on official visit
Filmmaker and French Minister Delegate to Francophony Yamina Benguigui
(photo above), who arrived in Kinshasa last week's end, ended her
official visit in the DRC on Wednesday, July 25.
By the way, Kinshasa will be hosting the Francophonie Summit in
October of this year.
Benguigui met with several senior Congolese officials, opposition
leaders, civil society and independent personalities--including
President Joseph Kabila; first lady Olive Lembe; Isabelle Matchik
Tshombe, Kabila's "personal representative to Francophonie; Speaker
Aubin Minaku, etc.
Congolese officials and media also called Benguigui President François
Hollande's "personal representative."
At her press briefings, Benguigui raised eyebrows by condemning
Rwanda's support to the M23 insurgency in North Kivu.
2) Kabila's soporific interview
On Saturday, Kabila gave a soporific interview to 4 journos at his
office in downtown Kinshasa.
The soporific interview, rebroacast on Sunday, was in sharp contrast
with fresh footage of triumphant and dancing M23 insurgents broadcast
by TV5MONDE, which has a local signal in Kinshasa.
The highlight of the interview was that the Prez thinks that:
A) A combination of diplomacy and military force will end up carrying
the day; and
B) Journos and the Congolese people should "think positive."
The mention of "diplomacy" angered lots of Kinois who may be
misconstruing as a signal for another round of negotiations with M23m
3) Rwanda's rebuttal adds insult to injury
Kinshasa media and residents are also incensed by the so-called
Rwandan rebuttal to the report by the UN experts.
The whole rebuttal is construed as a Rwandan mockery of the Congolese people.
Rwanda urges for instance that the insurgents be reintegrated into the FARDC!
Rwanda also explains the calls placed by Rwandan senior military and
government officials to leaders of the M23 insurgency as its will to
"promote political dialogue" in the DRC!
(Those phone calls were uncovered by the UN experts.)
What's even more laughable in Rwanda's rebuttal is the mention of a
Congolese bishop called Elizee who has, according to Rwanda, called
for a countrywide anti-Rwandophone jihad.
The problem with that specious charge is that there are no Congolese
bishops called Elizee!
There's no other way for Congolese to take the Rwandan rebuttal: it's
simply adding insult to injury.
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PHOTO CREDITS: lejdd.fr
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