Former DRC president Kabila joins rebel coalition against Tshisekedi

Former Congolese president Joseph Kabila has joined the Front pour la Refondation de la Nation, a new political-military coalition announced in Goma that puts the AFC-M23 alliance, which has controlled Goma, North Kivu's main city, since early 2025, under new political leadership, and accuses President Félix Tshisekedi of tyranny, Al Jazeera reported on October 18. The coalition says it will honour commitments made in Doha talks, but critics doubt it will lead to a ceasefire; Kabila was sentenced to death in absentia in 2025 on treason and war crimes charges.

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