{"id":4402,"date":"2026-02-10T21:34:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/fr\/home\/le-fondateur-de-blackwater-deploie-drones-et-forces-au-congo"},"modified":"2026-02-10T23:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:23:09","slug":"le-fondateur-de-blackwater-deploie-drones-et-forces-au-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/fr\/politique\/le-fondateur-de-blackwater-deploie-drones-et-forces-au-congo","title":{"rendered":"Le Fondateur de Blackwater D\u00e9ploie Drones et Forces au Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>Selon quatre sources informe\u0301es, Eric Prince, fondateur de la socie\u0301te\u0301 Blackwater et proche allie\u0301 de Donald Trump, a de\u0301ploye\u0301 une force de se\u0301curite\u0301 prive\u0301e pour ope\u0301rer des drones en soutien a\u0300 l\u2019arme\u0301e de la Re\u0301publique de\u0301mocratique du Congo, afin de se\u0301curiser la ville strate\u0301gique d\u2019Uvira, dans l\u2019est du pays, face aux rebelles du mouvement M23.<\/p>\n<p>Les rebelles avaient brie\u0300vement pris le contro\u0302le d\u2019Uvira, proche de la frontie\u0300re burundaise, en de\u0301cembre dernier, avant de se retirer a\u0300 la suite d\u2019accords ame\u0301ricano-congolais lie\u0301s aux ressources minie\u0300res. Il s\u2019agit de la premie\u0300re intervention connue d\u2019une force lie\u0301e a\u0300 Prince sur la ligne de front en RDC, e\u0301largissant ainsi son ro\u0302le dans un conflit qui dure depuis des de\u0301cennies.<\/p>\n<p>Selon les sources, Prince a e\u0301te\u0301 mandate\u0301 par le gouvernement de Kinshasa pour renforcer la se\u0301curite\u0301 et ame\u0301liorer la collecte des recettes fiscales du secteur minier. Toutefois, la mission a\u0300 Uvira re\u0301pondait a\u0300 une demande urgente visant a\u0300 soutenir les forces spe\u0301ciales et l\u2019arme\u0301e re\u0301gulie\u0300re.<\/p>\n<p><b>Soutien se\u0301curitaire contre acce\u0300s aux minerais<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Un haut responsable se\u0301curitaire congolais a indique\u0301 que la pre\u0301sence de contractants lie\u0301s aux E\u0301tats-Unis pourrait dissuader l\u2019Alliance des forces de\u0301mocratiques pour le changement (M23), qui he\u0301siterait a\u0300 affronter directement des e\u0301le\u0301ments associe\u0301s a\u0300 Prince.<\/p>\n<p>Les E\u0301tats-Unis ont propose\u0301 un appui diplomatique pour mettre fin au conflit en e\u0301change d\u2019un acce\u0300s aux minerais strate\u0301giques du Congo. Il n\u2019est toutefois pas clair si l\u2019intervention de Prince sur le terrain a rec\u0327u une approbation officielle de Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Les sources indiquent que l\u2019e\u0301quipe de Prince a e\u0301te\u0301 de\u0301ploye\u0301e a\u0300 Uvira a\u0300 la demande des autorite\u0301s congolaises, avant de se retirer et de reprendre sa mission principale lie\u0301e a\u0300 l\u2019optimisation des revenus miniers. Une poursuite des de\u0301ploiements en premie\u0300re ligne reste possible a\u0300 la demande de Kinshasa.<\/p>\n<p>Les contractants auraient fourni un appui ae\u0301rien par drones aux forces spe\u0301ciales congolaises et a\u0300 l\u2019arme\u0301e dans les zones d\u2019Uvira et des hauts plateaux du Sud-Kivu.<\/p>\n<p><b>Conseillers israe\u0301liens a\u0300 ro\u0302le de formation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Une autre source a re\u0301ve\u0301le\u0301 que les e\u0301quipes de Prince ont coordonne\u0301 leurs actions avec des conseillers israe\u0301liens charge\u0301s de former deux bataillons des forces spe\u0301ciales congolaises aux ope\u0301rations diurnes et nocturnes. Leur mission se limite a\u0300 la formation, selon les me\u0302mes sources.<\/p>\n<p>Les Nations unies et plusieurs pays occidentaux accusent le Rwanda de soutenir le M23, ce que Kigali de\u0301ment. Un accord de paix entre le Rwanda et la RDC, signe\u0301 en juin dernier sous me\u0301diation ame\u0301ricaine, n\u2019incluait pas le mouvement M23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Retrouvez plus d\u2019actualit\u00e9s et d\u2019analyses sur <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">l\u2019Afrique<\/span> sur le site <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press. 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