{"id":17953,"date":"2025-05-01T09:53:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T07:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/?p=17953"},"modified":"2025-05-01T09:53:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T07:53:36","slug":"drc-the-person-theyre-dealing-with-is-a-fraud-says-nangaa-leader-of-the-congo-river-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/drc-the-person-theyre-dealing-with-is-a-fraud-says-nangaa-leader-of-the-congo-river-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"DRC: \u201cThe Person They\u2019re Dealing With Is a Fraud,\u201d Says Nangaa, Leader of the Congo River Alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe person they\u2019re dealing with is a fraud,\u201d Nangaa declared, referring to the Congolese government\u2019s representative in recent peace efforts. \u201cHe is not trustworthy. Anything he agrees to today will quickly be forgotten. Even if an agreement is signed, the Congolese people will reject it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nangaa, a former head of the country\u2019s electoral commission and now figurehead of a controversial politico-military coalition, questioned the basis of American mediation efforts in the region. \u201cThe Americans have the right to broker such deals,\u201d he admitted, \u201cbut they must speak to the right people. And today, the right people to speak to are the members of the Congo River Alliance.\u201d<\/p>\n

His comments come as international efforts intensify to broker a ceasefire and political resolution between Kinshasa and armed groups operating in eastern DRC, notably the M23. The U.S. and Qatar have recently hosted high-level talks aimed at reducing violence and pushing toward a peace agreement. However, Nangaa\u2019s words signal a potential widening of the political rift and a rejection of any peace process that does not include his coalition.<\/p>\n

The AFC, formed in late 2023, remains largely viewed by the Congolese government as an illegitimate structure allied with forces destabilizing the country, particularly in North Kivu. Its association with the M23, a group repeatedly accused of war crimes, makes it controversial both domestically and internationally.<\/p>\n

Nangaa\u2019s remarks may also reflect a broader strategy: to assert the AFC as an indispensable actor in any future political settlement. By casting doubt on current interlocutors and appealing to external powers like the United States, Nangaa seeks to shift diplomatic focus toward his coalition\u2014a move that would grant him greater legitimacy on the regional stage.<\/p>\n

So far, the government in Kinshasa has not publicly responded to Nangaa\u2019s latest claims, though officials have previously denounced the AFC as a \u201cplatform of rebellion and betrayal.\u201d<\/p>\n

As tensions remain high and negotiations continue abroad, Nangaa\u2019s bold declaration may further complicate the already fragile peace process in the DRC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe person they\u2019re dealing with is a fraud,\u201d Nangaa declared, referring to the Congolese government\u2019s representative in recent peace efforts. \u201cHe is not trustworthy. Anything he agrees to today will quickly be forgotten. Even if an agreement is signed, the Congolese people will reject it.\u201d Nangaa, a former head of the country\u2019s electoral commission and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"float","share_float_style":"share-normal","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"Kinshasa \u00a0In a scathing statement made to The Telegraph, Corneille Nangaa, the head of the Congo River Alliance (Alliance Fleuve Congo \u2013 AFC), a coalition that includes opposition groups and the M23 rebel movement, strongly criticized the legitimacy of current negotiations led by international actors, including the United States."},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_review":[],"enable_review":"","type":"percentage","name":"","summary":"","brand":"","sku":"","good":[],"bad":[],"score_override":"","override_value":"","rating":[],"price":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"jnews_post_split":{"post_split":[{"template":"1","tag":"h2","numbering":"asc","mode":"normal","first":"0","enable_toc":"0","toc_type":"normal"}]},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5314,5317,5318],"tags":[5597],"class_list":["post-17953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-security","category-society","tag-nangaa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17955,"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17953\/revisions\/17955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kivuavenir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}