{"id":54011,"date":"2025-04-23T16:09:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/cardinal-ambongo-pins-drc-crisis-on-internal-failures\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T21:59:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T21:59:40","slug":"cardinal-ambongo-pins-drc-crisis-on-internal-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/cardinal-ambongo-pins-drc-crisis-on-internal-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal Ambongo pins DRC crisis on internal failures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cardinal Ambongo made these remarks in a powerful Easter message. While acknowledging external pressures, he stressed that internal failures, driven by Congolese irresponsibility, are the root of the nation\u2019s troubles, and called for unity to heal a fractured country.<\/p>\n

“The primary cause of our misfortune, lack of peace in our country, is not the people from outside, it is not the foreigners, it is not Rwanda, it is us, the Congolese,” he stated. <\/p>\n

Cardinal Ambongo further emphasized this internal failure, stating, \u201cOur irresponsibility has made it so that we pose actions today that do not allow the blossoming of peace in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

These statements challenge the Congolese government\u2019s narrative that Rwanda allegedly fuels eastern DRC conflicts through M23 rebel support, pointing instead to the Congolese elite\u2019s disunity and greed as the true drivers of the nation\u2019s misfortune.<\/p>\n

Ambongo criticized leaders for pursuing power and wealth while eastern regions suffer occupation. This selfish behavior, he argued, fosters despair, driving some Congolese to join rebellions due to frustration with exclusion.<\/p>\n

He called for a unified effort to rebuild national cohesion and tackle both internal divisions and external threats.<\/p>\n

Cardinal Ambongo also highlighted global corporations exploiting the DRC\u2019s vast minerals, forests, and waters, which deepens the country\u2019s vulnerability. <\/p>\n

Internally, Ambongo flagged systemic issues fueling unrest. A corrupt justice system permits land and property theft, stirring public resentment. In Kinshasa, foreign traders dominate commerce, leaving Congolese feeling marginalized in their own homeland. Cardinal Ambongo warned that these grievances could ignite further chaos if ignored.<\/p>\n

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The Archbishop of Kinshasa, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo has urged the Congolese to take responsibility for the Democratic Republic of Congo\u2019s (DRC) deepening crisis, firmly rejecting the notion that Rwanda is the cause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000086294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-54011","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":2000086294,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ambongo-3-03e9a.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ambongo-3-03e9a.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ambongo-3-03e9a.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ambongo-3-03e9a.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ambongo-3-03e9a.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/ambongo-3-03e9a.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54011","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000086294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54011"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=54011"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=54011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}