X account @wembi_steve (https://x.com/wembi_steve), Steve Wembi, ~551K followers, joined Mar 2014; Kinshasa / Toronto. Bio: criminologist, investigative reporter, freelance journalist and war reporter, CEO of @infosdirectC, and ‘spin doctor’. Posts breaking security news with sirens and photos.
Origin: Congolese journalist (self-described ‘spin doctor’)
Grade (02 Source Grading Method)
- Admiralty reliability: F · Score: n/a (provisional). Large audience, self-declared ‘spin doctor’: treat as a fast lead and corroborate.
Track record (spot-checks)
- UNVERIFIED: seven FARDC soldiers of the ‘Hiboux’ group killed by a drone strike on their positions at Masango, South Kivu, with reinforcements requested (30 Oct). No independent trace (3 Nov 2026); drone strikes in South Kivu are common (ACLED: 75 of 207 DRC drone strikes in 2026 to Sep).