Book Description

A Word of Warning to The World According to several reports by experts and organizations, the armed and political conflicts in the DRC have caused more than eight million deaths (more deaths than those of the holocaust and genocides already known); and thrown more than ten million Congolese on the path of displacement and refuge. On power since 2002 (after the death of his father), President Joseph Kabila has finished his 2 terms and does not want to leave the office. He has changed the constitution and laws of the country many times to maintain himself on power. He does not want to organize free and fair elections! Civilians who try to demonstrate peacefully are repressed violently. Many organizations and independent researchers have produced countless reports on the macabre situations taking place in the DRC due to political instability. Unfortunately, the international community and the United Nations have remained silent to the long-suffering of the Congolese people. Faced with these reports, the most courageous have stopped on simply condemning the facts without further concrete actions. It looks like economic interests of some and others are valued before human lives in perpetual danger. After my thorough analysis of the political situation in the DRC, I stopped for a moment to look at the situation in the coming months. I saw things happening before my eyes as in a horror movie. I felt the smell of blood because, as a torture survivor, I know it very well. I have noticed a very high risk of escalating events toward the end of this year. Many more millions of Congolese are expected to die in the DRC if nothing is done. As a writer for social justice and human rights, I thought that sending a word of warning to the world about the consequences of the current political situation would be a great contribution to saving at risk human lives. The book suggests that a transitional government without the out of mandate president Joseph Kabila is needed in the country to avoid many more millions of dead, displaced and refugees. This book is therefore, not only a word of warning but also, a call for immediate action because tomorrow may be late!