South Kivu: FRN takes Kigogo and attacks FARDC in Walungu
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kivu Morning Post
Joseph Kabila’s National Resistance Front (FRN) has seized the headquarters of the Kigogo groupement in Lwindi chiefdom (Mwenga territory, South Kivu), while its fighters are clashing with the FARDC in Kaziba, Walungu territory, according to civil society. On Tuesday 10 November 2026, at least five Congolese soldiers were killed and six wounded, including Lieutenant-Colonel Balibuno, in a drone attack on the Ngando position in Basile (Mwenga), according to the same source cited by Kivu Morning Post.
Fighting is taking place on Wednesday 11 November between fighters from the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN), a politico-military movement led by Joseph Kabila, and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) in Kaziba, Walungu territory, South Kivu. Heavy explosions were heard in the area, according to civil society cited by Kivu Morning Post.
In Mwenga territory, the town of Kigogo has been under FRN control since the beginning of the week, according to civil society sources. On Tuesday, at least five FARDC soldiers were killed and six others seriously wounded in a drone attack on an army position in Ngando, in Basile chiefdom. Lieutenant-Colonel Balibuno, commander of Regiment 3306, was among the seriously wounded, according to local civil society.
In Kalehe territory, the FRN took several localities in the highlands on Tuesday, including Kitendebwa, Kalongi, Kiduveri, Nyamugari, Mwamiwaijwi and Mushunguti, according to administrative and civil society sources. Gunfire was still heard on Wednesday in Chambombo, while a precarious calm was reported along the Bunyakiri-Kambegete axis, according to security and administrative sources.
The FRN’s advance comes after the capture of Bunyakiri and Bulambika on 9 November and Kimete and Kabanju on 10 November. The FRN’s recapture of Kimete and Kabanju was reported on Tuesday, after fighting spread to several territories of South Kivu in the preceding days.
Update of 12 November 2026: Four people were killed and seven houses set on fire in an attack attributed to ADF rebels, on the night of 11 to 12 November 2026, in the Kamahume district of Mabalako, in Beni territory, North Kivu. Read: Four civilians killed in ADF attack in Mabalako, North Kivu.
