The front page of the press this week in Kinshasa
In the spotlight: the ogre of the Great Lakes
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Kamanda Wa Kamanda Muzembe © Thomas Nicolon
By: Kamanda Wa Kamanda
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The weekly
The Post
devotes an entire edition to the crisis between the DRC and Rwanda.
“
When he is caught in the act, as with his two soldiers captured in the fighting in Biruma ”, explains
The Post
from the outset
, “
Kagame invokes the FDLR to attract the commiseration of the entire planet
.
We may not like the way of saying it,
continues this newspaper,
let's say it anyway: all the horror of the Rwandan genocide will end up benefiting a man: Paul Kagame.
The Post
evokes “
the Rwandan troops who constantly scour the Kivu region, falsely in search of the Interhamwe
".
The tabloid affirms that these Hutu militias constitute, as we know, the goodwill of Rwandan propaganda internationally.
About this umpteenth crisis between the DRC and Rwanda, the biweekly Le Maximum
,
headlines for its part: “Fear changes sides”.
And the newspaper explains “
that something essential has changed in the balance of power between the DRC and Rwanda since the last clashes in Nyiragongo and Rutshuru
.
After intense and fierce fighting,
tell the colleagues of
Maximum, the Congolese loyalist forces have clearly taken the upper hand over the invaders who had succeeded in seizing the military camp of Rumangabo and certain localities on the heights of the hills overlooking Rutshuru.
Since Tuesday, May 31,
adds the newspaper,
the elements of the Rwandan M23 retreated in disaster towards the Rwandan border and the Virunga national park, abandoning in their flight compromising military effects for Kigali
…” Effects which, according to our colleagues, attest to the participation of the Rwandan soldiers in the fighting alongside the M23.
Angola seeks appeasement
For its part, the daily
Le Potentiel
is interested in the role of the Angolan President, Joao Lorenço, who is playing the card of appeasement in this crisis.
The daily reports that President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi was in Angola on Tuesday, May 31 at the invitation of his Angolan counterpart.
According to the newspaper, “
the Congolese president, in the shoes of the warlord, ended the episode
of “wooden language”
to adopt a firm tone.
His message to the ICGLR mediator is clear,
says
Le Potentiel.
Tell Paul Kagame to choose between making peace totally or opting clearly for war”.
As if to say, concludes
Le Potentiel:
“
it is time for Kigali to end its dismal mission as a laboratory for the destruction of eastern DRC
”.
Finally, in
Le Phare,
another daily newspaper… The Security Council kicks into touch.
This is the big disappointment for millions of Congolese who hoped, on May 31, for a condemnation of Rwanda for "
its proven support for the M23 rebels
".
It has not happened.
The organization called for dialogue and recommended the reintegration of the M23 into the process of the Nairobi consultations.
► To read also: DRC: The opposition and civil society demonstrate against Rwanda and the M23
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