South Kivu

the Democratic Republic of Congo, called the Kivus.

It's actually two provinces, North Kivu and South Kivu.

And the way I think about this conflict is that it's a mix of a civil war and a proxy war.

So it's a civil war in the sense that you have Congolese groups who feel that the government in Kinshasa some 2,500 kilometers away, doesn't care about them, has neglected them, and doesn't respect their kind of minorities data.

Sticking with the U.S., Department of State has announced sanctions under Executive Order 13413 against Rwanda's Ministry of Defence and Zigamar Credit and Savings Society, a financial institution serving Rwandan security services for supporting the March 23 Movement, or M23, armed group in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

According to the US, thousands of Rwandan troops have fought alongside M23 in North and South Kivu provinces, supplying weapons, training, surface-to-air missiles and jamming equipment, which threaten civilian aviation.

The State Department noted that Rwanda's support for M23 violates commitments under the Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity, signed in December 2025, and urged international partners and private sector entities to scrutinize supply chains linked to M23-controlled gold and Colton mining operations in eastern DRC.

And finally, on sanctions news this week, an interesting story from Czech Republic or Czechia.

saw that video.

Was it like in South Kivu when all those Romanians were captured? They were

captured.

Yeah.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the latest figures, as of October 20, indicate 9,552 confirmed cases and 4,602 confirmed deaths.

Cases have been confirmed in Baswele, Hotwele, Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, South Ubangi and Sopo provinces.

Imported cases have also been confirmed in Uganda and France, although neither country currently has any active cases.

The last confirmed case in Uganda recovered and was released from care on July 16th, 2026, while the last case in France recovered and was released from care on July 4th.

I have found that not to be substantiated, but obviously the Rwandan military is backing M23 and they have been operating jointly with them.

And China has told them, Like, look, you guys need to pull back out of South Kivu.

Like, this is getting out of hand.

China has actually tried to play a reasonable hand to de-escalating the situation, as has the US, too.

So they had a specific, they had a very, very specific purpose.

Because when the Rwandan refugees plus perpetrators arrived into Congo, they were also targeted as being Kenya Randolphon, especially in South Kivu by the local Maimai groups.

And therefore, some of those leaders of FDLR, former Alier, etc., have decided to create something local to distinguish themselves from the Tutsi.

So they would recruit locally.

So there were issues that were stated, but then the conclusion or the recommendations were not, I would say, neutral or objective compared to what was stated as being number one issue.

Let me give you an example.

Most of these group of experts' reports would identify the primary perpetrator of violence as being FDLR, Nia Tura, all the armed groups that were there, the Mai Mai groups, the groups in the South Kivu, North Kivu, but even ADF, so those groups that are in Nitori, This is an Islamic state terrorist group, but also Kudeku, who were targeting the Bahama in the north.

So there was this nebula of armed groups that were identified as being the primary drivers of violence, the primary perpetrators of violence.

People are afraid because since they started, since the assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila, this guy, uh, Joseph Kabambe Kasembeere, he became president, and he say Kabila was his father, and we never see even one case court about, uh, who assassinate Laurent Kabila.

And our position was that guy is, i- he's not Congolese, and he won't be Congolese because the plot of killing Laurent-Désiré Kabila, it was just Rwanda taking over, Rwanda and Uganda taking over it, uh, uh, uh, South and, uh, North and South Kivu.

In fact, the, the, the, the, the big, big, uh, uh, Great Kivu for minerals which they're stealing there now because I think the contract, the second thing which they were invading, uh, it was to just balkanize Congo.

And Rwanda was clear, saying that they have no country.

Yes.

Thank you so much.

What I'm trying to say is that, uh, we've been doing lot of interview with your radio concerning, uh, uh, North and South Kivu, this part of DRC in Great Lake Africa, whereby conflict is there, and we already lost over 12 million people.

Since 1996 up to now, and everything this guy, Kazembe Rere, which you call Kabila, yes, is so-called, but, uh, we know we are Congolese.