
The former president announces the creation of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN) from Goma
Former President Joseph Kabila announced on October 12 that he was taking charge of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), a new political-military movement bringing together the M23 and the Congo River Alliance, with the aim of overthrowing the Kinshasa government.
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North Kivu is an unstable region where the M23 already exercises territorial control. Joseph Kabila was previously suspected of links to rebel forces operating in Goma.
It could just be one more rebellion in a part of the world that already has many. But, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the announcement on October 12 that former President Joseph Kabila was taking the lead of a new politico-military movement caused a certain stir. From Goma, the capital of North Kivu already under the control of the rebellion, the former head of state said he now leads both the M23 and its civilian branch, the Congo River Alliance (AFC) under the sole banner of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN). “It’s not really surprising. Joseph Kabila had already hinted as much and was very present in Goma. So this is more of a clarification than anything else. But it has real implications,” underlines Pierre Boisselet, a specialist in the region.
The first are to give the M23-AFC a face and above all a clear objective stated by Joseph Kabila: overthrow the government in place in Kinshasa and President Félix Tshisekedi...
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Intensification of military clashes between the FRN and government forces.
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