Congo-Kinshasa: Ex-DR Congo President Kabila to Lead New 'Politico-Military' Alliance With M23 Rebels
Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila has joined forces with the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group to lead a new political and military alliance, marking his most direct intervention yet in the conflict that has gripped the country's east.
The announcement represents a significant escalation in the former president's confrontation with the government of his successor, Félix Tshisekedi, and brings together one of the country's most prominent political figures with an armed movement that controls large areas of eastern DRC.
Congolese authorities have also accused him of being one of the driving forces behind the Congo River Alliance - known by its French acronym AFC - which previously served as the political wing of the M23 before being dissolved.
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