🇨🇩 DR Congo Politics3 November 2026

FARDC and FRN clash in three localities in DR Congo’s Masisi

By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actualité.cd

Fighting has pitted the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), backed by wazalendo, against rebels from the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN) in Masisi territory. Clashes have been reported in Mahanga, Kibanda and Kilongo since the morning of 3 November, according to Actualite.cd.

Fighting between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), backed by wazalendo armed groups, and rebels of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN) has been reported since the morning of Tuesday 3 November in Mahanga, Kibanda and Kilongo, in Masisi territory, North Kivu, according to Congolese media outlet Actualité.cd.

The clashes came after fighting was reported the same day between the FARDC and the FRN in Mirindano, in Masisi, and after clashes reported on 30 October in Burubi and Muhanga, North Kivu. Fighting between the FRN and the Congolese army was also reported in Gipimo on 26 October, according to the clashes in Mirindano and the fighting in Burubi and Muhanga.

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