Kizigenza_
Senior Member
- Apr 20, 2026
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The issue of the Rwandan army in Congo in the areas liberated and administered by the AFC/M23 is a manipulation, and the lies of the Kinshasa regime reveal a genuine policy of discrimination, exclusion, division, and stigmatization by the Kinshasa regime. For this regime, any Congolese person who speaks Kinyarwanda and Swahili is automatically presented as a Rwandan, even though the history of our country clearly demonstrates the existence of Congolese communities that speak these languages, particularly Congolese Tutsis.
The Kinshasa regime has thus perpetuated, among the national and international community, the false narrative that Congolese people fighting within the AFC/M23 to survive a genocide planned by the Kinshasa regime are foreigners coming from Rwanda. This discourse, based on conflating language, identity, and nationality, contributes to fueling and facilitating the genocidal ideology of the Kinshasa regime. This is why its ideology of stigmatization and division within Congolese society is even beginning to deceive the international community and the United Nations.
All these reports and accusations regarding our neighboring countries, as well as the allegations of external support, encourage the Kinshasa regime's genocidal idea of exterminating Swahili-speaking communities and Congolese Tutsi communities.
Systematically presenting Congolese people who speak Kinyarwanda and are in the Congolese Revolutionary Army (ARC) as foreigners or invaders constitutes a form of discriminatory and exclusionary ideology that can only worsen the fractures that the Kinshasa regime has installed in our country.
In the areas liberated and administered by the AFC/M23, speaking Kinyarwanda or another language does not, in itself, constitute a reason for division. Congolese populations from different communities and linguistic origins live together and coexist in the same space. The language a Congolese person speaks should never be enough to strip them of their Congolese identity or their rights.
Congo is a plural nation. Its linguistic, cultural, and community diversity should be regarded as a national wealth and not as an instrument of suspicion, exclusion, or stigmatization. No Congolese person should be turned into a foreigner in their own country simply because they speak Kinyarwanda or Swahili.
The Kinshasa regime has thus perpetuated, among the national and international community, the false narrative that Congolese people fighting within the AFC/M23 to survive a genocide planned by the Kinshasa regime are foreigners coming from Rwanda. This discourse, based on conflating language, identity, and nationality, contributes to fueling and facilitating the genocidal ideology of the Kinshasa regime. This is why its ideology of stigmatization and division within Congolese society is even beginning to deceive the international community and the United Nations.
All these reports and accusations regarding our neighboring countries, as well as the allegations of external support, encourage the Kinshasa regime's genocidal idea of exterminating Swahili-speaking communities and Congolese Tutsi communities.
Systematically presenting Congolese people who speak Kinyarwanda and are in the Congolese Revolutionary Army (ARC) as foreigners or invaders constitutes a form of discriminatory and exclusionary ideology that can only worsen the fractures that the Kinshasa regime has installed in our country.
In the areas liberated and administered by the AFC/M23, speaking Kinyarwanda or another language does not, in itself, constitute a reason for division. Congolese populations from different communities and linguistic origins live together and coexist in the same space. The language a Congolese person speaks should never be enough to strip them of their Congolese identity or their rights.
Congo is a plural nation. Its linguistic, cultural, and community diversity should be regarded as a national wealth and not as an instrument of suspicion, exclusion, or stigmatization. No Congolese person should be turned into a foreigner in their own country simply because they speak Kinyarwanda or Swahili.
