Conflict & Security
Ex-DR Congo president Kabila launches rebel coalition with M23
October 13, 2026 at 10:27 AM · Updated 3d ago
4 reports · 2 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 15 hours
AJAl Jazeera Arabic
بزعامة كابيلا.. ما الذي يعنيه توحّد المعارضة بالكونغو في جبهة جديدة؟
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AJAl Jazeera English
Former DR Congo president Kabila joins M23 rebels in a new coalition
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BNBBC News
Joseph Kabila: DR Congo ex-president named leader of new M23 rebel coalition
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MAMasrawy
رئيس الكونغو السابق يعلن تشكيل تحالف سياسي عسكري جديد
(opens the publisher’s site)Former Congolese president Joseph Kabila has launched a new political-military coalition with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels aimed at ousting the government.
- Kabila unveiled the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation on Monday at his Goma residence, a city held by M23 since January 2025.
- Coalition adviser Claude Ibalanky said the group aims to end "tyranny" by any means necessary, including force.
- M23 leader Sultani Makenga will serve as one of Kabila's deputies, alongside Corneille Nangaa, Bertrand Bisimwa, and Freddy Kaniki.
- A DRC military court sentenced Kabila to death in absentia last year on treason, war-crimes and crimes-against-humanity charges.
- Kabila's new Front for the Refoundation of the Nation supersedes his earlier Alliance Fleuve Congo movement.