Former Léopoldville residents back Kabila's FRN
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kivu Morning Post
People from the former province of Léopoldville said in Goma that they supported the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, a politico-military movement led by Joseph Kabila. Their statement criticised Félix Tshisekedi's administration and presented national refoundation as a response to the political crisis, according to Kivu Morning Post.
People from the former province of Léopoldville expressed their support on Thursday 5 November 2026 in Goma for the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), a politico-military movement led by former Congolese president Joseph Kabila. The statement was read by Raphaël Kitiaka Mawumina, according to Kivu Morning Post.
The signatories, who come notably from the present-day provinces of Kongo Central, Kwilu, Kwango and Mai-Ndombe, as well as Kinshasa, accuse President Félix Tshisekedi of leading the Democratic Republic of the Congo towards a political and institutional crisis. They also denounce clientelism, tribalism and embezzlement attributed to his regime, according to their statement as reported by Kivu Morning Post.
They present the FRN as a way out of the crisis and a framework for national reconciliation, calling on Congolese people committed to the country's unity to mobilise. Their text cites the secessions of Katanga and South Kasai in the early 1960s, as well as the commitments of Antoine Gizenga and Laurent-Désiré Kabila in the political and military struggles of that period.
The position comes after civil society organisations in eastern Congo backed the FRN on 20 October, followed by a meeting between Joseph Kabila's movement and the head of MONUSCO on 2 November.
