The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing a difficult security situation in several of its provinces. The Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC), an opposition party led by former President Joseph Kabila, has strongly criticized the current government’s security policy. This political formation deplores in particular the inability of the authorities to protect the integrity of the national territory and to guarantee the security of people and their property.
The east of the country is particularly affected by the situation, with the Congolese government abandoning certain areas in favor of foreign forces, in reference to the contingents of the regional force of the member countries of the East African Community. It controls the areas formerly occupied by M23 terrorists in the territories of Rutshuru, Masisi and Nyiragongo, in the province of North Kivu.
The FCC rejects the “rash” diplomacy of Félix Tshisekedi, current president of the DRC, regarding the deployment of this regional force of the EAC.
The interethnic conflict between the Teke-Yaka communities in the Kwamouth territory, in Mai-Ndombe, characterizes the situation in the west of the country. The clashes affected other provinces of the Grand-Bandundu area and moved closer to the outskirts of Kinshasa with the “Mobondo” phenomenon.
In addition to the difficult security situation, the FCC also denounces the instrumentalization of the judiciary, which according to it is in the pay of the Tshisekedi regime. This political formation also points the finger at the chaotic management of the country, characterized by tribalism, the ostentatious embezzlement of public funds, corruption, embezzlement, illicit enrichment.
Despite criticism from the FCC, the government recently renewed the mandate of the regional force despite its “cohabitation” with the M23, for a period of three additional months.
The situation in the DRC is therefore complex, requiring additional efforts to guarantee security in all the provinces of this huge and populated country.