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[Rwanda Forum] The Rwandan Regime and the Instrumentalization of Ethnic Divisions in the DRC and Burundi: Critical Analysis of a Regional Geopolitical Strategy Executive Summary


Since the end of the 1994 genocide, Rwanda has cultivated an international image as a reconciled nation that has transcended ethnic divisions. However, this study demonstrates that Paul Kagame's regime maintains a strategic double discourse: while officially denying any ethnic reference within its borders, it systematically instrumentalizes these same identities among its neighbours—particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi—to serve geopolitical, economic, and security objectives.

This instrumentalization takes multiple forms: military and financial support for rebel groups (notably the M23 in the DRC), manipulation of the 'protection of Tutsis' discourse to justify armed interventions, deliberate destabilization of Burundian and Congolese governments, and illegal exploitation of mineral resources in eastern Congo. The paradox is striking: a regime that claims to have abolished ethnicity uses precisely this concept as an instrument of foreign policy.

This analysis examines the mechanisms of this dual strategy, its disastrous humanitarian consequences (more than six million deaths since 1996), and the international complicity that allows its perpetuation. It demonstrates that Congolese Tutsi communities, far from being protected, have become the involuntary hostages of a regional agenda that instrumentalizes them while marginalizing them.

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https://africanrightsalliance.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-rwandan-regime-and.html

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