In a recent interview with the French newspaper Le Monde, Tshisekedi reiterated his campaign threats to wage war against Rwanda “at the slightest skirmish”, warning that dialogue was his “last chance”.

"I did not embark on the path of peace out of weakness, but it is the path of last chance, beyond which we will respond to skirmishes because we have the means," he warned when he was asked if there is a plan to attack Rwanda.

Tshisekedi was referring to a mediation process spearheaded by Angolan President João Lourenço on the resolution of ongoing instability in the Eastern DRC fueled by the ongoing fight between the Congolese army and the M23 rebel group, which he accuses Rwanda of backing.

At the beginning of this week, President Kagame told Jeune Afrique that he does not take Tshisekedi’s threats to invade Rwanda lightly.

"I don’t think he has the capacity to understand what he is saying as the leader of the country. That’s a serious problem I need to prepare for and take care of… This means that one night he could wake up and do something that you never thought normal people would do," Kagame remarked.

President Kagame went on to call out what he termed as primitive politics driving the new working relations between Congolese and Burundian politicians and their collaboration with the FDLR, a militia group that orchestrated the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda.

DR Congo's president, Felix Tshisekedi