Waving Russian flags, a few dozen young Congolese demonstrated this Wednesday in Kinshasa against the arrival in the DRC of French President Emmanuel Macron, accusing him of supporting Rwanda at the expense of their country.
"
Macron assassin, Putin to the rescue
", chanted the young demonstrators, who gathered in front of the French Embassy with some banners and placards saying "
Macron godfather of the balkanization of the DRC
", "
the Congolese say no to the policy of France
” or even “
Macron undesirable in the DRC
”.
“France is an accomplice in our misfortune”
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the French president is expected at the end of the week, accuses its neighbor Rwanda of supporting an active rebellion in the east - which has been corroborated by UN experts despite denials of Kigali - and expects the international community to clearly condemn this "
aggression
".
"
We are here to say no to the arrival of Emmanuel Macron because France is an accomplice in our misfortune
", declared in front of the journalists Josue Bung, of the citizen movement "
Sang-Lumumba
", sporting the hairstyle, with stripe on the side, the hero of Congolese independence Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961).
This Monday, Emmanuel Macron presented in Paris his African strategy for the next few years and, in response to a question on the DRC, affirmed that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country "cannot be discussed
"
.
But “
he did not mention Rwanda, which is our aggressor!
“, reproached him the demonstrators.
The Russian flags mean "
that we no longer need France, we want to collaborate with reliable partners, such as Russia or China
", launched Bruno Mimbenga, another organizer of the event, when Russia increasingly competing with France in its historical sphere of influence in Africa.
A little aside, a young woman, Fortune, said she supported the demonstrators.
“
The international community is of no use to us
,” she says.
France has condemned Rwandan support for the M23 rebels, "
but this is a facade condemnation, sanctions are needed!"
“, she says.
The DRC will this week be the last stage of a trip by Emmanuel Macron to Central Africa, which will also take him to Gabon for a summit on the forest, to Angola and to Congo-Brazzaville.
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