In the spotlight: the rapprochement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and
The two countries signed three bilateral cooperation agreements this weekend. “The first indicates the siteCD news, on the promotion and protection of investments. The second is a convention to avoid double taxation and to avoid tax evasion. Finally, the third agreement concerns the exploitation of gold between two companies, Congolese and Rwandan. ”
Goals, inheritance Young Africa: “Ensure the traceability” of the yellow metal “to deprive the armed groups of income from this sector.[…]”Armed groups receiving revenue to finance the war with gold will no longer be able to afford to exploit or resell to buyers in international markets,” the Congolese presidency stressed. “
And Jeune Afrique recalled that “relations between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have always been difficult. The Democratic Republic of Congo experienced two wars between 1996-97 and 1998-2003, which deeply destabilized Kivu, a Congolese border region. These conflicts have involved the many militias and armies in several neighboring countries, especially Rwanda. Since then, the DRC has regularly accused its neighbor of destabilizing its eastern part by supporting armed groups. But since the election of former opponent Tshisekedi, a climate of relaxation has taken hold. “
Go forward!
An approach that is causing some of the public in the Democratic Republic of Kong to crawl, the Congolese website actually points out. Fall info“Some would first and foremost have wanted Rwanda to respond to the actions blamed for it on the issue of the insecurity that our country has experienced in its eastern part since 1994. And it is legitimate to believe that. But in reality, Cas-Info continues, going in this direction would have wasted time and caused more harm than good. Bringing an opponent back to the same project while monitoring the terms of the deal is more effective than continuing to look at each other like a dog, as the Congolese head of state so aptly put it. This strategy makes your opponent from yesterday your companion and better your defender. “A strategy further points out Cas-Infos, which” must be carried in relations with our other 8 neighbors so that we ensure a lasting peace. “
Bends the cycle of violence
The place Africa, which specializes in the countries of the Great Lakes, is on the same line: “It seems that the solution to finding the peace routes in the Congo is through Kigali, but also through Kampala and Bujumbura. A solution that really must be military, but above all political, in order to avoid the endless cycle of unfulfilled peace agreements and failed demobilizations. Félix Tshisekedi understood this well. To show a presentable record in the 2023 presidential election, in which he is expected to run for a second term, the Congolese head of state must turn the cycle of violence in the east and breathe new life into the Congolese economy. If not everything comes from nearby Rwanda, Africa Arabia concludes, the solution is the beginning without a doubt. ”
A reconciliation of reason
“The new dynamism that the two Rwandan and Congolese leaders want to strengthen relations between their two countries is an approximation of reason,” he added. The countryin Burkina Faso. Therefore, it comes at a time when uncertainty remains in the border region, despite the measures taken by Félix Tshisekedi, who on April 30 declared a state of siege in the eastern provinces of Ituri and northern Kivu. To try to stop the evil with the draconian measures that come with it when it comes to replacing the civilian administration with a military administration. […] That is, Le Pays continues, if the Congolese head of state is playing his re-election somewhere with this security issue in this eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there are more than a hundred armed groups. Paul Kagames Rwanda was able to even out its differences with a country like France in the, oh so difficult and sensitive, issue of genocide to the point of today reaching a warming of relations, there is no reason, Ouagadougou believes daily, that it can not do it with its Congolese neighbor for issues that do not have the same scope in advance. It is a matter of sincerity and political will which, in addition to words, must be translated into concrete actions on the ground. We must now hope that this can have the desired effects. “
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