DR Congo's former president Joseph Kabila to lead new movement with M23 rebels

Former DR Congo president Joseph Kabila will lead a new political-military movement with the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group which controls swathes of the country's violence-wracked east. The Kabila-M23 tie-up was presented at a joint press conference at Kabila's residence in Goma, the major city in eastern Congo that the armed group has controlled since January 2025. Kabila was condemned to death in absentia a year ago for "complicity" with the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group. The 55-year-old Kabila, who ruled from 2001 to 2019, is accused by Congolese authorities of being one of the initiators of the Congo River Alliance (AFC), the now dissolved political wing of the M23. To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 01:58 The announcement of Kabila's new alliance comes amid an uncertain political climate in the Democratic Republic of Congo. President Felix Tshisekedi, 63, Kabila's successor, will reach the end of his second and final five-year term in 2028. ...