Rwanda-backed rebels move deeper into eastern Congo as UN reports executions and rapes
Associated PressJAN 20
DR Congo: Hundreds Killed in Goma as M23 Seizes Control
Above: Armed men travel in a pickup truck through a street in Goma on Jan. 28, 2025. Image copyright: Contributor/AFP via Getty Images
The Spin
Establishment-critical narrative
There's a new major war in the making in the DRC, and the West is ultimately to blame for it due to its complacency towards its ally, Rwanda. It's unacceptable that evidence of Rwandan support for ethnic Tutsi insurgencies has been played down for so long. Now, time is running short to prevent even worse consequences.
Pro-establishment narrative
It's nonsense to point fingers at the West when even the Congolese people are blaming their president, Félix Tshisekedi, government officials, and military commanders. After all, it was they — not the West — who snubbed peace talks and left citizens stranded in Goma.