Lambert Mende: “Those who accused Kabila of collusion with Rwanda were not wrong”

Lambert Mende, a former spokesperson for Joseph Kabila’s governments, expressed regret after the former president took the lead of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, an armed political movement. In a debate with Franck Diongo, Mende said those who accused Kabila of collusion with Rwanda were not wrong, citing the former leader’s growing rapprochement with Kigali. He called it unprecedented for a former president who spent 18 years in power to take up arms against his country and the army he helped establish. Mende said he could not explain Kabila’s motives, describing him as a taciturn man.