President Yoweri Museveni has accused the United Nations (UN) of perpetuating terrorism in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Museveni criticized the UN operation in an X post on Wednesday, November 15, for failing to tackle terrorists in the mineral-rich eastern Congo, where they continue to conduct deadly attacks.
The President alleged that the UN, through undemocratic Security Council procedures, had sponsored what he calls a 'terrorism conservation project' in Eastern Congo for the past two decades.
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“Part of the terrorism in Africa is either created or conserved by some of the actors that try to be global policemen. It is amazing how the UN can supervise and co-exist with killers of Congolese and Ugandans in Eastern Congo for the last 20 years, and they are not bothered at all,” wrote Museveni.
He also accused the UN of allowing numerous factions to assemble, train, and exploit Congo's resources, resulting in the deaths of innocent people and harming the Great Lakes region's economic future.
The President also accused the UN structures of the chaos in Libya, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, and Chad, claiming that they were fanning crises across the African continent.
Museveni also praised Uganda's security forces, including the Police, the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), and the Intelligence Services, for successfully managing the Nyege Nyege festival in Jinja from November 9 to 12, despite the challenges posed by the public function and the looming threat of terrorism.
To go back to our topic, the Ugandan security forces protected the suspected sinners against the schemes of the pigs. We salute H.E Tshisekedi for allowing us to work with Congo to eradicate the threat of these pigs. We are not only eliminating the few infiltrators, like when we…
— Yoweri K Museveni (@KagutaMuseveni) November 15, 2023
"This shows you the strength of the Uganda security system to be able to guard such a long pre-announced massive public function, the threats of the terrorists notwithstanding," he went on to say.
Notably, Museveni revealed attempts by ADF infiltrators to disrupt the festivities. He vowed categorically that the terrorists would pay with their lives for their actions.
