Kinshasa, April 4th, 2026 (CPA).- A former Minister in charge of Scientific Research in the Democratic Republic of Congo has welcomed, on Monday, the US sanctions against the former President Joseph Kabila for his financial support of the M23 rebel group, during the submission of a memo to the US Embassy in Kinshasa by the presidential party. “We know that Mr Kabila was funding the M23. But today, we are grateful to President Trump, because he has prevented Mr Kabila from continuing to fund the M23. That is why we are happy and have come here to say thank you to the United States, in particular to Mr Donald Trump, for what he has done for the Congo. We are grateful to him,” has declared Daniel Madimba, former Minister in charge of Scientific Research and a member of the UDPS. “Mr Joseph Kabila is the one who was funding the Rwandans as well as the Movement of March 23rd.
But today, the US authorities have frozen all his accounts. He can no longer provide them with money to buy weapons. We are very pleased with this decision by the United States. It will prevent him from continuing to supply these groups with weapons and funding, in order to end the war,” he has added. Mr Madimba has accompanied the UDPS delegation, led by its acting president Augustin Kabuya, who had come to submit a memorandum from the presidential party expressing its gratitude to the US administration for its decision to sanction former President Kabila. “We have come here, to the US Embassy, to thank Mr Donald Trump for what he has done for our country.
We know that, for many years, Congolese people have been killed by the President of Rwanda, but today, everyone can see that the Congolese people have acted rightly and that President Felix Tshisekedi has done a good job in the country,” he has explained. For him, the message from the UDPS delegation was clear and unambiguous: “We are grateful to you, particularly to Mr Trump, for what he has done for our country. We hope that further measures will be taken, but this is already a first step and we are satisfied with it.” He has, moreover, emphasised that the method of coming to power in a democratic State remains a peaceful political process without armed conflict. “The time for fighting is over.
Today, if you want to come to power, come, form your party, support President Felix Tshisekedi so that you can achieve this. But coming to wage war, never, never again, to come to power,” he has