The DRC escalated regional tensions on June 26, by petitioning the UN’s top court to declare Rwanda liable for alleged atrocities over the last 30 years.

Filed by DRC Minister of Justice and State Agent Guillaume Ngefa, the suit accuses Rwanda of deploying troops, committing massacres, plundering natural resources, and violating treaties including the 1948 Genocide Convention, alongside conventions against torture, racial discrimination, and women's rights violations.

Speaking to France 24 journalist Marc Perelman, Nduhungirehe dismissed the legal action as a political maneuver by Kinshasa designed to distract from its own internal security failures and alleged alliances with armed groups.

"It is a political ploy by the DRC, which is collaborating with a genocidal group called the FDLR," Nduhungirehe stated. "It is President Tshisekedi and his government... First of all, who is cooperating with a genocidal militia? Clearly, it is the DRC government."

The Rwandan Foreign Minister further alleged that DRC state forces are actively targeting ethnic minority populations within their own borders.

He noted that government troops continue to launch attacks against Congolese Banyamulenge and Tutsi communities in the Minembwe Commune—which connects the Fizi, Uvira, and Mwenga territories in South Kivu Province—with the intent to exterminate them.

Nduhungirehe also questioned Kinshasa's integrity and international partnerships, directly implicating high-ranking officials close to the Congolese presidency.

"These are individuals connected to President Tshisekedi, including the former military spokesperson, Sylvain Ekenge. Now, who is collaborating with criminal groups like the Wazalendo, and who is bringing in mercenaries?"

The reference to Major General Sylvain Ekenge follows a major diplomatic incident late last year. While serving as the spokesperson for the DRC armed forces, Ekenge sparked widespread international condemnation after declaring on national television (RTNC) that Congolese citizens should avoid marrying Tutsi women, claiming they do not reproduce outside their ethnic group.

Following intense pressure from international allies, including Belgium, Kinshasa suspended Ekenge indefinitely.

Minister Nduhungirehe stated that a government actively violating the basic human rights of its own citizens based on their ethnicity lacks the moral and legal standing to accuse Rwanda of genocidal acts.

He added that the appropriate judicial bodies with jurisdiction over the matter will thoroughly review the case file and deliver a formal response.