COMMUNICATION FROM THE CNRC / 81st UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
UN — A few days before the 16th anniversary of the Mapping Report, now buried
– Donald Trump shows his contempt for the Congolese victims of Rwandan aggression
– Félix Tshisekedi placed under political quarantine
– DRC, a country without a president : A resounding failure of Congolese diplomacy
The lack of results and Kinshasa’s military debacle are becoming embarrassing for Washington.
Just a few months ago, Donald Trump welcomed Félix Tshisekedi to Washington with particularly flattering words: “You are brave,” “We appreciate your presence here,” and so on.
That was during the 74th National Prayer Breakfast, amid the euphoria of promises of strategic cooperation between Washington and Kinshasa. Since then, much water has flowed under the bridge. And going by recent events, perhaps somewhat murky, even muddy water…
Félix Tshisekedi was supposed to travel to the UN. In the end, he will not be there. RFI reports that his absence is linked to US travel restrictions following the Ebola outbreak.
Washington indeed confirms that travelers who have stayed in the DRC within the 21 days preceding their flight are currently barred from boarding commercial flights bound for the United States.
Curiously, Prime Minister Judith Suminwa, who was still in Kinshasa on September 15, to submit the 2027 draft budget, ultimately represented the DRC in New York. Well, well…
Ebola or diplomacy ?
The first explanation is the official one. The second perhaps reflects reality a little more closely.
Ebola serves as cover for Félix Tshisekedi’s absence. This “health explanation” clumsily masks a far more embarrassing political reality: the political quarantine of a partner whose lack of results has become a problem.
Because Washington needs results. Good results.
With the midterm elections approaching, Donald Trump needs to be able to present his electorate with diplomatic successes that can be turned into political capital. Yet the results of American involvement in the Ukrainian and Iranian crises remain unclear, “mixed,” and in any case politically difficult to turn into undisputed victories.
In this context, Kinshasa’s military debacle and its inability to recover a single square meter of territory, despite colossal resources, are clearly most unwelcome.
An American speech that troubles Congolese people
Donald Trump’s speech left many Congolese perplexed.
Just days before the 16th anniversary of the Mapping Report — still largely unused, and now buried by a segment of the international community that finds it inconvenient (but also thanks to the Congolese government’s lack of will, complicit with the aggressors) — the American president stated that there is no longer a war in the DRC, even as Congolese people continue to die and violence continues in the East.
This statement echoes one made by Paul Kagame a few months ago, who likewise claimed there were no deaths in the DRC.
In other words, for Paul Kagame or Donald Trump, Congolese people simply do not exist! If there is neither war nor death, as these statements claim, then what has become of the millions of Congolese victims of this tragedy?
And when Donald Trump launches into his tirade in defense of Christians around the world, has he forgotten that, with its millions of victims, the DRC — whose population is majority Christian — is by far, to this day, the country where the largest number of Christians have been massacred, methodically exterminated ?
Now in his second term as president of the United States, if Donald Trump truly cared about defending Christians, why do the United States not adopt toward Paul Kagame a policy comparable to the one they pursued against other foreign leaders, notably in Venezuela? Why could Paul Kagame not be abducted and detained in the United States the way they did with President Nicolás Maduro ?
Why are there no international arrest warrants comparable to those issued against Presidents Omar al-Bashir of Sudan or Vladimir Putin of Russia, even though they were sitting heads of state at the time proceedings were brought against them?
And what of NATO’s intervention in Libya, the fate reserved for Muammar Gaddafi , or the Special Tribunal for Lebanon set up after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri ? Etc., etc.
In short, when the United States wants to, it can… except when it comes to the Democratic Republic of Congo .
Not only does the war continue, but the DRC has been forced to share its wealth with Rwanda through the Washington agreement — like a victim forced to marry and feed her rapist. And on top of that, she is the one bringing the dowry. What a disgrace!
Paul Kagame’s persistent influence in the DRC*
Worse still, Kagame has never stopped advancing his pawns in the DRC, placing his “agents,” in complicity with Félix Tshisekedi, in increasingly sensitive or strategic positions.
This raises a question for supporters of the government who defend this “active diplomacy”: how can it be explained that Kinshasa has still not managed to convince Washington that the war continues in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
« Are those dying in the East flies, or human beings?«
It is no coincidence that a close associate of Corneille Nanga, *Marcellin Basengezi* (a Rwandan, an agent of Kagame, and himself under US sanctions), has just been appointed head of the *National Identification Office* , after Rwanda looted the DRC’s archives without ever returning them.
While we are at war with Rwanda, *how could Félix Tshisekedi surround himself with, or appoint, Rwandans to the following positions,* if not because he is under Kigali’s control:
Rwandan national Antony Nkinzo, chief of staff to Félix Tshisekedi; Tina Salama, Rwandan spokesperson for the Presidency; Thérèse Kayikwamba (foreign office) , reportedly in a relationship with a Rwandan* working at the World Bank with whom she has just had a child; *André Wameso* , head of the Central Bank; *Alexis Gisaro* , Minister of Infrastructure; *John Kanyoni* , Mines; Mwami Ndeze, in charge of customary affairs at the Interior Ministry; Nathalie Aziza Munana* , Social Affairs; General Gassita , in charge of the 2nd military region; Gilbert Kabanda , Ministry of Defense; not to mention *Denise Nyakeru* , etc. There are many of them! And Félix Tshisekedi himself has publicly said that he is infiltrated, “right down to his trousers” (see video).
To those supporters who regularly try to exonerate him, the CNRC responds that there are only two options:
– either Tshisekedi is ignorant, in which case he is a dangerous ignoramus,
– or he is simply complicit (which is true).
Either way, *he is a traitor who has no business leading our institutions.
As if that were not enough, when Donald Trump discussed the situation in the DRC and the war raging on our territory, *he mentioned only Paul Kagame,* and cruelly recalled the duration of this war and its three decades of horror for millions of Congolese.
He spoke of Kagame as a benchmark, a major, indispensable partner for resolving this crisis — not as a genocidal criminal who should have been behind bars long ago.
In this context, Félix Tshisekedi’s absence from New York takes on a particular political dimension: the so-called Congolese president has indeed been relegated to the background in a crisis that directly concerns his own country.
Any informed observer therefore understands that Kagame is the only genuine partner of the United States in resolving this crisis. Félix Tshisekedi is merely a figurehead…
Political quarantine for Félix Tshisekedi — DRC: a country without a president…
Indeed, regarding this situation and the ongoing war, what record can Kinshasa present, other than its now infamous specialty of “strategic withdrawal,” or its sickly adherence to a “ceasefire” that the Rwandan soldiers of the AFC/M23, allied with the RDF, greet with contemptuous gestures?
Despite billions spent on defense, US support, and the heavily publicized Washington agreement without peace, the eastern DRC remains desperately at war.
What has Tshisekedi obtained in exchange for our minerals? Nothing.
Congolese territories remain under the control or influence of armed groups, populations continue to be displaced, and human rights violations remain massively documented.
Added to this are recurring criticisms regarding governance, tribalism, corruption, restrictions on civic space, and alleged or documented misappropriation of public resources.In other words, ahead of the UN meeting, *the problem for Washington was not how to present Tshisekedi as a strategic partner, but rather how to present the lack of results from this partnership!* A real headache!
Washington’s calculation was therefore simple: if no decisive results can be shown on Congolese ground, the Congolese president’s presence in New York was politically less useful than… his absence.They made their choice.
Félix Tshisekedi’s supporters are still reeling. His “digital army” is stunned and is vainly trying to divert Congolese people’s attention from this glaring failure, wondering how to camouflage such a rebuff — a decision that amounts to a real “barrier gesture” against mediocrity and incompetence.
Yesterday, Trump told Félix Tshisekedi: “You are brave. We appreciate your presence.” Today, Tshisekedi remains in Kinshasa or elsewhere… In a football stadium or a restaurant, symbols of his legendary frivolity. No matter!
Other sources in the capital have informed us that he reportedly has health concerns again, but does not wish to be treated in Belgium for security reasons. He reportedly had doctors brought to Kinshasa, etc. Be that as it may, regarding his absence from New York, Ebola is the official explanation.
Political quarantine, for lack of results, remains the real explanation. And the contrast is hard to miss…
After the promises, where are the results ?
Because after the promises of peace and the billions announced, questions remain:
• Where are the results on the ground?
• How can one explain Félix Tshisekedi’s recurring closeness with the numerous agents of Kagame whom he himself appointed, even when some are under US sanctions — the Basengezi case — and infiltrated into the DRC’s institutions?
• Etc.
Perhaps this, then, is the real unease: When the slogans run out, results suddenly become much harder to hide* .
After the big announcements, the agreements, and the handshakes, one simple, recurring question remains: Where are the results? Where is justice for the Congolese people?
The CNRC’s question
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The CNRC then asks another question: They say you don’t change a winning team, but what do you do with a losing one? Isn’t it finally time to use Donald Trump’s famous phrase: “You’re fired!”
No one will take better care of the Congolese people than the Congolese people themselves. Despite our millions of dead.
Remember UN Secretary-General António Guterres, speaking about M23 in 2022 and MONUSCO’s difficulties in fighting it (in an interview given to RFI and France 24).
He stated that M23 had modern, heavy military equipment, more sophisticated than that of MONUSCO, adding, regarding the origin of these weapons:
“They were not born in the forest. They come from somewhere.”
Follow my gaze…
Congolese people, the facts speak for themselves: peace in the DRC will come neither from Washington, nor from the infiltrated, corrupt opposition figures serving Joseph Kabila, nor from the Union Sacrée, in its renewed “Alliance for the Safeguarding of Congo” (ASD) version, but from the Congolese people themselves.
The time has come for a third way, the true way: that of the CONGOLESE RESISTANCE !
INGETA!
Paris, September 24, 2026
On behalf of the Conseil National de la Résistance Congolaise (CNRC)
Candide OKEKE
• Head of Strategic Steering for the CNRC
• Aide to Mr. Honoré Ngbanda from 2005 to 2021
• Manager of the website www.resistancecongolaise.com
• National Vice-President of APARECO
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