When Kabila signed the Lusaka agreement the rebellion achieved its most important objective in forcing the Kabila government to agree to an inclusive political process. This major step forward was temporarily blighted by the efforts of those from the RCD Goma and from the Rwandan military that want only one method of removing Kabila, the military solution These elements risked repeating the same errors in not addressing the system that created Kabila. There are many questions being asked all over the world on the reports of the fighting between Uganda and Rwanda. The spectacle of two foreign armies fighting on Congolese soil demeaned the whole rebellion, sharpened the regional and local opposition to the war and exposed the fallacy of those who wanted to simply use brute force. The battles in Kisangani deepened the opposition to militarism.
War creates destruction of lives and the productive capacity of a society.
There was no basis for this battle after the Lusaka Peace Accord of July 10. There are no easy answers. The RCD Kisangani has put forward statements on the need for a strong and stable Congo. They have tested these statements in their mass gatherings with the Congolese people. The ideas on the basic requirements for reconstruction and peace are now part of the politics of the Congo.