Congo's former president Kabila forms new group to replace M23 insurgency
The coalition includes M23-linked rebel leaders and is expected to intensify fighting and complicate peace talks, analysts said.
- Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila launched the FRN, a new politico-military coalition, on Monday to fight forces loyal to President Felix Tshisekedi, marking a direct shift in his involvement with the eastern Congo insurgency.
- Kabila was previously sentenced to death in absentia for treason following allegations he supported the Rwanda-backed AFC and M23 rebellion, which captured vast territories in eastern Congo during an offensive last year.
- Rebel leaders Corneille Nangaa, Bertrand Bisimwa, Freddy Kaniki, and Sultani Makenga will serve as deputies to Kabila in the FRN, group adviser Claude Ibalanky announced at a press conference.
- In a speech on Friday, Kabila accused the government of corruption, poor governance, and military setbacks in eastern Congo, while criticizing its minerals deal with the United States.
- The United Nations and Western governments accuse Rwanda of backing M23 and exercising command and control over the rebels, though Rwanda denies supporting the insurgency.
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In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), former President Joseph Kabila has taken the helm of the Front for the Reconstruction of the Nation (FRN), a political and military formation that replaced the March 23 Movement (M23), an insurgent group operating in the east of the country.
Former DRC president Kabila to lead new group replacing AFC/M23
Congo's former president, Joseph Kabila, is taking the helm of a new political-military platform: the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, or FRN. Announced on Monday in Goma, eastern DRC, the coalition brings together key figures from the AFC/M23 anti-government forces.
Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo - Kabila Leads New Movement With AFC/M23 Leaders As Deputies
Former DR Congo President Joseph Kabila was named as the leader of a new politico-military movement called the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), launched in Goma on Monday, October 12.
The former Congolese president, sentenced to death in absentia for treason in September 2025, presided Monday from Goma, a city controlled by the Rwandan-backed rebellion, the creation of the Front pour la refondation de la nation.The former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, today opposed under the death penalty for treason, is now at the head of a new politico-military movement that includes the M23, thus confirm…
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