Kivu Today has obtained explosive revelations from State House insiders and a former minister close to the Presidency, exposing President Félix Tshisekedi’s vow never to sign the Doha agreement with M23.
The President, according to these sources, has drawn up a personal enemies list that reads like a war manifesto. There are over a dozen names including former President Joseph Kabila, M23’s military chief Sultani Makenga, AFC/M23 Coordinator Corneille Nangaa Yobeluo, and Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
For Tshisekedi, these names are not political rivals; they are existential threats. He has reportedly instructed his newly appointed Justice Minister to ensure that Kabila, whom he believes to be the “kingpin of M23’s political mathematics and military strategy,” faces nothing less than a death sentence.
The urgency of this mission was laid bare last week in court, when the prosecution unveiled charges framing Kabila as both a criminal and a traitor.
Sources close to the judiciary insist the court has been “ordered to hurry,” with proceedings accelerated not for justice, but for politics.
“Tshisekedi wants a conviction before Doha,” one insider confided, “so he can walk away from the negotiations with the excuse that he cannot shake hands with men he has already condemned to die.”
The backdrop to these maneuvers was the wedding of Tshisekedi’s daughter yesterday, where allies circled the President like anxious hawks. Security was suffocating; “even the Presidential Guards couldn’t breathe,” one attendee revealed; as operatives worked to prevent anyone from getting too close.
Yet despite the tight cordon, witnesses spotted several familiar faces from Goma and Bukavu, their presence sparking whispers of deals being cut in the shadows of celebration. “They are either double dealers or informants who have infiltrated M23,” the source noted.
Even more intriguing was the appearance of a Belgian contact, reportedly flown in from Burundi, who was seen in a brief but intense conversation with senior State House aides.
His identity and role remain shrouded in mystery, but sources suggest his visit ties into the frantic diplomatic undercurrents surrounding the faltering Doha process.
Officially, Doha was supposed to test the commitment of all sides to peace, building on July’s principles of ceasefire, prisoner release, and de-escalation.
But the record tells a different story: M23 halted offensives and freed detainees, while Tshisekedi’s forces executed prisoners, struck M23 positions, and killed civilians in contested territories.
“This is betrayal written in blood,” said the former minister who spoke to Kivu Today on condition of anonymity. “Tshisekedi speaks peace by day and prosecutes war by night. He is not preparing to sign an agreement; he is preparing to bury it.”
Legal scholar Me Jean-Marie Kabengele echoed the warning: “Once a death penalty is handed down against Kabila or others, Tshisekedi will brand them wanted criminals. Doha will collapse instantly. Negotiations will die before they are even born.”
Kivu Today could not independently verify every detail of these accounts. However, a source in Goma with ties to M23 intelligence said the information “aligns almost perfectly” with what the movement has already gathered through its own channels, including State House contacts.
The consequence, insiders warn, is that M23 now finds itself in a dilemma: accept betrayal in silence, or respond with a full-scale assault.
And in the streets of Goma and Bukavu, civilians whisper the same grim truth: that peace was never meant to live, and that Congo is once again being dragged into a cycle where weddings and funerals are separated only by the sound of gunfire.