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Rebel group Subgroups / Affiliates Year Established Leader Notes AFRC Charles Bokande † “Je t’aime” Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo (APCLS) 2010 Janvier Karairi Allied Democratic Forces: 1996 Jamil Mukulu (POW) (leader until 2015) Musa Baluku(leader 2015–2019; commander of pro-ISIL faction from 2019)
In February 2023, he announced the formation of a new political party, the Action for the Dignity of Congo and its People (ADCP), with a platform focused on transforming the DRC into a "business land." He planned to run candidates at all levels for the upcoming 2023 general election, [4] including running for the presidency himself. He later ...
The March 23 Movement (French: Mouvement du 23 mars), often abbreviated as M23 and also known as the Congolese Revolutionary Army (Armée révolutionnaire du Congo), [9] is a Congolese Tutsi-led rebel military group. [10]
The Second battle of Kitshanga broke out between Rwandan-backed M23 fighters and self-defense groups known as Wazalendo allied with the Congolese government. In January 2023, M23 rebels captured Kitshanga from the Congolese Army and allied forces in their renewed offensive in North Kivu. [ 3 ]
Congo's security forces and rebel groups have agreed on a 72-hour cease-fire to de-escalate tensions in the country's eastern region near the border with Rwanda, the White House announced just ...
Pages in category "Rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A rebel group is advancing on eastern Congo's largest city and over 100,000 people have fled By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press NZULO, Congo (AP) — The M23 rebel group's advance toward eastern Congo's largest city has displaced over 178,000 people in the past two weeks, the United Nations said, as the fighters closed in on Goma on the border ...
The Force of Patriotic Awakening for the Liberation of Congo (French: Force de l’Eveil Patriotique pour la Liberation du Congo; EPLC), better known as Wazalendo (Swahili for patriots or nationalists), is a group of irregular fighters [2] in North Kivu province made up of rebel groups allied with the official Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) military and opposed to ...