{"id":56817,"date":"2026-01-12T12:27:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/minister-nduhungirehe-says-drc-gov-t-is-trying-to-delay-peace-talks-with-afc\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:37:31","slug":"minister-nduhungirehe-says-drc-gov-t-is-trying-to-delay-peace-talks-with-afc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/minister-nduhungirehe-says-drc-gov-t-is-trying-to-delay-peace-talks-with-afc\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Nduhungirehe says DRC gov&#8217;t is trying to delay peace talks with AFC\/M23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent days, the DRC government has expressed interest in launching new peace talks in Kinshasa, bringing together Congolese from different groups, with Angola serving as mediator.<\/p>\n<p>To facilitate this, DRC President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi has visited Angola three times since December 14, 2025, meeting with Angolan President Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o to discuss how the process will proceed.<\/p>\n<p>Government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya explained that the planned Kinshasa talks will differ from previous meetings held in Washington, D.C., in the United States, and in Doha, Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Washington, the talks involved us and Rwanda, the father. In Doha, the talks involved us and M23, the son,\u201d he claimed in an allegation that Rwanda has repeatedly refuted.<\/p>\n<p>Sources indicate that representatives of AFC\/M23 are expected to participate in the new Kinshasa talks, raising questions about whether the Doha talks will lose relevance.<\/p>\n<p>The DRC government has called for the new talks while continuing to ignore the Doha process. In December 2025, Qatar invited the DRC to two meetings aimed at monitoring compliance with the ceasefire, but the government declined to attend.<\/p>\n<p>On January 11, 2026, Minister Nduhungirehe responded to Muyaya\u2019s comments, saying the DRC government itself is the \u201cfather,\u201d while the FDLR terrorist group is the \u201cson.\u201d He described the new talks as a tactic to gain additional leverage, a strategy known as \u201cforum shopping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nduhungirehe emphasised that lasting peace in the DRC depends on genuine political will and that political talks complementing those held in Doha and Washington would be welcomed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the father (Congolese government), the son (FDLR genocidaires), and the evil spirit (genocide ideology) attempt yet another &#8216;forum shopping&#8217; in three years, as a delaying manoeuvre, we simply recall that salvation will first come from Kinshasa&#8217;s political will to apply the current peace processes in good faith,&#8221; Minister Nduhungirehe stated, adding &#8220;Any national political dialogue, which would be complementary to these processes, would then be welcome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The AFC\/M23 coalition has asked the Angolan president for clarification regarding the new talks, seeking to know whether Qatar will participate, what role it will play, and whether the decisions made during the Doha talks will be honoured.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-100493 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/loure_tsh-2-b57f5.jpg\" alt=\"President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi has visited Angola three times since December 14, 2025, meeting with Angolan President Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o to discuss how the Kinshasa talks will proceed.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-100491 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/mixcollage-12-jan-2026-12-11-pm-6715.jpg\" alt=\"Rwanda&#039;s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Olivier Nduhungirehe, says the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is attempting to delay peace talks with the AFC\/M23 rebel coalition.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda&#8217;s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Olivier Nduhungirehe, says the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is attempting to delay peace talks with the AFC\/M23 rebel coalition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000100492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56817","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":2000100492,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-12-jan-2026-12-11-pm-6715.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-12-jan-2026-12-11-pm-6715.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-12-jan-2026-12-11-pm-6715.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-12-jan-2026-12-11-pm-6715.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-12-jan-2026-12-11-pm-6715.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-12-jan-2026-12-11-pm-6715.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56817","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=56817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000100492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56817"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56817"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}