By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actualité.cd
The DR Congo Council of State has ordered the dissolution of the People’s Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD), founded in 2002 by former president Joseph Kabila. The decision was handed down after a hearing held on 30 October, Actualite.cd reports.
President Félix Tshisekedi is calling on Congolese people, his opposition allies and foreign countries to support his fight against former president Joseph Kabila and the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation. This political and military alliance, announced in Goma on 12 October, cooperates with M23 rebels, reports Mwananchi.
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Joseph Kabila, former president of the DRC, accuses Félix Tshisekedi’s government of cooperating with the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and Wazalendo militias. He says this cooperation is helping prolong the war in eastern Congo, in an interview reported by Umuseke.
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Former DRC president Joseph Kabila defended his record and said he left a largely controlled security situation in 2019, while criticising his successor Félix Tshisekedi’s management. In an interview, he also discussed the conflicts, infrastructure and economic collapse he encountered when he came to power in 2001, reports Kivu Morning Post.
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Brigadier-General Germain Katanga, a former militia leader in Ituri, reportedly joined the Front des nationalistes et intégrationnistes (FRN), a movement led by Joseph Kabila, on 29 October 2026. A former Congolese armed forces officer, Katanga was convicted by the International Criminal Court of crimes linked to the attack on Bogoro, according to Umuseke.
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Rusesabagina accuses Kagame of plundering DR Congo’s mineralsPaul Rusesabagina accuses Rwandan President Paul Kagame of sending troops to eastern DR Congo to extract minerals. The former hotelier says Congolese minerals are exported through Rwanda, while Washington has sanctioned Rwanda’s Ministry of Defence and Zigama bank, according to ACTUALITE.CD.
Washington links $35 million in military aid to Cameroon taking in migrantsThe United States plans around $35 million in military aid for Cameroon’s Rapid Intervention Battalion, including armoured personnel carriers. According to the Wall Street Journal, the aid is linked to Yaoundé taking in migrants expelled from the United States, under a deal negotiated by the State Department.The week in Africa
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