FRN leaves three South Kivu villages and targets Bunyakiri
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actualité.cd
FRN rebels have left the villages of Chambombo, Bukumba and Shanje, in Kalehe territory in South Kivu, to redeploy their troops along the Bunyakiri axis. The move comes after the movement captured Bunyakiri and Bulambika and the Congolese army announced a counter-offensive.
Rebels from the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN) have withdrawn from the villages of Chambombo, Bukumba and Shanje, in Kalehe territory in South Kivu, and are redeploying their troops towards the Bunyakiri axis, reports Actualité.cd.
Chambombo and Bukumba are in the Ziralo grouping, according to Actualité.cd. The redeployment comes after the capture of Bunyakiri by the FRN on 9 November, while the Congolese army had announced the previous day a counter-offensive to retake the area. Fighting between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the FRN began in Mahanga on 6 November, according to previously reported events.
Update of 12 November 2026: Fighting between the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation and the Congolese army, supported by the Wazalendo, is moving closer to Shabunda after several days of clashes in South Kivu. Read: FRN fighting moves closer to Shabunda in South Kivu.
