DR Congo Says Ex-President Kabila Planning 'General Attack'
Government officials say Joseph Kabila is leading a new politico-military front with M23 leaders after the rebel alliance captured Goma and Bukavu earlier this year.
- On Monday, former president Joseph Kabila joined forces with M23 to lead the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation , a new politico-military outfit taking direct aim at the Democratic Republic of Congo's government.
- Government spokesman Patrick Muyaya accused Kabila on Friday of planning a "general attack," asserting that "the choice to take up arms means killing Congolese in order to try to conquer territories."
- The FRN intends to "pool their strengths, resources and means" to end what they term tyranny, with Kabila heading the outfit while M23 leaders serve as deputies.
- In a speech posted online Friday, Kabila criticized the government for being "motivated solely by its own perpetuation in power" while expressing support for the opposition.
- Kabila's return comes amid volatile tensions, including 2025 opposition protests against constitutional amendments and the rebel capture of Goma and Bukavu by M23 and the Rwandan army.
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With his alliance with the M23 militia, openly announced this week, former President Joseph Kabila wants to play a decisive role in Congo’s future once again. “Someone who was supposed to protect Congolese institutions for eighteen years is now at the head of an armed movement that attacks those same institutions.”
DRC accuses ex-president Kabila of planning 'general attack' on the country
Officials in DR Congo are accusing former president Joseph Kabila of planning a general attack on the country. Kabila on Monday joined forces with the rebel M23 to head a new outfit , taking a more direct role in the insurgency ravaging eastern DRC.
DR Congo says ex-president Kabila planning 'general attack'
DRC says ex-president Joseph Kabila planning 'general attack' after teaming up with M23 rebels
Kinshasa warns Kabila has "decided to formalise his widespread attack" against the Central African country after joining forces with M23 to head a new outfit, taking a more direct role in insurgency ravaging DRC's volatile east.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is experiencing yet another twist of its troubled political history. L'ex president Joseph Kabila,... L'articolo From exile (with death sentence) to the alliance with the M23 rebels: Kabila's move that threatens the Democratic Republic of Congo comes from The Reformist.
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