.</p><p>The United States and Europe, realizing that they have lost their influence over the DRC’s critical minerals, have taken the initiative to invest a colossal sum in this imperialist project, which is primarily aimed at the DRC’s cobalt and copper mines which are found in the Lualaba province in the southern region of the country. It is estimated that this province accounts for 70 percent of the world’s cobalt reserves and one of the largest copper deposits. These two minerals are absolutely critical for the functioning of modern society. Cobalt is particularly important for the military industry and without copper, the transition to clean energy sources like electric vehicles and renewable energy systems would be impossible. The modern world as we know it could not function effectively without these two minerals which are found in abundance in the DRC.</p><p>Through this project, we once again find the imperialist powers convening around the Congo to further its exploitation. The United States, head imperialist power of today, is the leading investor in the Lobito corridor. The European Union will play its usual role of safeguarding Euro-American interests by monitoring the development of this project and ensuring all the logistical details such as operating the railways which will be handled by the Portuguese government.</p><p>Of course, such a scheme could not be successful without the active participation of the African comprador class. Neo-colonial institutions such as the African Development Bank and the Africa Finance Corporation have also invested in the exploitation of the Congo. Kwame Nkrumah taught us that the primary enemies of Africa are the imperialist powers but he also reminded us in his seminal text, <em>Class Struggle in Africa</em>, that in order to achieve our total independence, we would have to defeat our indigenous bourgeoisie.</p><p>The DRC, Zambia and Angola are currently under the leadership of neo-colonial governments who are fully under the control of imperialist powers and therefore are active participants in this scheme. Angola, an emergent ally of the United States, agreed to set up a joint defense cooperation committee in a June 2024 meeting. Angola received $18 million in U.S. military aid between 2020 and 2023 and is also a member of the US-led Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation which claims to be designed to strengthen maritime security and stimulate the blue economy, but in reality is a means for the United States to secure the route from which their loot will be expedited to Europe.</p><p>Zambia, like the DRC, is also rich in copper. Although both these countries are under economic attack from the imperialist countries and their multinationals, it is with the support of their national bourgeoisie who for several decades have guaranteed the interests of the imperialists at the expense of their people. The Lobito Corridor will reinforce the imperialist powers’ control over the mineral wealth of these two countries. Both the Congolese and the Zambian masses are held hostage by a corrupt political elite who is at the service of their enemies.</p><p>The only solution to put an end to this nefarious project and all future imperialist plots against the DRC is to organize the Congolese masses to overthrow neo-colonialism. Although we maintain that the primary enemy of the Congolese people are the imperialists, we recognize that neo-colonialism is how imperialism manifests itself at the national level. The corrupt political elites in the DRC must be replaced with patriotic sons and daughters, grounded in a revolutionary organization to complete the struggle that Patrice Lumumba and his comrades of the Congolese National Movement had started. The only way to bring about such an outcome is to launch a mass political education campaign to raise the revolutionary consciousness of the people and spark their organization.</p><p>The struggle to liberate the Democratic Republic of the Congo cannot only concern Congolese people. Africans throughout the continent and in the diaspora have a great responsibility. They must stand ready to provide material and ideological support to the revolutionary forces in the DRC. Like Frantz Fanon told us, ‘<em>the fate of all of us is at stake in the Congo’.</em></p><p><a href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=16716" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=</span><span class="invisible">16716</span></a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/africa/" target="_blank">#africa</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/democratic-republic-of-congo/" target="_blank">#democraticRepublicOfCongo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/drc/" target="_blank">#drc</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/imperialism/" target="_blank">#imperialism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/rwanda/" target="_blank">#rwanda</a></p>
Abolition Media<p>Kagame Did Not Invade DRC to Save Tutsis</p><p>ANN GARRISON: Claude, President Paul Kagame and his Tutsi elite have for the past 30 years claimed that they and their successive militias, most recently M23, are fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to protect the Banyamulenge, a Congolese Tutsi group in DRC’s South Kivu Province...</p><p><a href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/16720/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/167</span><span class="invisible">20/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Analysis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>africa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticRepublicOfCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicOfCongo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imperialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rwanda</span></a></p>
Abolition Media<p>The Lobito Corridor: US Imperialism’s Latest Plot Against the Democratic Republic of Congo</p><p>Imperialist aggression against the DRC is rapidly expanding and hundreds of thousands of people continue to flee their homelands, while towns fall one by one into the hands of imperialist forces. The people are living in a situation of chaos and despair...</p><p><a href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/16716/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/167</span><span class="invisible">16/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>africa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticRepublicOfCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicOfCongo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imperialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rwanda</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Rwanda’s Role in DRC Conflict <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/707477/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/707477/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DemocraticRepublicOfCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicOfCongo</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rwanda</span></a></p>
tj (i make it past the end)<p>URGENT Support Needed in Goma, DR Congo</p><p><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-support-needed-in-goma-dr-congo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gofundme.com/f/urgent-support-</span><span class="invisible">needed-in-goma-dr-congo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/DemocraticRepublicOfCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicOfCongo</span></a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/DRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRC</span></a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/BlackMutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/Goma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Goma</span></a></p>
Leonieke<p>Are you reading The Continent yet?</p><blockquote><p>A lightning advance on Goma by March <br>23 Movement (M23) fighters ended <br>with the rebels declaring the “liberation” of <br>the Congolese city on Monday – allegedly <br>with help from Rwandan armed forces. <br>On Tuesday afternoon – as diplomatic <br>statements condemning their action flew <br>in from around the world – the rebels took <br>control of its airport. By Wednesday they <br>were setting up a parallel administration <br>in Goma, as they have done in other areas <br>of North Kivu province, and expelling <br>pro-Kinshasa mercenaries. (Issue 188, p. 12)</p></blockquote><p>Now that we're all fans of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> you should really subscribe to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@thecontinent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thecontinent</span></a></span> :neocat_shadefingers: </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/@thecontinent/113924735870309404" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mas.to/@thecontinent/113924735</span><span class="invisible">870309404</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.fenslaw.nl/tags/DemocraticRepublicOfCongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRepublicOfCongo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.fenslaw.nl/tags/Rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rwanda</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.fenslaw.nl/tags/M23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>M23</span></a></p>
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