Conspiracy Tracker Great Lakes

CTGL is a research and fact-based tool which monitors conspiracy theories and provides latest news and trends in disinformation, negrophobia, and hate speech in the Great Lakes region of Africa.

#DRC #SouthKivu #Minembwe ⚠️ During the indiscriminate drone strikes today by the Kinshasa coalition in the villages of Mikenke and Gakenke, a kamikaze drone killed a 12 year-old boy named Pacy Basita. This targeting of civilians in Minembwe by the DRC government constitutes a war crime and a clear violation of ceasefire and the Washington agreements.

#DRC #Rubaya #AFC_M23 What is the significance of the Rubaya coltan mine today and how does the mainstream narrative on Rubaya fail to address the root causes of the DRC conflict ? Teddy Mazina's visit to #Rubaya’s Gacombé coltan mine shows an artisanal, locally run operation with thousands of diggers and traders, but no armed men, no uniforms, and no children or pregnant women working in the pits since #AFC_M23 took control of the area, after pushing out the DRC government coalition and the Burundian troops. The mine functions through a clear chain: diggers extract and wash the ore, traders buy and transport it to the market where it’s certified and taxed, and a whole “mining village” economy (families, schools, markets) lives off this activity. Since AFC/M23’s arrival in Rubaya, armed groups like #Wazalendo and the @fdnbbi have left the mine area, order has replaced previous chaos, workers’ daily pay has significantly increased (from about $1 to around $5–10), and AFC/M23 has instructed its own soldiers and cadres to stay out of mining operations. This report disputes the label of “blood minerals”, emphasizing that: (a) there are no soldiers or weapons in or around the mine today, (b) work is voluntary and seen as a livelihood, not forced labor, and (c) children who once worked in the pits have been pushed out by AFC/M23 and are now back in school. Historically, the area and nearby village were controlled by various armed groups, including #Nyatura, #Mai_Mai, and more recently the Burundian army, who profited from the mine, but today security is provided by AFC/M23 without any involvement in extraction. The broader claim that Congo’s current war is driven by Rubaya's coltan which would be "smuggled into Rwanda" is challenged in this report: the conflict is tied to long-term issues like refugees asking to return and ethnicized hate speech, while the coltan here remains, above all, a local resource sustaining a civilian community. Report & photos by @TEDDYMAZINA. Video images by @CoulibalyBojana for @Conspiracygl. Link to report on Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=cf-SaS…

#DRC #SouthKivu 🔴 Update #DRC conflict: Drone strikes by #DRC government coalition in South Kivu targeted and destroyed resident homes, a local radio, livestock, and a church. - On March 25, 2026 at 4pm, an #FARDC-controlled drone strike led to the destruction of the community radio Tuungane in Madegu Centre. - On March 25, 2026 at night, #FARDC-controlled drone strikes on Kiziba village destroyed resident homes and killed livestock. - On March 23, 2026 at night: #FARDC-controlled drone strike destroyed the 5th CELPA church in Ilundu. Source: Umoja Network* *Umoja Network is a consortium of 23 NGOs located in the Midlands and Highlands in South Kivu

The false claim of an “assassination attempt” against DRC First Lady, while being a public opinion manipulation tactic, is a typical case of state RWANDOPHOBIA. It shows how Rwandophobia has become state policy in DRC, profiling Congolese Rwandophones & Tutsi as “assassins”.

#DRC #HRC61 #AFC_M23 #Hate_Speech In this part of our interview, Jean-Paul Shaka, Esq. highlights that the targeting of Tutsi in EDRC— by the the GoDRC & allied genocidal forces including #FDLR & Wazalendo—constitutes acts of genocide. He adds that "through hate speech there is a genocidal intent and ideology driving all the violence... there are words that accompany the violence that make no doubt about the intent behind the killings" Full interview with @JeanPaulShaka1: youtube.com/watch?v=gtY40O…

#UNHRC61 #DRC #AFC_M23 In this exclusive Interview, AFC/M23 Senior Advisor Jean-Paul Shaka, on the side of #HRC61, denounces the violations by DRC Government in South Kivu, calling for the DRC Government to be held accountable for failing to protect civilians. Shaka additionally adresses the issue of widespread destruction by state-supported Wazalendo of infrastructure or property belonging to Tutsi Banyamulenge as a clear message sent by the DRC Government that the Banyamulenge are not wanted there, and should never come back. He denounces the actions of Burundi with its troops fully involved in war crimes and crimes against humanity in DRC. Jean-Paul Shaka also discusses the status of the Doha process, the ceasefire monitoring mechanism, and the next steps in the peace process. Full interview of @JeanPaulShaka1 for @Conspiracygl youtube.com/watch?v=gtY40O…

#HRC61 Lawyer Bernard Maingain, in an interview with @Conspiracygl, on the side of the UN Human Rights Council 61st Session, announced that a complaint was filed at the #ICC against DRC General Sylvain Ekenge for hate speech against the Tutsi minority. youtube.com/watch?v=6r7Opv…

#DRC #Rubaya #Masisi This week, the residents of #Rubaya in Masisi territory, including children, fled the drone attacks operated by mercenaries, contracted by the #DRC Government, supported by #FDLR. The AFC/M23 security forces welcomed the IDPs. This comes as DRC Government continues to launch kamikaze drones in Masisi and Minembwe, violating the ceasefire and the Washington and Doha peace agreements, while targeting civilians from Congolese Kinyarwanda speaking communities in Eastern Congo. Full transcript (translated from Kinyarwanda) ⤵️: "I want to say to you don't worry we cannot accept that children this age go back to live in refugee camps those people they can come as they wish as many as they want but in the struggle we fight, God is with us it is the divine forces that lead our struggle people who fight for freedom never lose the fight thinking that they are coming from Katoyi and that they are many they are not even putting up the fight they were putting up in Goma they were putting up in Sake or that they were putting up in Rubaya or that they put up in Bukavu do you understand, do we agree? we agree do not worry you will go back home us, we want peace them, they are asking for ceasefire and for the war to end for us to sit down at the negotiation table for peace so we accept but them what do they do and what did they do they woke us up they woke us up do not worry, do we agree? do not worry do not worry, be strong we are here for you do we agree? we are here for you now you know what they did they told us "come" now they came to call us to wake us up we are awake now that they don't want peace now that they want war they are going to get it they are going to feel it we won't take too much of your time we are here to comfort you and we are sorry for what you went through know that we are with you don't worry you will go back home very soon and you will live there forever and you will never be refugees again thank you all, stay strong being in pain is not dying it is not dying here there is shelter you can stay here and rest for the night for the rest we will return home in three days we will return to Rukumbire when they came to Rukumbire they started burning the houses why do those people burn houses do they have a problem with the houses? (= are the houses to them the enemy?)"

"The international community seems not to learn from history... Everything that is happening in DRC is not new. It has happened before in Rwanda" @eugirashebuja1 x.com/Conspiracygl/s…

#HRC61 This week, Rwanda's Minister of Justice, Dr. Emmanuel Ugirashebuja at the UN Human Rights Council 61st Session in Geneva, warned against inaction & impunity for hate speech in the Great Lakes region, resulting in extreme forms of violence including genocide, such violence occurring today in #DRC. @eugirashebuja1 speaking to @CoulibalyBojana for @Conspiracygl.

La @MONUSCO peut-elle être un interlocuteur crédible suite à sa collaboration avec des groupes armés? La @MONUSCO s'invite comme acteur de "vérification de cessez-le-feu" en #RDC en se rendant à Goma sous administration de l'AFC/M23. Nous revenons sur la responsabilité de la mission onusienne dans le conflit en #RDC dans le cadre du Centre Conjoint de Coordination des Opérations basé à l'aéroport de Goma jusqu'en janvier 2025, et sur son soutient direct à la coalition gouvernementale, ainsi qu'aux groupes armés dont les #FDLR. Reportage: @TEDDYMAZINA Images: @CoulibalyBojana Sous-titres en anglais Lien YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=I7qFH0…

Goma under #AFC/#M23: 1 Year Later Where is #Goma after 1 year of AFC/M23 administration ? What were the challenges and priorities of AFC/M23 in Goma since January 2025? Report by @CoulibalyBojana & @TEDDYMAZINA for @Conspiracygl YouTube link: youtube.com/watch?v=gq25YZ…

"Nobody chose to be Congolese, Ugandan, or Rwandan. We found ourselves in Congo. Nobody brought us to Congo. We are here like those in Kinshasa. Who are you to claim you can give me my Congolese nationality. We are not asking for nationality. We have it, we were born in Congo, our parents were born in Congo, our great-parents were born in Congo." - Erasto Bahati Musanga

"Ethnic or tribal divisionism has become a business opportunity in our country" - Erasto Bahati Musanga

One Year Later with AFC/M23: Exclusive Interview with Erasto Bahati Musanga - Governor of North-Kivu "What we've accomplished in less than 1 year, Tshisekedi in 8 years in power hasn't been able to." Interview by @TEDDYMAZINA for @Conspiracygl Video credit: @CoulibalyBojana Photo credit: @TEDDYMAZINA Link YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=_dYqeZ…

"Already in 2014, Burundi sent instructors in Bukombo and Tongo. They joined FDLR and trained those militias that are called Nyatura. It was a longterm project, planned by the government of Tshisekedi and the government of Burundi, to instill in people tribalism and hate ideology, so, teaching people that there are two categories of people, 'Bantu' and 'Nilotic'." - Erasto Bahati Musanga Full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=_dYqeZ…

#DRC #Burundi Hariana Veras: Kinshasa's #RTNC New Face of Hate @HarianaVeras, an Angolan‑origin reporter based in Washington and known for her constant anti‑Rwanda campaigning, presents herself officially as a correspondent for DRC state TV #RTNC, seen addressing U.S. President Trump with an RTNC microphone. #RTNC, led by DRC spokesperson @PatrickMuyaya, has aired multiple programmes such as #CongolaisTelema and #KivuNaBiso that spread anti‑Rwanda and anti‑Tutsi hate. Recently, army spokesperson Gen. Ekenge used #RTNC to brand Tutsi as “spies”, “liars”, “immoral” and “evil”, effectively calling for their extermination in a country where Congolese Tutsi have already faced ethnic cleansing. Meanwhile, @HarianaVeras keeps lobbying U.S. officials for sanctions against Rwanda, reinforcing Kinshasa’s anti‑peace stance.