Grund says Kabila is relying on AFC/M23 for political comeback
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Mediacongo
Constantin Grund, representative of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, believes Joseph Kabila is relying on the AFC/M23 to try to return to politics after launching the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation. He says the initiative rules out any prospect of dialogue with Félix Tshisekedi’s government and serves Rwanda’s interests, but a rebel march on Kinshasa remains unlikely.
For Constantin Grund, representative of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila is relying on the Congo River Alliance (AFC) and M23 to try to return to the political arena. The former Congolese president, sentenced to death and politically isolated, has thereby broken with any possibility of dialogue with Félix Tshisekedi’s government, he believes in an interview with Deutsche Welle.
Constantin Grund considers the announcement of a political movement arising from the AFC/M23 to be Joseph Kabila’s “last card”. The AFC/M23 is a politico-military coalition active in the east of the DRC, which Kinshasa is fighting with its armed forces.
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