{"id":55129,"date":"2025-08-05T13:47:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/gen-makenga-urges-afc-m23-fighters-to-lead-by-example-and-uphold-integrity\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:21:29","slug":"gen-makenga-urges-afc-m23-fighters-to-lead-by-example-and-uphold-integrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/gen-makenga-urges-afc-m23-fighters-to-lead-by-example-and-uphold-integrity\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Makenga urges AFC\/M23 fighters to lead by example and uphold integrity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Addressing provincial leaders in North Kivu during a high-level meeting held in Goma on August 4, 2025, Gen. Makenga stressed that meaningful change cannot be achieved through words alone but must be reflected in actions on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChange must be demonstrated through action,\u201d he said. \u201cAs leaders, the people you serve must see the difference in the way you govern. The country has been in disarray for far too long, and restoring order will take time. But the roadmap exists and with collective effort, including yours and ours, transformation is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised that the process of change must begin from within the movement itself, urging fighters and leaders to embody the values they aspire to promote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransformation starts with us. We must show our people and the world that we are not the same. You cannot change someone else if you have not changed yourself,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Makenga also denounced the practices that have plagued the Congolese state, including the looting of national resources and systemic corruption. He said the AFC\/M23 must commit to ending such behaviours and focus on restoring peace and stability in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The rebel group controls large swathes of territory in eastern DRC and is currently in talks with the Kinshasa administration in a Qatar-led process to end the longstanding stalemate.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-92086 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/makenga.jpg\" alt=\"Addressing provincial leaders in North Kivu during a high-level meeting held in Goma on August 4, 2025, Gen. Makenga stressed that meaningful change cannot be achieved through words alone but must be reflected in actions on the ground.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFC\/M23 military leader Gen. Sultani Makenga has called on his fighters to demonstrate a clear break from the conduct of the Congolese government, which he accused of long-standing corruption and mismanagement that has brought disrepute to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000092085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55129","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":2000092085,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/makenga11-2f89f.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/makenga11-2f89f.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/makenga11-2f89f.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/makenga11-2f89f.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/makenga11-2f89f.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/makenga11-2f89f.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55129","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\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000092085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55129"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55129"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}