{"id":53946,"date":"2025-04-19T16:09:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T16:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kabila-to-address-the-congolese-people-in-goma\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T16:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T16:09:28","slug":"kabila-to-address-the-congolese-people-in-goma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kabila-to-address-the-congolese-people-in-goma\/","title":{"rendered":"Kabila to address the Congolese people in Goma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some members of the AFC\/M23 coalition, an armed group opposing the Congolese government, confirmed that Kabila arrived in Goma on the afternoon of April 18, 2025, having traveled through Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Muyaya, the spokesperson for the DRC Government, stated that Kabila\u2019s presence in a territory controlled by AFC\/M23 proves that he is an enemy of the state.<\/p>\n<p>A close associate of Kabila told the Associated Press that the reason for his trip to Goma is to contribute to efforts aimed at restoring peace in eastern DRC.<\/p>\n<p>Kabila\u2019s spokesperson, Barbara Nzimbi, announced on April 19, 2025, that he would be addressing the Congolese people in the coming hours or days to clarify the situation. She said: \u201cIn the coming hours (or days), former President Joseph Kabila will deliver a speech to the nation to provide clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This marks Kabila\u2019s return to the DRC after more than a year, his last visit was in 2023 before going into exile. It remains unclear how long he plans to stay in Goma.<\/p>\n<p>Kabila has also recently denied allegations of collaborating with the AFC\/M23, during an interview with the media in South Africa. He challenged the DRC government to present evidence to support its claims.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-86005 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pic-143.jpg\" alt=\"Kabila arrived in Goma on the afternoon of April 18, 2025, having traveled through Rwanda.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Kabila, who served as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2001 to 2019, is expected to deliver a speech to the people of the country while in Goma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000086004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000086004,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-579.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-579.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-579.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-579.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-579.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-579.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000086004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53946"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53946"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}