From the war and violence in the eastern DRC. 15.10.1996 to 24.01.2019

The evocation of my condition of displacement is not a simple lamentation. It is rather the denunciation of an unacceptable evil which, because of the wars, seems to become commonplace. The war that broke out in the DRC in 1996 and continues to this day is an unjust war, a proxy war and an anti-economic operation. It diverts the attention of leaders from development concerns to security issues. And crooked politicians take advantage of it to embezzle public funds. In the face of this war, the Congolese people have no choice but to resist courageously. Its assets: its resilience, national cohesion and the awareness that the numerous and rare natural resources of the DRC, so envied, belong to it. No one has the right to deprive it of this without its consent. The challenges are numerous: to change the political practice, to build a dissuasive army, to lead a decomplexed diplomacy in front of the sponsoring powers, to build a truly democratic State of law, to give hope to the youth and to make them responsible. To exorcise this war, it is necessary to think about Reconstruction.

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Banza è nato il 17 novembre 1948. È stato successivamente insegnante di scuola secondaria presso l'Institut Fundi di Gombe, a Kinshasa, dirigente presso la fiduciaire de gestion et de contentieux, funzionario di ricerca presso il Service présidentiel d'etudes (SPE), direttore finanziario presso la Sucrerie de Kiliba, uomo d'affari e consulente di vari ministeri.